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Game Preview: PIT @ ATL, 7:00pm, Monday, June 8, 2009 @Turner Field

Pirates, 26-30, 5th, 6½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (26, LHP, 6-4, 2.62)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-4) 79.0 71 25 23 18 42 4 2.62
2008 (5-14) 185.0 230 111 99 47 87 19 4.82
2007 (3-8) 107.1 161 74 66 25 41 14 5.53
Last 7 GS 3-3 49.1 44 15 15 12 26 3 2.74 58
2009-06-02 NYM W 7.0 8 1 1 1 0 0 90 56
2009-05-27 @CHC ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 105 54
2009-05-22 @CHW L 8.0 6 2 2 2 7 1 88 67
2009-05-17 COL W 7.0 6 4 4 2 4 0 103 51
2009-05-12 STL W 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 104 74
2009-05-06 @STL L 5.1 6 4 4 2 2 1 77 40
2009-05-01 CIN L 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 101 64
Last 5 v.ATL 1-3 30.1 43 16 15 8 11 3 4.45 43
2009-04-19 ATL L 6.0 12 6 6 0 2 1 83 26
2008-05-12 ATL W 6.0 5 0 0 5 3 0 102 60
2008-04-03 @ATL ND 5.2 10 3 2 1 1 0 116 39
2007-05-11 ATL L 5.2 9 4 4 1 4 2 103 38
2006-08-21 @ATL L 7.0 7 3 3 1 1 0 83 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-11   Road:   11-19   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  19-23   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast: 11-5    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sun, Jun  7  @HOU  L   4-6       26-30  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @HOU  W   6-4       26-29  5th  6.5 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @HOU  L   1-9       25-29  5th  6.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4   NYM  W  11-6       25-28  5th  5.5 gb
 52 Tue, Jun  2   NYM  W   3-1       24-28  5th  6.0 gb
 51 Mon, Jun  1   NYM  W   8-5       23-28  5th  7.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 31   HOU  L   1-2       22-28  5th  8.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 30   HOU  W   7-4       22-27  5th  7.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 29   HOU  L   1-6       21-27  5th  7.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 27  @CHC  L   2-5       21-26  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Braves, 27-28, 3rd, 6 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Kenshin Kawakami (34, RHP, 3-6, 4.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-6) 58.1 61 35 30 24 46 6 4.63
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.1 45 23 21 14 29 3 4.57 48
2009-06-02 CHC ND 7.0 7 4 3 1 2 1 96 50
2009-05-27 @SFG L 5.2 9 4 3 4 2 0 98 35
2009-05-22 TOR W 8.0 3 0 0 0 7 0 106 83
2009-05-16 ARI L 5.0 5 3 3 1 4 0 73 48
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
Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-15   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  15-20   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 7-10   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Sun, Jun  7   MIL  W   8-7       27-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 54 Sat, Jun  6   MIL  L   0-3       26-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 53 Fri, Jun  5   MIL  L   0-4       26-27  3rd  6.0 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3   CHC  L   2-3 (11)  26-26  3rd  5.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2   CHC  W   6-5 (12)  26-25  3rd  4.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 31  @ARI  W   9-3       25-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 30  @ARI  L   2-3 (11)  24-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 29  @ARI  W  10-6       24-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 28  @ARI  L   2-5       23-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 27  @SFG  L   3-6       23-23  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 ATL 11 @PIT  1        W:Javier Vazquez (1-1), L: Zach Duke (2-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 PIT 10  ATL  0        W:Ian Snell (1-2), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 PIT  3  ATL  0        W:Paul Maholm (2-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (2-1), S: Matt Capps (3)

Mon, May 12, 2008 ATL  8 @PIT  1        W:Tim Hudson (6-2), L: John Van Benschoten (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 12, 2008 PIT  5  ATL  0        W:Zach Duke (2-2), L: Jair Jurrjens (4-3), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 PIT  5  ATL  2        W:Tom Gorzelanny (3-3), L: Chuck James (2-2), S: Matt Capps (9)
Fri, May 09, 2008 PIT  3  ATL  2        W:John Grabow (2-1), L: Jeff Bennett (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 PIT  4 @ATL  3 (10)   W:Tyler Yates (1-0), L: Chris Resop (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 ATL 10  PIT  2        W:Jair Jurrjens (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 PIT 12 @ATL 11 (12)   W:Franquelis Osoria (1-0), L: Blaine Boyer (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - PIT leads 2-1; 2008 - PIT won 5-2; 2007 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - PIT leads 1075-996

