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Game Preview: ATL @ CIN, 7:10pm, Friday, May 30, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Atlanta Braves, 29-25, 3rd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Tom Glavine (42, LHP, 2-2, 4.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             45.1  43  25  24  25  24  7    4.76      
 2007 (13-8)           200.1 219 102  99  64  89 23    4.45      
 2006 (15-7)           198   202  94  84  62 131 22    3.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  34    33  23  23  20  18  7    6.09   44 
 2008-05-25    ARI   L   4.2   5   6   6   6   2  2     104   26 
 2008-05-20    NYM   W   6     3   1   1   1   4  1      82   65 
 2008-05-14   @PHI   W   5.2   4   4   4   2   4  1      87   47 
 2008-05-09   @PIT  ND   7     5   2   2   4   3  0      98   58 
 2008-05-04    CIN  ND   4.2   7   6   6   5   3  1      95   24 
 2008-04-29   @WSN  ND   6     6   2   2   1   2  2      93   53 
 2008-04-13   @WSN   L   0     3   2   2   1   0  0      13   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      2-1  28.2  36  16  16  14  13  3    5.02   43 
 2008-05-04    CIN  ND   4.2   7   6   6   5   3  1      95   24 
 2007-07-14    CIN   W   8     2   1   1   0   5  1     102   79 
 2006-07-20   @CIN  ND   6.1   9   2   2   4   1  0     102   44 
 2005-05-18    CIN   W   6     9   2   2   2   2  1     101   46 
 2005-04-06   @CIN   L   3.2   9   5   5   3   2  0      95   22 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-7    Road:    7-18   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  19-14   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:   2-14
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Thu, May 29  @MIL  W   8-1       29-25  3rd  2.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28  @MIL  L   0-1       28-25  3rd  2.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 27  @MIL  L   2-3       28-24  3rd  2.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26   ARI  W   7-3       28-23  2nd  2.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   ARI  L   3-9       27-23  2nd  2.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   ARI  W   3-1       27-22  2nd  1.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   ARI  L   1-11      26-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22   NYM  W   4-2       26-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   NYM  W  11-4       25-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   NYM  W   6-2       24-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Cincinnati Reds, 25-29, 6th, 8 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 7-2, 1.31)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-2)             62    42  13   9  33  76  3    1.31      
 2007 (2-1)             34    34  18  17  15  29  4    4.50      
 2006 (1-6)             33.1  52  28  27  17  15  7    7.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  45    29   8   7  23  58  2    1.40   67 
 2008-05-23   @SDP  ND   6     2   1   1   2  12  0      92   74 
 2008-05-18    CLE   W   6     4   2   2   4   5  1     111   57 
 2008-05-13    FLA   W   6     7   1   1   2   5  0     110   57 
 2008-05-07    CHC   W   7     4   0   0   6  10  0     118   73 
 2008-05-02   @ATL   L   6     4   2   1   2   9  1     100   65 
 2008-04-27   @SFG   W   7     5   1   1   3  10  0     104   70 
 2008-04-22    LAD   W   7     3   1   1   4   7  0     105   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      0-1   6     4   2   1   2   9  1    1.50   65 
 2008-05-02   @ATL   L   6     4   2   1   2   9  1     100   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-10   Road:    9-19   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  15-19   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:  10-4 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 9-14   vsWest:  7-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Thu, May 29   PIT  L   2-7       25-29  6th  8.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28   PIT  W   9-1       25-28  5th  7.0 gb
 52 Tue, May 27   PIT  W   9-6       24-28  6th  7.0 gb
 51 Sun, May 25  @SDP  L   9-12(18)  23-28  6th  6.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 24  @SDP  W   7-2       23-27  6th  6.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 23  @SDP  W   3-2       22-27  6th  7.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 22  @SDP  L   2-8       21-27  6th  7.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 21  @LAD  L   2-5       21-26  6th  7.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @LAD  L   1-4       21-25  6th  7.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 19  @LAD  L   5-6       21-24  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 04, 2008 ATL 14  CIN  7        W:Royce Ring (1-0), L: Bronson Arroyo (1-4), S: none
Sat, May 03, 2008 ATL  9  CIN  1        W:Jo-Jo Reyes (1-0), L: Matt Belisle (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 02, 2008 ATL  2  CIN  0        W:Tim Hudson (4-2), L: Edinson Volquez (4-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 23, 2007 CIN  9  ATL  7 (12)   W:Mike Gosling (2-0), L: Bob Wickman (3-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 CIN  4  ATL  2        W:Bronson Arroyo (7-13), L: Lance Cormier (0-4), S: Dave Weathers (27)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 CIN  8  ATL  7        W:Bill Bray (3-0), L: Peter Moylan (4-3), S: Dave Weathers (26)
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 ATL 14 @CIN  4        W:Tim Hudson (15-5), L: Phil Dumatrait (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 CIN  5 @ATL  4 (15)   W:Mike Gosling (1-0), L: Jose Ascanio (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 CIN  6 @ATL  5        W:Bronson Arroyo (4-10), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1), S: Dave Weathers (18)
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 CIN 10 @ATL  3        W:Bobby Livingston (2-0), L: Kyle Davies (4-8), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - ATL leads 3-0; 2007 - CIN won 6-1; 2006 - ATL won 4-3; All-Time - CIN leads 1122-1043

