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Game Preview: PIT @ ATL, 7:10pm, Thursday, April 3, 2008 @Turner Field

Pittsburgh Pirates, 1-1, 2nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (3-8)            107.1 161  74  66  25  41 14    5.53      
 2006 (10-15)          215.1 255 116 107  68 117 17    4.47      
 2005 (8-2)             84.2  79  20  17  23  58  3    1.81      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  38.1  63  25  23  10  20  4    5.40   39 
 2007-09-28    STL  ND   7     8   1   1   0   4  0      91   61 
 2007-09-22    CHC   L   4     9   5   4   3   4  3      84   27 
 2007-06-28    FLA   L   4    12   6   6   1   4  0      80   17 
 2007-06-22    LAA  ND   5.1   9   1   1   2   2  1      98   46 
 2007-06-17    CHW  ND   6     8   5   5   0   2  0      86   38 
 2007-06-12    TEX   W   6     8   2   2   2   3  0      86   49 
 2007-06-06    WSN  ND   6     9   5   4   2   1  0     103   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      1-2  21    23   8   8   3   7  2    3.43   52 
 2007-05-11    ATL   L   5.2   9   4   4   1   4  2     103   38 
 2006-08-21    ATL   L   7     7   3   3   1   1  0      83   51 
 2005-08-01    ATL   W   8.1   7   1   1   1   2  0     107   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @ATL  L   2-10       1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @ATL  W  12-11(12)   1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1 
Atlanta Braves, 1-2, 4th, 2 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Mike Hampton (, LHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2005 (5-3)             69.1  74  28  27  18  27  5    3.50      
 2004 (13-9)           172.1 198  86  82  65  87 15    4.28      
 2003 (14-8)           190   186  91  81  78 110 14    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  31.2  43  21  20   8  13  2    5.68   43 
 2005-08-19    SDP   L   3.1  11   7   7   1   3  0      78   12 
 2005-08-14    ARI   W   5     9   3   3   1   0  0      77   36 
 2005-07-17    NYM   L   2     7   5   5   0   2  1      58   24 
 2005-05-31    WSN  ND   4     5   0   0   2   1  0      58   51 
 2005-05-14    LAD  ND   2.1   1   0   0   2   2  0      40   55 
 2005-05-08    HOU   W   9     2   0   0   1   3  0      98   85 
 2005-05-03    FLA   L   6     8   6   5   1   2  1     103   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      5-0  38.2  26  10   8   9  21  1    1.86   65 
 2003-09-07    PIT   W   8     4   1   0   3   4  0     113   73 
 2002-04-30    PIT   W   7     3   0   0   3   3  0     105   71 
 2001-08-03    PIT   W   7     9   6   6   0   2  1     102   37 
 2001-05-04    PIT   W   7.2   5   3   2   1   3  0     106   61 
 2000-06-25    PIT   W   9     5   0   0   2   9  0     109   84 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    1-1    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-1    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Wed, Apr  2   PIT  W  10-2        1-2   4th  2.0 gb
  2 Mon, Mar 31   PIT  L  11-12(12)   0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Sun, Mar 30  @WSN  L   2-3        0-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-2    Last 20: 1-2    Last 30: 1-2 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 ATL 10  PIT  2        W:Jair Jurrjens (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 PIT 12 @ATL 11 (12)   W:Franquelis Osoria (1-0), L: Blaine Boyer (0-1), S: none

Sun, Jul 15, 2007 ATL  5  PIT  1        W:Buddy Carlyle , L: Paul Maholm , S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 ATL  5  PIT  4        W:Bob Wickman , L: Shawn Chacon , S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 ATL  9  PIT  1        W:Tim Hudson , L: Ian Snell , S: none
Sun, May 13, 2007 PIT 13  ATL  2        W:Ian Snell , L: Anthony Lerew , S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 ATL  9 @PIT  2        W:Chuck James , L: Tony Armas , S: none
Fri, May 11, 2007 ATL  4 @PIT  1        W:Kyle Davies , L: Zach Duke , S: Mike Gonzalez 
Wed, Aug 23, 2006 PIT  5 @ATL  4        W:Matt Capps (4-1), L: Chad Paronto (1-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (23)
Tue, Aug 22, 2006 PIT  5 @ATL  3        W:Damaso Marte (1-7), L: Danys Baez (5-6), S: Mike Gonzalez (22)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - ATL won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1069-994

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Pierre  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

