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Game Preview: PIT @ ATL, 7:00pm, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 @Turner Field

Pirates, 26-32, 5th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2008 (4-8) 74.2 80 56 51 41 48 9 6.15
Last 7 GS 2-4 33.0 34 22 19 18 23 4 5.18 46
2008-09-02 @FLA ND 3.1 5 7 4 3 2 1 78 27
2008-08-28 FLA W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 75 57
2008-08-22 @STL L 1.1 5 4 4 5 1 0 57 24
2008-08-17 SFG L 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 111 50
2008-08-13 CHC L 2.1 4 4 4 4 3 1 70 32
2008-08-07 @ARI W 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 97 70
2008-08-02 MIL L 7.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 96 64
Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-11   Road:   11-21   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  19-25   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   3-8 
 vsEast: 11-7    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Tue, Jun  9  @ATL  L   3-4       26-32  5th  7.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  8  @ATL  L   6-7 (15)  26-31  5th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Braves, 29-28, 3rd, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (23, RHP, 5-3, 2.84)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-3) 73.0 67 24 23 26 48 4 2.84
2008 (13-10) 188.1 188 87 77 70 139 11 3.68
2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70
Last 7 GS 3-1 41.2 42 17 17 12 32 4 3.67 53
2009-06-05 MIL L 7.0 9 4 4 3 8 0 109 48
2009-05-29 @ARI W 5.0 8 5 5 1 5 1 88 35
2009-05-24 TOR ND 6.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 102 49
2009-05-19 COL W 7.0 3 1 1 3 8 0 107 72
2009-05-12 @NYM ND 7.2 7 2 2 1 4 0 102 60
2009-05-07 @FLA W 7.0 3 2 2 2 4 2 102 65
2009-05-02 HOU ND 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 1 36 44
Last 5 v.PIT 1-2 17.0 14 6 6 6 17 0 3.18 56
2009-04-17 @PIT L 6.2 4 1 1 2 7 0 120 67
2008-05-12 @PIT L 5.0 3 3 3 3 5 0 69 51
2008-04-02 PIT W 5.1 7 2 2 1 5 0 88 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-15   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  16-20   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 9-10   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Tue, Jun  9   PIT  W   4-3       29-28  3rd  4.5 gb
 56 Mon, Jun  8   PIT  W   7-6 (15)  28-28  3rd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 ATL  4  PIT  3        W:Derek Lowe (7-3), L: Sean Burnett (1-2), S: Rafael Soriano (5)
Mon, Jun 08, 2009 ATL  7  PIT  6 (15)   W:Kris Medlen (2-2), L: Jeff Karstens (2-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 3-2; 2008 - PIT won 5-2; 2007 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - PIT leads 1075-998

