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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 4:35pm, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @Nationals Park

Atlanta Braves, 12-14, 4th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 3-2, 3.45)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             31.1  25  12  12  13  25  1    3.45      
 2007 (3-1)             30.2  24  16  16  11  13  4    4.70      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  36.2  36  20  20  16  25  2    4.91   48 
 2008-04-25   @NYM   W   6     2   3   3   4   4  0     107   56 
 2008-04-20    LAD   W   7     3   1   1   3   8  1     114   72 
 2008-04-15   @FLA   L   6     4   2   2   3   5  0     101   58 
 2008-04-08   @COL   L   7     9   4   4   2   3  0      94   44 
 2008-04-02    PIT   W   5.1   7   2   2   1   5  0      88   50 
 2007-09-26    MIN  ND   3     5   4   4   3   0  0      64   30 
 2007-09-21    KCR  ND   2.1   6   4   4   0   0  1      43   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN    Has never faced WSN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-4    Road:    4-10   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   7-7    vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   0-8 
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @WSN  L   3-6       12-14  4th  3.0 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @NYM  L   3-6       12-13  4th  3.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @NYM  L   3-4       12-12  4th  2.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @NYM  W   6-3       12-11  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   FLA  W   7-4       11-11  4th  2.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   FLA  L   2-7       10-11  4th  3.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   WSN  L   0-6       10-10  4th  2.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 21   WSN  W   7-3       10-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20   LAD  W   6-1        9-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19   LAD  W   4-1        8-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-14
Washington Nationals, 10-17, 5th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Shawn Hill (27, RHP, 0-0, 5.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             10    14   7   6   3  11  0    5.40      
 2007 (4-5)             97.1  86  42  37  25  65  9    3.42      
 2006 (1-3)             36.2  43  20  19  12  16  2    4.66      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  37.1  51  28  25   9  29  6    6.03   41 
 2008-04-24    NYM  ND   5     6   3   2   3   5  0      98   47 
 2008-04-19   @FLA  ND   5     8   4   4   0   6  0      85   41 
 2007-09-21    PHI   L   4.2   8   6   6   1   2  3      92   25 
 2007-09-16    ATL   L   5     5   3   3   4   2  1      88   43 
 2007-09-10   @FLA   W   6     6   2   1   0   4  1      81   58 
 2007-09-04    FLA  ND   6.1  11   3   3   0   6  0      97   45 
 2007-08-29   @LAD  ND   5.1   7   7   6   1   4  1      96   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      0-2  11    12   7   6   6   4  2    4.91   44 
 2007-09-16    ATL   L   5     5   3   3   4   2  1      88   43 
 2006-06-06   @ATL   L   6     7   4   3   2   2  1      94   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-7    Road:    4-10   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   4-11   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  8-13   vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Tue, Apr 29   ATL  W   6-3       10-17  5th  5.5 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27   CHC  W   2-0        9-17  5th  6.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   CHC  L   0-7        8-17  5th  6.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   CHC  W   5-3        8-16  5th  6.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   NYM  W  10-5        7-16  5th  6.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23   NYM  L   2-7        6-16  5th  7.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @ATL  W   6-0        6-15  5th  6.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @ATL  L   3-7        5-15  5th  7.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @FLA  L   1-6        5-14  5th  6.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @FLA  L   5-6        5-13  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 WSN  6  ATL  3        W:Saul Rivera (2-1), L: Blaine Boyer (0-3), S: Jon Rauch (5)
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 WSN  6 @ATL  0        W:John Lannan (1-2), L: John Smoltz (3-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 ATL  7  WSN  3        W:Tim Hudson (3-1), L: Matt Chico (0-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 WSN  5  ATL  4        W:Tim Redding (2-1), L: Tom Glavine (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (2)
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 ATL 10 @WSN  2        W:John Smoltz (2-0), L: John Lannan (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 ATL  3 @WSN  0        W:Tim Hudson (2-0), L: Matt Chico (0-2), S: Peter Moylan (1)
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 (16-8), L: Shawn Hill (4-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 WSN  7  ATL  4        W:Jay Bergmann (5-5), L: Lance Cormier (2-6), S: Chad Cordero (34)
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 ATL  8 @WSN  5 (13)   W:Jose Ascanio (1-1), L: Jesus Colome (4-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 4-3; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; 2006 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 276-242

