ATL @ TOR, Friday, June 27, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 39-41, 4th, 4 GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 7-3, 3.20) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-3) 90 89 38 32 36 66 5 3.20 2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-0 40.2 52 21 15 19 25 4 3.32 46 2008-06-21 SEA ND 6 3 3 0 2 4 0 98 62 2008-06-16 @COL W 7.2 8 0 0 2 7 0 103 68 2008-06-05 FLA W 6 11 5 5 2 4 1 99 32 2008-05-31 @CIN ND 4.1 9 6 6 6 2 2 99 17 2008-05-26 ARI ND 4.2 8 3 3 2 4 1 97 38 2008-05-21 NYM W 7 5 2 1 2 1 0 101 60 2008-05-16 OAK ND 5 8 2 0 3 3 0 101 47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-14 Road: 11-27 ExtrInn: 1-7 vsRHP: 27-25 vsLHP: 12-16 1-Run: 4-20 vsEast: 16-16 vsCntrl: 7-15 vsWest: 9-5 IL: 7-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 80 Wed, Jun 25 MIL W 4-2 39-41 4th 4.5 gb 79 Tue, Jun 24 MIL L 3-4 38-41 4th 4.5 gb 78 Mon, Jun 23 MIL L 1-4 38-40 4th 4.5 gb 77 Sun, Jun 22 SEA W 8-3 38-39 4th 4.0 gb 76 Sat, Jun 21 SEA W 5-4 37-39 4th 5.0 gb 75 Fri, Jun 20 SEA L 2-10 36-39 4th 6.0 gb 74 Thu, Jun 19 @TEX L 4-5 36-38 4th 6.0 gb 73 Wed, Jun 18 @TEX W 5-2 36-37 3rd 5.5 gb 72 Tue, Jun 17 @TEX L 5-7 35-37 3rd 6.5 gb 71 Mon, Jun 16 @COL W 7-1 35-36 3rd 6.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-18
Toronto Blue Jays, 38-42, 5th, 10½ GB, 10 GB in WC	SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 6-5, 4.21) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-5) 94 97 48 44 33 74 7 4.21 2007 (12-10) 169.2 146 80 77 61 144 14 4.08 2006 (1-2) 27.1 35 27 22 25 22 2 7.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 42.2 46 22 19 10 36 4 4.01 51 2008-06-22 @PIT W 5 9 4 3 1 2 0 87 36 2008-06-17 @MIL L 4 4 4 4 0 5 3 73 43 2008-06-10 SEA W 9 5 1 1 2 7 1 125 78 2008-06-05 @NYY ND 5.1 7 5 5 2 5 0 100 37 2008-05-30 @LAA W 6 7 4 3 1 6 0 98 49 2008-05-25 KCR W 7 9 1 1 0 7 0 90 62 2008-05-20 LAA L 6.1 5 3 2 4 4 0 101 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-18 Road: 18-24 ExtrInn: 3-7 vsRHP: 32-27 vsLHP: 6-15 1-Run: 11-20 vsEast: 9-14 vsCntrl:15-7 vsWest: 8-12 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 80 Thu, Jun 26 CIN W 7-1 38-42 5th 10.5 gb 79 Wed, Jun 25 CIN L 5-6 (10) 37-42 5th 11.0 gb 78 Tue, Jun 24 CIN W 14-1 37-41 5th 10.0 gb 77 Sun, Jun 22 @PIT W 8-5 36-41 5th 10.5 gb 76 Sat, Jun 21 @PIT L 3-6 35-41 5th 10.5 gb 75 Fri, Jun 20 @PIT L 0-1 (12) 35-40 5th 10.5 gb 74 Thu, Jun 19 @MIL L 7-8 35-39 5th 10.5 gb 73 Wed, Jun 18 @MIL L 4-5 35-38 5th 10.0 gb 72 Tue, Jun 17 @MIL L 0-7 35-37 5th 9.0 gb 71 Sun, Jun 15 CHC L 4-7 35-36 5th 8.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jun 22, 2006 TOR 3 @ATL 2 W:Ty Taubenheim (1-4), L: Mike Remlinger (2-4), S: B.J. Ryan (20) Wed, Jun 21, 2006 TOR 6 @ATL 3 W:Ted Lilly (7-7), L: Tim Hudson (6-6), S: B.J. Ryan (19) Tue, Jun 20, 2006 TOR 6 @ATL 5 W:Scott Schoeneweis (2-0), L: Tyler Yates (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (18) Wed, Jun 13, 2001 TOR 12 ATL 5 W:Joey Hamilton (3-3), L: Tom Glavine (6-5), S: none Tue, Jun 12, 2001 ATL 3 @TOR 0 W:Odalis Perez (4-4), L: Steve Parris (3-5), S: John Rocker (19) Mon, Jun 11, 2001 TOR 9 ATL 4 W:Bob File (2-1), L: John Burkett (5-5), S: none Wed, Jun 07, 2000 TOR 12 @ATL 8 W:Darwin Cubillan (1-0), L: Kevin Millwood (4-5), S: Billy Koch (12) Tue, Jun 06, 2000 ATL 7 TOR 6 W:Mike Remlinger (2-1), L: John Frascatore (1-2), S: none Mon, Jun 05, 2000 TOR 9 @ATL 3 W:David Wells (10-2), L: John Burkett (4-3), S: none Tue, Jul 20, 1999 TOR 11 ATL 6 W:Roy Halladay (7-3), L: Tom Glavine (8-9), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - TOR won 3-0; All-Time - TOR leads 12-6