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

CHC  5.63

LAD  4.47

SDP  3.55

RA/G

TOR  3.55

FLA  4.65

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .420

J. Hermida  .266

R. Weeks  .204

OBP

C. Jones  .500

K. Millar  .330

K. Greene  .262

SLG

L. Berkman  .758

E. Encarnacion  .422

J. Bartlett  .286

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Loney  .756

F. Sanchez  .574

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

J. Suppan  3.93

B. Bonser  6.16

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  2.38

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
33.Fogg
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
50.Mercker*
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 132/103 .290/.409/.374/.783 .777/.784 .807 87/.720 4/0 1/
19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 223/146 .308/.373/.409/.782 .669/.843 .731 110/.727 2/1 4/
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 5/.400 4/.500 4/1.250 8/.875 ··· 3/1.167 6/1.000 230/148 .255/.304/.410/.715 .717/.713 .676 112/.657 0/1 5/
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 39/28 .258/.395/.290/.685 .489/.755 .713 14/.701 1/0 0/
4.Infante G/S/vP 2/2.000 11/1.091 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/20 .261/.346/.348/.694 .744/.600 .610 52/.694 0/0 0/
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 5/.600 1/no AB 3/1.667 3/2.000 194/134 .294/.353/.488/.841 .733/.890 .760 94/.963 5/2 6/
10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/1.000 3/1.334 1/3.000 3/1.167 14/.540 1/no AB 22/.809 29/1.169 222/138 .420/.500/.670/1.170 .988/1.283 1.162 110/1.193 0/0 12/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 2/4.000 12/.955 2/2.000 2/.500 16/1.188 5/1.400 184/115 .294/.344/.435/.780 .507/.947 .700 85/.814 2/1 4/
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/1.666 5/1.000 5/.800 2/.500 7/.429 8/1.750 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 201/130 .320/.383/.580/.963 .997/.945 .819 93/1.091 0/0 9/
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 30/15 .077/.200/.077/.277 .277/.277 .300 21/.297 0/0 0/
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 53/38 .262/.415/.310/.725 .883/.661 .548 35/.525 0/0 0/
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.333 13/1.504 4/.833 1/no AB 1/2.000 7/1.714 ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 225/138 .274/.364/.437/.801 .624/.914 .857 105/.802 0/0 6/
IP 62.0 24.1 13.0 25.2 23.2 25.0 23.2 12.2 17.1 TOTAL .281/.353/.425/.777 .713/.815 .717 .776 19/7 49/32
ERA-K/9 1.31/11.0 4.44/10.4 3.46/8.3 3.51/9.8 2.28/10.6 9.00/6.1 6.08/6.8 3.55/4.3 4.67/6.8 4.52/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (34-8-0)
 Miller (2-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 258/.194 106/.263 59/.275 117/.283 100/.155 118/.311 101/.275 55/.261 85/.296 .271  Francoeur
 Kotsay
 Blanco
 Norton
 Infante
0/0/53/5
0/46/0/2
23/17/1/1
4/0/1/0
3/2/0/0
OPS .577 .790 .735 .758 .552 .902 .819 .762 .898 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.647 39/.910 30/.952 43/.859 41/.624 56/.861 39/.845 19/.898 28/.792 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.497 67/.713 29/.494 74/.702 59/.501 62/.944 62/.801 36/.682 57/.944 .768
Home 132/.610 55/1.014 11/.091 56/.593 52/.498 36/.974 38/.577 24/.481 45/.843 .743
Last 28d days 138/.600 57/.998 49/.682 63/.804 56/.623 28/.881 48/.959 13/.795 45/.941