G. Atkins  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

R. Ludwick  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

T. Glaus  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (7.00 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (5.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Hampton*
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
56.Boyer
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
48.Resop
G/S/vB
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 614/470 .254/.339/.414/.753 .788/.742 .747 / 6/3 15/17
38.Bay G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 5/1.000 1/no AB 3/.333 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 614/462 .247/.327/.418/.746 .742/.747 .766 / 4/1 21/8
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 279/216 .274/.341/.472/.813 .633/.865 .719 / 1/2 9/3
5.Gomez G/S/vP 25/.414 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 240/145 .297/.325/.374/.699 .678/.712 .656 / 1/2 1/3
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 632/473 .272/.345/.458/.803 .808/.802 .721 / 1/1 21/6
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 382/304 .258/.351/.459/.810 .739/.828 .772 / 22/1 13/3
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 192/159 .277/.349/.440/.789 .613/.822 .587 / 0/0 5/2
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 118/87 .299/.359/.430/.789 .836/.773 .771 / 7/3 1/1
22.Nady G/S/vP 5/1.800 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 470/366 .278/.330/.476/.805 .819/.802 .833 / 3/1 20/1
26.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 494/375 .263/.314/.389/.703 1.055/.593 .680 / 2/2 11/7
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .273/.273/.727/1.000 2.333/.500 1.000 / 0/0 1/1
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 653/476 .304/.343/.442/.784 .956/.721 .779 / 0/1 11/9
2.Wilson G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.500 5/.800 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 535/419 .296/.350/.440/.791 .977/.741 .831 / 2/5 12/11
IP 23.2 13.0 5.1 90.0 36.1 4.1 20.0 72.0 TOTAL /// / / /1
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.28/8.4 3.46/9.7 3.38/5.1 1.80/6.3 4.95/8.2 4.15/4.2 2.70/9.4 3.00/8.8 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (21-6-5)
 Paulino (74-27-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 93/.165 57/.269 26/.417 359/.208 168/.282 17/.308 88/.186 276/.181  Bay
 Doumit
 Nady
 McLouth
 Morgan
 Bautista
142/0/0/13
0/0/38/5
10/11/94/4
24/66/18/2
0/28/0/2
2/5/16/1
OPS .543 .784 .898 .597 .792 .872 .584 .587
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 40/.769 17/1.113 11/1.000 151/.679 82/.718 9/.661 45/.701 133/.586
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 53/.357 40/.652 15/.829 208/.537 86/.861 8/1.119 43/.469 143/.588
Home / 46/.647 24/.759 18/.765 163/.716 99/1.078 / 70/.529 138/.638
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 2/4/0 3/0/0 0/1/0 6/9/2 3/4/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 12/7/2 //
Usage o·X····· o·X····· ··X····· o·oo···· o·oo···· o·o····· o·o····· ··X·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Atlanta Braves Batters (7.67 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (10.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
32.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
44.Meek
G/S/vB
35.Morris
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
39.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
23.Diaz G/S/vP 6/.666 2/1.000 2/1.500 3/.000 6/1.500 6/.666 ··· 3/.667 2/1.000 ··· 384/180 .338/.368/.497/.865 .964/.756 .875 / 4/0 12/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 355/201 .326/.385/.451/.837 .870/.811 .843 / 5/3 5/11
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 9/1.917 3/.000 2/2.000 4/.500 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.667 2/2.500 ··· 696/467 .293/.338/.444/.782 .852/.747 .707 / 5/2 19/5
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 7/1.714 2/1.000 2/1.000 211/169 .295/.351/.421/.772 .508/.835 .778 / 3/3 4/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 608/424 .276/.375/.457/.831 .771/.858 .781 / 9/5 16/14
10.Jones# G/S/vP 10/.600 1/2.000 2/1.000 5/1.100 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 31/1.086 1/.000 3/.667 600/377 .337/.425/.604/1.029 .803/1.171 .981 / 5/1 29/9
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.333 ··· 18/.461 2/3.000 ··· 227/177 .214/.279/.296/.575 .332/.644 .471 / 1/1 1/2
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.900 2/.000 ··· 552/364 .270/.320/.452/.772 .755/.781 .801 / 0/1 18/13
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 29/21 .259/.310/.444/.755 .500/.860 .742 / 0/0 1/0
5.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 33/15 .212/.212/.303/.515 .611/.400 .563 / 0/1 1/0
14.Prado G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 62/23 .288/.323/.339/.662 .494/.954 .638 / 0/0 0/3
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/5.000 3/.000 ··· 6/2.433 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 575/398 .306/.400/.563/.963 1.000/.946 .954 / 0/0 30/5
IP 107.1 79.0 18.0 51.2 177.2 45.1 198.2 28.1 66.0 TOTAL /// / / /4
ERA-K/9 5.53/3.4 2.28/7.3 15.00/4.5 4.53/7.3 5.02/5.3 2.38/10.1 /0.0 4.89/4.6 4.76/4.1 5.18/9.4 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (70-19-6)
 Miller (2-1-1)
 Pena (4-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 482/.359 315/.220 104/.448 228/.277 765/.295 182/.200 / 884/.302 126/.289 294/.251  Francoeur
 Kotsay
 Diaz
0/0/162/19
0/56/0/5
95/0/5/4
OPS .941 .582 1.291 .740 .796 .598 .812 .743 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.884 131/.743 17/1.353 87/.604 118/.630 75/.352 / 398/.785 39/.995 116/.960
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 395/.953 184/.473 87/1.275 141/.828 647/.826 107/.765 / 486/.833 87/.634 178/.594
Road 255/.997 150/.567 58/1.175 108/.782 352/.903 99/.708 / 424/.829 77/.701 150/.779
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 14/5/5 5/1/0 6/0/0 6/10/0 22/11/6 2/0/1 // 18/15/2 3/1/0 6/7/1 //
Usage ··X····· o·o····· o·X····· o······· ··X····· o·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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