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Game Preview: FLA @ ATL, 1:30pm, Sunday, August 23, 2009 @Turner Field

Marlins, 65-58, 2nd, 6½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Ricky Nolasco (26, RHP, 9-8, 5.22)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-8)			136.1	140	84	79	32	136	17	5.22
2008 (15-8)			212.1	192	88	83	42	186	28	3.52
2007 (1-2)			21.1	26	16	13	9	11	3	5.48

Last 7 GS		3-1	45.2	35	21	21	11	46	5	4.14	58
2009-08-18	@HOU	W	9.0	3	2	2	0	10	1	115	83
2009-08-12	HOU	L	3.1	8	10	10	2	1	1	85	3
2009-08-07	@PHI	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	7	1	101	66
2009-08-02	CHC	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	97	72
2009-07-28	ATL	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	100	59
2009-07-22	@SDP	W	6.1	2	0	0	3	10	0	97	76
2009-07-17	PHI	ND	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	93	45

Last 5 v.ATL		0-3	28.1	39	21	21	8	17	9	6.67	39
2009-07-28	ATL	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	100	59
2008-07-23	ATL	L	5.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	85	31
2008-06-05	@ATL	L	5.2	12	7	7	3	2	3	106	16
2008-04-17	ATL	L	4.2	9	6	6	0	4	4	84	26
2006-09-17	@ATL	ND	6.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	93	64

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

 Home:   34-28   Road:   31-30   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  40-41   vsLHP:  25-17   1-Run:  21-15
 vsEast: 25-18   vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest: 16-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 22  @ATL  L   3-4       65-58  2nd  6.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21  @ATL  W   5-3       65-57  2nd  5.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20  @HOU  L   1-4       64-57  2nd  6.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @HOU  L   3-6       64-56  2nd  5.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @HOU  W   6-2       64-55  2nd  4.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16   COL  L   3-7       63-55  2nd  4.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   COL  W  10-3       63-54  2nd  4.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14   COL  W   6-5       62-54  2nd  4.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 13   HOU  W   9-2       61-54  2nd  4.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12   HOU  L   6-14      60-54  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Braves, 65-58, 2nd, 6½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (36, RHP, 12-8, 4.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-8)			153.2	173	80	76	49	79	8	4.45
2008 (14-11)			211.0	194	84	76	45	147	14	3.24
2007 (12-14)			199.1	194	100	86	59	147	20	3.88

Last 7 GS		4-1	41.0	52	21	21	12	18	2	4.61	45
2009-08-18	@NYM	L	3.2	11	8	8	0	0	0	82	7
2009-08-12	WSN	W	7.0	7	2	2	4	5	0	101	56
2009-08-06	@LAD	ND	6.1	8	2	2	2	2	0	103	49
2009-08-01	LAD	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	85	50
2009-07-26	@MIL	W	6.0	9	2	2	0	3	1	94	49
2009-07-21	SFG	W	6.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	92	57
2009-07-16	NYM	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	112	49

Last 5 v.FLA		1-2	29.2	37	24	19	15	24	5	5.76	41
2009-05-06	@FLA	W	5.0	7	6	6	3	5	1	102	31
2009-04-15	FLA	ND	5.0	7	4	4	5	5	0	106	37
2008-04-29	@FLA	ND	5.0	8	6	3	1	2	1	90	34
2007-07-07	FLA	L	6.1	10	5	4	3	6	2	110	38
2007-05-10	@FLA	L	8.1	5	3	2	3	6	1	94	66

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

 Home:   33-28   Road:   32-30   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  39-40   vsLHP:  26-18   1-Run:  22-17
 vsEast: 26-19   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 17-15 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 22   FLA  W   4-3       65-58  2nd  6.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   FLA  L   3-5       64-58  3rd  6.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20  @NYM  W   3-2       64-57  2nd  6.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @NYM  W  15-2       63-57  3rd  6.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @NYM  L   4-9       62-57  3rd  6.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17   ARI  W   9-4       62-56  3rd  5.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   PHI  L   1-4       61-56  3rd  6.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   PHI  W   4-3       61-55  3rd  5.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   PHI  L   2-3       60-55  3rd  6.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12   WSN  W   6-2       60-54  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 21, 2009 FLA  5 @ATL  3        W:Anibal Sanchez (2-4), L: Javier Vazquez (10-9), S: Leo Nunez (14)
Thu, Jul 30, 2009 ATL  6 @FLA  3 (10)   W:Peter Moylan (3-2), L: Luis Ayala (1-3), S: Rafael Soriano (15)
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 FLA  6  ATL  3        W:Josh Johnson (10-2), L: Kenshin Kawakami (5-8), S: Leo Nunez (8)
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 FLA  4  ATL  3        W:Leo Nunez (3-3), L: Rafael Soriano (1-2), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2009 ATL  4 @FLA  2        W:Jair Jurrjens (3-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (1-4), S: Mike Gonzalez (5)
Wed, May 06, 2009 ATL  8 @FLA  6        W:Derek Lowe (4-1), L: Graham Taylor (0-2), S: Mike Gonzalez (4)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 FLA  6 @ATL  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (1-0), L: Kenshin Kawakami (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 FLA 10 @ATL  4        W:Hayden Penn (1-0), L: Peter Moylan (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 FLA  5 @ATL  1        W:Chris Volstad (2-0), L: Javier Vazquez (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 03, 2008 FLA  5  ATL  3        W:Doug Waechter (4-2), L: Will Ohman (4-1), S: Joe Nelson (1)
Season Series: 2009 - FLA leads 6-4; 2008 - ATL won 10-8; 2007 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 145-113

