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Game Preview: ATL @ COL, 3:05pm, Thursday, April 10, 2008 @Coors Field

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Atlanta Braves, 3-6, 1st, Tied

SP: Tim Hudson (32, RHP, 1-0, 3.46)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             13     9   5   5   0   7  0    3.46      
 2007 (16-10)          224.1 221  87  83  53 132 10    3.33      
 2006 (13-12)          218.1 235 129 118  79 141 25    4.86      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  47.2  48  21  18   8  28  3    3.40   54 
 2008-04-05    NYM   W   6     6   3   3   0   4  0     104   52 
 2008-03-30    WSN  ND   7     3   2   2   0   3  0      78   66 
 2007-09-26    PHI   L   6     8   5   2   1   5  1      94   46 
 2007-09-21    MIL   L   7.2   8   3   3   2   5  0     120   54 
 2007-09-16    WSN   W   9     7   0   0   1   6  0     100   78 
 2007-09-10    NYM   L   7     5   3   3   2   1  1     100   54 
 2007-09-05    PHI  ND   5    11   5   5   2   4  1      96   27 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.COL      3-2  31    29  16  16  14  24  1    4.65   51 
 2007-08-04    COL   W   7     5   0   0   2   7  0     100   72 
 2006-09-22    COL   L   5.1   9   6   6   4   5  1     114   27 
 2006-05-01    COL   W   9     1   0   0   3   5  0     103   87 
 2005-09-27    COL   W   6     4   3   3   2   4  0      75   54 
 2005-05-09    COL   L   3.2  10   7   7   3   3  0      88   13 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-2    Road:    0-4    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   1-3    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   0-5 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @COL  L   6-12       3-6   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @COL  L   3-4        3-5   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @COL  L   1-2        3-4   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6   NYM  W   3-1        3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5   NYM  W  11-5        2-3   1st    Tied
  4 Thu, Apr  3   PIT  L   3-4 (10)   1-3   1st    Tied
  3 Wed, Apr  2   PIT  W  10-2        1-2   1st    Tied
  2 Mon, Mar 31   PIT  L  11-12(12)   0-2   1st    Tied
  1 Sun, Mar 30  @WSN  L   2-3        0-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-6    Last 20: 3-6    Last 30: 3-6 
Colorado Rockies, 4-5, 1st, Tied

SP: Jeff Francis (27, LHP, 0-1, 7.11)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              6.1  12   5   5   1   3  3    7.11      
 2007 (17-9)           215.1 234 103 101  63 165 25    4.22      
 2006 (13-11)          199   187 101  92  69 117 18    4.16      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  44    53  25  25  15  35  8    5.11   47 
 2008-04-05    ARI   L   6.1  12   5   5   1   3  3     103   31 
 2007-09-28    ARI   L   6     7   4   4   2   5  1      86   45 
 2007-09-23    SDP   W   8     7   2   2   1   8  1     112   67 
 2007-09-18    LAD   W   6.2   6   1   1   3  10  1     119   65 
 2007-09-13    PHI   L   3.1   8   8   8   4   2  1      91   10 
 2007-09-08    SDP   L   8     4   2   2   2   3  0     112   67 
 2007-09-03    SFG   W   5.2   9   3   3   2   4  1     103   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      3-2  26.1  39  20  19   8  22  5    6.49   40 
 2007-08-03    ATL   W   6     6   1   1   0   8  0     102   64 
 2007-04-27    ATL   L   5.1  11   4   4   3   4  1     104   31 
 2006-09-23    ATL   W   5     9   5   5   3   2  1      93   28 
 2005-09-28    ATL   W   5     7   4   3   1   0  0      85   38 
 2004-08-25    ATL   L   5     6   6   6   1   8  3      85   38 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   3-0 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Wed, Apr  9   ATL  W  12-6        4-5   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr  8   ATL  W   4-3        3-5   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  7   ATL  W   2-1        2-5   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   ARI  L   2-5 (10)   1-5   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5   ARI  L   2-7        1-4   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4   ARI  L   1-8        1-3   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @STL  L   0-3        1-2   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @STL  L   3-8        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Tue, Apr  1  @STL  W   2-1        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-5    Last 20: 4-5    Last 30: 4-5 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 COL 12  ATL  6        W:Mark Redman (1-1), L: Chuck James (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 08, 2008 COL  4  ATL  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (1-1), L: Jair Jurrjens (1-1), S: Manuel Corpas (3)
Mon, Apr 07, 2008 COL  2  ATL  1        W:Matt Herges (1-0), L: Blaine Boyer (0-2), S: Manuel Corpas (2)

Sun, Aug 05, 2007 ATL  6  COL  5 (10)   W:Oscar Villarreal , L: Taylor Buchholz , S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 ATL  6  COL  4        W:Tim Hudson , L: Ubaldo Jimenez , S: Bob Wickman 
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 COL  9 @ATL  2        W:Jeff Francis , L: John Smoltz , S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2007 COL  9  ATL  7 (11)   W:Denny Bautista , L: Steve Colyer , S: none
Sat, Apr 28, 2007 ATL  6 @COL  2        W:John Smoltz , L: Jason Hirsh , S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2007 ATL  9 @COL  7        W:Chuck James , L: Jeff Francis , S: Peter Moylan 
Sun, Sep 24, 2006 COL  9  ATL  8        W:Jeremy Affeldt (8-7), L: Tyler Yates (2-5), S: Brian Fuentes (29)
Season Series: 2008 - COL leads 3-0; 2007 - ATL won 4-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - ATL leads 82-49

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.

