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Game Preview: ATL @ BAL, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 13, 2009 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Braves, 30-30, 3rd, 5½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Kenshin Kawakami (34, RHP, 3-6, 4.62)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-6)			64.1	65	38	33	25	51	6	4.62

Last 7 GS		2-3	42.2	41	18	16	14	33	1	3.38	54
2009-06-08	PIT	ND	6.0	4	3	3	1	5	0	95	56
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

Has never faced BAL.

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

 Home:   15-17   Road:   15-13   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  17-21   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  12-9 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 4-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Fri, Jun 12  @BAL  W   7-2       30-30  3rd  5.5 gb
 59 Thu, Jun 11   PIT  L   1-3       29-30  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Orioles, 25-36, 5th, 12 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Rich Hill (29, LHP, 2-1, 5.24)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-1)			22.1	19	14	13	16	22	1	5.24
2008 (1-0)			19.2	13	9	9	18	15	2	4.12
2007 (11-8)			195.0	170	89	85	63	183	27	3.92

Last 7 GS		2-1	28.0	22	17	16	24	26	2	5.14	48
2009-06-07	@OAK	L	0.2	1	3	3	4	0	0	39	34
2009-06-01	@SEA	W	7.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	106	77
2009-05-27	TOR	ND	3.1	6	7	6	3	3	0	73	22
2009-05-22	@WSN	ND	5.2	3	2	2	4	6	1	98	57
2009-05-16	@KCR	W	5.2	7	2	2	2	6	0	88	51
2008-05-02	@STL	ND	0.2	0	1	1	4	1	0	27	45
2008-04-23	@COL	ND	5.0	3	2	2	4	3	1	84	52

Last 5 v.ATL		3-0	28.2	17	6	3	7	30	1	0.94	70
2007-06-07	@ATL	W	8.0	3	1	1	1	11	1	108	82
2007-06-02	ATL	ND	7.0	4	3	1	1	6	0	97	66
2007-04-19	@ATL	W	8.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	111	78
2006-09-11	@ATL	W	5.2	6	2	1	2	6	0	120	55

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

 Home:   17-16   Road:    8-20   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  16-26   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast: 10-16   vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  5-13 IL: 2-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Fri, Jun 12   ATL  L   2-7       25-36  5th 12.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun 11   SEA  L   3-6       25-35  5th 11.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun 10   SEA  L   1-4       25-34  5th 10.0 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  9   SEA  W   3-1       25-33  5th  9.0 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  7  @OAK  L   0-3       24-33  5th  9.5 gb
 56 Sat, Jun  6  @OAK  L   4-9       24-32  5th  9.0 gb
 55 Fri, Jun  5  @OAK  L   1-9       24-31  5th  8.5 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  3  @SEA  L   2-3       24-30  5th  7.5 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  2  @SEA  L   2-8       24-29  5th  7.5 gb
 52 Mon, Jun  1  @SEA  W   1-0       24-28  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 ATL  7 @BAL  2        W:Tommy Hanson (1-0), L: Jason Berken (1-3), S: none

Sun, Jul 02, 2006 ATL 10  BAL  3        W:Horacio Ramirez (4-2), L: Kris Benson (9-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 01, 2006 BAL  7 @ATL  4        W:Kurt Birkins (3-1), L: Tim Hudson (6-8), S: none
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 ATL  5  BAL  3        W:Chuck James (2-0), L: Kurt Birkins (2-1), S: Jorge Sosa (2)
Sun, Jun 26, 2005 ATL  8  BAL  1        W:John Smoltz (8-5), L: Rodrigo Lopez (7-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 25, 2005 ATL  5  BAL  4        W:Jorge Vasquez (1-0), L: Todd Williams (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 24, 2005 ATL  7  BAL  5        W:Kyle Davies (3-2), L: Hayden Penn (2-1), S: Chris Reitsma (6)
Sun, Jun 27, 2004 ATL  8 @BAL  7        W:Juan Cruz (1-0), L: Jason Grimsley (3-4), S: John Smoltz (13)
Sat, Jun 26, 2004 ATL  5 @BAL  0        W:Russ Ortiz (7-6), L: Rodrigo Lopez (5-4), S: John Smoltz (12)
Fri, Jun 25, 2004 BAL  5  ATL  0        W:Daniel Cabrera (4-3), L: Paul Byrd (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 1-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - ATL leads 17-11

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 5.62

WSN 4.50

SEA 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.81

TBR 4.65

WSN 5.78

J. Bartlett .373

J. Hermida .277

C. Young .191

OBP

K. Youkilis .468

A. Hill .348

D. Navarro .232

SLG

R. Ibanez .675

M. Holliday .450

J. Kendall .276

OPS

A. Pujols 1.105

C. Figgins .800

D. Navarro .550

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.72

C. Volstad 4.07

A. Sonnanstine 7.00

K/9IP

J. Vazquez 11.21

B. Myers 6.50

J. Karstens 3.54

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Braves Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Hill*
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 28.Baez
G/S/vB 35.Bergesen
G/S/vB 49.Berken
G/S/vB 24.Castillo*
G/S/vB 27.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 21/.659 ··· 14/1.044 ··· 151/108 .254/.291/.370/.661 .763/.619 .693 80/.713 1/0 3/2

1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .000/.083/.000/.083 .000/.111 13/.083 1/0 0/1

25.Canizares G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 9/5 .333/.333/.444/.778 .500/1.000 1.000 9/.778 0/0 0/0

23.Diaz G/S/vP 12/.833 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/.400 ··· ··· ··· 123/63 .275/.350/.413/.762 .715/.805 .773 44/.764 3/0 2/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.334 6/1.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 12/1.850 ··· ··· ··· 235/159 .297/.361/.450/.810 .659/.877 .904 85/.796 2/1 6/8

