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Game Preview: BOS @ ATL, 7:30pm, Friday, June 26, 2009 @Turner Field

RedSox, 44-28, 1st, 4 up

SP: Josh Beckett (29, RHP, 8-3, 3.74)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-3)			91.1	83	45	38	32	88	7	3.74
2008 (12-10)			174.1	173	80	78	34	172	18	4.03
2007 (20-7)			200.2	189	76	73	40	194	17	3.27

Last 7 GS		5-1	50.2	31	15	9	12	47	3	1.60	67
2009-06-20	ATL	W	9.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	94	84
2009-06-14	@PHI	L	6.0	11	7	6	0	5	1	105	29
2009-06-09	NYY	W	6.0	1	0	0	2	8	0	93	76
2009-06-03	@DET	W	7.2	2	3	0	2	9	0	119	76
2009-05-28	@MIN	W	7.0	3	1	1	4	8	1	111	71
2009-05-23	NYM	ND	8.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	117	74
2009-05-16	@SEA	W	7.0	4	3	2	3	5	1	120	61

Last 5 v.ATL		4-0	34.0	18	2	2	10	25	0	0.53	70
2009-06-20	ATL	W	9.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	94	84
2007-06-19	@ATL	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	88	65
2006-06-17	@ATL	W	6.0	3	2	2	4	5	0	105	59
2005-09-23	@ATL	ND	7.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	112	71
2005-06-30	ATL	W	6.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	80	72

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-10   Road:   19-18   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  26-20   vsLHP:  18-8    1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast: 20-8    vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest:  5-10 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @WSN  L   3-9       44-28  1st  4.0 up
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @WSN  W   6-4       44-27  1st  5.0 up
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @WSN  W  11-3       43-27  1st  5.0 up
 69 Sun, Jun 21   ATL  W   6-5       42-27  1st  4.0 up
 68 Sat, Jun 20   ATL  W   3-0       41-27  1st  3.0 up
 67 Fri, Jun 19   ATL  L   2-8       40-27  1st  2.0 up
 66 Thu, Jun 18   FLA  L   1-2  (5)  40-26  1st  3.0 up
 65 Wed, Jun 17   FLA  W   6-1       40-25  1st  3.0 up
 64 Tue, Jun 16   FLA  W   8-2       39-25  1st  2.0 up
 63 Sun, Jun 14  @PHI  L   6-11      38-25  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Braves, 34-38, 4th, 4 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (23, RHP, 5-5, 2.89)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-5)			87.1	81	32	28	31	62	5	2.89
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		2-3	39.1	42	20	17	14	38	2	3.89	51
2009-06-21	@BOS	ND	6.1	8	5	2	1	6	1	106	48
2009-06-16	@CIN	L	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	38	48
2009-06-10	PIT	L	6.0	4	2	2	3	7	0	111	60
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

Last 5 v.BOS		0-0	6.1	8	5	2	1	6	1	2.84	48
2009-06-21	@BOS	ND	6.1	8	5	2	1	6	1	106	48

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   17-19   Road:   17-19   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  20-27   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Thu, Jun 25   NYY  L   7-11      34-38  4th  4.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   NYY  L   4-8       34-37  4th  4.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   NYY  W   4-0       34-36  4th  4.0 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 22   CHC  W   2-0       33-36  4th  4.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21  @BOS  L   5-6       32-36  4th  4.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 20  @BOS  L   0-3       32-35  4th  4.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 19  @BOS  W   8-2       32-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 18  @CIN  W   7-0       31-34  4th  5.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17  @CIN  L   3-4       30-34  4th  6.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 16  @CIN  L   2-7       30-33  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 BOS  6  ATL  5        W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-1), L: Jeff Bennett (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 BOS  3  ATL  0        W:Josh Beckett (8-3), L: Derek Lowe (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 ATL  8 @BOS  2        W:Kenshin Kawakami (4-6), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-5), S: none

Wed, Jun 20, 2007 BOS 11 @ATL  0        W:Julian Tavarez (5-4), L: Buddy Carlyle (1-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 BOS  4 @ATL  0        W:Josh Beckett (10-1), L: Tim Hudson (6-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 18, 2007 ATL  9  BOS  4        W:Chuck James (6-6), L: Curt Schilling (6-4), S: none
Sun, May 20, 2007 BOS  6  ATL  3        W:Kason Gabbard (1-0), L: Tim Hudson (5-2), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2007 ATL 14 @BOS  0        W:John Smoltz (6-2), L: Devern Hansack (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2007 BOS 13  ATL  3        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (6-2), L: Anthony Lerew (0-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 BOS 10 @ATL  7        W:Rudy Seanez (2-0), L: Macay McBride (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (23)
Season Series: 2009 - BOS leads 2-1; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 26-22

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

TBR 5.66

BAL 4.57

SDP 3.87

RA/G

SFG 3.80

HOU 4.62

WSN 5.63

J. Mauer .395

C. Ross .283

B. Crosby .190

OBP

J. Mauer .465

S. Schumaker .358

D. Navarro .239

SLG

A. Pujols .700

N. Markakis .465

N. Punto .252

OPS

J. Mauer 1.163

H. Matsui .819

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.90

A. Cook 4.00

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.84

C. Pavano 6.54

J. Garland 3.33

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RedSox Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 36.Logan*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 77/25 .286/.351/.500/.851 .926/.689 .916 32/1.172 0/0 4/2

44.Bay G/S/vP 8/.575 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/4.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 311/221 .282/.392/.579/.971 .992/.963 1.031 103/.871 5/1 19/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/no AB ··· ··· 4/1.500 2/.000 254/190 .260/.390/.481/.871 .819/.888 .864 80/.913 2/2 9/1

