ATL @ SFG, Monday, August 4, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 51-60, 4th, 10 GB, 10½ GB in WC	SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 10-6, 3.06) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-6) 132.1 123 51 45 46 96 8 3.06 2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 48.1 37 16 13 12 34 3 2.42 61 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 2008-06-27 @TOR W 8 3 0 0 1 3 0 104 78 2008-06-21 SEA ND 6 3 3 0 2 4 0 98 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.SFG Has never faced SFG.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-25 Road: 18-35 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 37-38 vsLHP: 14-22 1-Run: 6-23 vsEast: 20-24 vsCntrl:11-21 vsWest: 12-8 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 111 Sun, Aug 3 MIL W 5-0 51-60 4th 10.0 gb 110 Sat, Aug 2 MIL L 2-4 50-60 4th 10.0 gb 109 Fri, Aug 1 MIL L 0-9 50-59 4th 9.0 gb 108 Thu, Jul 31 STL W 9-4 50-58 4th 9.0 gb 107 Wed, Jul 30 STL L 2-7 49-58 4th 9.0 gb 106 Tue, Jul 29 STL L 3-8 49-57 4th 8.5 gb 105 Mon, Jul 28 STL L 3-12 49-56 4th 7.5 gb 104 Sun, Jul 27 @PHI L 10-12 49-55 4th 7.5 gb 103 Sat, Jul 26 @PHI L 9-10 49-54 4th 6.5 gb 102 Fri, Jul 25 @PHI W 8-2 49-53 4th 6.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:11-19
San Francisco Giants, 46-64, 4th, 10½ GB, 15 GB in WC	SP: Matt Cain (23, RHP, 6-9, 3.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-9) 148.1 131 65 61 58 138 12 3.70 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 2-4 48 40 15 13 16 45 0 2.44 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 2008-07-01 CHC W 8 2 0 0 3 10 0 114 85 2008-06-26 @CLE L 5 8 4 4 2 4 0 101 37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 10.1 13 8 8 7 7 1 6.97 39 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: 20-34 Road: 26-30 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 34-43 vsLHP: 12-21 1-Run: 20-16 vsEast: 12-10 vsCntrl: 9-21 vsWest: 19-21 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 110 Sun, Aug 3 @SDP L 1-4 46-64 4th 10.5 gb 109 Sat, Aug 2 @SDP W 2-0 46-63 4th 10.5 gb 108 Fri, Aug 1 @SDP W 3-2 (10) 45-63 4th 11.5 gb 107 Wed, Jul 30 @LAD L 0-4 44-63 4th 11.0 gb 106 Tue, Jul 29 @LAD L 0-2 44-62 4th 10.0 gb 105 Mon, Jul 28 @LAD W 7-6 44-61 4th 9.0 gb 104 Sun, Jul 27 ARI L 2-7 43-61 4th 10.0 gb 103 Sat, Jul 26 ARI L 3-5 43-60 4th 9.0 gb 102 Fri, Jul 25 ARI L 2-10 43-59 4th 8.0 gb 101 Thu, Jul 24 WSN W 1-0 43-58 4th 7.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) Thu, Aug 31, 2006 SFG 8 @ATL 6 W:Matt Morris (10-11), L: John Smoltz (12-7), S: Armando Benitez (17) Wed, Aug 30, 2006 ATL 5 SFG 3 W:Chuck James (7-3), L: Brad Hennessey (5-4), S: Bob Wickman (25) Tue, Aug 29, 2006 ATL 13 SFG 8 W:Tim Hudson (11-10), L: Jason Schmidt (10-8), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - ATL won 4-3; 2006 - SFG won 4-3; All-Time - SFG leads 1205-1055

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 5.63

MIL 4.63

SDP 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.88

MIN 4.63

TEX 5.91

C. Jones .369

D. Wright .286

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .466

D. Uggla .359

T. Pena .169

SLG

R. Ludwick .614

C. Blake .475

T. Pena .196

OPS

C. Jones 1.062

D. DeJesus .818

T. Pena .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.33

J. Maine 4.13

I. Snell 6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.04

T. Wellemeyer 6.12

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. San Francisco Giants Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB 43.Espineli*
G/S/vB 52.Hinshaw*
G/S/vB 56.Matos
G/S/vB 54.Romo
G/S/vB 37.Taschner*
G/S/vB 45.Walker
G/S/vB 38.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 382/285 .266/.370/.328/.698 .674/.707 .727 103/.683 10/4 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 428/301 .280/.352/.372/.724 .648/.757 .685 68/.559 2/5 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 453/314 .231/.289/.359/.648 .599/.670 .652 91/.593 0/1 9/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 95/68 .217/.301/.313/.614 .390/.702 .516 11/.545 1/1 2/

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 173/102 .297/.345/.468/.813 .830/.802 .789 49/.909 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 421/309 .272/.345/.429/.775 .767/.778 .707 82/.669 9/3 9/

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 419/324 .281/.322/.434/.756 .918/.708 .817 89/.699 2/1 12/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 280/193 .288/.333/.396/.729 .541/.817 .729 77/.747 2/3 4/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.071 2/.000 ··· 392/265 .302/.385/.564/.949 .923/.962 .924 58/1.290 3/0 20/

