SFG @ ATL, Friday, August 15, 2008 Game Preview

San Francisco Giants, 50-70, 4th, 11½ GB, 11½ GB in WC	SP: Matt Cain (23, RHP, 7-9, 3.67) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-9) 162 142 70 66 67 148 12 3.67 2007 (7-16) 200 173 84 81 79 163 14 3.65 2006 (13-12) 190.2 157 93 88 87 179 18 4.15 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 48.2 41 16 14 20 41 0 2.59 59 2008-08-10 LAD ND 7 6 4 4 4 4 0 126 49 2008-08-04 ATL W 6.2 5 1 1 5 6 0 108 61 2008-07-29 @LAD L 7 8 2 1 0 8 0 118 63 2008-07-24 WSN W 9 4 0 0 0 4 0 113 83 2008-07-18 MIL L 6 7 4 3 5 5 0 110 44 2008-07-11 @CHC ND 7 3 0 0 3 9 0 115 77 2008-07-06 LAD L 6 8 5 5 3 5 0 95 38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 1-1 17 18 9 9 12 13 1 4.76 46 2008-08-04 ATL W 6.2 5 1 1 5 6 0 108 61 2007-07-23 ATL L 4.1 6 4 4 4 2 0 95 33 2006-04-07 ATL ND 6 7 4 4 3 5 1 94 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 24-36 Road: 26-34 ExtrInn: 7-4 vsRHP: 37-47 vsLHP: 13-23 1-Run: 23-16 vsEast: 14-11 vsCntrl: 9-25 vsWest: 21-22 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 120 Thu, Aug 14 @HOU L 4-7 50-70 4th 11.5 gb 119 Wed, Aug 13 @HOU L 2-6 50-69 4th 10.5 gb 118 Tue, Aug 12 @HOU L 4-12 50-68 4th 10.5 gb 117 Mon, Aug 11 @HOU L 1-3 50-67 4th 9.5 gb 116 Sun, Aug 10 LAD W 5-4 50-66 4th 9.0 gb 115 Sat, Aug 9 LAD W 3-2 (10) 49-66 4th 9.0 gb 114 Fri, Aug 8 LAD L 2-6 48-66 4th 10.0 gb 113 Wed, Aug 6 ATL W 3-2 48-65 4th 10.5 gb 112 Tue, Aug 5 ATL L 4-11 47-65 4th 11.5 gb 111 Mon, Aug 4 ATL W 4-2 47-64 4th 10.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:11-19
Atlanta Braves, 55-66, 4th, 10 GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 11-7, 3.18) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-7) 144.1 139 59 51 51 103 8 3.18 2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 46.1 47 21 19 14 34 3 3.69 53 2008-08-09 @ARI W 6 7 4 3 2 6 0 107 48 2008-08-04 @SFG L 6 9 4 3 3 1 0 107 38 2008-07-30 STL L 7 7 3 3 3 4 0 116 52 2008-07-25 @PHI W 8 3 0 0 1 6 0 100 81 2008-07-19 WSN L 6.1 8 5 5 1 5 0 98 41 2008-07-08 @LAD W 6 5 1 1 3 6 0 103 61 2008-07-03 PHI L 7 8 4 4 1 6 3 119 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.SFG 0-1 6 9 4 3 3 1 0 4.50 38 2008-08-04 @SFG L 6 9 4 3 3 1 0 107 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-28 Road: 22-38 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 39-43 vsLHP: 16-23 1-Run: 6-24 vsEast: 20-24 vsCntrl:11-24 vsWest: 16-11 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 121 Thu, Aug 14 CHC L 7-11 55-66 4th 10.0 gb 120 Wed, Aug 13 CHC L 0-8 55-65 4th 9.0 gb 119 Wed, Aug 13 CHC L 2-10 55-64 4th 9.0 gb 118 Sun, Aug 10 @ARI L 1-6 55-63 4th 9.5 gb 117 Sat, Aug 9 @ARI W 11-4 55-62 4th 8.5 gb 116 Fri, Aug 8 @ARI W 11-6 54-62 4th 8.5 gb 115 Thu, Aug 7 @ARI W 6-4 53-62 4th 9.5 gb 114 Wed, Aug 6 @SFG L 2-3 52-62 4th 10.5 gb 113 Tue, Aug 5 @SFG W 11-4 52-61 4th 9.5 gb 112 Mon, Aug 4 @SFG L 2-4 51-61 4th 10.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Aug 06, 2008 SFG 3 ATL 2 W:Tim Lincecum (12-3), L: Chuck James (2-5), S: Brian Wilson (32) Tue, Aug 05, 2008 ATL 11 @SFG 4 W:Mike Hampton (1-0), L: Jonathan Sanchez (8-8), S: none Mon, Aug 04, 2008 SFG 4 ATL 2 W:Matt Cain (7-9), L: Jair Jurrjens (10-7), S: Brian Wilson (31) Thu, Aug 16, 2007 SFG 9 @ATL 3 W:Tim Lincecum (7-3), L: Chuck James (9-9), S: none Wed, Aug 15, 2007 ATL 6 SFG 3 W:Tim Hudson (14-5), L: Russ Ortiz (2-3), S: Bob Wickman (20) Tue, Aug 14, 2007 ATL 5 SFG 4 W:Bob Wickman (3-2), L: Steve Kline (0-2), S: none Thu, Jul 26, 2007 SFG 4 ATL 2 W:Tim Lincecum (6-2), L: Buddy Carlyle (5-3), S: Brad Hennessey (8) Wed, Jul 25, 2007 SFG 2 ATL 1 W:Noah Lowry (11-7), L: Chuck James (8-8), S: Brad Hennessey (7) Tue, Jul 24, 2007 ATL 7 @SFG 5 (13) W:Peter Moylan (4-1), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-2), S: Tyler Yates (2) Mon, Jul 23, 2007 ATL 4 @SFG 2 W:John Smoltz (10-5), L: Matt Cain (3-12), S: Bob Wickman (17) Season Series: 2008 - SFG leads 2-1; 2007 - ATL won 4-3; 2006 - SFG won 4-3; All-Time - SFG leads 1207-1056

