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Game Preview: ATL @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Atlanta Braves, 35-36, 3rd, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (32, RHP, 7-4, 2.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-4)             98    88  33  30  24  59  7    2.76      
 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         2-2  48.1  44  16  14  16  29  6    2.61   57 
 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 
 2008-05-27   @MIL  ND   8    11   2   2   1   6  0     122   57 
 2008-05-22    NYM   W   8     7   2   2   0   4  2     100   64 
 2008-05-17    OAK   L   5     5   5   5   5   3  2      96   35 
 2008-05-12   @PIT   W   7     2   1   0   2   5  0      97   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-1  29.2  32  15  14  15  21  5    4.25   49 
 2005-06-13   @TEX   L   2.2   5   5   5   5   3  2      76   26 
 2004-09-23   @TEX  ND   7     7   2   2   5   2  0     123   52 
 2004-09-13    TEX  ND   8     9   4   4   1   8  2     120   55 
 2004-04-05    TEX  ND   5     6   2   2   3   3  0     106   47 
 2003-09-24    TEX   W   7     5   2   1   1   5  1     100   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-11   Road:   10-25   ExtrInn: 1-7 
 vsRHP:  24-21   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:   3-18
 vsEast: 16-16   vsCntrl: 6-13   vsWest:  9-5  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Mon, Jun 16  @COL  W   7-1       35-36  3rd  6.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @LAA  L   0-2       34-36  3rd  6.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @LAA  W   9-4       34-35  3rd  6.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @LAA  W   5-2       33-35  3rd  7.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 12  @CHC  L   2-3 (11)  32-35  3rd  7.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11  @CHC  L   2-7       32-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10  @CHC  L   5-10      32-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 64 Sun, Jun  8   PHI  L   3-6       32-32  3rd  6.5 gb
 63 Sat, Jun  7   PHI  L   2-6       32-31  3rd  5.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun  6   PHI  L   3-4 (10)  32-30  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Texas Rangers, 35-36, 3rd, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 8-3, 3.89)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-3)             85.2  91  45  37  33  59 14    3.89      
 2007 (6-10)           120.1 146  88  77  50  71 16    5.76      
 2006 (15-10)          200   206 108 100  70 156 21    4.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  42    40  24  20  17  34  8    4.29   50 
 2008-06-11   @KCR   W   6     7   5   4   3   2  1     108   39 
 2008-06-06    TBR   L   6     5   3   3   2   3  2      94   51 
 2008-05-27   @TBR   W   6     7   5   5   4  10  2     108   44 
 2008-05-22   @MIN  ND   5     7   3   3   2   3  1     102   42 
 2008-05-17    HOU   W   7     5   2   2   3   6  1     104   62 
 2008-05-12    SEA  ND   5     7   6   3   1   2  1      94   36 
 2008-05-07   @SEA   W   7     2   0   0   2   8  0      91   79 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      0-4  23    32  20  19  12  16  5    7.43   38 
 2005-07-01    ATL   L   4    10   4   4   2   2  1      91   26 
 2005-04-24   @ATL   L   3     4   4   4   4   3  0      84   34 
 2004-09-08   @ATL  ND   6     4   3   2   2   4  1      90   56 
 2004-09-01    ATL   L   5     9   5   5   2   3  2      91   30 
 2004-05-29    ATL   L   5     5   4   4   2   4  1      75   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-16   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  28-22   vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  6-12   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Sun, Jun 15  @NYM  L   2-4       35-36  3rd  7.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @NYM  W   8-7       35-35  3rd  7.5 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 13  @NYM  L   1-7       34-35  3rd  7.5 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 12  @KCR  L   5-6       34-34  3rd  7.5 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 11  @KCR  W  11-5       34-33  3rd  7.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 10  @KCR  W   6-5       33-33  3rd  7.0 gb
 65 Sun, Jun  8   TBR  W   6-3       32-33  3rd  7.5 gb
 64 Sat, Jun  7   TBR  L   4-5       31-33  3rd  8.5 gb
 63 Fri, Jun  6   TBR  L   4-12      31-32  3rd  7.5 gb
 62 Thu, Jun  5   CLE  W   9-4       31-31  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 15, 2005 TEX  9  ATL  5        W:Chan Ho Park (7-1), L: Kyle Davies (2-2), S: Francisco Cordero (17)
Tue, Jun 14, 2005 ATL  7 @TEX  2        W:Jorge Sosa (3-0), L: Pedro Astacio (2-8), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2005 TEX  7  ATL  3        W:Chris Young (6-3), L: Tim Hudson (6-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2003 ATL  8  TEX  4        W:Jung Bong (5-0), L: Aaron Fultz (1-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2003 ATL  5  TEX  2        W:Greg Maddux (5-5), L: John Thomson (3-7), S: John Smoltz (22)
Tue, Jun 03, 2003 ATL  6  TEX  5        W:Kevin Gryboski (4-3), L: Ugueth Urbina (0-2), S: John Smoltz (21)
Sun, Jun 09, 2002 ATL  9 @TEX  3        W:Jason Marquis (5-3), L: Dave Burba (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 08, 2002 ATL  6 @TEX  3 (10)   W:Mike Remlinger (3-0), L: Hideki Irabu (2-6), S: John Smoltz (18)
Fri, Jun 07, 2002 ATL 13 @TEX  7        W:Chris Hammond (4-2), L: Chan Ho Park (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - ATL leads 7-2

