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Game Preview: FLA @ ATL, 7:00pm, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @Turner Field

Florida Marlins, 12-8, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Andrew Miller (23, LHP, 0-2, 9.68)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             17.2  30  19  19   9  18  2    9.68      
 2007 (5-5)             64    73  43  40  39  56  8    5.63      
 2006 (0-1)             10.1   8   9   7  10   6  0    6.10      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  26.2  49  36  36  16  27  5   12.15   29 
 2008-04-18    WSN  ND   5     6   3   3   2   3  0      90   44 
 2008-04-12   @HOU   L   5     8   5   5   4   6  1      95   33 
 2008-04-07   @WSN  ND   3.1   8   6   6   1   3  0      91   22 
 2008-04-02    NYM   L   4.1   8   5   5   2   6  1      90   31 
 2007-08-29   @KCR   L   0.2   5   5   5   2   1  0      43   21 
 2007-08-24    NYY  ND   4.1   7   6   6   4   3  1     100   24 
 2007-08-03    CHW   L   4     7   6   6   1   5  2      81   28 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      1-0   6     4   0   0   2   2  0    0.00   64 
 2007-06-24   @ATL   W   6     4   0   0   2   2  0      88   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-5    Road:    5-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   9-4    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   5-1 
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @PIT  L   2-3       12-8   1st  1.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 21  @PIT  W  10-4       12-7   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 20   WSN  W   6-1       11-7   1st  0.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19   WSN  W   6-5       10-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18   WSN  L   4-6        9-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17   ATL  L   0-8        9-6   1st  0.5 up
 14 Wed, Apr 16   ATL  W   6-5        9-5   1st  1.5 up
 13 Tue, Apr 15   ATL  W   4-0        8-5   1st  1.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @HOU  L   1-5        7-5   1st  1.5 up
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @HOU  L   0-5        7-4   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:12-8 
Atlanta Braves, 10-10, 4th, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Bennett (28, RHP, 0-0, 4.19)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             19.1  17   9   9  13  14  1    4.19      
 2007 (2-1)             13    14   5   5   3  14  3    3.46      
 2004 (1-5)             71.1  78  43  38  26  45 12    4.79      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  20.1  18   6   6   7  20  3    2.66   55 
 2008-04-18    LAD  ND   4.2   2   0   0   3   4  0      85   61 
 2008-04-03    PIT  ND   4     4   2   2   2   3  0      77   47 
 2007-09-29   @HOU   L   6     6   3   3   1   5  2      95   52 
 2007-09-20    MIL   W   5.2   6   1   1   1   8  1      89   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.FLA    Has never faced FLA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-3    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   0-7 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 22   WSN  L   0-6       10-10  4th  2.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 21   WSN  W   7-3       10-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20   LAD  W   6-1        9-9   3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 ATL  8 @FLA  0        W:John Smoltz (3-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 FLA  6  ATL  5        W:Mark Hendrickson (3-1), L: Tim Hudson (2-1), S: Kevin Gregg (3)
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 FLA  4  ATL  0        W:Scott Olsen (2-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (1-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 19, 2007 ATL  5  FLA  1        W:Chuck James (11-10), L: Daniel Barone (1-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 ATL  4  FLA  3        W:Jo-Jo Reyes (1-2), L: Chris Seddon (0-1), S: Rafael Soriano (7)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 ATL 11  FLA  6        W:John Smoltz (14-7), L: Byung-Hyun Kim (9-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 ATL  7 @FLA  4        W:Buddy Carlyle (8-5), L: Dontrelle Willis (8-14), S: Rafael Soriano (6)
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 FLA  4  ATL  3 (11)   W:Byung-Hyun Kim (7-6), L: Oscar Villarreal (2-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 27, 2007 ATL 13 @FLA  2        W:Lance Cormier (1-4), L: Scott Olsen (9-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 FLA  6  ATL  5 (10)   W:Lee Gardner (2-2), L: Rafael Soriano (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - FLA leads 2-1; 2007 - ATL won 10-8; 2006 - ATL won 11-8; All-Time - ATL leads 132-101

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.

