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Game Preview: ARI @ ATL, 7:00pm, Saturday, May 16, 2009 @Turner Field

D'backs, 13-23, 5th, 11½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (24, RHP, 0-3, 3.98)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-3) 31.2 29 15 14 14 29 4 3.98
2008 (0-4) 56.0 48 24 19 21 66 5 3.05
Last 7 GS 0-4 36.2 36 19 16 16 33 4 3.93 50
2009-05-10 WSN ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 3 107 39
2009-05-05 @LAD L 6.0 4 3 2 2 4 0 99 56
2009-04-30 @MIL ND 6.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 107 68
2009-04-25 SFG L 4.2 5 4 4 2 6 1 98 42
2009-04-19 @SFG L 5.0 3 1 1 4 6 0 104 59
2009-04-14 STL ND 5.0 5 3 3 2 1 0 83 44
2008-09-24 @STL L 5.0 7 4 2 2 4 0 85 43
Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-15   Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   9-14   vsLHP:   4-9    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 5-8    vsWest:  7-12 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Fri, May 15  @ATL  L   3-4       13-23  5th 11.5 gb
 35 Wed, May 13   CIN  L   3-10      13-22  5th 10.0 gb
 34 Tue, May 12   CIN  L   1-3       13-21  5th  9.0 gb
 33 Mon, May 11   CIN  L   5-13      13-20  5th  9.0 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   WSN  W  10-8       13-19  3rd  8.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   WSN  L   1-2       12-19  4th  9.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  8   WSN  L   4-5       12-18  4th  8.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  7  @SDP  L   3-4 (10)  12-17  4th  8.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  6  @SDP  W   3-1       12-16  3rd  8.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  5  @LAD  L   1-3       11-16  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Braves, 18-17, 2nd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Kenshin Kawakami (34, RHP, 2-4, 5.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-4) 32.2 37 24 21 18 31 5 5.79
Last 7 GS 2-4 32.2 37 24 21 18 31 5 5.79 44
2009-05-10 @PHI W 6.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 95 56
2009-05-05 NYM L 5.0 8 2 2 3 7 0 113 47
2009-04-26 @CIN L 4.2 8 8 8 1 1 2 78 16
2009-04-21 @WSN L 5.0 7 4 2 3 2 1 93 40
2009-04-16 FLA L 6.0 5 5 4 3 7 1 109 48
2009-04-11 WSN W 6.0 4 3 3 4 8 1 89 56
Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-9    Road:   12-8    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   8-13   vsLHP:  10-4    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  1-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Fri, May 15   ARI  W   4-3       18-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @NYM  W   8-7 (12)  17-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @NYM  L   3-4 (10)  16-17  4th  2.5 gb
 32 Mon, May 11  @NYM  W   8-3       16-16  4th  1.5 gb
 31 Sun, May 10  @PHI  W   4-2       15-16  4th  2.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @PHI  W   6-2       14-16  4th  2.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  8  @PHI  L   6-10      13-16  4th  3.0 gb
 28 Thu, May  7  @FLA  W   4-2       13-15  4th  2.0 gb
 27 Wed, May  6  @FLA  W   8-6       12-15  4th  3.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  5   NYM  L   3-4       11-15  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 15, 2009 ATL  4  ARI  3        W:Mike Gonzalez (2-0), L: Tony Pena (3-1), S: none

Sun, Aug 10, 2008 ARI  6  ATL  1        W:Brandon Webb (17-4), L: Mike Hampton (1-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 ATL 11 @ARI  4        W:Jair Jurrjens (11-7), L: Danny Haren (12-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 ATL 11 @ARI  6        W:Jorge Campillo (7-4), L: Doug Davis (4-7), S: Jeff Bennett (3)
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 ATL  6 @ARI  4        W:Charlie Morton (3-5), L: Yusmeiro Petit (1-3), S: Mike Gonzalez (5)
Mon, May 26, 2008 ATL  7  ARI  3        W:Manny Acosta (3-1), L: Brandon Webb (9-2), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 ARI  9 @ATL  3        W:Micah Owings (6-2), L: Tom Glavine (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 ATL  3  ARI  1        W:Blaine Boyer (1-3), L: Doug Slaten (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 ARI 11 @ATL  1        W:Doug Davis (2-1), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (2-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 ATL  6  ARI  2        W:John Smoltz (11-6), L: Yusmeiro Petit (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 1-0; 2008 - ATL won 5-3; 2007 - ARI won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 45-36

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 2009 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