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 5.49

OAK 4.51

WSN 3.65

RA/G

OAK 3.65

BAL 4.60

TEX 5.64

C. Jones .394

T. Hunter .282

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .485

Y. Molina .353

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .705

B. Abreu .456

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.154

T. Hunter .803

T. Pena .366

ERA

E. Volquez 2.08

T. Redding 4.05

B. Arroyo 6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.97

J. Francis 6.22

L. Hernandez 2.96

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/179 .247/.352/.308/.660 .512/.705 .694 102/.508 6/0 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 334/231 .296/.372/.398/.770 .668/.816 .721 111/.744 2/4 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 338/227 .248/.302/.399/.700 .664/.718 .709 108/.670 0/1 8/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/47 .211/.318/.281/.599 .425/.668 .535 28/.484 1/0 1/

4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.286 ··· 6/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 117/59 .282/.348/.427/.775 .825/.721 .738 65/.840 0/0 1/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 309/219 .284/.359/.459/.818 .747/.848 .759 115/.777 7/2 7/

28.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/38 .310/.356/.476/.832 1.000/.799 1.040 45/.832 0/0 1/

10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 303/193 .394/.485/.630/1.115 .955/1.208 .977 81/.960 2/0 16/

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .091/.091/.182/.273 1.000/.000 .000 3/1.000 0/0 0/

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 298/199 .301/.372/.549/.921 .976/.894 .832 97/.833 1/0 14/

27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/26 .100/.182/.175/.357 .347/.362 .651 14/.500 0/0 1/

20.Norton# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 117/84 .243/.333/.379/.712 .846/.659 .633 64/.692 0/0 2/

24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.453 4/.750 2/5.000 6/.666 4/1.250 ··· 342/222 .271/.365/.471/.837 .702/.909 .761 117/.908 0/0 14/

IP 94.0 23.2 26.0 35.2 24.0 2.2 26.0 31.0 15.0 TOTAL .271/.347/.420/.767 .715/.793 .716 .745 28/10 78/53

ERA-K/9

4.21/7.1

3.80/6.8

1.73/9.3

1.26/8.1

3.75/7.9

6.75/0.0

2.42/10.0

2.03/7.8

3.60/5.4

3.57/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (52-17-1)
Miller (4-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 400/.274 95/.236 106/.213 148/.215 105/.227 15/.222 110/.194 136/.237 63/.268 .243 Francoeur
Blanco
Jones
Norton
Infante 0/0/78/5
23/43/1/3
11/0/2/0
19/0/1/0
9/3/0/0