Florida Marlins Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Bennett
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
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
4.Amezaga# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 448/388 .263/.324/.358/.682 .544/.704 .690 / 13/7 2/8
11.Andino G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 13/10 .385/.385/.462/.846 1.000/.800 .750 / 0/0 0/0
3.Cantu G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 133/54 .252/.331/.357/.687 .635/.765 .681 / 0/0 1/0
26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 2/5.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 9/1.917 ··· 2/.500 526/414 .278/.359/.433/.793 .889/.766 .824 / 6/2 15/1
18.Helms G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 308/178 .246/.297/.368/.665 .791/.574 .790 / 0/0 5/10
27.Hermida* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 3/.666 ··· 3/1.167 484/362 .296/.369/.501/.870 .813/.889 .949 / 3/4 18/9
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 460/346 .265/.317/.458/.775 .819/.760 .782 / 1/2 17/7
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 185/154 .256/.300/.357/.657 .702/.648 .812 / 0/0 1/5
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.679 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 706/542 .332/.386/.562/.948 1.154/.886 .923 / 51/14 29/24
12.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 197/121 .335/.411/.653/1.064 1.212/.974 .921 / 2/0 12/3
20.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 198/135 .269/.357/.392/.749 .686/.777 .781 / 0/0 4/3
6.Uggla G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 7/.714 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 728/564 .245/.326/.479/.805 .829/.799 .718 / 2/1 31/11
14.Willingham G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.750 2/.000 ··· 3/.667 604/451 .265/.364/.463/.827 .621/.897 .851 / 8/1 21/3
IP 13.0 23.2 5.1 13.1 107.0 36.1 4.1 20.0 TOTAL .267/.325/.477/.802 .573/.902 .916 .802 13/1 30/19
ERA-K/9 3.46/9.7 2.28/8.4 3.38/5.1 6.75/6.1 5.21/6.2 4.95/8.2 4.15/4.2 2.70/9.4 3.34/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (26-10-3)
 Treanor (42-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 57/.269 93/.165 26/.417 63/.333 462/.284 168/.282 17/.308 88/.186 .232  Willingham
 Amezaga
 Hermida
 Ross
 Gonzalez
137/0/0/9
2/87/3/8
0/0/116/7
8/36/19/5
127/0/0/4
OPS .784 .543 .898 1.014 .857 .792 .872 .584 .664
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 17/1.113 40/.769 11/1.000 25/.693 222/1.017 82/.718 9/.661 45/.701 .628
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.652 53/.357 15/.829 38/1.220 240/.709 86/.861 8/1.119 43/.469 .691
Home 24/.759 46/.647 18/.765 46/.827 231/.915 99/1.078 / 70/.529 .658
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 2/4/0 0/1/0 2/2/1 19/4/2 3/4/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 11/15/3
Usage ····X·X· ·X·oXX·· o·Xoo·o· X··X··X· ·X··Xo·o ··X·Xo·X o····X·o oo·····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 (5.15 RS/G) vs. Florida Marlins Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Miller*
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
19.Kensing
G/S/vB
22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
32.Miller
G/S/vB
37.Pinto*
G/S/vB
57.Tankersley*
G/S/vB
35.Waechter
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 4/1.500 3/.333 6/.666 3/.833 5/.000 ··· 384/180 .338/.368/.497/.865 .964/.756 .875 / 4/0 12/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.333 4/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 355/201 .326/.385/.451/.837 .870/.811 .843 / 5/3 5/11
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.333 7/.572 7/.429 4/.500 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 696/467 .293/.338/.444/.782 .852/.747 .707 / 5/2 19/5
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· 5/.750 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.833 6/.533 211/169 .295/.351/.421/.772 .508/.835 .778 / 3/3 4/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/1.666 2/1.000 5/.650 ··· 608/424 .276/.375/.457/.831 .771/.858 .781 / 9/5 16/14
10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 8/1.300 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 5/.800 ··· 600/377 .337/.425/.604/1.029 .803/1.171 .981 / 5/1 29/9
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 227/177 .214/.279/.296/.575 .332/.644 .471 / 1/1 1/2
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 4/.833 4/.583 3/1.000 5/.200 4/.500 ··· 552/364 .270/.320/.452/.772 .755/.781 .801 / 0/1 18/13
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/21 .259/.310/.444/.755 .500/.860 .742 / 0/0 1/0
5.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 33/15 .212/.212/.303/.515 .611/.400 .563 / 0/1 1/0
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 62/23 .288/.323/.339/.662 .494/.954 .638 / 0/0 0/3
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 12/1.151 2/.000 1/no AB 6/1.667 2/.500 ··· 7/1.000 575/398 .306/.400/.563/.963 1.000/.946 .954 / 0/0 30/5
IP 64.0 84.0 13.1 67.0 61.2 58.2 47.1 TOTAL .280/.343/.458/.801 .743/.844 .849 .801 5/1 26/14
ERA-K/9 5.63/7.9 3.54/9.3 1.35/8.8 3.09/8.3 3.65/10.8 3.68/8.6 3.99/9.3 /0.0 4.70/6.1

 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 309/.282 355/.206 59/.224 284/.258 259/.228 242/.222 205/.246 / .271  Francoeur
 Kotsay
 Diaz
0/0/162/19
0/56/0/5
95/0/5/4
OPS .821 .627 .590 .641 .676 .696 .718 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.515 171/.514 33/.649 109/.598 83/.944 76/.559 91/.581 / .831
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.909 184/.732 26/.510 175/.668 176/.550 166/.757 114/.830 / .726
Road 163/.836 161/.620 29/.601 131/.718 104/.644 98/.777 99/.795 / .730
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 8/10/1 7/3/0 0/2/0 2/1/1 5/1/2 7/2/3 4/1/4 // 18/11/8
Usage ····X··· ··XX··oX ···X·X·· ·o···oo· ··o·X·o· X··X··oo ··o·o·o· ····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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