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Game Preview: ATL @ LAD, 10:10pm, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

Atlanta Braves, 43-48, 4th, 5 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (32, RHP, 9-6, 3.19)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-6)            121.1 109  46  43  36  73 10    3.19      
 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  43.2  40  19  18  20  25  5    3.71   51 
 2008-07-04    HOU   W   7     4   1   1   3   6  0      97   68 
 2008-06-28   @TOR   L   5     7   6   6   3   3  2      90   29 
 2008-06-22    SEA   W   7     4   0   0   4   2  0      95   67 
 2008-06-17   @TEX   L   4.1   6   6   6   2   3  1      69   28 
 2008-06-12   @CHC  ND   6.2   7   1   1   1   5  0     102   60 
 2008-06-06    PHI  ND   7.2   5   1   1   4   3  0      96   64 
 2008-06-01   @CIN   L   6     7   4   3   3   3  2      85   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      2-1  30    36  18  18   8  18  2    5.40   46 
 2007-07-05   @LAD  ND   3    10   6   6   2   2  0      75   15 
 2007-05-05    LAD   L   8     7   3   3   0   3  1      87   59 
 2006-05-31    LAD   W   7     6   2   2   1   7  1     109   63 
 2006-04-03   @LAD  ND   4     6   5   5   3   3  0      83   30 
 2005-08-17    LAD   W   8     7   2   2   2   3  0     104   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-18   Road:   13-30   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  30-30   vsLHP:  13-18   1-Run:   5-21
 vsEast: 16-19   vsCntrl: 9-16   vsWest: 10-6  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Tue, Jul  8  @LAD  W   9-3       43-48  4th  5.0 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  7  @LAD  L   0-3       42-48  4th  6.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6   HOU  W   7-6 (17)  42-47  4th  6.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  5   HOU  L   1-6       41-47  4th  7.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4   HOU  W   6-2       41-46  4th  7.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3   PHI  L   1-4       40-46  4th  7.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2   PHI  L   3-7       40-45  4th  6.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1   PHI  L   3-8       40-44  4th  5.0 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29  @TOR  L   0-1       40-43  4th  4.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28  @TOR  L   5-9       40-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Los Angeles Dodgers, 44-46, 2nd, 1 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 6-8, 4.02)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-8)            116.1 120  60  52  29  84 10    4.02      
 2007 (12-14)          199.1 194 100  86  59 147 20    3.88      
 2006 (16-8)           218   221  97  88  55 123 14    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  46.2  44  19  17   8  35  4    3.28   56 
 2008-07-04   @SFG   W   5     8   5   4   0   2  0      81   35 
 2008-06-29    LAA   L   7     5   1   1   2   7  0     105   68 
 2008-06-24    CHW   L   7.1   9   5   5   1   8  1     104   47 
 2008-06-18   @CIN   W   5.1   3   1   1   2   6  1      85   62 
 2008-06-13   @DET   L   7     8   3   2   0   5  1     119   56 
 2008-06-07    CHC   W   7     6   3   3   2   4  1      95   55 
 2008-06-02    COL   W   8     5   1   1   1   3  0     110   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      1-2  28.1  34  19  14  10  22  6    4.45   46 
 2008-04-18   @ATL   L   4.1   8   5   3   4   2  1     101   29 
 2007-07-02    ATL  ND   5     8   1   1   0   5  0     104   52 
 2007-05-05   @ATL   W   7     3   1   0   2   8  0     105   75 
 2006-04-03    ATL   L   5     9   8   7   1   2  2      69   20 
 2005-08-16   @ATL  ND   7     6   4   3   3   5  3     120   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-21   Road:   21-25   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  31-33   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast:  7-8    vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest: 15-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Tue, Jul  8   ATL  L   3-9       44-46  2nd  1.0 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  7   ATL  W   3-0       44-45  1st    Tied
 88 Sun, Jul  6  @SFG  W   5-3       43-45  2nd  0.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5  @SFG  L   2-5       42-45  2nd  0.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  4  @SFG  W  10-7       42-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  3  @HOU  W   5-2       41-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  2  @HOU  W   4-1       40-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @HOU  W   7-6 (11)  39-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @HOU  L   1-4       38-44  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   LAA  L   0-1       38-43  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 ATL  9 @LAD  3        W:Jair Jurrjens (9-4), L: Chad Billingsley (8-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 07, 2008 LAD  3  ATL  0        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-6), L: Jorge Campillo (3-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 ATL  6  LAD  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (2-2), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - ATL leads 4-1; 2007 - ATL won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1150-1002

