ATL @ LAA, Friday, June 13, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 32-35, 3rd, 7½ GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Jo-Jo Reyes (23, LHP, 2-4, 4.80) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-4) 45 48 26 24 16 42 6 4.80 2007 (2-2) 50.2 55 39 35 30 27 9 6.22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 39.2 44 25 23 13 37 6 5.22 48 2008-06-07 PHI L 7.1 7 4 4 2 8 2 109 54 2008-06-02 FLA ND 6 5 3 3 1 4 0 74 53 2008-05-28 @MIL L 7 2 1 1 3 9 0 98 75 2008-05-23 ARI L 5 6 8 7 3 4 3 97 26 2008-05-18 OAK W 5 8 2 2 2 6 1 89 47 2008-05-13 @PHI L 6.2 11 5 5 0 5 0 105 37 2008-05-08 SDP ND 2.2 5 2 1 2 1 0 51 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-11 Road: 7-24 ExtrInn: 1-7 vsRHP: 21-21 vsLHP: 11-14 1-Run: 3-18 vsEast: 16-16 vsCntrl: 6-13 vsWest: 8-5 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 67 Thu, Jun 12 @CHC L 2-3 (11) 32-35 3rd 7.5 gb 66 Wed, Jun 11 @CHC L 2-7 32-34 3rd 6.5 gb 65 Tue, Jun 10 @CHC L 5-10 32-33 3rd 6.5 gb 64 Sun, Jun 8 PHI L 3-6 32-32 3rd 6.5 gb 63 Sat, Jun 7 PHI L 2-6 32-31 3rd 5.5 gb 62 Fri, Jun 6 PHI L 3-4 (10) 32-30 3rd 4.5 gb 61 Thu, Jun 5 FLA W 7-5 32-29 3rd 3.5 gb 60 Wed, Jun 4 FLA L 4-6 31-29 3rd 3.5 gb 59 Tue, Jun 3 FLA W 5-4 31-28 3rd 3.5 gb 58 Mon, Jun 2 FLA W 7-5 (10) 30-28 3rd 3.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:13-17
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 41-26, 1st, 5½ up	SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 6-3, 3.87) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-3) 83.2 87 39 36 30 30 8 3.87 2007 (10-13) 208.1 219 114 98 57 98 19 4.23 2006 (18-7) 211.1 247 112 106 41 112 26 4.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-0 47.1 36 12 12 18 21 2 2.28 59 2008-06-07 @OAK W 7 5 2 2 1 8 1 93 66 2008-06-01 TOR ND 5 5 3 3 4 3 1 115 44 2008-05-26 DET ND 7.1 4 0 0 3 5 0 108 72 2008-05-21 @TOR W 6 8 3 3 2 1 0 99 43 2008-05-15 CHW ND 6 7 3 3 4 1 0 109 43 2008-05-09 @TBR ND 8 4 0 0 3 2 0 119 73 2008-05-03 BAL W 8 3 1 1 1 1 0 96 72 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-14 Road: 21-12 ExtrInn: 2-1 vsRHP: 28-24 vsLHP: 13-2 1-Run: 13-8 vsEast: 10-8 vsCntrl:16-9 vsWest: 13-8 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 67 Wed, Jun 11 TBR W 4-2 41-26 1st 5.0 up 66 Tue, Jun 10 TBR W 6-1 40-26 1st 5.0 up 65 Mon, Jun 9 TBR L 4-13 39-26 1st 4.0 up 64 Sun, Jun 8 @OAK L 3-7 (12) 39-25 1st 4.5 up 63 Sat, Jun 7 @OAK W 5-3 39-24 1st 5.5 up 62 Fri, Jun 6 @OAK W 3-1 38-24 1st 4.5 up 61 Wed, Jun 4 @SEA W 5-4 37-24 1st 3.5 up 60 Tue, Jun 3 @SEA W 5-4 36-24 1st 3.5 up 59 Mon, Jun 2 @SEA W 4-2 35-24 1st 3.5 up 58 Sun, Jun 1 TOR W 4-3 34-24 1st 3.5 up Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jun 08, 2005 LAA 8 @ATL 4 W:Brendan Donnelly (4-1), L: John Foster (1-1), S: none Tue, Jun 07, 2005 ATL 3 LAA 2 W:Horacio Ramirez (4-4), L: Paul Byrd (5-5), S: Chris Reitsma (4) Mon, Jun 06, 2005 LAA 4 @ATL 2 W:Brendan Donnelly (3-1), L: John Smoltz (4-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (11) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - LAA leads 2-1

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 2008 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

TEX 5.63

TBR 4.53

WSN 3.65

RA/G

CHW 3.70

MIL 4.55

TEX 5.82

C. Jones .414

P. Fielder .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .500

K. Matsui .349

R. Hernandez .259

SLG

L. Berkman .720

T. Glaus .445

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.171

R. Durham .805

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.56

D. Lowe 4.15

B. Bonser 6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.67

O. Perez 6.15

L. Hernandez 2.82

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Garland
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 53.O'Day
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/141 .245/.363/.311/.674 .559/.706 .640 99/.572 5/0 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 290/197 .293/.366/.402/.768 .660/.820 .671 120/.691 2/4 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/2.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 287/190 .257/.307/.426/.733 .714/.743 .744 110/.727 0/1 8/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP 19/.369 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 49/36 .200/.333/.225/.558 .408/.610 .535 17/.494 1/0 0/