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

NYY  5.73

FLA  4.59

SEA  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.78

TBR  4.74

WSN  5.96

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

M. Cuddyer  .275

C. Young  .182

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .470

N. Morgan  .346

D. Navarro  .231

 SLG

A. Pujols  .682

O. Hudson  .444

J. Kendall  .265

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.137

A. LaRoche  .792

D. Navarro  .528

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

J. Marquis  4.10

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.29

G. Meche  6.59

J. Pineiro  3.71

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Pirates Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB		 46.Acosta
G/S/vB		 30.Bennett
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 48.Hanson
G/S/vB		 54.Medlen
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
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/40 .311/.338/.410/.748 .589/.857 .910 44/.618 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.400 92/76 .275/.370/.400/.770 .904/.740 .746 32/.973 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/92 .277/.364/.415/.779 .695/.793 .798 52/.750 1/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 5/.400 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 224/163 .246/.344/.462/.805 .624/.878 .619 98/.894 0/1 7/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 201/160 .301/.372/.420/.792 .796/.792 .777 90/.885 2/0 2/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/16 .333/.368/.333/.702 .000/.838 .571 19/.702 1/0 0/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 74/33 .229/.270/.386/.656 .764/.525 .569 37/.613 0/0 3/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/182 .268/.346/.341/.688 .400/.777 .713 95/.630 12/6 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 166/141 .263/.307/.372/.679 .490/.713 .532 74/.934 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.533 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 238/176 .311/.350/.468/.819 .701/.861 .771 110/.741 4/1 4/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 93/80 .266/.366/.278/.644 1.115/.571 .631 24/.958 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 135/103 .273/.299/.398/.697 .679/.702 .749 83/.734 1/1 1/5
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 70/45 .317/.386/.365/.751 .708/.775 .660 47/.664 1/0 0/1
IP 58.1 6.2 25.2 25.0 6.0 14.1 21.1 21.0 24.2 TOTAL .267/.333/.396/.729 .662/.751 .686 .750 30/10 33/24
ERA-K/9 4.63/7.1 2.70/5.4 2.81/6.3 2.88/11.9 9.00/7.5 6.28/9.4 4.22/8.0 3.00/6.0 1.09/12.0 4.05/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 258/.274 25/.200 121/.320 110/.220 26/.240 62/.212 95/.237 82/.234 95/.160 .254
OPS .819 .520 .777 .707 .909 .616 .635 .566 .494 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.777 9/.444 54/.740 35/.949 11/.455 28/.690 38/.756 37/.558 42/.578 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.856 16/.563 67/.806 75/.570 15/1.262 34/.553 57/.561 45/.573 53/.429 .725
Home 155/.688 11/.636 65/.765 53/.857 26/.909 18/.802 60/.628 47/.668 48/.338
Last 28d days 105/.702 25/.520 53/.639 53/.828 26/.909 62/.616 42/.771 37/.724 33/.509
HR/SB/CS 6/4/3 1/0/0 0/3/1 2/3/2 3/1/0 0/0/1 0/4/3 1/0/3 1/1/0 36/27/22
Usage ·····X·· ··o··o·X X···X··o X···XX·· X······· ·······X ·X··oo·o ooo·o··· ·X···X··
Braves Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 133/99 .246/.278/.352/.631 .807/.567 .554 81/.696 1/0 2/2
1.Blanco* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 9/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 13/.770 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 114/59 .270/.351/.420/.771 .747/.792 .768 38/.780 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 211/146 .294/.359/.444/.803 .727/.833 .750 81/.810 2/1 5/7
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 18/1.265 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 223/155 .244/.270/.344/.615 .691/.582 .721 87/.494 2/1 4/0
27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/18 .143/.172/.179/.351 .273/.399 .397 29/.351 0/0 0/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 200/140 .243/.305/.420/.724 .966/.624 .831 91/.720 2/2 5/4
10.Jones# G/S/vP 19/1.106 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 186/130 .329/.446/.553/.999 1.217/.898 .954 78/1.175 1/1 7/8
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 147/97 .306/.408/.508/.916 .628/1.059 .835 78/.986 2/1 5/2
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 208/140 .251/.346/.458/.804 .845/.784 .868 97/.731 8/0 9/0
20.Norton# G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/35 .125/.333/.188/.521 .929/.430 .481 15/.515 0/0 0/
14.Prado G/S/vP 10/1.822 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 103/54 .269/.333/.430/.763 .851/.688 .707 60/.675 0/1 2/1
8.Ross G/S/vP 7/.857 4/.000 4/2.750 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 78/53 .277/.390/.492/.882 .724/.962 .618 21/.611 0/0 3/0
IP 79.0 24.2 18.2 24.2 24.0 4.1 17.2 TOTAL .257/.331/.389/.721 .740/.711 .700 .680 15/9 40/33
ERA-K/9 2.62/4.8 2.92/6.6 5.30/5.8 2.92/6.6 4.13/6.4 6.23/2.1 4.08/5.1 4.35/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 316/.254 101/.181 85/.329 101/.253 112/.298 20/.188 82/.231 .264
OPS .652 .640 .838 .689 .783 .538 .767 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.774 43/.568 37/.816 40/.469 30/.746 9/.476 28/.805 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.615 58/.693 48/.856 61/.833 82/.798 11/.586 54/.746 .759
Road 139/.675 62/.691 28/.613 57/.819 65/.829 9/.984 40/.967
Last 28d days 144/.628 43/.685 45/.847 51/.771 37/.504 20/.538 40/.880
HR/SB/CS 4/2/2 2/3/0 2/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 46/34/14
Usage ·····X·· ··oX··oo ·o···oX· o·XX···o ·X···o·· X··X··o· ··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.