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  5.55

TBR  4.54

WSN  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.65

BAL  4.59

TEX  5.83

BA

C. Jones  .403

B. DeWitt  .279

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .493

M. Young  .348

J. Vidro  .262

SLG

L. Berkman  .704

C. Guzman  .447

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.149

C. Snyder  .799

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.64

J. Moyer  4.12

B. Bonser  6.45

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.74

R. Nolasco  6.13

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Padilla
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/153 .267/.376/.327/.703 .505/.761 .704 103/.632 5/0 1/
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 309/212 .303/.379/.406/.785 .697/.826 .717 127/.745 2/4 6/
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 305/203 .255/.305/.422/.727 .691/.745 .731 116/.760 0/1 8/
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/36 .200/.333/.225/.558 .408/.610 .535 15/.343 1/0 0/
4.Infante G/S/vP 5/.400 7/1.262 2/.500 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 86/36 .253/.341/.387/.728 .767/.657 .711 64/.708 0/0 0/
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 273/191 .280/.354/.462/.816 .760/.842 .770 122/.816 6/2 7/
28.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/15 .471/.526/.706/1.232 .500/1.446 1.232 19/1.232 0/0 1/
10.Jones# G/S/vP 43/.973 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 40/1.081 284/182 .403/.493/.643/1.136 .979/1.225 .997 105/1.097 2/0 15/
16.McCann* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 265/175 .306/.381/.557/.939 .978/.918 .816 96/.903 0/0 12/
27.Miller G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 40/22 .111/.200/.194/.394 .347/.432 .812 23/.503 0/0 1/
20.Norton# G/S/vP 3/3.500 3/.000 1/no AB 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.167 12/1.227 101/74 .227/.327/.341/.668 .805/.619 .635 61/.545 0/0 2/
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/5.000 ··· ··· 10/.800 ··· ··· ··· 305/195 .271/.361/.440/.801 .662/.879 .772 126/.878 0/0 10/
IP 85.2 29.2 25.2 21.1 37.2 28.0 38.1 TOTAL .274/.351/.421/.772 .711/.805 .718 .760 25/10 69/41
ERA-K/9 3.89/6.2 5.76/8.2 4.56/11.2 2.95/4.2 4.06/4.1 4.50/6.8 3.99/6.1 5.10/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (43-14-1)
 Miller (3-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 376/.272 140/.243 120/.267 83/.208 162/.278 120/.219 161/.230 .287  Francoeur
 Blanco
 Jones
 Norton
 Infante
0/0/70/5
23/34/1/2
5/0/0/0
14/0/1/0
7/3/0/0
OPS .800 .787 .774 .564 .767 .670 .614 .802
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.847 69/.542 54/.956 42/.495 77/.843 35/.805 71/.702 .839
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 189/.756 71/1.046 66/.627 41/.635 85/.697 85/.616 90/.547 .770
Home 139/.709 72/.825 53/.801 46/.670 83/.804 66/.747 81/.674 .802
Last 28d days 105/.891 45/.987 56/.842 39/.527 50/.749 36/.628 57/.660
HR/SB/CS 14/8/2 4/1/0 3/4/1 1/2/0 1/0/1 3/1/0 1/4/1 67/50/16
Usage ·····X·· ········ ·X··XX·· ·o···XX· ·o·o··o· ·X····X· ·o··oo··
