ATL @ WSN, Sunday, August 31, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 59-77, 4th, 16 GB, 20½ GB in WC	SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 11-9, 3.56) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-9) 159.1 159 73 63 56 113 10 3.56 2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 42 46 25 21 14 27 2 4.50 48 2008-08-26 FLA ND 3 6 6 6 2 1 1 75 22 2008-08-20 @NYM L 5 6 6 4 3 0 1 88 32 2008-08-15 SFG L 7 8 2 2 0 9 0 100 62 2008-08-09 @ARI W 6 7 4 3 2 6 0 107 48 2008-08-04 @SFG L 6 9 4 3 3 1 0 107 38 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.WSN 0-1 13.1 10 6 6 1 8 0 4.05 57 2008-07-19 WSN L 6.1 8 5 5 1 5 0 98 41 2008-04-30 @WSN ND 7 2 1 1 0 3 0 84 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-32 Road: 23-45 ExtrInn: 2-8 vsRHP: 42-51 vsLHP: 17-26 1-Run: 7-26 vsEast: 22-30 vsCntrl:12-26 vsWest: 17-14 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 136 Sat, Aug 30 @WSN L 8-9 (10) 59-77 4th 16.0 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 @WSN L 3-7 59-76 4th 16.0 gb 134 Thu, Aug 28 FLA W 4-2 59-75 4th 15.0 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 FLA L 1-4 58-75 4th 15.5 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 FLA W 10-9 58-74 4th 15.0 gb 131 Sun, Aug 24 @STL L 3-6 57-74 4th 15.0 gb 130 Sat, Aug 23 @STL W 8-4 57-73 4th 15.0 gb 129 Fri, Aug 22 @STL L 3-18 56-73 4th 16.0 gb 128 Thu, Aug 21 @NYM L 4-5 56-72 4th 15.0 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @NYM L 3-6 56-71 4th 14.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 5-15 Last 30:10-20
Washington Nationals, 51-85, 5th, 24 GB, 28½ GB in WC	SP: Collin Balester (22, RHP, 3-6, 4.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-6) 53.2 55 32 28 19 32 8 4.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 38.1 39 20 18 13 23 6 4.23 49 2008-08-26 LAD W 5 5 1 1 2 0 0 77 51 2008-08-20 @PHI L 6 7 4 3 1 4 1 87 47 2008-08-14 NYM L 6 4 5 5 5 3 2 97 42 2008-08-08 @MIL L 5 5 4 3 1 4 1 78 46 2008-08-03 CIN W 5.1 6 1 1 2 5 1 101 55 2008-07-29 PHI L 6 6 2 2 0 5 1 90 57 2008-07-23 @SFG ND 5 6 3 3 2 2 0 74 43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-39 Road: 23-46 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 32-54 vsLHP: 19-31 1-Run: 19-26 vsEast: 19-30 vsCntrl:15-25 vsWest: 9-20 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 136 Sat, Aug 30 ATL W 9-8 (10) 51-85 5th 24.0 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 ATL W 7-3 50-85 5th 25.0 gb 134 Thu, Aug 28 LAD W 11-2 49-85 5th 25.0 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 LAD W 5-4 48-85 5th 25.5 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 LAD W 2-1 47-85 5th 26.0 gb 131 Sun, Aug 24 @CHC L 1-6 46-85 5th 26.0 gb 130 Sat, Aug 23 @CHC L 2-9 46-84 5th 26.0 gb 129 Fri, Aug 22 @CHC W 13-5 46-83 5th 26.0 gb 128 Thu, Aug 21 @PHI W 4-3 45-83 5th 26.0 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @PHI L 0-4 44-83 5th 26.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Aug 30, 2008 WSN 9 ATL 8 (10) W:Steven Shell (1-1), L: Vladimir Nunez (0-2), S: none Fri, Aug 29, 2008 WSN 7 ATL 3 W:Odalis Perez (6-10), L: Jorge Campillo (7-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (7) Sun, Jul 20, 2008 WSN 15 @ATL 6 W:Odalis Perez (3-7), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-9), S: none Sat, Jul 19, 2008 WSN 8 @ATL 2 W:John Lannan (6-9), L: Jair Jurrjens (9-5), S: none Fri, Jul 18, 2008 ATL 7 WSN 6 W:Tim Hudson (10-7), L: Tim Redding (7-4), S: Mike Gonzalez (4) Wed, Apr 30, 2008 WSN 3 ATL 2 (12) W:Saul Rivera (3-1), L: Manny Acosta (0-1), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 9-4; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; 2006 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 277-247