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 (4.88 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Hill
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
32.Cordero
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
54.O'Connor*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 11/.728 6/.533 384/180 .338/.368/.497/.865 .964/.756 .856 / 4/0 12/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 5/.933 355/201 .326/.385/.451/.837 .870/.811 .831 / 5/3 5/11
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.500 4/.833 10/.644 3/1.334 2/1.500 13/.462 8/1.500 696/467 .293/.338/.444/.782 .852/.747 .847 / 5/2 19/5
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 211/169 .295/.351/.421/.772 .508/.835 .765 / 3/3 4/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/1.334 3/.666 4/.250 3/.333 ··· 4/1.250 5/.650 608/424 .276/.375/.457/.831 .771/.858 .880 / 9/5 16/14
10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/1.167 11/1.236 3/1.167 19/1.180 3/3.333 3/.000 7/1.000 11/.091 600/377 .337/.425/.604/1.029 .803/1.171 1.075 / 5/1 29/9
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 5/1.800 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 227/177 .214/.279/.296/.575 .332/.644 .671 / 1/1 1/2
1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.166 4/.000 ··· 10/.000 3/1.334 552/364 .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 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 33/15 .212/.212/.303/.515 .611/.400 .471 / 0/1 1/0
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 62/23 .288/.323/.339/.662 .494/.954 .677 / 0/0 0/3
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/1.850 7/.619 3/.667 3/.333 ··· 4/2.750 3/.666 575/398 .306/.400/.563/.963 1.000/.946 .971 / 0/0 30/5
IP 97.1 42.1 66.0 75.0 51.0 87.1 93.0 TOTAL .280/.344/.444/.788 .735/.821 .737 .795 9/1 30/17
ERA-K/9 3.42/6.0 3.19/6.0 3.82/5.9 3.36/7.4 6.00/7.6 /0.0 3.61/7.3 3.68/6.2 4.49/7.2

 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 399/.235 181/.267 286/.258 321/.260 247/.286 / 354/.230 398/.255 .267  Francoeur
 Kotsay
 Diaz
0/0/162/19
0/56/0/5
95/0/5/4
OPS .661 .712 .709 .731 .862 .619 .678 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 185/.799 83/.613 122/.859 152/.611 123/.829 / 163/.622 165/.689 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.541 98/.789 164/.597 169/.842 124/.894 / 191/.618 233/.670 .864
Home 191/.683 83/.560 149/.624 177/.709 104/.737 / 189/.574 186/.602 .785
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 5/1/1 6/3/0 8/2/2 9/4/2 // 7/5/1 1/2/2 28/21/7
Usage ·····X·· o·X·Xo·o ···X··X· o··X···· ···X··X· ····oo·· o·o·oX·o X···oXo·

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 (3.74 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
56.Boyer
G/S/vB
57.Campillo
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 557/402 .290/.332/.427/.759 .892/.708 .778 / 3/0 11/7
8.Boone G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/2.550 3/.666 ··· ··· 228/168 .286/.388/.423/.811 .605/.880 .758 / 2/0 5/5
23.Estrada# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 464/326 .278/.296/.403/.699 .754/.675 .639 / 0/0 10/6
15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 192/150 .328/.380/.466/.846 .810/.856 .935 / 2/0 2/8
1.Harris* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 391/335 .270/.349/.392/.741 .525/.776 .809 / 17/11 2/4
24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 3/.000 / /// / / / /
25.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 6/1.500 2/.000 ··· 674/507 .266/.355/.411/.765 .883/.728 .695 / 2/2 16/2
2.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.833 2/1.000 4/.500 9/.222 ··· 2/.000 671/470 .245/.308/.352/.659 .720/.633 .633 / 24/9 9/21
12.Mackowiak* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 329/279 .263/.337/.386/.723 .666/.734 .720 / 4/1 6/4
44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/3.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 206/136 .272/.341/.446/.787 .956/.704 .961 / 3/2 7/2
53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/50 .164/.190/.230/.420 .467/.405 .585 / 0/0 0/2
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 317/193 .253/.319/.439/.758 .913/.659 .588 / 2/1 13/3
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 722/555 .266/.330/.458/.788 1.103/.695 .815 / 4/1 24/23
IP 30.2 23.2 5.1 13.1 107.0 36.1 4.1 20.0 TOTAL .232/.311/.343/.654 .639/.662 .647 .649 6/6 16/15
ERA-K/9 4.70/3.8 2.28/8.4 3.38/5.1 6.75/6.1 5.21/6.2 4.95/8.2 4.15/4.2 2.70/9.4 3.74/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Estrada (73-11-5)
 Nieves (21-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 122/.220 93/.165 26/.417 63/.333 462/.284 168/.282 17/.308 88/.186 .237  Kearns
 Mackowiak
 Harris
 Pena
 Milledge
0/6/158/9
65/1/24/5
85/20/0/4
55/12/37/3
11/14/28/2
OPS .717 .543 .898 1.014 .857 .792 .872 .584 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.874 40/.769 11/1.000 25/.693 222/1.017 82/.718 9/.661 45/.701 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.509 53/.357 15/.829 38/1.220 240/.709 86/.861 8/1.119 43/.469 .714
Road 46/.620 47/.445 8/1.196 17/1.504 231/.800 69/.415 17/.872 18/.802 .707
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 2/4/0 0/1/0 2/2/1 19/4/2 3/4/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 19/20/4
Usage ····X··· ····oX·· X···o·oo o··X·X·X ··XX··X· ··X·X·o· ··o···Xo o··oo··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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