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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 7:35pm, Friday, April 11, 2008 @Nationals Park

Atlanta Braves, 3-6, 4th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

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

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN 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.WSN      4-0  37    23   4   4   3  29  0    0.97   72 
 2008-03-30    WSN  ND   7     3   2   2   0   3  0      78   66 
 2007-09-16    WSN   W   9     7   0   0   1   6  0     100   78 
 2007-06-25    WSN   W   7     7   1   1   0   9  0      92   68 
 2007-05-15    WSN   W   7     3   1   1   1   4  0      84   70 
 2007-04-10    WSN   W   7     3   0   0   1   7  0      96   77 
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   4th  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @COL  L   3-4        3-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @COL  L   1-2        3-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   NYM  W   3-1        3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5   NYM  W  11-5        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  3   PIT  L   3-4 (10)   1-3   5th  2.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2   PIT  W  10-2        1-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  2 Mon, Mar 31   PIT  L  11-12(12)   0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Sun, Mar 30  @WSN  L   2-3        0-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-6    Last 20: 3-6    Last 30: 3-6 
Washington Nationals, 3-7, 5th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Chico (25, LHP, 0-1, 5.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             11.1  14   7   7   3   9  1    5.56      
 2007 (7-9)            167   183  96  86  74  94 26    4.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  39    46  25  19  11  25  3    4.38   46 
 2008-04-05    STL   L   6     8   4   4   2   5  0     108   43 
 2008-03-31    PHI  ND   5.1   6   3   3   1   4  1      93   47 
 2007-09-29    PHI   W   6     4   1   1   3   4  1      87   61 
 2007-09-24    NYM   W   5.1   9   3   3   2   0  0      80   36 
 2007-09-19    NYM   L   5.1   7   5   5   1   3  0      91   36 
 2007-09-14    ATL  ND   6     6   3   3   1   4  0      96   51 
 2007-09-08    ATL   L   5     6   6   0   1   5  1      79   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      2-2  26.2  27  17   8  12  13  3    2.70   48 
 2007-09-14    ATL  ND   6     6   3   3   1   4  0      96   51 
 2007-09-08    ATL   L   5     6   6   0   1   5  1      79   47 
 2007-05-17    ATL   W   6     5   3   3   2   1  1      89   49 
 2007-04-16    ATL   W   5     4   1   1   5   0  0      97   50 
 2007-04-10    ATL   L   4.2   6   4   1   3   3  1      98   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    1-3    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-3    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Thu, Apr 10   FLA  L   3-4        3-7   5th  3.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9   FLA  L   4-10       3-6   4th  2.5 gb
  8 Mon, Apr  7   FLA  L   7-10       3-5   5th  1.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6  @STL  L   0-3        3-4   3rd  0.5 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5  @STL  L   4-5        3-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4  @STL  L   4-5        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Thu, Apr  3  @PHI  L   7-8 (10)   3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @PHI  W   1-0        3-0   1st  1.0 up
  2 Mon, Mar 31  @PHI  W  11-6        2-0   1st  0.5 up
  1 Sun, Mar 30   ATL  W   3-2        1-0   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 3-7    Last 30: 3-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Mar 30, 2008 WSN  3  ATL  2        W:Jon Rauch (1-0), L: Peter Moylan (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 ATL  3 @WSN  0        W:Tim Hudson , L: Shawn Hill , S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 WSN  7  ATL  4        W:Jay Bergmann , L: Lance Cormier , S: Chad Cordero 
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 ATL  8 @WSN  5 (13)   W:Jose Ascanio , L: Jesus Colome , S: none
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 WSN  7 @ATL  4        W:Jay Bergmann , L: Lance Cormier , S: Chad Cordero 
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 ATL  9  WSN  2        W:Chuck James , L: Matt Chico , S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 ATL  7  WSN  1        W:John Smoltz , L: Joel Hanrahan , S: none
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 ATL 13  WSN  0        W:John Smoltz , L: Micah Bowie , S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 ATL  6  WSN  2        W:Buddy Carlyle , L: Mike Bacsik , S: Bob Wickman 
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 ATL  4  WSN  1        W:Tim Hudson , L: Jay Bergmann , S: Bob Wickman 
Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 1-0; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; 2006 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 273-239