OPS .731 .622 .697 .578 .686 .867 .607 .631 .758 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 192/.828 34/1.075 55/.679 60/.579 35/.805 6/1.333 35/.570 60/.674 27/.776 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 208/.644 61/.384 51/.716 88/.577 70/.625 9/.611 75/.623 76/.596 36/.743 .636

Home 167/.627 41/.654 42/.490 64/.478 52/.600 15/.867 48/.406 74/.605 37/.762 .659

Last 28d days 125/.729 39/.599 21/1.048 55/.456 36/.830 / 41/.653 43/.812 30/.761

HR/SB/CS 7/11/3 2/2/0 3/0/0 1/1/0 2/4/2 0/0/0 2/2/0 1/2/1 2/0/0 67/49/16

Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ·o··o·o· ·X··X·X· ····o·o· ········ ·X··o·oo X·X····X ·o····X·

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 34.Ring*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 161/108 .293/.354/.476/.830 .789/.851 .683 71/.805 0/0 5/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 212/167 .279/.367/.358/.725 .958/.663 .715 69/.794 2/1 1/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/110 .320/.393/.485/.879 .708/.893 .995 56/1.090 2/1 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/28 .182/.250/.364/.614 .111/.776 .575 17/1.223 0/0 2/

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/20 .171/.256/.200/.456 .417/.498 .347 15/.368 2/1 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 8/.750 3/1.334 ··· 310/230 .268/.372/.406/.778 .565/.857 .755 99/.801 1/2 6/

15.Rios G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 343/257 .284/.338/.403/.741 .581/.795 .800 101/.844 16/5 4/

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 233/174 .274/.369/.463/.832 .665/.884 .864 100/.819 4/0 6/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 262/190 .260/.354/.323/.677 .648/.688 .745 92/.588 5/2 2/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 227/209 .255/.335/.410/.745 .170/.797 .618 73/.679 1/1 8/

10.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 230/178 .282/.326/.431/.757 .700/.774 .847 75/.694 2/2 7/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/1.500 ··· 207/172 .237/.325/.339/.664 .601/.676 .667 68/.802 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 177/134 .262/.362/.409/.771 .663/.821 .846 31/1.086 2/1 5/

IP 90.0 39.1 57.0 43.2 18.0 3.0 31.2 16.0 TOTAL .262/.340/.385/.725 .638/.753 .752 .756 48/23 57/41

ERA-K/9

3.20/6.6

4.12/5.3

4.26/6.8

3.71/7.8

2.00/8.0

6.00/12.0

3.41/7.9

3.38/6.8

3.69/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (23-9-2)
Zaun (25-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 395/.255 170/.255 254/.256 183/.227 75/.206 14/.286 133/.214 66/.233 .246 Rios
Wilkerson
Wells
Scutaro
Inglett
Lind
Stairs 0/30/48/7
11/0/45/4
0/53/0/3
3/0/0/1
14/0/5/0
10/0/0/0
9/0/6/0

OPS .693 .806 .743 .669 .562 .786 .611 .699 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.702 75/.917 85/.816 81/.700 27/.718 4/1.250 63/.471 43/.679 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 194/.684 95/.712 169/.701 102/.643 48/.473 10/.600 70/.738 23/.737 .719

Road 183/.689 70/.818 109/.918 79/.829 34/.501 3/.000 50/.606 32/.683 .725

Last 28d days 115/.837 59/1.060 70/.869 57/.768 40/.434 14/.786 45/.422 31/.500

HR/SB/CS 5/12/2 7/6/0 5/5/2 3/5/1 0/3/1 1/0/0 1/1/1 2/0/0 67/56/20

Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·X ···X··oo ·oX··X·X ···X··o· ·X··X··· ····X·Xo ···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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Game Preview: ATL @ TOR, 7:07pm, Friday, June 27, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 7-3, 3.20)

SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 6-5, 4.21)

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