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Game Preview: PIT @ ATL, 1:00pm, Thursday, June 11, 2009 @Turner Field

Pirates, 27-32, 5th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (27, LHP, 4-2, 3.94)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-2) 75.1 77 35 33 24 42 4 3.94
2008 (9-9) 206.1 201 89 85 63 139 21 3.71
2007 (10-15) 177.2 204 110 99 49 105 22 5.02
Last 7 GS 1-2 43.1 48 23 22 12 30 3 4.57 49
2009-06-06 @HOU W 7.0 8 4 4 1 4 1 104 48
2009-05-31 HOU L 7.0 8 2 1 2 4 0 108 57
2009-05-25 @CHC ND 4.0 7 7 7 3 2 1 93 19
2009-05-20 @WSN ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 7 0 114 64
2009-05-15 COL ND 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 103 70
2009-05-09 @NYM L 5.0 10 7 7 1 2 1 93 20
2009-05-04 MIL ND 7.1 6 2 2 1 7 0 98 64
Last 5 v.ATL 1-1 20.0 17 5 4 6 8 1 1.80 59
2009-04-17 ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 102 68
2007-07-15 @ATL L 6.0 8 3 2 1 2 0 92 47
2006-08-02 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 95 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-11   Road:   12-21   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  20-25   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast: 12-7    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Wed, Jun 10  @ATL  W   3-2       27-32  5th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Braves, 29-29, 3rd, 5½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (32, RHP, 4-5, 3.54)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-5) 76.1 69 33 30 16 93 7 3.54
2008 (12-16) 208.1 214 113 108 61 200 25 4.67
2007 (15-8) 216.2 197 95 90 50 213 29 3.74
Last 7 GS 2-3 44.1 38 20 18 8 51 6 3.65 57
2009-06-06 MIL L 6.0 4 2 2 0 7 1 80 63
2009-05-30 @ARI ND 6.1 7 2 1 1 8 0 99 60
2009-05-25 @SFG L 5.2 8 5 5 1 5 0 107 37
2009-05-20 COL W 5.0 3 1 0 1 6 0 71 64
2009-05-15 ARI ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 107 67
2009-05-09 @PHI W 7.2 4 2 2 0 7 2 115 70
2009-05-04 NYM L 6.2 7 6 6 3 8 3 110 41
Last 5 v.PIT 3-0 31.0 36 14 14 5 31 4 4.06 53
2009-04-19 @PIT W 6.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 98 69
2008-06-17 PIT W 6.0 5 5 5 2 3 1 113 43
2007-06-17 @PIT ND 6.0 7 5 5 1 8 1 114 45
2005-09-06 @PIT ND 6.0 12 2 2 1 4 2 104 43
2005-05-06 PIT W 7.0 7 2 2 0 8 0 94 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-16   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  16-21   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  12-9 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 9-11   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Wed, Jun 10   PIT  L   2-3       29-29  3rd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 PIT  3 @ATL  2        W:Jeff Karstens (3-4), L: Jair Jurrjens (5-4), S: Matt Capps (14)
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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - PIT won 5-2; 2007 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - PIT leads 1076-998