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. Washington Nationals Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Chico*
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.King*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
49.Schroder
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Diaz G/S/vP 11/.664 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.666 4/.500 4/.250 384/180 .338/.368/.497/.865 .964/.756 .856 / 4/0 12/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/2.000 355/201 .326/.385/.451/.837 .870/.811 .831 / 5/3 5/11
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 15/.945 1/2.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/5.000 12/.500 7/1.571 4/.000 696/467 .293/.338/.444/.782 .852/.747 .847 / 5/2 19/5
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 211/169 .295/.351/.421/.772 .508/.835 .765 / 3/3 4/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/1.334 3/.666 2/.500 5/.200 3/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 608/424 .276/.375/.457/.831 .771/.858 .880 / 9/5 16/14
10.Jones# G/S/vP 15/1.082 11/1.236 3/1.167 2/4.000 12/.533 5/1.000 9/.111 5/.900 600/377 .337/.425/.604/1.029 .803/1.171 1.075 / 5/1 29/9
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/1.800 ··· 9/.500 ··· ··· ··· 227/177 .214/.279/.296/.575 .332/.644 .671 / 1/1 1/2
16.McCann* G/S/vP 11/.697 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 7/.829 7/.000 3/1.334 2/1.500 552/364 .270/.320/.452/.772 .755/.781 .748 / 0/1 18/13
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 29/21 .259/.310/.444/.755 .500/.860 .767 / 0/0 1/0
5.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 33/15 .212/.212/.303/.515 .611/.400 .471 / 0/1 1/0
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 62/23 .288/.323/.339/.662 .494/.954 .677 / 0/0 0/3
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/.833 3/2.667 6/.733 2/.500 2/1.500 3/2.667 3/.666 ··· 575/398 .306/.400/.563/.963 1.000/.946 .971 / 0/0 30/5
IP 167.0 42.1 66.0 51.0 39.2 87.1 93.0 45.1 TOTAL .270/.325/.433/.757 .764/.752 .592 .757 2/1 10/5
ERA-K/9 4.63/5.1 3.19/6.0 3.82/5.9 6.00/7.6 4.76/5.7 3.61/7.3 3.68/6.2 3.18/8.5 4.64/6.0

 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 747/.281 181/.267 286/.258 247/.286 175/.248 354/.230 398/.255 192/.208 .270  Francoeur
 Kotsay
 Diaz
0/0/162/19
0/56/0/5
95/0/5/4
OPS .824 .712 .709 .862 .801 .619 .678 .568 .810
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.788 83/.613 122/.859 123/.829 88/.631 163/.622 165/.689 74/.724 .688
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 599/.833 98/.789 164/.597 124/.894 87/.975 191/.618 233/.670 118/.475 .892
Home 406/.844 83/.560 149/.624 104/.737 88/.724 189/.574 186/.602 90/.555 .846
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 26/9/6 5/1/1 6/3/0 9/4/2 6/4/1 7/5/1 1/2/2 2/3/1 12/4/2
Usage ·····X·· X··oo··X ·o···X·X ·X··o·oo ·X···o·o o··X···· X··o··Xo ···X··o·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Washington Nationals Batters (4.40 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
Campillo
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
10.Belliard G/S/vP 13/.385 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 557/402 .290/.332/.427/.759 .892/.708 .778 / 3/0 11/7
8.Boone G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 228/168 .286/.388/.423/.811 .605/.880 .758 / 2/0 5/5
23.Estrada# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 464/326 .278/.296/.403/.699 .754/.675 .639 / 0/0 10/6
3.Flores G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 197/98 .244/.310/.361/.671 .770/.572 .577 / 0/1 4/4
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 47/.301 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 192/150 .328/.380/.466/.846 .810/.856 .935 / 2/0 2/8
1.Harris* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 391/335 .270/.349/.392/.741 .525/.776 .809 / 17/11 2/4
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 24/.691 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
25.Kearns G/S/vP 24/.625 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 674/507 .266/.355/.411/.765 .883/.728 .695 / 2/2 16/2
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP 24/.681 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 488/347 .272/.311/.378/.689 .876/.614 .571 / 2/0 9/9
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 25/.533 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 9/.222 ··· 2/.000 671/470 .245/.308/.352/.659 .720/.633 .633 / 24/9 9/21
12.Mackowiak* G/S/vP 13/.885 ··· 5/1.800 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 329/279 .263/.337/.386/.723 .666/.734 .720 / 4/1 6/4
44.Milledge G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 206/136 .272/.341/.446/.787 .956/.704 .961 / 3/2 7/2
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 16/.313 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 722/555 .266/.330/.458/.788 1.103/.695 .815 / 4/1 24/23
IP 224.1 23.2 13.0 5.1 13.1 90.0 36.1 4.1 20.0 TOTAL .241/.306/.387/.693 .651/.720 .647 .693 2/1 8/4
ERA-K/9 3.33/5.3 2.28/8.4 3.46/9.7 3.38/5.1 6.75/6.1 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)
 Estrada (73-11-5)
 Flores (27-13-4)
 Lo Duca (72-22-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 925/.261 93/.165 57/.269 26/.417 63/.333 359/.208 168/.282 17/.308 88/.186 .249  Kearns
 Mackowiak
 Harris
 Milledge
0/6/158/9
65/1/24/5
85/20/0/4
11/14/28/2
OPS .660 .543 .784 .898 1.014 .597 .792 .872 .584 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 492/.673 40/.769 17/1.113 11/1.000 25/.693 151/.679 82/.718 9/.661 45/.701 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 433/.646 53/.357 40/.652 15/.829 38/1.220 208/.537 86/.861 8/1.119 43/.469 .738
Road 467/.630 47/.445 33/.803 8/1.196 17/1.504 196/.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 2/2/1 6/9/2 3/4/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 7/4/1
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X ·X·····X ···Xo··X ···ooo·· ···oX··X ·X·····X ·····X·o

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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