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

LAA 5.74

DET 4.60

SDP 3.85

RA/G

SFG 3.66

NYM 4.65

WSN 5.39

J. Mauer .378

G. Beckham .292

A. Casilla .187

OBP

J. Mauer .448

E. Cabrera .363

R. Cedeno .234

SLG

A. Pujols .664

P. Konerko .479

A. Casilla .236

OPS

A. Pujols 1.104

B. Butler .842

A. Casilla .509

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.27

D. Braden 3.89

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.47

D. Davis 6.84

J. Lannan 3.79

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Marlins Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 49.Jurrjens
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 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Baker* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/.533 326/292 .273/.346/.436/.782 .616/.800 .759 75/.870 0/0 8/6

1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· 11/1.156 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.334 483/337 .257/.308/.316/.623 .725/.567 .581 63/.698 20/9 1/15

3.Cantu G/S/vP 9/2.639 2/3.000 4/.500 ··· 15/.343 6/.750 ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· 5/.000 6/.733 475/347 .279/.339/.436/.775 .909/.727 .721 104/.737 2/0 13/9

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/1.334 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 378/281 .288/.365/.417/.783 .694/.813 .896 118/.951 6/1 7/3

7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.933 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/2.750 30/.985 188/162 .267/.346/.394/.740 .352/.806 .650 39/.697 0/0 4/1

18.Helms G/S/vP 11/.182 1/no AB 5/.933 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 14/.572 173/94 .277/.318/.365/.683 .704/.663 .831 32/.908 1/1 2/5

27.Hermida* G/S/vP 17/.850 3/.667 4/.000 ··· 13/.398 6/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.350 2/.000 8/.250 9/1.333 454/333 .261/.352/.400/.752 .601/.808 .758 84/.860 5/2 13/1

20.Johnson* G/S/vP 31/.656 2/.500 8/1.225 3/.666 7/.572 9/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 6/.533 482/341 .296/.419/.408/.827 .936/.782 .788 77/.825 2/4 7/8

29.Paulino G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 192/75 .270/.335/.414/.749 .752/.742 .721 29/1.006 1/0 6/2

2.Ramirez G/S/vP 23/1.398 6/.834 6/.200 ··· 15/1.614 6/1.500 ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 7/.286 10/.900 496/356 .360/.420/.574/.995 .773/1.083 .958 109/1.099 23/8 19/9

12.Ross G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 8/.875 5/2.267 ··· 1/.000 7/.829 1/.000 4/.250 6/1.166 476/347 .271/.330/.476/.806 .918/.765 .775 104/.857 4/2 20/3

14.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0

6.Uggla G/S/vP 23/.794 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 14/1.000 6/2.167 ··· ··· 9/.444 ··· 7/2.071 9/.222 500/374 .239/.351/.445/.796 .761/.808 .693 102/.972 1/0 22/10

IP 153.2 31.1 57.2 86.2 156.1 131.1 14.2 49.2 53.0 42.0 56.0 169.0 TOTAL .266/.338/.413/.750 .717/.763 .730 .868 65/27 123/86

ERA-K/9

4.45/4.6

3.73/7.2

2.50/11.5

3.12/7.2

2.99/6.5

3.97/6.2

4.30/3.7

4.17/10.0

3.23/7.5

3.21/6.2

2.41/12.1

3.14/9.9

3.70/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 666/.289 142/.282 244/.216 336/.244 647/.249 566/.254 63/.250 216/.249 226/.249 175/.231 220/.175 676/.231 .254

OPS .746 .776 .662 .710 .690 .771 .673 .723 .647 .573 .518 .642 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 348/.713 65/.811 90/.611 182/.809 315/.749 298/.690 36/.587 115/.590 91/.754 90/.526 109/.701 347/.697 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.783 77/.747 154/.692 154/.595 332/.635 268/.860 27/.787 101/.872 135/.579 85/.623 111/.342 329/.582 .704

Home 336/.719 70/.840 114/.720 184/.665 330/.621 264/.674 28/.873 85/.703 113/.616 102/.585 107/.388 349/.644

