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Game Preview: ATL @ LAD, 10:10pm, Thursday, July 5, 2007 @Dodger Stadium

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Atlanta Braves, 44-41, 2nd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (31, RHP, 8-5, 3.18)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-5)            119   109  43  42  27  73  4    3.18      
 2006 (13-12)          218.1 235 129 118  79 141 25    4.86      
 2005 (14-9)           192   194  79  75  65 115 20    3.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  41.2  43  19  18   9  27  1    3.89   52 
 2007-06-30    FLA   W   7     7   1   1   1   6  0     105   64 
 2007-06-25    WSN   W   7     7   1   1   0   9  0      92   68 
 2007-06-19    BOS   L   5.1   9   4   4   1   1  1      93   34 
 2007-06-14    MIN  ND   7.1   2   0   0   1   2  0      83   75 
 2007-06-09    CHC  ND   2     5   5   5   2   1  0      44   25 
 2007-06-04    FLA   L   6     7   6   5   3   5  0     107   38 
 2007-05-30    MIL   W   7     6   2   2   1   3  0      88   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      3-1  33    35  14  13   8  21  2    3.55   53 
 2007-05-05    LAD   L   8     7   3   3   0   3  1      87   59 
 2006-05-31    LAD   W   7     6   2   2   1   7  1     109   63 
 2006-04-03    LAD  ND   4     6   5   5   3   3  0      83   30 
 2005-08-17    LAD   W   8     7   2   2   2   3  0     104   61 
 2005-05-15    LAD   W   6     9   2   1   2   5  0     109   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-21   Road:   22-20   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  27-19   vsLHP:  17-22   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast: 23-19   vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Wed, Jul  4  @LAD  W   5-2       44-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  3  @LAD  L   6-7       43-41  2nd  4.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  2  @LAD  L   2-8       43-40  2nd  4.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  1  @FLA  L   5-6 (10)  43-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 30  @FLA  W   6-5       43-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 29  @FLA  W  12-3       42-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 27   WSN  W  13-0       41-38  2nd  3.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 26   WSN  W   6-2       40-38  3rd  3.5 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 25   WSN  W   4-1       39-38  3rd  4.5 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 24   DET  L   0-5       38-38  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Los Angeles Dodgers, 48-37, 2nd, 1 GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Brad Penny (29, RHP, 10-1, 2.00)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-1)           112.2  96  26  25  30  77  2    2.00      
 2006 (16-9)           189   206  94  91  54 148 19    4.33      
 2005 (7-9)            175.1 185  78  76  41 122 17    3.90      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-0  49    40   9   9   8  38  2    1.65   64 
 2007-06-30    SDP  ND   7     5   1   1   2   7  0     101   68 
 2007-06-25    ARI   W   8     4   1   1   2   4  0     104   72 
 2007-06-19    TOR   W   7     6   1   1   1   5  0      95   65 
 2007-06-13    NYM   W   7     7   1   1   0   7  0      91   66 
 2007-06-08    TOR  ND   7.2   5   1   1   0   7  0      87   72 
 2007-06-03    PIT  ND   6     9   4   4   2   4  2      98   40 
 2007-05-29    WSN   W   6.1   4   0   0   1   4  0     103   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      3-1  26.1  34  13  13   6  24  3    4.44   48 
 2006-05-29    ATL  ND   4.1   9   5   5   0   1  0      70   26 
 2006-04-04    ATL   W   5     5   1   1   0   8  1      92   61 
 2004-06-28    ATL   L   5     9   5   5   3   2  1      90   28 
 2004-06-23    ATL   W   6     4   0   0   1   7  0      90   70 
 2004-04-24    ATL   W   6     7   2   2   2   6  1     103   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-17   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  33-30   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:  18-9 
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 18-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Wed, Jul  4   ATL  L   2-5       48-37  2nd  1.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  3   ATL  W   7-6       48-36  1st    Tied
 83 Mon, Jul  2   ATL  W   8-2       47-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  1   SDP  W   5-0       46-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 30   SDP  L   1-3 (12)  45-36  3rd  2.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 29   SDP  L   6-7       45-35  3rd  1.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 28  @ARI  W   9-5       45-34  1st    Tied
 78 Wed, Jun 27  @ARI  L   0-2       44-34  3rd  0.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 26  @ARI  W   6-5 (10)  44-33  1st  0.5 up
 76 Mon, Jun 25  @ARI  W   8-1       43-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 ATL  5 @LAD  2    W:Chuck James (8-7), L: Mark Hendrickson (2-4), S: Bob Wickman (15)
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 LAD  7  ATL  6    W:Rudy Seanez (5-1), L: Wilfredo Ledezma (3-2), S: Takashi Saito (23)
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 LAD  8  ATL  2    W:Joe Beimel (2-1), L: John Smoltz (9-5), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2007 ATL  6  LAD  4    W:Chad Paronto (2-0), L: Chin-hui Tsao (0-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (1)
Sat, May 05, 2007 LAD  6 @ATL  3    W:Derek Lowe (3-3), L: Tim Hudson (3-1), S: Takashi Saito (9)
Fri, May 04, 2007 ATL  4  LAD  0    W:John Smoltz (4-1), L: Brett Tomko (0-3), S: none