Atlanta Braves Batters (5.56 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB
44.Bowie*
G/S/vB
35.Buchholz
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
34.Herges
G/S/vB
23.Speier
G/S/vB
16.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Diaz G/S/vP 8/1.125 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 384/180 .338/.368/.497/.865 .964/.756 .856 / 4/0 12/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.600 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 355/201 .326/.385/.451/.837 .870/.811 .831 / 5/3 5/11
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 8/.661 5/.733 5/.600 3/1.000 3/.000 5/.400 3/.666 4/.000 696/467 .293/.338/.444/.782 .852/.747 .847 / 5/2 19/5
8.Gotay# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 211/169 .295/.351/.421/.772 .508/.835 .765 / 3/3 4/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 9/1.056 4/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 7/.715 608/424 .276/.375/.457/.831 .771/.858 .880 / 9/5 16/14
10.Jones# G/S/vP 9/1.444 3/2.000 6/.500 1/.000 3/1.666 21/.462 1/3.000 24/.417 600/377 .337/.425/.604/1.029 .803/1.171 1.075 / 5/1 29/9
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.664 11/.091 1/.000 12/1.267 227/177 .214/.279/.296/.575 .332/.644 .671 / 1/1 1/2
16.McCann* G/S/vP 5/.800 5/.450 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 4/2.500 552/364 .270/.320/.452/.772 .755/.781 .748 / 0/1 18/13
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 29/21 .259/.310/.444/.755 .500/.860 .767 / 0/0 1/0
5.Pena# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 33/15 .212/.212/.303/.515 .611/.400 .471 / 0/1 1/0
14.Prado G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 62/23 .288/.323/.339/.662 .494/.954 .677 / 0/0 0/3
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/2.000 9/.222 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 7/1.571 575/398 .306/.400/.563/.963 1.000/.946 .971 / 0/0 30/5
IP 215.1 57.1 93.2 78.0 61.1 48.2 18.0 162.2 TOTAL .270/.325/.433/.757 .764/.752 .592 .757 2/1 10/5
ERA-K/9 4.22/6.9 4.55/6.6 4.23/5.9 2.08/6.7 3.08/8.2 2.96/5.5 4.00/6.5 5.70/6.7 4.28/5.7

 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 922/.278 248/.261 396/.288 306/.224 255/.206 191/.198 77/.299 750/.287 .268  Francoeur
 Kotsay
 Diaz
0/0/162/19
0/56/0/5
95/0/5/4
OPS .758 .738 .748 .596 .622 .598 .814 .828 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.663 74/.601 182/.726 152/.630 64/.598 82/.654 29/.929 325/.865 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 709/.786 174/.799 214/.767 154/.562 191/.630 109/.555 48/.750 425/.799 .792
Home 497/.783 115/.623 184/.784 163/.589 117/.534 118/.717 55/.996 358/.796 .776
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 25/9/4 7/3/2 8/7/0 6/0/3 6/1/1 4/0/1 1/1/1 19/17/5 11/3/1
Usage ····X··· o··Xo··o ·o·o·X·o ·ooo·o·· ·X·XX·X· o·o··XoX 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.

Colorado Rockies Batters (3.11 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Hudson
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP 15/.434 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 684/486 .301/.367/.486/.853 .782/.882 .936 / 3/1 25/14
10.Baker G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 159/90 .222/.296/.347/.643 .760/.556 .762 / 0/0 4/3
12.Barmes G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 39/29 .216/.237/.297/.534 1.111/.351 .804 / 0/0 0/2
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 12/1.083 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 606/467 .291/.387/.539/.926 .679/1.002 1.017 / 0/2 29/6
17.Helton* G/S/vP 12/1.567 ··· 4/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.286 1/no AB ··· 682/485 .320/.434/.494/.928 .743/1.005 .997 / 0/1 17/2
5.Holliday G/S/vP 10/.775 1/3.000 1/.000 2/3.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 713/549 .340/.405/.607/1.012 .958/1.028 1.157 / 11/4 36/3
20.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 234/174 .218/.330/.350/.681 .779/.648 .538 / 0/0 4/1
4.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 235/163 .243/.299/.369/.668 .774/.622 .659 / 12/5 2/4
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· 300/199 .299/.363/.485/.848 1.012/.767 .888 / 4/1 11/1
3.Taveras G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 408/309 .320/.367/.382/.748 .877/.708 .776 / 33/9 2/4
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 443/344 .255/.323/.376/.699 .710/.695 .777 / 2/1 8/7
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 682/527 .291/.359/.479/.838 .932/.811 .960 / 7/6 24/11
IP 224.1 23.2 13.0 5.1 90.0 36.1 4.1 20.0 TOTAL .237/.311/.385/.696 .644/.704 .721 .696 6/2 7/6
ERA-K/9 3.33/5.3 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 4.63/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Iannetta (33-10-4)
 Torrealba (61-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 925/.261 93/.165 57/.269 26/.417 359/.208 168/.282 17/.308 88/.186 .249  Holliday
 Taveras
 Hawpe
 Podsednik
 Spilborghs
 Baker
 Barmes
157/0/0/7
0/86/0/7
0/0/142/6
55/3/0/4
15/46/20/2
6/0/13/1
0/5/0/0
OPS .660 .543 .784 .898 .597 .792 .872 .584 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 492/.673 40/.769 17/1.113 11/1.000 151/.679 82/.718 9/.661 45/.701 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 433/.646 53/.357 40/.652 15/.829 208/.537 86/.861 8/1.119 43/.469 .738
Road 467/.630 47/.445 33/.803 8/1.196 196/.492 69/.415 17/.872 18/.802 .759
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 10/9/4 2/4/0 3/0/0 0/1/0 6/9/2 3/4/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 7/4/1
Usage ····X··· ·X····Xo X·····Xo ··Xo··X· ··ooo··o ··oX··Xo X·····Xo ····X·oo

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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