Last 28d days 126/.845 39/.804 52/.504 101/.742 124/.843 131/.825 30/.867 56/.567 44/.535 29/.486 38/.927 141/.714

HR/SB/CS 8/10/3 2/3/0 4/6/2 8/14/6 11/11/7 15/6/5 1/3/0 4/1/1 0/9/3 1/3/3 4/2/0 17/6/4 86/78/37

Usage ····X··· ···oX··· X·X··X·X X····X·· ···X···· ··X····X ·o·ooo·· ·o··X·o· ·oo····o ·o···Xoo o·oX···· ·X····X·

Braves Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB 40.Calero
G/S/vB 48.Donnelly
G/S/vB 55.Johnson
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 44.Sanches
G/S/vB 41.Volstad
G/S/vB 45.West*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.583 1/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 4/.750 5/3.000 3/.333 6/1.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· 380/274 .284/.313/.435/.749 .723/.759 .776 96/.743 1/0 11/3

25.Church* G/S/vP 19/.921 1/.000 ··· 13/.581 6/.533 1/2.000 3/.000 8/.575 20/1.342 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 361/271 .278/.343/.395/.738 .607/.779 .633 69/.893 6/2 4/2

23.Diaz G/S/vP 8/.875 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 4/.250 ··· ··· 4/.583 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 280/153 .293/.361/.470/.831 .999/.690 .799 80/.815 8/4 9/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 13/1.538 2/2.000 1/.000 10/.200 4/1.167 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 13/.558 ··· 5/.650 ··· 444/295 .302/.370/.447/.817 .709/.869 .830 86/.669 3/3 12/12

30.Gorecki G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.400 .000 8/.500 0/0 0/0

4.Infante G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/1.000 3/2.667 1/.000 11/.282 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 127/71 .324/.376/.396/.772 .789/.759 .760 30/.613 2/0 2/3

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 1/.000 11/1.055 4/1.250 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.800 11/.573 ··· 9/1.208 ··· 302/217 .221/.294/.397/.691 .946/.590 .671 38/.990 6/2 8/8

10.Jones# G/S/vP 21/1.840 2/no AB ··· 28/.733 5/.400 4/1.417 2/.500 8/.250 5/.933 ··· 6/.334 ··· 449/296 .287/.401/.472/.872 .940/.834 .857 85/.807 4/1 15/15

22.LaRoche* G/S/vP 24/.640 1/.000 ··· 12/.944 ··· 2/4.000 2/1.000 3/.333 11/.546 ··· 2/.000 ··· 462/315 .272/.355/.498/.853 .741/.907 1.044 90/1.177 2/2 20/1

16.McCann* G/S/vP 24/1.015 1/no AB 2/3.000 24/.583 9/.236 3/.000 1/.000 6/.167 14/.895 ··· 9/.347 ··· 405/263 .282/.354/.497/.851 .597/.986 .840 91/.791 3/1 15/8

20.Norton# G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/1.666 1/.000 4/1.000 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 78/62 .148/.333/.180/.514 .822/.431 .516 19/.704 0/0 0/0

14.Prado G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 10/.200 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 336/199 .308/.362/.467/.829 .983/.728 .843 74/.668 0/3 8/4

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 8/1.089 ··· ··· ··· 122/78 .269/.372/.510/.882 .581/1.054 .745 14/.619 0/0 6/1

IP 136.1 45.0 17.2 165.2 35.1 46.0 53.1 46.2 41.2 40.0 150.1 69.0 TOTAL .264/.337/.412/.748 .753/.746 .730 .772 43/19 115/79

ERA-K/9

5.22/9.0

1.80/10.8

2.04/8.1

2.99/7.7

5.86/7.4

3.13/8.4

4.05/8.3

2.70/8.9

4.97/7.6

0.90/8.8

4.73/6.2

4.70/5.0

4.31/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 578/.262 182/.179 72/.215 671/.228 164/.289 185/.211 227/.230 202/.213 187/.283 159/.201 615/.265 309/.261 .255

OPS .750 .483 .615 .610 .817 .641 .734 .666 .828 .582 .781 .770 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 319/.748 71/.657 34/.663 361/.607 87/.831 92/.732 128/.745 94/.724 104/.759 72/.551 326/.814 60/.993 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.753 111/.378 38/.570 310/.613 77/.802 93/.553 99/.719 108/.619 83/.908 87/.607 289/.744 249/.716 .712

Road 298/.727 91/.431 30/.372 345/.665 60/.557 79/.538 95/.594 83/.617 130/.857 60/.734 307/.760 142/.829

Last 28d days 131/.625 35/.552 43/.654 122/.680 24/.750 33/1.033 45/1.071 52/.668 20/.367 50/.518 121/.917 63/.760

HR/SB/CS 17/12/2 0/7/0 1/2/0 12/10/5 3/3/1 7/3/0 9/8/1 2/2/2 6/5/1 2/5/2 24/17/9 8/2/0 122/105/29

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