4.Infante G/S/vP 39/1.015 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 79/33 .261/.354/.391/.746 .836/.594 .757 62/.775 0/0 0/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 254/177 .290/.357/.471/.828 .785/.847 .786 110/.848 6/2 6/

28.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/

10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 19/.740 ··· ··· 5/1.000 270/172 .414/.500/.665/1.165 1.022/1.246 1.046 103/1.127 2/0 15/

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 250/162 .305/.384/.568/.952 .965/.946 .827 93/.960 0/0 12/

27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/22 .091/.189/.182/.371 .277/.432 .864 20/.478 0/0 1/

20.Norton# G/S/vP 10/1.611 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/.666 5/.200 90/64 .247/.356/.377/.732 .839/.689 .745 53/.618 0/0 2/

24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 28/1.071 ··· ··· 1/2.000 20/.422 25/.850 6/3.067 286/181 .270/.364/.452/.815 .655/.908 .802 119/.905 0/0 10/

IP 83.2 13.0 23.0 28.1 30.0 25.0 25.0 TOTAL .273/.350/.424/.774 .721/.802 .714 .758 25/10 67/40

ERA-K/9

3.87/3.2

0.69/6.2

4.30/5.5

3.18/4.5

2.10/8.1

2.88/8.3

4.32/5.8

3.95/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (42-12-1)
Miller (3-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.274 43/.186 109/.326 120/.296 122/.173 94/.247 109/.234 .261 Francoeur
Blanco
Jones
Norton
Infante 0/0/66/5
23/30/1/2
1/0/0/0
14/0/1/0
7/3/0/0

OPS .760 .442 .835 .793 .555 .661 .810 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 176/.744 15/.600 47/.812 51/.991 57/.713 41/.546 44/1.301 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.776 28/.357 62/.853 69/.653 65/.422 53/.748 65/.467 .694

Home 191/.784 28/.464 50/.758 64/.726 57/.711 49/.713 48/.808 .733

Last 28d days 107/.683 38/.368 11/1.000 41/.829 51/.445 28/.410 31/.437

HR/SB/CS 8/0/1 1/0/1 1/2/1 2/4/1 1/2/0 2/1/1 6/1/1 63/40/20

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 40.Ridgway*
G/S/vB 34.Ring*
G/S/vB 39.Soriano
G/S/vB 54.Stockman
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 256/203 .259/.293/.391/.684 .616/.702 .747 91/.581 4/1 6/

9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 149/125 .306/.423/.355/.778 .845/.764 .825 4/.833 11/4 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 9/1.112 ··· 254/198 .269/.335/.471/.806 .831/.799 .754 82/.893 1/1 10/

48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 266/205 .267/.331/.444/.775 .707/.797 .932 99/.685 9/3 8/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 196/154 .266/.328/.350/.678 .772/.650 .703 106/.815 8/1 3/

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 88/65 .317/.352/.439/.791 .638/.845 .700 50/.459 2/3 0/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 249/193 .310/.357/.448/.806 1.110/.719 .711 94/.733 1/0 6/

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/80 .208/.300/.365/.665 .884/.583 .363 42/.624 1/0 4/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.833 ··· 271/212 .249/.325/.382/.706 .820/.674 .659 95/.786 5/2 7/

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/118 .205/.299/.459/.758 .419/.825 .701 53/.570 4/1 10/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 91/55 .289/.341/.337/.678 .725/.647 .756 46/.757 1/1 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· 57/27 .170/.228/.226/.454 .441/.468 .642 21/.563 0/0 0/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/53 .185/.274/.246/.520 .476/.535 .768 39/.488 1/0 1/

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/50 .180/.317/.240/.557 .384/.595 .689 37/.416 1/0 0/

IP 45.0 33.2 51.1 38.0 13.1 28.0 2.0 13.0 9.0 7.1 TOTAL .257/.320/.387/.706 .741/.696 .701 .661 54/19 58/30

ERA-K/9

4.80/8.4

4.54/5.9

4.56/7.0

4.03/8.1

2.70/8.1

2.25/8.4

0.00/9.0

4.15/7.6

2.00/11.0

0.00/11.1

3.78/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (16-13-1)
Napoli (24-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 197/.276 148/.268 227/.242 161/.232 58/.208 115/.208 8/.143 55/.265 38/.129 28/.087 .246 Guerrero
Anderson
Matthews
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/44/4
38/0/0/3
21/9/20/3
0/57/0/3
6/1/4/1
6/4/6/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .793 .852 .735 .677 .595 .595 .393 .792 .483 .424 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.788 64/.969 79/.783 71/.755 26/.748 56/.453 2/.000 38/.776 21/.695 9/.222 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.794 84/.755 148/.704 90/.614 32/.466 59/.733 6/.533 17/.827 17/.243 19/.513 .720

Road 57/.588 63/.861 93/.913 67/.837 34/.501 42/.681 8/.393 26/.860 9/.476 9/.476 .732

Last 28d days 128/.804 69/.941 84/.754 68/.825 23/.415 44/.385 8/.393 28/.808 21/.462 28/.424

HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 7/4/0 5/5/1 3/5/1 0/1/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 60/45/14

Usage ·····X·· X·X·o·o· ·X···X·X Xo··X·X· ··X·o·o· o···X·o· oX······ ·o···ooo ·······o ·Xo··o··

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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Game Preview: ATL @ LAA, 10:05pm, Friday, June 13, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Jo-Jo Reyes (23, LHP, 2-4, 4.80)

SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 6-3, 3.87)

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