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Game Preview: ATL @ CIN, 7:10pm, Friday, April 24, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Braves, 7-8, 2nd, 4 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (32, RHP, 1-1, 3.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 18.0 15 6 6 6 25 1 3.00
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 2-4 37.2 36 25 24 15 45 5 5.73 49
2009-04-19 @PIT W 6.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 98 69
2009-04-14 FLA L 6.0 5 3 3 1 12 0 106 61
2009-04-08 @PHI ND 6.0 5 3 3 4 5 1 102 51
2008-09-27 CLE L 4.1 5 7 7 2 5 1 73 28
2008-09-23 @MIN L 4.0 7 5 5 1 3 1 78 30
2008-09-18 @NYY L 3.2 6 7 6 4 4 2 88 23
2008-09-14 DET W 7.2 3 0 0 2 8 0 106 79
Last 5 v.CIN 2-0 37.2 35 14 13 3 39 6 3.11 62
2005-08-20 @CIN W 8.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 77 73
2003-04-19 CIN W 7.0 5 4 4 1 11 2 108 61
2002-09-27 CIN ND 8.0 7 3 3 0 9 2 102 65
2002-04-07 @CIN ND 6.0 9 3 2 1 4 1 98 47
2000-07-29 CIN ND 8.2 9 3 3 0 9 1 122 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-6    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 22  @WSN  W   1-0        7-8   2nd  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21  @WSN  L   3-4        6-8   4th  5.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 20  @WSN  L   2-3        6-7   3rd  5.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @PIT  W  11-1        6-6   2nd  5.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @PIT  L   0-10       5-6   3rd  5.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @PIT  L   0-3        5-5   2nd  4.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16   FLA  L   2-6        5-4   2nd  3.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   FLA  L   4-10       5-3   2nd  2.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr 14   FLA  L   1-5        5-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   WSN  W   8-5        5-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-8    Last 30: 7-8
Reds, 9-6, 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (25, RHP, 2-1, 6.46)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 15.1 17 12 11 13 15 3 6.46
2008 (17-6) 196.0 167 82 70 93 206 14 3.21
2007 (2-1) 34.0 34 18 17 15 29 4 4.50
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.1 36 23 22 29 47 7 4.79 51
2009-04-19 @HOU W 6.0 4 1 1 5 7 0 104 62
2009-04-13 @MIL W 5.0 7 6 6 4 4 2 99 29
2009-04-08 NYM L 4.1 6 5 4 4 4 1 107 33
2008-09-23 @HOU W 7.1 6 1 1 1 9 1 98 70
2008-09-18 STL L 7.0 3 4 4 6 5 1 111 54
2008-09-13 @ARI ND 6.0 5 2 2 6 8 0 121 56
2008-09-08 @MIL ND 5.2 5 4 4 3 10 2 119 50
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 12.0 9 4 3 5 16 1 2.25 62
2008-05-30 ATL ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 7 0 102 58
2008-05-02 @ATL L 6.0 4 2 1 2 9 1 100 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-3    Road:    7-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-3    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 8-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @CHC  W   7-1        9-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @CHC  W   3-0        8-6   4th  1.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @CHC  L   2-7        7-6   4th  1.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 20  @HOU  W   4-3        7-5   3rd  0.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 19  @HOU  W   4-2        6-5   3rd  1.0 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 18  @HOU  L   0-7        5-5   4th  1.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 17  @HOU  W   2-1        5-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @MIL  L   3-9        4-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr 14  @MIL  W   6-1        4-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  6 Mon, Apr 13  @MIL  W   7-6        3-3   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-6    Last 30: 9-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 CIN  6  ATL  2        W:Johnny Cueto (4-5), L: Tim Hudson (7-4), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 CIN  8  ATL  7 (10)   W:Francisco Cordero (2-0), L: Manny Acosta (3-2), S: none
Fri, May 30, 2008 CIN  3  ATL  2 (11)   W:Kent Mercker (1-0), L: Royce Ring (1-1), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2008 ATL 14  CIN  7        W:Royce Ring (1-0), L: Bronson Arroyo (1-4), S: none
Sat, May 03, 2008 ATL  9  CIN  1        W:Jo-Jo Reyes (1-0), L: Matt Belisle (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 02, 2008 ATL  2  CIN  0        W:Tim Hudson (4-2), L: Edinson Volquez (4-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 23, 2007 CIN  9  ATL  7 (12)   W:Mike Gosling (2-0), L: Bob Wickman (3-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 CIN  4  ATL  2        W:Bronson Arroyo (7-13), L: Lance Cormier (0-4), S: Dave Weathers (27)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 CIN  8  ATL  7        W:Bill Bray (3-0), L: Peter Moylan (4-3), S: Dave Weathers (26)
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 ATL 14 @CIN  4        W:Tim Hudson (15-5), L: Phil Dumatrait (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CIN won 6-1; All-Time - CIN leads 1125-1043

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Braves Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 51.Burton
G/S/vB		 48.Cordero
G/S/vB		 52.Herrera*
G/S/vB		 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 40.Masset
G/S/vB		 33.Owings
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 25.Weathers