Wed, May 31, 2006 ATL  9  LAD  3    W:Tim Hudson (5-3), L: Brett Tomko (5-3), S: none
Tue, May 30, 2006 LAD  8 @ATL  3    W:Danys Baez (3-2), L: Mike Remlinger (2-3), S: none
Mon, May 29, 2006 LAD 12 @ATL  5    W:Joe Beimel (2-0), L: John Thomson (2-4), S: none
Wed, Apr 05, 2006 ATL  9 @LAD  8    W:Oscar Villarreal (2-0), L: Franquelis Osoria (0-1), S: Chris Reitsma (2)
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1149-997

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

DET  5.88

NYM  4.58

WSN  3.69

RA/G

SDP  3.35

CLE  4.63

TBD  5.99

BA

I. Suzuki  .368

T. Tulowitzki  .285

D. Navarro  .179

OBP

B. Bonds  .517

S. Casey  .359

D. Navarro  .240

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .660

A. Gonzalez  .455

A. Kennedy  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.131

A. Gonzalez  .814

D. Navarro  .499

ERA

C. Young  2.00

D. Wells  4.16

K. Wells  6.06

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.70

B. Arroyo  6.09

A. Cook  2.72

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Penny
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
30.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB
54.Houlton
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
38.Seanez
G/S/vB
35.Tomko
G/S/vB
41.Tsao
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 2/.500 7/.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 195/73 .348/.371/.464/.835 .850/.813 .818 58/.876 2/0 4/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 103/48 .309/.340/.423/.763 .787/.735 .662 78/.677 2/2 1/4
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 5/1.600 1/.000 360/230 .288/.331/.423/.754 .795/.731 .849 102/.634 1/2 8/3
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 157/138 .367/.436/.475/.911 .656/.942 .843 58/.852 14/4 1/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/1.417 1/3.000 336/212 .280/.384/.455/.839 .784/.871 .961 84/.731 6/4 8/6
25.Jones G/S/vP 47/1.201 3/.666 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 20/.929 4/1.833 356/226 .201/.298/.392/.690 .771/.644 .673 102/.555 3/0 14/1
10.Jones# G/S/vP 45/.819 7/.453 3/.667 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.833 24/1.175 5/.400 269/162 .325/.409/.577/.986 .912/1.036 1.044 83/.919 2/0 13/5
16.McCann* G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/2.500 ··· 277/176 .259/.313/.430/.743 .755/.735 .750 84/.712 0/0 8/8
4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 58/51 .179/.207/.196/.403 .143/.436 .507 12/.166 0/0 0/1
11.Renteria G/S/vP 23/.682 17/.713 2/1.000 13/.450 1/.000 2/.500 8/.750 23/.579 1/3.000 352/215 .321/.385/.487/.872 .944/.828 .928 101/.819 8/1 10/7
18.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 106/54 .309/.358/.474/.832 .919/.743 .615 55/.816 0/0 4/3
20.Thorman* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 237/175 .228/.263/.411/.674 .467/.746 .777 61/.710 1/1 9/4
5.Woodward G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 102/40 .221/.242/.305/.547 .545/.550 .493 20/.474 1/0 1/3
IP 112.2 34.2 44.0 73.1 4.0 35.2 40.0 66.0 21.0 TOTAL .268/.332/.419/.751 .743/.756 .782 40/15 84/57
ERA-K/9 2.00/6.1 4.15/4.9 2.86/10.2 4.05/7.1 0.00/2.2 1.26/11.3 3.15/9.0 6.14/7.8 3.00/6.4 3.76/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (35-9-4)
 Saltalamacchia (17-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 448/.233 141/.226 180/.208 310/.268 15/.143 132/.165 172/.271 300/.310 79/.181 .248  Francoeur
 Diaz
 Jones
 Harris
0/0/85/10
51/0/0/4
0/83/0/2
41/4/0/2
OPS .604 .598 .558 .720 .343 .480 .695 .868 .545 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.557 55/.502 91/.584 55/.638 7/.143 69/.649 65/.742 126/1.068 35/.448 .660
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 240/.642 86/.658 89/.529 255/.736 8/.500 63/.293 107/.663 174/.725 44/.623 .690