Texas Rangers Batters (5.55 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.99 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
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
40.Ridgway*
G/S/vB
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
54.Stockman
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/109 .258/.324/.411/.735 .959/.673 .781 57/.759 0/1 2/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 268/172 .329/.451/.630/1.081 1.354/.944 1.341 100/1.214 4/2 15/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 109/62 .269/.361/.419/.780 .837/.738 1.025 65/.870 1/1 2/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 29/.796 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 164/157 .271/.352/.403/.755 .629/.758 .599 47/.659 1/0 2/
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/42 .194/.257/.343/.600 .625/.574 .567 20/.879 0/0 3/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 317/214 .314/.356/.585/.942 .871/.975 1.087 111/.886 2/0 18/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/246 .305/.354/.486/.840 .707/.884 .879 122/.906 17/1 10/
15.Laird G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 193/145 .293/.351/.425/.776 .661/.814 .719 61/.868 0/1 4/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 301/205 .282/.318/.469/.787 .587/.885 .784 106/.746 5/2 10/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 103/71 .244/.369/.395/.764 .419/.937 .919 52/.814 0/0 3/
16.Shelton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/57 .213/.333/.337/.670 .558/.775 .718 64/.611 1/0 2/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 170/142 .336/.404/.534/.938 .569/1.007 .951 77/1.040 0/1 4/
10.Young G/S/vP 28/.807 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 313/235 .290/.348/.420/.769 .851/.740 .848 110/.796 4/0 6/
IP 98.0 34.2 53.1 38.1 13.1 29.2 2.0 13.1 7.1 TOTAL .282/.351/.462/.814 .760/.835 .871 .856 35/9 89/65
ERA-K/9 2.76/5.4 4.41/5.7 4.56/7.1 3.99/8.0 2.70/8.1 2.12/8.2 0.00/9.0 4.05/7.4 0.00/11.1 3.68/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (26-12-1)
 Saltalamacchia (22-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 390/.245 152/.267 237/.247 163/.236 58/.208 122/.204 8/.143 56/.260 28/.087 .246  Hamilton
 Byrd
 Boggs
 Bradley
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Duran
0/49/16/3
3/17/14/3
31/0/1/1
1/0/14/1
28/12/39/1
17/0/0/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .652 .842 .741 .688 .595 .576 .393 .776 .424 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 214/.763 68/.939 83/.793 71/.755 26/.748 58/.437 2/.000 39/.754 9/.222 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.521 84/.755 154/.707 92/.636 32/.466 64/.705 6/.533 17/.827 19/.513 .720
Road 195/.658 67/.836 103/.909 69/.858 34/.501 49/.619 8/.393 27/.824 9/.476 .724
Last 28d days 144/.750 64/.995 83/.799 66/.835 23/.415 45/.371 8/.393 25/.708 25/.480
HR/SB/CS 7/4/4 7/5/0 5/5/2 3/5/1 0/1/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/1/0 62/46/17
Usage ····X··· ··X·X·X· X··o·X·· ··X·Xo·· ······X· o·X·o··· ····oX·· ··o··o·· ·····Xo·

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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