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Game Preview: LAD @ ATL, 1:30pm, Sunday, April 20, 2008 @Turner Field

Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-10, 4th, 6 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 1-1, 2.89)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             18.2  19   8   6   2  10  2    2.89      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  18.2  19   8   6   2  10  2    2.89   53 
 2008-04-14    PIT  ND   6     7   3   3   0   2  1      84   48 
 2008-04-09    ARI   L   5.2   9   4   2   2   4  0     108   41 
 2008-04-04    SDP   W   7     3   1   1   0   4  1      77   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL    Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-4    Road:    2-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-2    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @ATL  L   1-4        7-10  4th  6.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @ATL  L   1-6        7-9   4th  5.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   PIT  W   8-1        7-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   PIT  W  11-2        6-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   PIT  L   4-6        5-8   5th  4.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   SDP  L   0-1        5-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   SDP  W  11-1        5-6   3rd  4.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   SDP  L   5-7        4-6   3rd  4.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @ARI  L   3-4        4-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @ARI  L   5-10       4-4   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-10   Last 30: 7-10
Atlanta Braves, 8-9, 3rd, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 1-2, 3.93)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             18.1  20   8   8   6  13  0    3.93      
 2007 (3-1)             30.2  24  16  16  11  13  4    4.70      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  34    36  18  18  11  20  1    4.76   48 
 2008-04-15    FLA   L   6     4   2   2   3   5  0     101   58 
 2008-04-08    COL   L   7     9   4   4   2   3  0      94   44 
 2008-04-02    PIT   W   5.1   7   2   2   1   5  0      88   50 
 2007-09-26    MIN  ND   3     5   4   4   3   0  0      64   30 
 2007-09-21    KCR  ND   2.1   6   4   4   0   0  1      43   29 
 2007-09-16    MIN   W   5.1   2   1   1   1   6  0      90   65 
 2007-09-11    TEX   W   5     3   1   1   1   1  0      72   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD    Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-2    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   4-4    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   0-7 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  2-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sat, Apr 19   LAD  W   4-1        8-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18   LAD  W   6-1        7-9   4th  2.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17  @FLA  W   8-0        6-9   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @FLA  L   5-6        5-9   4th  4.0 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15  @FLA  L   0-4        5-8   4th  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @WSN  L   4-5        5-7   4th  2.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @WSN  W  10-2        5-6   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @WSN  W   3-0        4-6   4th  3.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @COL  L   6-12       3-6   4th  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @COL  L   3-4        3-5   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-9    Last 30: 8-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 ATL  4  LAD  1        W:Chuck James (1-1), L: Chad Billingsley (0-3), S: Manny Acosta (1)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 ATL  6  LAD  1        W:Will Ohman (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (1-1), S: none

Thu, Jul 05, 2007 ATL  8 @LAD  6        W:Peter Moylan (3-1), L: Eric Stults (0-1), S: Bob Wickman (16)
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
Season Series: 2008 - ATL leads 2-0; 2007 - ATL won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1149-1000

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. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .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.