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 303/205 .307/.355/.401/.756 .703/.780 .782 83/.874 31/6 3/1

22.Green G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 184/132 .284/.337/.438/.775 .704/.803 .680 78/.780 1/3 4/9

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 6/.533 31/25 .267/.290/.400/.690 .333/.778 .455 31/.690 0/0 1/0

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/55 .242/.306/.387/.693 .319/.804 .578 21/.937 0/0 0/1

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 281/201 .283/.320/.472/.792 .898/.751 .716 85/.661 0/1 10/8

23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 104/75 .304/.375/.402/.777 1.043/.677 .826 20/1.063 1/0 1/6

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 2/2.500 275/187 .216/.309/.381/.690 .702/.684 .545 76/.967 0/2 7/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 321/220 .289/.372/.382/.754 .795/.736 .739 103/.578 12/4 2/4

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 221/159 .232/.326/.484/.810 .922/.780 .762 71/.689 0/0 11/1

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 250/171 .312/.440/.574/1.014 1.042/1.001 .957 98/.823 4/1 12/1

IP 87.1 14.2 34.0 23.0 78.1 1.1 25.0 29.0 27.1 33.2 TOTAL .270/.354/.452/.806 .840/.792 .769 .802 56/20 88/46

ERA-K/9

2.89/6.4

2.45/6.7

2.12/11.6

3.13/6.3

4.25/6.9

13.50/0.0

6.12/9.0

4.34/7.8

3.95/5.3

1.34/12.3

3.99/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 366/.251 63/.232 146/.218 107/.250 338/.253 7/.200 112/.239 129/.245 113/.243 135/.172 .254

OPS .683 .657 .661 .769 .774 .629 .724 .661 .591 .490 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.806 30/.641 52/.768 54/.748 158/.664 3/.333 56/.624 53/.767 53/.603 60/.576 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.577 33/.670 94/.586 53/.783 180/.875 4/.833 56/.820 76/.591 60/.579 75/.425 .722

Home 172/.674 37/.789 66/.706 53/.816 187/.657 7/.629 45/.748 79/.684 64/.665 76/.428

Last 28d days 95/.729 51/.782 59/.581 107/.769 109/.654 7/.629 72/.748 50/.633 46/.745 56/.456

HR/SB/CS 5/5/4 1/1/0 2/3/2 3/8/2 8/4/4 0/2/0 2/0/1 0/6/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 48/46/26

Usage ····X··· XX······ ··ooo·oX ··X····X ·X····X· X······· XX······ o·ooo·oX oX··oo·· ··XX··oo

Braves Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB 60.Bard
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 36.Penny
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 24.Saito
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP 22/1.200 ··· 2/.000 6/1.167 7/.572 5/.000 9/.555 ··· 3/.000 193/144 .281/.311/.388/.699 .793/.666 .642 84/.802 1/0 3/2

1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 21/17 .111/.200/.111/.311 .000/.369 .205 21/.311 1/0 0/1

23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 4/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 141/74 .272/.348/.424/.772 .821/.727 .750 48/.647 3/0 3/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 284/196 .292/.348/.432/.779 .624/.845 .731 108/.707 3/1 7/11

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 11/.282 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 7/1.000 ··· ··· 284/198 .253/.286/.355/.641 .768/.587 .763 86/.689 4/1 5/0

27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/27 .108/.154/.135/.289 .250/.305 .311 15/.067 0/0 0/1

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.500 1/2.000 256/181 .219/.290/.368/.658 .938/.542 .738 91/.500 2/2 5/5

10.Jones# G/S/vP 30/.626 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 48/.827 3/.667 3/.333 260/184 .300/.419/.488/.907 1.041/.848 .924 99/.916 1/1 8/12

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.250 6/1.166 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 230/162 .266/.326/.377/.703 .550/.769 .683 46/.486 0/0 2/0

16.McCann* G/S/vP 14/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 211/144 .324/.412/.538/.951 .688/1.063 .923 88/.986 2/1 8/4

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 10/.500 2/1.000 3/2.667 287/192 .258/.338/.464/.802 .831/.788 .844 105/.814 10/1 12/0

14.Prado G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 141/77 .294/.355/.452/.807 .984/.668 .750 66/.864 0/1 3/2

8.Ross G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.333 ··· 2/1.000 93/62 .295/.402/.551/.953 .688/1.093 .623 22/1.289 0/0 5/0

IP 91.1 17.1 28.1 58.1 32.1 31.0 76.2 33.1 26.1 TOTAL .258/.329/.389/.718 .739/.709 .702 .705 23/10 55/52

ERA-K/9

3.74/8.7

3.63/8.3

2.22/7.0

3.70/7.7

2.51/9.2

1.74/9.3

4.93/6.2

1.89/5.7

3.08/8.6

4.19/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 385/.239 79/.246 128/.255 253/.277 129/.186 137/.220 346/.294 128/.174 115/.242 .264

OPS .654 .689 .674 .741 .604 .637 .825 .556 .706 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.667 39/.840 73/.594 133/.800 59/.476 78/.528 183/.804 64/.704 63/.543 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.634 40/.547 55/.778 120/.678 70/.720 59/.777 163/.849 64/.419 52/.907 .763

Road 195/.752 55/.777 61/.830 148/.823 77/.486 70/.744 172/.852 73/.484 60/.847

Last 28d days 108/.460 44/.767 32/.732 48/.696 43/.647 39/.543 125/.748 40/.853 36/.655

HR/SB/CS 7/8/1 0/2/0 0/3/1 4/7/4 4/0/0 3/8/0 8/11/1 4/3/0 3/3/0 63/67/14

Usage ·····X·· X·X···X· ··o····· ·X····X· ·oo·X··· ·o··X··· ··X····· o···o··· X·o···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.