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  5.62

FLA  4.57

SEA  3.72

 RA/G

LAD  3.78

MIN  4.77

WSN  5.91

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

C. Kotchman  .277

C. Young  .179

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .474

J. Dye  .349

D. Navarro  .226

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .682

A. LaRoche  .450

J. Kendall  .273

 OPS

K. Youkilis  1.101

H. Matsui  .795

D. Navarro  .516

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

B. Bergesen  4.04

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.29

J. Cueto  6.44

J. Garland  3.65

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

Pirates Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.47 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		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 48.Hanson
G/S/vB		 11.Kawakami
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 70/44 .308/.333/.415/.749 .589/.847 .893 40/.624 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 6/1.133 97/81 .286/.381/.417/.798 .904/.776 .789 36/1.053 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 114/98 .267/.351/.396/.747 .650/.763 .739 59/.692 1/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 8/.393 3/2.667 5/.400 6/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 235/172 .243/.340/.450/.791 .604/.865 .606 101/.803 1/1 7/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 212/170 .296/.367/.409/.775 .826/.763 .747 93/.877 2/0 2/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 30/27 .379/.400/.552/.952 .000/1.060 .920 30/.952 1/0 0/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 76/35 .225/.276/.380/.657 .764/.532 .573 37/.650 0/0 3/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 249/191 .266/.343/.336/.679 .385/.770 .696 97/.587 13/7 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 171/145 .255/.298/.360/.658 .471/.693 .503 71/.770 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 9/1.431 1/.000 7/.453 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.334 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 245/183 .311/.352/.478/.831 .701/.875 .796 108/.742 4/1 4/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 94/81 .263/.362/.275/.637 1.115/.564 .619 25/.920 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 7/.572 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 146/114 .266/.290/.388/.678 .679/.678 .707 86/.684 1/1 1/5
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 75/49 .324/.387/.368/.754 .679/.795 .675 52/.678 1/0 0/1
IP 73.0 8.2 26.0 27.0 6.0 64.1 17.1 21.2 21.1 27.2 TOTAL .265/.330/.394/.725 .656/.747 .682 .730 32/11 33/24
ERA-K/9 2.84/5.9 2.08/6.2 2.77/6.2 2.67/11.7 9.00/7.5 4.62/7.1 5.19/9.4 5.40/7.9 2.95/5.9 0.98/12.0 4.02/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 303/.248 34/.194 122/.317 117/.214 26/.240 281/.269 73/.197 100/.272 83/.231 107/.161 .253
OPS .676 .587 .770 .679 .909 .812 .572 .727 .559 .475 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.780 13/.397 54/.740 39/.848 11/.455 129/.730 32/.598 41/.808 38/.542 47/.558 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.587 21/.707 68/.793 78/.575 15/1.262 152/.884 41/.550 59/.672 45/.573 60/.411 .726
Home 146/.701 20/.712 66/.752 60/.783 26/.909 178/.694 29/.607 65/.772 48/.653 60/.337
Last 28d days 109/.741 34/.587 41/.602 52/.694 26/.909 128/.707 73/.572 43/.925 34/.730 40/.335
HR/SB/CS 4/3/3 1/0/0 0/3/1 2/3/2 3/1/0 6/4/4 0/0/1 0/4/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 36/29/23
Usage ····X··· ·X··o··o ·oX···X· ooX···XX ··X····· ·X·····X ·X······ ·o·X··oo ·oooo·o· oX·X···X
Braves Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Morton
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 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 142/102 .254/.289/.354/.643 .822/.570 .588 79/.682 1/0 2/2
1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/8 .000/.091/.000/.091 .000/.125 .091 12/.091 1/0 0/1
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 118/62 .279/.356/.423/.779 .771/.785 .785 39/.813 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 222/152 .298/.359/.439/.798 .701/.840 .748 81/.740 2/1 5/7
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/no AB 1/no AB 230/158 .243/.275/.341/.616 .680/.587 .718 87/.548 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 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 210/145 .242/.304/.411/.715 .951/.611 .801 93/.708 2/2 5/4
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 3/.333 197/136 .335/.452/.565/1.017 1.267/.898 .992 78/1.156 1/1 8/9
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 157/101 .308/.408/.519/.926 .683/1.056 .864 82/.962 2/1 6/2
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 219/145 .259/.352/.471/.822 .924/.769 .893 99/.816 9/0 10/0
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 47/38 .108/.298/.162/.460 .708/.393 .386 19/.396 0/0 0/0
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 110/57 .273/.333/.424/.758 .822/.700 .703 61/.604 0/1 2/1
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 4/2.750 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 80/55 .284/.392/.493/.885 .724/.963 .639 17/.812 0/0 3/0
IP 26.1 18.2 26.1 25.0 5.0 20.2 TOTAL .259/.333/.390/.723 .753/.708 .707 .680 17/9 43/35
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.08/6.2 5.30/5.8 2.73/7.2 3.96/6.5 5.40/1.8 3.48/5.7 4.36/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 109/.191 85/.329 106/.250 115/.289 22/.176 94/.216 .266
OPS .648 .838 .675 .760 .540 .721 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 49/.622 37/.816 43/.435 31/.722 9/.476 35/.732 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 60/.666 48/.856 63/.839 84/.776 13/.585 59/.713 .758
Road / 70/.698 28/.613 62/.783 68/.788 11/.920 52/.833
Last 28d days / 51/.696 37/.847 53/.702 37/.504 22/.540 52/.773
HR/SB/CS // 2/3/0 2/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 1/3/0 49/36/14
Usage oX··oX·· ···o···o ooo·XX·· ·o·X···o ·oX··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.