TOR  5.82

LAA  5.06

ARI  3.67

RA/G

LAD  3.81

COL  4.85

WSN  6.24

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

Z. Greinke  .60

J. Peavy  4.30

J. Moyer  8.15

K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

B. Tallet  6.60

J. Pineiro  2.78

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

D'backs Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrnes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 105/69 .200/.250/.400/.650 .971/.487 .110 76/.704 5/2 4/0
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 59/34 .231/.305/.442/.747 .635/.831 1.167 18/.833 0/1 2/0
2.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 11/.600 5/.200 1/.000 4/.500 154/104 .317/.377/.482/.859 .835/.870 .691 105/.781 4/1 4/4
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 55/53 .240/.309/.440/.749 1.000/.739 .688 42/.910 0/0 2/4
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 83/67 .310/.383/.408/.791 .760/.798 .712 71/.739 0/1 1/2
9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/6 .286/.375/1.000/1.375 .000/1.900 1.500 8/1.375 0/1 1/0
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 140/103 .242/.329/.484/.812 .724/.841 .560 102/.816 4/1 8/7
14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/19 .320/.419/.360/.779 1.045/.583 .143 26/.804 1/0 0/0
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.750 5/.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 85/51 .206/.357/.309/.666 .841/.556 .697 57/.743 0/0 1/0
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 92/74 .200/.239/.353/.592 .354/.648 .132 57/.471 0/0 2/0
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 127/98 .304/.386/.571/.957 .997/.946 1.079 97/1.093 3/1 7/1
29.Whitesell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/25 .120/.267/.160/.427 .200/.470 .408 30/.427 0/0 0/1
24.Young G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 5/.200 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 133/90 .179/.229/.317/.546 .604/.519 .179 87/.445 4/2 2/0
IP 32.2 16.1 15.1 16.2 13.0 14.1 17.0 TOTAL .232/.306/.392/.698 .712/.692 .549 .705 26/10 37/28
ERA-K/9 5.79/8.5 2.20/7.2 5.28/5.9 3.78/12.4 6.23/9.0 1.88/4.4 1.59/12.7 4.00/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.285 81/.373 71/.323 69/.230 59/.196 51/.188 67/.179 .253
OPS .901 .853 .853 .704 .584 .423 .565 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.851 38/.785 34/.633 21/1.118 25/.752 22/.377 29/.570 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/.954 43/.917 37/1.017 48/.517 34/.472 29/.456 38/.561 .759
Home 79/.790 41/.916 37/.597 25/.838 34/.633 26/.558 27/.328
Last 28d days 101/.985 50/.761 43/.790 45/.583 41/.457 36/.310 50/.658
HR/SB/CS 5/1/2 0/3/1 2/0/0 2/2/2 0/3/1 0/0/2 1/1/0 25/16/15
Usage ·····X·· ··XX···X ··X·X··· X·XX·XX· o·ooo··· o·Xo·ooo ··X·Xo··
Braves Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB
44.Augenstein
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
57.Rauch
G/S/vB
47.Rosales
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
32.Vasquez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 67/42 .233/.269/.317/.585 .818/.437 .516 43/.654 0/0 0/2
23.Diaz G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 11/.728 ··· 3/.666 ··· 79/43 .261/.342/.420/.762 .722/.790 .633 53/.756 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/1.133 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 146/99 .297/.368/.438/.806 .707/.846 .810 108/.767 1/1 3/2
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/1.750 16/.450 1/.000 5/1.267 ··· 147/96 .259/.279/.381/.660 .853/.558 .779 103/.575 0/1 3/0
4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 11/.830 ··· 91/51 .341/.371/.427/.798 .755/.832 .809 65/.789 1/0 1/2
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 6/.833 1/.000 9/.500 ··· 118/76 .243/.328/.398/.726 .971/.598 1.072 71/.619 1/1 3/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 3/1.667 5/1.000 8/.875 ··· 14/.381 ··· 123/76 .306/.439/.510/.949 1.015/.905 .752 97/.954 1/0 4/4
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 3/1.000 2/.500 4/1.000 ··· 134/90 .303/.366/.459/.825 .682/.896 .766 93/.905 0/0 2/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 3/.000 11/.000 2/1.000 13/.462 ··· 79/41 .273/.380/.485/.865 .451/1.253 .617 36/.961 1/1 3/2
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 3/3.500 ··· 5/.000 ··· 29/25 .136/.345/.182/.527 .500/.527 .540 19/.781 0/0 0/
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 49/18 .302/.375/.581/.956 .959/.951 .833 35/1.049 0/1 2/1
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/49 .269/.387/.519/.906 .593/1.006 .588 59/.910 0/0 3/0
24.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 140/90 .216/.350/.328/.678 .673/.680 .600 96/.651 1/1 2/0
IP 31.2 6.1 17.1 13.0 15.0 5.1 10.0 10.2 TOTAL .262/.345/.404/.749 .746/.750 .715 .749 7/6 28/20
ERA-K/9 3.98/8.2 7.11/4.3 1.56/6.2 2.77/11.1 6.60/6.0 3.38/6.8 2.70/4.5 5.91/7.6 4.56/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 139/.236 29/.308 71/.234 53/.260 77/.313 21/.250 44/.225 51/.293 .262
OPS .718 .764 .567 .642 .882 .636 .695 .908 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.673 6/.533 33/.644 26/.638 38/1.119 10/.200 24/.568 22/.881 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.764 23/.820 38/.500 27/.644 39/.669 11/1.055 20/.850 29/.927 .780
Road 71/.506 / 24/.530 16/.732 16/.854 6/1.100 11/1.636 20/.713
Last 28d days 117/.712 29/.764 49/.536 35/.649 51/.948 21/.636 27/.625 51/.908
HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/2/1 40/25/6
Usage ·····X·· ··X····· X····o·o ·····Xo· X··o·X·X ··o·o··X ··oo·oo· ··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.