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP 8/.268 ··· 18/.229 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 39/.468 8/.250 593/461 .293/.325/.433/.758 .704/.774 .717 26/.551 7/4 15/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.572 140/66 .244/.264/.304/.568 .755/.356 .373 41/.841 4/2 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.650 1/.000 3/.667 587/421 .288/.366/.401/.766 .672/.804 .725 52/.695 2/5 10/16
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/.533 6/.334 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 7/1.571 653/459 .239/.294/.359/.653 .580/.684 .610 61/.795 0/1 11/4
4.Infante G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· 348/215 .293/.338/.416/.755 .824/.711 .761 32/.758 0/1 3/10
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.733 5/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 4/1.417 614/449 .287/.349/.446/.795 .800/.793 .755 62/.788 11/6 12/14
10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.666 5/.650 29/1.169 534/350 .364/.470/.574/1.044 1.040/1.047 .956 43/.895 4/0 22/13
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 5/1.267 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 573/423 .272/.328/.410/.738 .819/.708 .814 58/.791 2/1 14/2
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/2.067 4/.250 7/.429 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 4/.250 573/389 .301/.373/.523/.896 .820/.932 .901 51/.748 5/0 23/9
20.Norton# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/1.167 7/.000 4/.000 220/159 .262/.373/.439/.811 .735/.841 .796 12/.083 0/0 7/3
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 254/142 .320/.377/.461/.838 .829/.844 .875 22/1.086 3/1 2/6
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 182/99 .225/.369/.352/.721 .632/.793 .649 12/1.472 0/1 3/3
24.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 60/.828 / /
IP 196.0 58.2 70.1 7.1 70.1 62.0 104.2 35.1 69.1 TOTAL .260/.335/.429/.764 .762/.765 .763 .764 3/2 14/13
ERA-K/9 3.21/9.5 3.22/8.9 3.33/10.0 7.36/9.9 4.48/7.3 3.92/6.2 5.93/7.5 2.04/10.2 3.25/6.0 4.02/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (93-27-7)
 Ross (26-10-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 838/.232 257/.249 307/.235 37/.333 297/.250 271/.297 466/.256 146/.224 311/.276 .253  Francoeur
 Anderson
 Diaz
 Infante
 Norton
 Prado
0/0/152/14
82/0/0/9
37/0/0/2
34/3/0/0
25/0/2/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .681 .712 .682 .962 .714 .817 .754 .566 .778 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 432/.700 107/.750 135/.569 11/.200 120/.674 100/.874 243/.779 81/.453 120/.635 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 406/.660 150/.686 172/.769 26/1.247 177/.741 171/.786 223/.726 65/.708 191/.868 .761
Home 419/.728 133/.688 190/.770 15/1.015 130/.590 133/1.033 207/.806 57/.539 149/.850
Last 28d days 77/.831 37/.937 29/.595 21/.569 33/1.328 21/.293 45/.923 23/.536 25/.488
HR/SB/CS 14/21/12 6/4/1 6/7/3 1/0/0 10/1/1 7/2/1 14/3/2 0/1/0 6/3/0 14/8/9
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ·o·XX·X· ··o··oo· ··X···o· o·····o· ··X····· ···XX··· Xo··X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB		 30.Bennett
G/S/vB		 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB		 58.Moylan
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 39.Soriano
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 452/300 .254/.314/.453/.767 .562/.869 .892 50/.757 4/6 21/11
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/96 .304/.413/.608/1.021 .852/1.065 1.183 41/.790 5/3 6/0
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 3/.000 582/410 .251/.340/.466/.807 .908/.765 .854 61/.557 1/0 26/23
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 34/1.086 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 / /// / 44/.361 / /
15.Hairston G/S/vP 16/.813 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 297/195 .326/.384/.487/.871 .966/.824 1.061 32/.567 15/3 6/5
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/57 .271/.367/.365/.732 .635/.804 .798 12/.606 0/0 2/1
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 19/.707 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 507/355 .257/.308/.406/.714 .688/.726 .763 47/.551 0/0 15/9
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 89/54 .188/.270/.250/.520 .787/.348 .523 12/.955 0/0 1/3
16.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.938 / /
17.Nix* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .833 17/.732 0/0 0/0
4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 609/430 .261/.312/.442/.754 .944/.676 .808 61/.577 23/10 21/7
3.Taveras G/S/vP 11/.956 3/.666 ··· 6/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 538/395 .251/.308/.296/.604 .634/.593 .586 59/.745 68/7 1/7
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 589/397 .297/.368/.506/.874 .862/.880 .875 65/1.075 7/5 24/11
IP 208.1 97.1 62.2 33.2 5.2 6.2 14.0 TOTAL .229/.317/.357/.675 .591/.720 .672 .675 8/2 11/12
ERA-K/9 4.67/8.6 3.70/6.3 3.59/8.5 4.28/11.8 /0.0 1.59/7.9 20.25/5.4 2.57/10.3 4.26/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (15-8-1)
 Hernandez (99-24-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 890/.263 419/.243 259/.228 142/.210 / 25/.217 42/.457 57/.149 .258  Bruce
 Taveras
 Hairston
 Nix
 Dickerson
11/35/78/8
0/124/0/6
24/17/12/1
2/0/0/0
28/7/0/0
OPS .755 .672 .661 .702 .628 1.324 .575 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 458/.784 152/.770 108/.753 28/1.065 / 12/.606 19/1.454 24/.861 .662
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 432/.726 267/.616 151/.597 114/.600 / 13/.647 23/1.215 33/.385 .805
Road 456/.831 183/.783 119/.748 59/.438 / 12/.705 16/1.290 15/.421
Last 28d days 75/.622 40/.864 28/.949 29/.806 76/.862 25/.663 18/.583 26/.413
HR/SB/CS 25/9/3 5/7/3 5/5/1 6/1/0 // 1/1/0 2/3/1 1/1/1 7/7/2
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··X ·····X·· ·oX···X· ··X····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.