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 12/.166 6/1.166 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 15/.733 1/2.000 ··· ··· 242/165 .244/.278/.338/.616 .706/.574 .507 91/.569 3/1 4/0

27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/18 .143/.172/.179/.351 .273/.399 .313 29/.351 0/0 0/1

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 12/.788 1/.000 ··· ··· 222/152 .234/.297/.398/.695 .924/.590 .616 100/.688 2/2 5/4

10.Jones# G/S/vP 4/.000 6/1.334 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 12/.500 ··· ··· ··· 210/145 .312/.429/.526/.955 1.181/.846 1.001 83/.959 1/1 8/9

16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/no AB 12/.258 ··· ··· ··· 167/109 .331/.425/.542/.967 .720/1.092 1.054 85/1.073 2/1 6/2

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 5/.900 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 8/.750 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 232/152 .259/.349/.463/.812 .870/.781 .721 100/.768 9/0 10/0

14.Prado G/S/vP 6/.533 4/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/3.333 ··· ··· ··· 114/60 .275/.333/.451/.784 .909/.675 .886 64/.669 0/1 3/2

8.Ross G/S/vP 13/.321 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.586 ··· ··· ··· 83/55 .275/.390/.478/.869 .690/.963 1.130 19/.796 0/0 3/0

IP 22.1 23.2 31.2 62.1 19.2 2.1 42.2 29.1 23.2 55.2 TOTAL .257/.331/.389/.720 .737/.712 .748 .686 20/9 46/37

ERA-K/9

5.24/8.9

4.18/5.7

3.41/6.5

4.04/4.3

7.32/3.7

3.86/3.9

5.70/5.9

3.07/6.1

2.66/8.4

4.37/6.6

5.27/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 98/.238 103/.267 127/.171 264/.281 94/.313 11/.125 200/.302 124/.255 98/.233 233/.261 .281

OPS .696 .722 .547 .758 .912 .489 .896 .710 .696 .738 .826

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.643 40/.844 60/.495 122/.736 45/.866 6/.533 61/.818 59/.628 31/.336 116/.760 .843

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/.704 63/.648 67/.594 142/.775 49/.956 5/.400 139/.931 65/.774 67/.859 117/.715 .812

Home 19/.974 55/.788 72/.459 159/.777 74/.804 7/.629 86/.989 65/.763 53/.732 117/.699

Last 28d days 74/.670 54/.474 43/.618 138/.619 94/.912 11/.489 46/.719 49/.735 28/.401 60/.798

HR/SB/CS 1/3/1 1/0/1 3/2/0 7/0/2 2/0/0 0/0/0 9/8/0 2/1/0 3/2/0 6/4/0 82/41/10

Usage ·····X·· X·o··X·X ··X···X· ···X···· X·····X· oX·····o Xo·····X X····o·· ···X··o· ·X······

Orioles Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.38 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Andino G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/53 .258/.286/.273/.558 .824/.470 .686 45/.575 1/2 0/3

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 252/159 .259/.325/.438/.763 .571/.875 .846 90/.584 0/5 8/2

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 241/164 .326/.378/.557/.934 .814/.989 .898 100/.714 5/2 11/4

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/.929 ··· 269/170 .289/.353/.463/.816 .574/.964 .889 104/.586 1/1 7/3

6.Mora G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 13/.481 176/112 .256/.320/.325/.645 .701/.612 .756 89/.594 2/2 2/4

18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 101/89 .200/.273/.322/.595 .182/.650 .656 16/.600 1/2 2/0

14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 93/63 .271/.333/.541/.875 1.107/.770 1.020 80/.933 0/0 7/1

1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 4/1.167 11/.522 275/189 .286/.353/.449/.802 .760/.820 .848 106/.737 12/4 6/2

16.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/8 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 1.000 8/.500 0/0 0/0

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.000 171/123 .307/.380/.627/1.008 1.324/.884 1.096 59/1.206 0/0 14/0

15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 40/24 .256/.275/.359/.634 .579/.667 .909 40/.634 0/0 0/0

23.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/3.500 3/.666 165/106 .222/.255/.329/.584 .605/.572 .640 43/.694 1/1 3/2

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 144/102 .200/.306/.288/.594 .583/.597 .571 38/.566 0/0 1/4

IP 64.1 8.2 27.0 28.0 11.2 17.1 23.1 23.0 29.2 TOTAL .264/.326/.420/.745 .705/.764 .825 .693 32/19 64/35

ERA-K/9

4.62/7.1

2.08/6.2

2.67/6.3

2.57/11.6

6.17/7.7

5.19/9.4

5.01/7.7

3.13/5.9

1.52/11.2

3.96/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 281/.269 34/.194 128/.314 121/.225 54/.313 73/.197 106/.256 91/.226 120/.184 .252

OPS .812 .587 .779 .690 .931 .572 .695 .560 .517 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.730 13/.397 57/.722 42/.835 27/.936 32/.598 43/.765 42/.538 53/.567 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.884 21/.707 71/.825 79/.596 27/.912 41/.550 63/.648 49/.577 67/.480 .715

Road 103/1.018 14/.429 56/.790 61/.598 28/.935 44/.543 36/.628 38/.400 53/.641

Last 28d days 108/.678 34/.587 40/.632 52/.665 54/.931 73/.572 47/.826 40/.739 53/.461

HR/SB/CS 6/4/4 1/0/0 0/3/1 2/3/2 3/3/1 0/0/1 0/4/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 37/32/24

Usage ····X··· ····X··o ··X·oX·· o··ooX·· X····X·· ····X··· o·X·o·X· o·X·oooo XX·oX·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.