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 5.49

LAA 4.63

WSN 3.82

RA/G

TOR 3.88

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.96

A. Pujols .362

M. Fontenot .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

C. Pena .365

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .644

R. Howard .487

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.113

B. Abreu .837

T. Pena .400

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

G. Smith 3.90

N. Robertson 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

J. Jurrjens 6.38

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Balester
G/S/vB 43.Colome
G/S/vB 55.Estrada
G/S/vB 38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 36.Manning*
G/S/vB 50.Mock
G/S/vB 52.Rivera
G/S/vB 59.Shell
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 39/31 .333/.436/.424/.860 .750/.892 .785 15/.988 3/0 0/

18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 3/.333 476/362 .256/.372/.315/.686 .663/.694 .710 98/.682 11/4 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 7/.971 ··· 532/376 .280/.356/.378/.734 .672/.760 .708 108/.770 2/5 7/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 9/1.277 3/.000 543/382 .229/.287/.346/.633 .591/.651 .588 94/.556 0/1 10/

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 263/167 .304/.352/.450/.802 .880/.757 .781 94/.796 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 6/.533 3/1.667 504/380 .265/.335/.407/.741 .783/.728 .695 87/.612 10/4 9/

28.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 76/62 .254/.293/.408/.702 .819/.675 .824 19/.458 0/0 1/

10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 3/3.333 1/5.000 ··· 15/.133 ··· 468/307 .359/.457/.569/1.026 1.040/1.019 .928 88/.873 2/0 20/

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 486/334 .296/.372/.537/.909 .834/.944 .897 94/.751 4/0 23/

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 195/139 .265/.359/.435/.794 .753/.811 .789 29/1.222 0/0 6/

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 157/89 .343/.391/.524/.916 1.042/.821 1.002 68/1.078 1/1 2/

5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/25 .206/.270/.294/.564 .717/.492 .000 22/.186 0/0 1/

IP 53.2 61.0 6.0 76.2 34.0 26.0 74.2 38.2 TOTAL .266/.343/.406/.749 .735/.755 .730 .741 40/22 115/85

ERA-K/9

4.70/5.4

4.87/6.8

4.50/10.5

3.52/9.7

5.03/7.7

5.54/11.1

3.62/6.7

2.09/7.2

4.52/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (82-23-6)
Sammons (6-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 238/.264 279/.253 23/.190 326/.221 152/.210 111/.263 326/.262 156/.193 .269 Francoeur
Blanco
Jones
Anderson
Norton
Infante 0/0/126/11
58/62/4/7
17/0/4/2
6/5/1/1
24/0/2/0
26/3/0/0

OPS .767 .731 .642 .655 .710 .768 .663 .643 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.793 123/.778 7/.619 144/.652 70/.661 45/.737 159/.616 67/.774 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.742 156/.694 16/.650 182/.656 82/.750 66/.792 167/.710 89/.544 .777

Home 122/.829 156/.784 7/.143 179/.635 81/.633 74/.754 172/.621 93/.564 .766

Last 28d days 118/.801 55/.733 23/.642 61/.594 47/.864 55/.735 66/.873 63/.629

HR/SB/CS 8/2/2 5/6/1 1/0/1 7/11/0 5/3/0 4/2/0 3/12/0 5/2/1 158/103/28

Usage ····X··· o·o····· oo··o··X oo·XX·X· Xo·o··o· ··X····X XX·XX··· Xo·oo·o·

Washington Nationals Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.73 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 34.Dessens
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Nunez
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 54.Tavarez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Belliard G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 3/.666 2/1.000 11/.382 31/.258 2/1.500 9/.347 1/.000 17/.548 324/226 .278/.365/.468/.834 1.035/.750 .836 97/.927 3/2 11/