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 5.64

FLA 4.67

WSN 3.70

RA/G

TOR 3.95

MIN 4.63

TEX 6.09

C. Jones .367

M. Teixeira .290

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .464

J. Reyes .362

T. Pena .180

SLG

L. Berkman .608

J. Reyes .484

T. Pena .206

OPS

C. Jones 1.055

C. Beltran .831

T. Pena .386

ERA

C. Lee 2.45

M. Parra 4.02

L. Hernandez 5.94

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.11

P. Maholm 6.32

L. Hernandez 3.48

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San Francisco Giants Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Nunez
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 54.Tavarez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Aurilia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 16/.517 6/.334 12/.166 334/228 .274/.329/.410/.740 .837/.696 .810 64/.673 1/1 8/

7.Burriss# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 189/113 .249/.312/.284/.596 .725/.510 .572 62/.417 9/3 0/

5.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .333/.500/.667/1.167 /1.000 1.167 4/1.167 0/0 0/

14.Lewis* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 444/354 .283/.351/.459/.810 .665/.847 .700 82/.860 20/7 9/

1.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 426/314 .279/.312/.411/.723 .719/.725 .766 86/.715 0/0 9/

23.Ochoa G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 63/46 .273/.322/.364/.686 .625/.710 .544 60/.668 0/1 0/

10.Roberts* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/.833 8/.625 54/53 .240/.296/.280/.576 .000/.588 .258 36/.725 2/2 0/

57.Rohlinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/4 .125/.125/.250/.375 .750/.000 .375 8/.375 0/0 0/

33.Rowand G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.750 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 465/345 .286/.355/.438/.792 1.085/.690 .813 97/.747 2/3 11/

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/

8.Velez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 176/136 .217/.261/.319/.581 .504/.601 .602 38/.623 10/5 0/

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.334 217/162 .177/.245/.208/.454 .368/.482 .284 45/.628 4/1 0/

2.Winn# G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 4/.250 2/2.000 12/1.053 483/348 .295/.355/.402/.757 .775/.750 .776 107/.745 22/2 5/