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
56.Boyer
G/S/vB
57.Campillo
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
48.Resop
G/S/vB
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Bennett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 170/123 .252/.286/.335/.621 .484/.675 .754 / 1/1 2/1
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 507/388 .284/.350/.452/.802 .716/.830 .817 / 0/4 13/5
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 643/468 .270/.333/.355/.687 .744/.666 .608 / 25/6 6/19
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 466/363 .283/.328/.371/.700 .611/.724 .570 / 3/1 7/10
14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/21 .241/.241/.517/.759 .600/.842 .333 / 0/0 2/1
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 659/441 .222/.311/.413/.724 .785/.694 .745 / 5/2 26/2
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 311/200 .342/.373/.521/.894 1.002/.835 .851 / 10/5 10/4
12.Kent G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 6/1.700 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 562/437 .302/.375/.500/.875 .950/.855 .824 / 1/3 20/14
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 375/269 .331/.381/.538/.919 .866/.939 1.076 / 0/1 15/9
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 620/467 .293/.374/.469/.843 1.062/.773 .932 / 21/9 19/14
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 729/519 .293/.331/.353/.685 .621/.710 .665 / 64/15 0/5
22.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 141/129 .260/.350/.382/.732 .500/.756 .633 / 2/0 2/0
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/20 .382/.417/.647/1.064 .908/1.187 1.364 / 1/0 2/0
IP 30.2 23.2 13.0 5.1 13.1 107.0 36.1 4.1 20.0 TOTAL .266/.338/.409/.746 .853/.698 .618 .746 11/5 12/12
ERA-K/9 4.70/3.8 2.28/8.4 3.46/9.7 3.38/5.1 6.75/6.1 5.21/6.2 4.95/8.2 4.15/4.2 2.70/9.4 3.64/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (24-4-2)
 Martin (82-41-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 122/.220 93/.165 57/.269 26/.417 63/.333 462/.284 168/.282 17/.308 88/.186 .227  Ethier
 Pierre
 Jones
 Kemp
 Sweeney
 Loney
 Young
60/0/102/10
0/162/0/4
0/154/0/3
0/6/88/2
7/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .717 .543 .784 .898 1.014 .857 .792 .872 .584 .662
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.874 40/.769 17/1.113 11/1.000 25/.693 222/1.017 82/.718 9/.661 45/.701 .613
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.509 53/.357 40/.652 15/.829 38/1.220 240/.709 86/.861 8/1.119 43/.469 .695
Home 76/.777 46/.647 24/.759 18/.765 46/.827 231/.915 99/1.078 / 70/.529 .651
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 2/4/0 3/0/0 0/1/0 2/2/1 19/4/2 3/4/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 10/11/3
Usage ····X··· oXX····o ·X·X··Xo oo·o··XX X··X··X· ·Xo·o··· ·Xo·X··X ··X·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 (5.29 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
21.Loaiza
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 384/180 .338/.368/.497/.865 .964/.756 .875 / 4/0 12/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 355/201 .326/.385/.451/.837 .870/.811 .843 / 5/3 5/11
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 ··· 9/.444 8/1.071 1/2.000 ··· 696/467 .293/.338/.444/.782 .852/.747 .707 / 5/2 19/5
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/3.000 1/.000 211/169 .295/.351/.421/.772 .508/.835 .778 / 3/3 4/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/no AB ··· 4/.000 6/.334 1/.000 1/2.000 608/424 .276/.375/.457/.831 .771/.858 .781 / 9/5 16/14
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 3/.667 ··· 36/.816 40/1.056 2/4.000 2/.000 600/377 .337/.425/.604/1.029 .803/1.171 .981 / 5/1 29/9
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 22/.545 36/.920 3/.666 ··· 227/177 .214/.279/.296/.575 .332/.644 .471 / 1/1 1/2
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 6/.400 10/.844 ··· ··· 552/364 .270/.320/.452/.772 .755/.781 .801 / 0/1 18/13
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 29/21 .259/.310/.444/.755 .500/.860 .742 / 0/0 1/0
5.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 33/15 .212/.212/.303/.515 .611/.400 .563 / 0/1 1/0
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 62/23 .288/.323/.339/.662 .494/.954 .638 / 0/0 0/3
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.650 2/1.000 10/.700 ··· 575/398 .306/.400/.563/.963 1.000/.946 .954 / 0/0 30/5
IP 67.1 82.0 30.1 37.1 4.0 86.1 64.1 TOTAL .275/.339/.455/.794 .728/.840 .851 .794 4/1 23/9
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.88/5.2 2.85/10.9 7.42/8.0 5.79/4.8 15.75/9.0 3.65/6.7 1.40/10.9 3.37/7.1

 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 / 281/.253 334/.225 140/.285 164/.259 20/.333 382/.242 234/.151 .257  Francoeur
 Kotsay
 Diaz
0/0/162/19
0/56/0/5
95/0/5/4
OPS .648 .617 .791 .872 1.122 .738 .448 .673
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 108/.490 167/.589 28/.601 64/.997 8/1.250 163/.766 121/.558 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 173/.745 167/.640 112/.839 100/.795 12/1.017 219/.717 113/.329 .622
Road / 131/.587 159/.766 89/.735 77/.788 / 188/.725 104/.550 .791
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 1/2/3 6/6/3 3/3/0 10/1/0 2/0/0 12/9/4 5/2/0 10/6/3
Usage ·····X·· X··o·oo· ···o·Xo· ·o··X··· X···X··· ·X····X· ·o·X·o·· ···X·X·X

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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