7.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 117/84 .252/.282/.351/.633 .464/.700 .741 96/.625 6/2 0/

8.Boone G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 2/1.000 5/2.550 8/.572 2/1.000 6/2.100 3/.666 14/.895 200/119 .249/.307/.403/.710 .910/.575 .626 20/.528 0/1 5/

34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 232/163 .274/.375/.472/.847 .730/.894 .845 18/1.433 12/1 8/

3.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 319/239 .253/.295/.399/.693 .851/.639 .620 77/.435 0/1 8/

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 6/.667 3/.666 3/.333 6/.533 3/1.167 9/.666 3/.333 5/.450 2/2.000 8/1.125 526/359 .307/.335/.419/.754 .878/.697 .840 68/.807 4/3 6/

1.Harris* G/S/vP 4/1.500 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/5.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 2/.500 3/1.167 5/.400 342/259 .250/.342/.436/.778 .882/.744 .728 106/.780 9/3 12/

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 27/15 .462/.481/.462/.943 .833/1.033 1.045 27/.943 0/0 0/

29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 109/85 .235/.393/.353/.745 .744/.746 .542 41/.725 2/0 1/

44.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 4/1.417 ··· 4/1.250 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 486/341 .262/.328/.406/.735 .690/.754 .763 113/.937 19/6 13/

53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 129/84 .248/.299/.325/.624 .732/.569 .686 31/.433 0/0 1/

4.Orr* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 61/56 .224/.250/.293/.543 .800/.519 .676 30/.519 1/0 0/

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.833 4/.250 3/1.667 3/.666 5/1.733 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 360/244 .278/.325/.420/.745 .767/.734 .709 104/.772 1/1 9/

IP 159.1 49.0 80.1 67.2 49.2 1.2 21.1 20.2 52.1 42.0 TOTAL .246/.317/.366/.683 .721/.667 .681 .704 64/30 96/103

ERA-K/9

3.56/6.4

3.86/4.8

4.15/6.2

5.19/8.1

3.81/8.1

10.80/0.0

3.38/10.1

5.23/5.7

3.44/8.4

5.36/7.7

4.44/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (46-15-7)
Nieves (31-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 688/.258 212/.256 352/.257 288/.252 208/.236 8/.200 89/.200 99/.296 218/.216 203/.316 .261 Dukes
Harris
Milledge
Bonifacio
Orr
Langerhans 10/1/47/6
69/16/0/4
0/113/0/1
1/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
23/0/8/0

OPS .708 .779 .714 .735 .685 .775 .582 .814 .623 .811 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 363/.723 91/.872 124/.790 112/.744 82/.875 4/.500 16/.750 46/.712 101/.530 88/.996 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.691 121/.702 228/.671 176/.729 126/.565 4/.917 73/.538 53/.893 117/.705 115/.669 .748

Road 342/.640 86/.860 152/.860 139/.813 90/.722 8/.775 37/.440 43/.719 98/.673 100/.844 .740

Last 28d days 128/.831 10/.650 63/.653 42/.952 60/.698 8/.775 26/.490 74/.890 32/1.027 60/.879

HR/SB/CS 10/22/3 7/6/0 5/7/2 8/8/2 4/5/1 0/1/0 2/0/0 0/0/2 3/1/2 2/5/0 118/93/30

Usage ····X··· ······X· X·o·X··o ·o·X··o· Xo··o··X ·X······ ··o····o XX··X··· o···X··o X·X·X···

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 @ WSN, 1:35pm, Sunday, August 31, 2008 @Nationals Park

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 11-9, 3.56)

SP: Collin Balester (22, RHP, 3-6, 4.70)

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