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  5.46

COL  4.49

WSN  3.58

RA/G

OAK  3.63

MIN  4.59

TEX  5.74

BA

C. Jones  .379

C. Crawford  .284

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .477

M. Cabrera  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .663

T. Hunter  .462

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.103

A. Ethier  .814

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

D. Lowe  4.02

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.47

A. Wainwright  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Lowe
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
49.Falkenborg
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 288/213 .266/.369/.328/.697 .658/.711 .762 114/.699 9/1 1/
19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 368/253 .290/.359/.387/.746 .677/.778 .705 88/.627 2/4 6/
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 14/.453 5/.650 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 367/246 .233/.286/.372/.658 .606/.683 .659 88/.486 0/1 8/
8.Gotay# G/S/vP 5/.800 3/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 84/57 .208/.305/.319/.624 .390/.735 .517 37/.662 1/1 2/
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 9/.111 3/.666 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 347/247 .276/.352/.442/.794 .746/.814 .732 103/.711 7/2 8/
10.Jones# G/S/vP 29/1.233 7/.453 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 342/218 .379/.477/.625/1.101 1.067/1.121 .933 81/.822 2/0 18/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 11/1.101 8/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 210/138 .278/.325/.402/.727 .542/.827 .713 26/.359 2/1 4/
1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/19 .154/.154/.231/.385 .714/.263 .263 18/.556 0/0 0/
16.McCann* G/S/vP 13/1.077 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 342/227 .293/.363/.547/.910 .902/.914 .832 100/.799 1/0 17/
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/26 .093/.170/.163/.333 .296/.362 .651 11/.636 0/0 1/
20.Norton# G/S/vP 9/.222 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 139/96 .238/.331/.369/.700 .704/.698 .624 55/.606 0/0 2/
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/33 .269/.361/.404/.765 .871/.678 .500 14/.516 1/0 0/
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 391/252 .275/.381/.492/.874 .783/.922 .853 115/.984 0/0 17/
IP 116.1 26.2 37.1 4.2 50.1 37.2 12.2 35.2 TOTAL .265/.341/.413/.754 .721/.771 .712 .692 31/12 88/56
ERA-K/9 4.02/6.5 1.69/6.1 3.62/10.9 7.71/9.6 1.79/10.7 2.39/11.7 4.26/8.5 2.78/6.1 3.71/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (58-17-3)
 Miller (4-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 485/.268 116/.279 156/.232 18/.188 200/.198 158/.238 54/.256 146/.233 .252  Francoeur
 Blanco
 Kotsay
 Norton
0/0/85/6
30/49/1/4
0/53/0/3
21/0/2/0
OPS .698 .656 .650 .653 .545 .619 .691 .705 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 221/.731 53/.596 60/.950 7/.971 62/.619 74/.631 20/.522 59/.763 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.672 63/.708 96/.482 11/.455 138/.509 84/.608 34/.806 87/.667 .655
Home 243/.621 63/.665 76/.488 9/.111 65/.389 95/.650 37/.643 73/.656 .621
Last 28d days 131/.691 31/.690 44/.600 18/.653 48/.383 48/.697 27/.430 67/.790
HR/SB/CS 10/11/2 0/4/2 2/4/1 1/0/0 2/2/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 5/1/0 68/49/12
Usage ····X··· o··o···o ··o·X··X ··oX···o ··X·X··o ··X·XX·o X······· X··X··X·
Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Hudson
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
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
54.Tavarez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Ardoin G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 20/10 .211/.250/.263/.513 .700/.311 .606 9/.556 0/0 0/
13.Berroa G/S/vP 11/.364 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/47 .194/.250/.224/.474 .439/.493 .308 66/.476 0/0 0/
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 278/206 .267/.335/.382/.717 .790/.692 .793 71/.500 3/0 5/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 8/1.089 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 326/251 .286/.351/.463/.814 .599/.879 .718 96/.840 2/2 10/
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 24/1.008 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 52/37 .244/.346/.422/.768 1.079/.653 .804 17/1.055 1/0 2/
25.Jones G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 4/.250 3/2.667 19/.845 1/no AB 1/.000 25/.553 171/111 .168/.269/.262/.531 .630/.478 .598 17/.423 0/0 2/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 346/242 .278/.333/.427/.761 .964/.673 .726 102/.684 19/5 7/
12.Kent G/S/vP 31/.863 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 14/2.007 5/.650 ··· 19/.872 296/211 .260/.311/.421/.732 .804/.703 .690 88/.792 0/0 9/
28.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 44/14 .184/.295/.368/.664 .646/.702 .558 44/.664 0/0 2/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/2.000 367/252 .302/.360/.459/.819 .688/.879 .832 104/.947 3/3 7/
55.Martin G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 364/268 .300/.396/.441/.836 .765/.862 .773 108/.783 9/4 9/
57.Maza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/60 .219/.269/.274/.543 .578/.531 .688 33/.483 0/0 1/
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 110/69 .260/.336/.354/.691 .823/.620 .817 58/.618 0/0 1/
IP 121.1 48.2 26.0 8.2 1.0 37.1 18.1 20.1 TOTAL .256/.323/.377/.701 .747/.681 .690 .660 81/23 61/59
ERA-K/9 3.19/5.4 4.25/7.6 1.38/9.3 2.08/13.4 0.00/9.0 2.89/8.0 3.44/6.4 7.52/7.1 3.75/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (1-1-0)
 Martin (46-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 491/.244 209/.243 103/.178 31/.129 3/.000 155/.200 77/.250 110/.367 .247  Kemp
 Ethier
 Young
 Jones
0/50/35/9
27/0/58/5
10/0/9/2
0/43/0/0
OPS .672 .689 .497 .355 .000 .571 .753 .874 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 261/.771 89/.720 36/.656 8/.625 1/.000 74/.426 47/.694 50/1.210 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 230/.561 120/.665 67/.412 23/.261 2/.000 81/.710 30/.849 60/.590 .715
Road 240/.727 86/.794 34/.501 8/.000 3/.000 57/.564 32/.683 59/.841 .716
Last 28d days 127/.718 60/.778 45/.372 31/.355 3/.000 41/.485 25/.568 16/1.233
HR/SB/CS 10/5/4 3/7/1 0/4/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 2/1/0 0/3/0 78/62/21
Usage ····X··· X·X·o·oX ··XX···X o·X·oo·· ·o······ o·o··ooX ··o···Xo 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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