IP 144.1 71.1 63.0 41.2 18.1 11.2 50.0 33.0 TOTAL .254/.315/.373/.687 .698/.684 .673 .632 89/35 66/75

ERA-K/9

3.18/6.4

4.16/6.7

5.00/7.7

3.89/8.8

3.93/10.3

4.63/6.9

2.52/8.5

5.18/7.1

4.22/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (47-24-5)
Sandoval (0-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 618/.251 315/.258 268/.251 176/.244 78/.214 54/.255 201/.185 158/.298 .253 Lewis
Rowand
Winn
Roberts
Velez
Burriss 98/11/1/9
0/113/0/4
0/5/109/3
15/0/0/2
5/1/6/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .690 .724 .728 .700 .625 .716 .537 .745 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 322/.731 109/.821 106/.728 67/.988 15/.800 21/.516 95/.488 66/.949 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 296/.645 206/.670 162/.727 109/.531 63/.574 33/.842 106/.582 92/.593 .729

Home 300/.754 185/.600 142/.657 106/.668 49/.733 39/.885 112/.509 80/.703 .744

Last 28d days 144/.697 41/.525 46/1.031 61/1.071 39/.733 51/.762 39/.402 48/.454

HR/SB/CS 8/18/3 5/6/2 7/8/2 4/5/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/2 1/4/0 108/82/27

Usage ·····X·· ·X····X· Xo··X··X XX···X·· ·X·····X XX··XX·· oX····o· oX··o·o·

Atlanta Braves Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. San Francisco Giants Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB 52.Hinshaw*
G/S/vB 34.Sadler
G/S/vB 37.Taschner*
G/S/vB 45.Walker
G/S/vB 38.Wilson
G/S/vB 22.Yabu
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Blanco* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 419/318 .260/.370/.320/.690 .666/.698 .664 112/.746 10/4 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 473/335 .282/.353/.375/.727 .672/.750 .769 101/.688 2/5 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 488/340 .229/.289/.354/.643 .598/.663 .665 105/.579 0/1 10/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 101/73 .216/.303/.318/.621 .375/.715 .682 15/.552 1/1 2/

4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 217/135 .306/.358/.464/.822 .846/.808 .824 93/.888 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 453/337 .266/.335/.416/.751 .804/.733 .815 94/.654 10/3 9/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 403/262 .367/.464/.591/1.055 1.032/1.068 1.190 45/.805 2/0 19/

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/2.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 463/357 .272/.317/.421/.738 .858/.702 .665 109/.694 2/1 12/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 14/.453 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 316/222 .300/.346/.433/.779 .621/.849 .809 90/.918 2/3 6/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 8/1.167 1/.000 ··· 8/.929 2/.000 ··· ··· 430/295 .302/.379/.554/.933 .904/.946 .955 72/.897 4/0 21/

20.Norton# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 175/123 .253/.343/.383/.726 .574/.791 .784 33/.907 0/0 3/

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/52 .316/.383/.505/.888 1.012/.757 .868 40/1.101 1/1 1/

5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/18 .250/.308/.375/.683 .661/.690 .683 26/.683 0/0 1/

IP 162.0 30.1 28.0 39.0 42.2 46.1 51.1 TOTAL .267/.342/.410/.753 .732/.762 .777 .758 38/21 107/77

ERA-K/9

3.67/8.2

3.26/11.9

4.50/8.7

4.15/7.4

5.06/7.6

4.08/9.5

3.68/6.1

4.36/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (72-21-5)
Sammons (5-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 686/.235 133/.208 126/.200 176/.260 183/.252 203/.254 226/.244 .257 Francoeur
Blanco
Kotsay
Norton
Infante 0/0/113/9
52/56/3/5
0/77/0/3
24/0/2/0
19/3/0/0

OPS .699 .697 .722 .744 .762 .677 .683 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 323/.710 64/.661 40/.451 89/.573 61/1.091 93/.507 80/.906 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 363/.688 69/.730 86/.858 87/.916 122/.596 110/.820 146/.563 .760

Road 287/.687 61/.689 55/.665 90/.701 100/.619 99/.664 95/.775 .732

Last 28d days 152/.648 40/.860 20/.653 33/1.097 28/.935 36/.520 25/.821

HR/SB/CS 12/8/7 3/1/1 5/3/2 5/5/1 7/1/1 3/1/1 3/1/0 108/71/26

Usage ····X··· X·X····· ·X·X·X·· o·X·X··· o·o··X·· ·····X·· 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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Game Preview: SFG @ ATL, 7:30pm, Friday, August 15, 2008 @Turner Field

SP: Matt Cain (23, RHP, 7-9, 3.67)

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 11-7, 3.18)

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