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/117 .252/.341/.388/.729 .598/.785 .649 29/.841 0/0 3/

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/42 .273/.352/.429/.781 .870/.685 .645 29/.857 1/0 1/

5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/15 .333/.368/.500/.868 1.000/.833 19/.868 0/0 1/

IP 148.1 5.2 27.2 12.2 15.1 37.1 40.2 43.1 TOTAL .266/.342/.410/.752 .721/.766 .719 .729 36/19 102/69

ERA-K/9

3.70/8.4

6.35/6.3

2.60/11.7

2.13/7.1

2.35/9.4

3.13/7.2

4.65/7.5

4.36/9.8

4.27/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (66-20-4)
Sammons (4-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 623/.238 25/.261 121/.208 58/.283 60/.148 162/.236 171/.242 193/.264 .257 Francoeur
Blanco
Kotsay
Norton
Infante 0/0/105/8
46/54/1/5
0/69/0/3
24/0/2/0
13/3/0/0

OPS .695 .885 .672 .873 .572 .685 .733 .704 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.695 6/1.133 60/.713 20/.900 21/.143 81/.554 58/1.152 86/.526 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.695 19/.816 61/.634 38/.856 39/.791 81/.813 113/.517 107/.845 .757

Home 336/.702 18/1.039 69/.738 39/.861 30/.641 77/.822 75/.921 94/.744 .762

Last 28d days 116/.566 25/.885 34/.801 47/.808 41/.699 34/.824 26/.884 41/.758

HR/SB/CS 12/6/7 2/1/0 2/1/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 4/5/1 6/1/1 3/1/1 100/68/24

Usage ·····X·· ····X··o X····ooX X···o··X ··X·o·oX ··X···X· ··o···o· ·XX···o·

San Francisco Giants Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.40 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 39.Soriano
G/S/vB 54.Tavarez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Aurilia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 16/.517 5/.400 ··· 12/.166 308/212 .281/.334/.421/.755 .893/.696 .703 59/.627 1/1 8/

21.Bowker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 300/266 .257/.300/.414/.714 .333/.763 .706 68/.485 1/1 9/

7.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/89 .277/.338/.321/.659 .826/.541 .711 35/.469 9/2 0/

12.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.000 ··· 3/.666 398/281 .255/.304/.401/.705 .710/.702 .713 69/.549 2/2 6/

20.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/67 .240/.337/.387/.724 .993/.650 .933 5/1.400 0/1 1/

14.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 409/331 .281/.352/.447/.799 .608/.844 .926 69/.669 20/7 7/

1.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 8/.250 395/292 .276/.306/.404/.711 .720/.708 .655 77/.607 0/0 8/

23.Ochoa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/18 .286/.310/.357/.667 .727/.631 .765 29/.667 0/1 0/

10.Roberts* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/.833 ··· 8/.625 39/39 .167/.231/.167/.397 /.397 .650 21/.496 2/2 0/

33.Rowand G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 4/3.417 ··· 425/316 .279/.346/.428/.774 1.057/.677 .728 83/.555 2/3 9/

8.Velez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/126 .211/.259/.322/.582 .504/.601 .578 35/.637 10/5 0/

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 206/157 .179/.239/.212/.451 .367/.477 .621 47/.560 4/1 0/

2.Winn# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 4/.250 2/2.000 ··· 11/.964 439/315 .279/.342/.382/.725 .745/.716 .688 77/.512 21/1 5/

IP 132.1 66.0 58.1 35.0 16.0 5.2 46.1 14.0 28.2 TOTAL .253/.314/.373/.688 .706/.681 .700 .562 88/33 61/68

ERA-K/9

3.06/6.5

4.09/6.5

4.47/7.6

4.11/9.3

2.81/10.7

3.18/6.3

2.72/8.2

2.57/10.3

5.97/7.2

4.06/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Holm (19-2-1)
Molina (46-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 560/.245 292/.252 246/.244 148/.229 67/.210 25/.227 187/.193 57/.149 143/.311 .249 Lewis
Rowand
Winn
Roberts
Velez
Bowker
Burriss 90/10/1/6
0/103/0/4
0/5/99/3
11/0/0/2
4/1/6/1
1/0/13/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .680 .725 .699 .679 .609 .598 .549 .575 .781 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 291/.714 98/.839 98/.706 57/1.013 15/.800 11/.404 89/.472 24/.861 59/1.036 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.643 194/.663 148/.693 91/.476 52/.546 14/.742 98/.621 33/.385 84/.601 .721

Road 260/.592 114/.911 112/.774 55/.744 22/.500 3/.000 82/.568 15/.421 70/.821 .711

Last 28d days 110/.634 18/.284 40/.687 45/1.083 38/.797 25/.598 35/.407 19/.753 38/.597

HR/SB/CS 8/16/2 5/5/2 6/7/2 4/4/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/2 1/1/1 1/4/0 99/75/25

Usage ····X··· o··X··X· ··o·oo·X ··o···oX o··o·X·· ·X······ o·o·o··o ·X·X·o·· ··X·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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Game Preview: ATL @ SFG, 10:15pm, Monday, August 4, 2008 @AT&T Park

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 10-6, 3.06)

SP: Matt Cain (23, RHP, 6-9, 3.70)

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