Home 234/.548 83/.657 95/.465 155/.696 15/.343 73/.395 85/.652 135/.993 48/.491 .666
Last 28d days 136/.522 40/.622 56/.456 80/.699 15/.343 41/.346 46/.626 72/.998 11/.582
HR/SB/CS 2/8/3 0/0/1 0/3/3 9/7/2 0/0/0 4/1/0 3/4/1 9/3/4 1/2/0 56/47/26
Usage ····X··· ··X·oo·o Xo·XX··· X····X·· ·X·o···· Xo··o·o· ooo··o·X X·X·X·X· o···Xo··
Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Hudson
G/S/vB
49.Ledezma*
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
28.Wickman
G/S/vB
33.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Abreu G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/84 .284/.316/.413/.729 .661/.755 .544 71/.650 0/0 1/5
10.Betemit# G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 161/136 .208/.342/.462/.804 .671/.830 .924 47/.973 0/0 9/4
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 270/212 .280/.343/.427/.770 .825/.754 .763 68/.877 0/3 6/4
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 15/.995 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 7/.000 1/.000 2/.000 348/271 .277/.344/.363/.707 .833/.670 .838 121/.672 10/3 2/11
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 22/.935 4/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 6/.334 1/.000 8/1.214 4/.750 315/261 .269/.308/.330/.638 .558/.654 .755 79/.542 2/1 2/5
26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 21/.770 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 7/.000 1/2.000 318/250 .290/.384/.475/.859 .914/.843 .773 101/.964 5/0 10/1
27.Kemp G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 82/62 .382/.415/.539/.954 .839/.989 .957 66/.957 3/1 3/0
12.Kent G/S/vP 29/.854 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.629 7/1.000 2/2.000 322/256 .268/.351/.451/.802 .953/.763 .816 93/.776 1/2 10/10
14.Lieberthal G/S/vP 11/1.091 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 8/.393 5/.400 2/.500 45/38 .214/.267/.238/.505 .000/.602 .594 17/.423 0/0 0/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 69/52 .381/.435/.651/1.086 1.455/.968 .686 69/1.086 0/0 3/3
55.Martin G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 330/255 .301/.367/.476/.843 1.063/.778 .788 102/.765 16/3 9/7
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 21/.633 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 2/3.000 381/288 .278/.310/.332/.642 .508/.686 .665 112/.708 33/9 0/3
8.Saenz G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 81/53 .215/.346/.415/.761 1.132/.590 1.050 22/.789 0/0 3/0
50.Stults* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 119.0 41.2 42.2 30.2 36.2 45.2 28.0 37.0 TOTAL .268/.337/.394/.731 .775/.717 .741 75/25 60/64
ERA-K/9 3.18/5.5 5.18/6.3 2.32/6.1 4.40/3.2 2.95/7.8 3.94/8.5 4.18/7.1 3.65/9.0 4.22/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lieberthal (4-2-0)
 Martin (43-24-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 484/.244 192/.284 172/.216 135/.313 139/.176 194/.253 130/.270 156/.212 .264  Ethier
 Gonzalez
 Pierre
 Kemp
 Betemit
 Loney
14/0/68/5
78/0/0/2
0/85/0/1
0/1/26/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .619 .817 .649 .800 .559 .705 .775 .599 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.621 65/.833 72/.700 61/.887 72/.595 85/.850 67/.716 61/.886 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 225/.616 127/.808 100/.611 74/.732 67/.521 109/.595 63/.832 95/.416 .741
Road 217/.541 106/.849 84/.506 50/.871 79/.571 102/.832 80/.990 77/.599 .766
Last 28d days 120/.684 56/.810 53/.613 51/.575 46/.849 67/.613 43/.997 43/.619
HR/SB/CS 4/5/3 4/5/3 4/6/0 1/4/1 5/3/1 3/1/0 3/4/0 2/4/0 81/56/18
Usage ····X··· oX·o·X·o o·Xo···· ··Xo···o oX·oX··· ·X·X···X X··oX··· ooX·oX··

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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