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  5.61

WSN  4.55

SEA  3.73

RA/G

LAD  3.77

MIN  4.74

WSN  5.88

BA

J. Bartlett  .373

C. Kotchman  .277

C. Young  .177

OBP

K. Youkilis  .472

N. McLouth  .350

D. Navarro  .221

SLG

B. Zobrist  .675

M. Jacobs  .448

J. Kendall  .273

OPS

K. Youkilis  1.109

R. Theriot  .795

D. Navarro  .504

ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

B. Zito  4.09

F. Carmona  7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.05

J. Cueto  6.44

J. Karstens  3.54

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

Pirates Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
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 36/.639 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP 21/.248 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 6/1.133 98/82 .282/.378/.412/.789 .904/.766 .777 34/.993 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 118/102 .269/.356/.394/.750 .650/.766 .744 63/.702 1/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 14/.445 3/2.667 6/.533 6/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 240/176 .244/.346/.449/.795 .626/.861 .618 102/.800 1/1 7/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 217/175 .293/.372/.404/.776 .826/.764 .749 97/.886 2/0 2/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 35/31 .324/.343/.471/.813 .000/.920 .767 35/.813 1/0 0/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP 15/.734 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 78/36 .222/.282/.375/.657 .781/.516 .576 39/.651 0/0 3/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 254/195 .269/.344/.338/.682 .378/.775 .700 97/.559 14/7 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 175/149 .250/.297/.354/.651 .471/.683 .495 71/.717 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 10/1.056 1/.000 8/.804 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.334 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 250/187 .315/.357/.483/.840 .712/.884 .816 108/.746 4/1 4/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 94/81 .263/.362/.275/.637 1.115/.564 .619 24/.958 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP 28/.654 3/.333 7/.572 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 150/118 .259/.282/.378/.660 .679/.654 .672 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 51/.692 1/0 0/1
IP 76.1 8.2 27.0 27.0 6.0 64.1 17.1 23.0 22.0 27.2 TOTAL .264/.331/.392/.723 .659/.743 .680 .721 33/11 33/24
ERA-K/9 3.54/11.0 2.08/6.2 2.67/6.3 2.67/11.7 9.00/7.5 4.62/7.1 5.19/9.4 5.09/7.4 3.27/5.7 0.98/12.0 4.01/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 310/.239 34/.194 128/.314 117/.214 26/.240 281/.269 73/.197 105/.259 88/.235 107/.161 .252
OPS .647 .587 .779 .679 .909 .812 .572 .702 .579 .475 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.687 13/.397 57/.722 39/.848 11/.455 129/.730 32/.598 43/.765 40/.566 47/.558 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.598 21/.707 71/.825 78/.575 15/1.262 152/.884 41/.550 62/.659 48/.589 60/.411 .723
Home 153/.617 20/.712 72/.771 60/.783 26/.909 178/.694 29/.607 70/.731 53/.680 60/.337
Last 28d days 120/.613 34/.587 47/.649 52/.694 26/.909 128/.707 73/.572 48/.852 39/.759 40/.335
HR/SB/CS 7/4/2 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 36/30/23
Usage ····X··· ··X··o·· X·oX···X ·ooX···X ···X···· ··X····· ··X····· X·o·X··o X·oooo·o ·oX·X···
Braves Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
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 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 146/105 .254/.288/.373/.661 .802/.605 .627 83/.711 1/0 3/2
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 9/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 119/62 .276/.353/.419/.772 .756/.785 .771 40/.792 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.666 226/155 .302/.362/.446/.807 .690/.857 .765 85/.765 2/1 5/7
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 7/.572 1/no AB 1/no AB 233/160 .240/.272/.336/.608 .670/.580 .699 90/.529 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 4/.333 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 213/147 .238/.300/.404/.704 .936/.602 .776 96/.685 2/2 5/4
10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 3/.333 201/140 .327/.443/.552/.994 1.267/.869 .952 82/1.094 1/1 8/9
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 161/105 .314/.410/.533/.943 .683/1.075 .897 86/.990 2/1 6/2
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 223/148 .259/.350/.472/.821 .911/.774 .889 99/.812 9/0 10/0
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 51/41 .098/.275/.146/.421 .633/.362 .334 23/.323 0/0 0/0
14.Prado G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 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 19/1.035 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 75.1 26.2 19.2 26.1 27.0 5.0 20.2 TOTAL .257/.331/.390/.721 .746/.709 .703 .677 17/9 44/35
ERA-K/9 3.94/5.0 3.04/6.1 5.49/5.5 2.73/7.2 3.67/6.7 5.40/1.8 3.48/5.7 4.32/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 325/.261 110/.189 89/.325 106/.250 121/.272 22/.176 94/.216 .264
OPS .699 .642 .861 .675 .719 .540 .721 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.390 50/.609 41/.866 43/.435 33/.677 9/.476 35/.732 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.770 60/.666 48/.856 63/.839 88/.737 13/.585 59/.713 .755
Road 186/.775 71/.687 32/.705 62/.783 74/.717 11/.920 52/.833
Last 28d days 135/.719 49/.699 41/.894 50/.746 43/.427 22/.540 46/.739
HR/SB/CS 4/6/1 2/3/0 3/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 1/3/0 50/36/14
Usage ····X··· ooX··oX· X···o··· ·ooo·XX· X·o·X··· ··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.