HR/SB/CS 3/3/3 5/1/0 0/2/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 5/0/0 5/0/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 65/27/10
Usage ····X·X· X·X·o·X· oo··XX·X X·X·o·o· ··o·XXo· ····o··o ·oX·o··o X······· ·X··Xoo·
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Glavine*
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
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
54.Stockman
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/94 .262/.340/.429/.769 .634/.838 .723 61/.606 0/2 4/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .444/.643/.667/1.310 1.000/1.458 1.310 14/1.310 2/0 0/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 30/1.033 2/.000 5/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 19/.582 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 206/140 .261/.408/.559/.967 .873/1.007 .915 96/1.164 1/0 14/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 6/1.833 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 207/144 .232/.309/.422/.731 .799/.701 .723 92/.478 1/0 8/
6.Freel G/S/vP 19/.812 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 135/68 .309/.353/.374/.727 .824/.630 .474 78/.727 5/4 0/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 28/.607 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.000 16/.321 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 222/155 .245/.338/.370/.708 .564/.769 .671 106/.658 0/1 5/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/60 .345/.385/.500/.885 1.040/.803 1.248 70/.913 9/2 1/
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/14 .292/.346/.292/.638 .780/.516 1.196 26/.638 0/0 0/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 3/.000 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 9/1.111 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 ··· 226/158 .295/.345/.536/.881 1.233/.731 .841 107/.931 9/2 10/
26.Ross G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 54/26 .273/.396/.364/.760 .762/.756 1.149 44/.824 0/0 1/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 43/35 .250/.302/.325/.627 .536/.648 .706 14/.819 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 177/112 .294/.362/.544/.905 1.023/.840 .987 95/.928 3/2 10/
IP 45.1 27.0 42.0 31.1 8.0 20.1 8.0 5.0 4.1 TOTAL .259/.333/.418/.751 .810/.723 .784 .753 41/18 60/40
ERA-K/9 4.76/4.8 2.67/6.3 3.64/6.0 3.73/8.6 3.38/7.9 3.10/7.5 6.75/7.9 1.80/10.8 0.00/12.6 3.51/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (20-10-3)
 Ross (6-0-1)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.261 111/.227 184/.229 126/.219 35/.267 88/.260 35/.267 21/.118 16/.071 .237  Griffey
 Dunn
 Bruce
 Hairston
 Freel
0/0/50/3
51/0/0/1
0/2/2/0
10/3/6/0
13/20/5/0
OPS .823 .679 .696 .625 .705 .708 .890 .462 .402 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.920 51/.751 64/.718 55/.636 20/.921 39/.632 24/.689 13/.408 3/.000 .681
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.792 60/.608 120/.682 71/.616 15/.421 49/.769 11/1.343 8/.536 13/.503 .690
Road 104/.724 40/.765 70/.871 50/.801 16/.598 33/.801 14/1.065 4/.250 / .703
Last 28d days 121/.841 50/.607 66/.614 59/.609 7/.619 40/.676 15/1.000 4/.250 16/.402
HR/SB/CS 7/0/2 3/0/0 3/5/1 2/4/1 0/1/1 1/0/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 42/36/10
Usage ····X··· X··X···o X·oo·X·· Xo·X·X·· ········ ····Xo·o ······X· X······· ····X·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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