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Game Preview: ATL @ COL, 9:10pm, Friday, July 10, 2009 @Coors Field

Braves, 41-44, 3rd, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (36, RHP, 7-7, 4.56)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-7)			106.2	117	58	54	36	56	5	4.56
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		1-4	37.0	55	29	27	14	15	3	6.57	37
2009-07-05	@WSN	L	5.1	10	4	4	1	1	0	85	32
2009-06-30	PHI	ND	6.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	103	51
2009-06-25	NYY	L	3.0	11	8	6	3	0	1	78	6
2009-06-20	@BOS	L	6.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	110	48
2009-06-14	@BAL	L	2.1	8	7	7	3	0	1	80	10
2009-06-09	PIT	W	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	102	54
2009-06-03	CHC	ND	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	101	61

Last 5 v.COL		2-3	34.1	23	11	11	8	23	0	2.88	61
2009-05-18	COL	L	8.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	110	70
2008-08-21	COL	W	6.1	4	1	1	2	7	0	107	66
2008-06-02	COL	W	8.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	110	70
2008-05-04	@COL	L	5.0	6	5	5	4	3	0	112	34
2007-09-26	COL	L	7.0	5	2	2	0	7	0	89	66

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

 Home:   21-21   Road:   20-23   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  24-31   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Thu, Jul  9  @COL  L   6-7       41-44  3rd  5.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  8  @CHC  W   4-1       41-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7  @CHC  W   2-1       40-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  6  @CHC  L   2-4       39-43  4th  5.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5  @WSN  L   3-5       39-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4  @WSN  L   3-5       39-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @WSN  W   9-8       39-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2   PHI  W   5-2       38-40  4th  2.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1   PHI  W  11-1       37-40  4th  3.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   PHI  W   5-4 (10)  36-40  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Rockies, 46-39, 3rd, 8 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (25, RHP, 6-8, 3.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-8)			109.2	101	48	47	45	93	5	3.86
2008 (12-12)			198.2	182	97	88	103	172	11	3.99
2007 (4-4)			82.0	70	46	39	37	68	10	4.28

Last 7 GS		3-2	50.0	41	18	18	19	40	3	3.24	58
2009-07-05	ARI	L	6.1	4	4	4	5	8	1	116	52
2009-06-29	@LAD	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	101	62
2009-06-23	@LAA	L	7.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	115	51
2009-06-18	TBR	W	6.2	6	1	1	3	7	0	117	62
2009-06-12	SEA	W	9.0	8	4	4	4	3	1	127	54
2009-06-07	@STL	W	8.0	4	2	2	1	9	0	112	74
2009-06-02	@HOU	ND	6.0	7	1	1	4	4	0	113	54

Last 5 v.ATL		1-2	20.2	21	15	13	18	23	2	5.66	44
2008-09-11	@ATL	ND	5.0	5	3	2	4	6	0	93	49
2008-06-16	ATL	L	5.0	4	3	2	5	7	0	110	51
2008-04-08	ATL	W	6.0	6	3	3	4	3	1	93	47
2007-08-04	@ATL	L	4.2	6	6	6	5	7	1	110	30

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

 Home:   22-17   Road:   24-22   ExtrInn: 0-4 
 vsRHP:  33-25   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  10-13
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:14-8    vsWest: 13-21 IL:11-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Thu, Jul  9   ATL  W   7-6       46-39  3rd  8.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  8   WSN  W  10-4       45-39  3rd  8.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7   WSN  W   5-4       44-39  3rd  9.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  6   WSN  W   1-0       43-39  3rd  9.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5   ARI  L   3-4       42-39  3rd  9.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4   ARI  L   7-11      42-38  3rd  8.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3   ARI  W   5-0       42-37  3rd  8.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @LAD  L   0-1       41-37  3rd  8.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @LAD  W   3-0       41-36  3rd  7.5 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @LAD  L   2-4 (13)  40-36  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:23-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 21, 2009 COL  9 @ATL  0        W:Aaron Cook (3-1), L: Kris Medlen (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 20, 2009 ATL 12  COL  4        W:Javier Vazquez (4-3), L: Jorge de la Rosa (0-4), S: none
Tue, May 19, 2009 ATL  8  COL  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (4-2), L: Jason Hammel (0-3), S: none
Mon, May 18, 2009 COL  5 @ATL  1        W:Jason Marquis (5-3), L: Derek Lowe (5-2), S: none

Thu, Sep 11, 2008 ATL  8  COL  4        W:Jair Jurrjens (13-9), L: Glendon Rusch (5-5), S: none
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 ATL  9  COL  5        W:Jeff Bennett (3-6), L: Luis Vizcaino (1-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 ATL  5  COL  4 (10)   W:Julian Tavarez (1-3), L: Taylor Buchholz (6-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 16, 2008 ATL  7 @COL  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (7-3), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (1-7), S: none
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 COL 12  ATL  6        W:Mark Redman (1-1), L: Chuck James (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 08, 2008 COL  4  ATL  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (1-1), L: Jair Jurrjens (1-1), S: Manuel Corpas (3)
Season Series: 2009 - COL leads 3-2; 2008 - ATL won 4-3; 2007 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 88-52

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

CHW 4.52

SDP 3.81

RA/G

SFG 3.69

TOR 4.59

WSN 5.63

J. Mauer .388

B. Gardner .287

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .462

M. Cameron .362

D. Navarro .252

SLG

A. Pujols .725

M. Diaz .474

N. Punto .240

OPS

A. Pujols 1.184

I. Kinsler .827

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.12

B. Bannister 3.87

B. Arroyo 5.85

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.01

R. Wolf 6.81

J. Garland 3.46

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Braves Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB 31.Daley
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 46.Hammel
G/S/vB 52.Peralta
G/S/vB 58.Rincon
G/S/vB 16.Street
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 22/.727 6/1.500 3/2.334 10/.000 14/.445 232/174 .274/.306/.400/.706 .738/.696 .683 86/.782 1/0 5/2

1.Blanco* G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 47/34 .190/.261/.238/.499 .258/.584 .452 34/.646 2/0 0/1

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 15/11 .357/.400/.786/1.186 .500/1.455 1.186 15/1.186 0/0 1/0

23.Diaz G/S/vP 6/1.917 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 172/89 .309/.380/.474/.854 .935/.777 .829 49/1.086 4/0 4/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 12/1.375 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 315/211 .292/.354/.427/.781 .627/.853 .820 85/.749 3/1 7/11

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 11/.091 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 320/224 .243/.276/.337/.613 .727/.564 .502 83/.590 5/1 5/0

27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/42 .135/.196/.231/.427 .200/.514 .263 29/.514 0/0 1/1

10.Jones# G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· 5/1.800 3/.333 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 304/205 .292/.408/.472/.880 1.006/.817 .888 99/.687 1/1 9/13

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 5/.900 6/1.417 4/.750 2/.000 6/.533 275/192 .275/.345/.398/.743 .635/.791 .751 84/.737 0/0 4/0

16.McCann* G/S/vP 12/.833 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 259/170 .300/.380/.485/.864 .638/.975 .893 97/.749 3/1 8/5

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 321/210 .272/.349/.484/.833 .842/.828 .822 94/.880 10/1 14/0

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/106 .324/.388/.506/.894 1.127/.709 .934 84/1.082 0/1 4/4

8.Ross G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/67 .279/.380/.547/.927 .624/1.088 1.156 18/1.157 0/0 6/0

IP 109.2 19.2 24.0 86.1 17.0 16.2 38.1 TOTAL .260/.331/.395/.727 .751/.715 .741 .752 29/10 67/59

ERA-K/9

3.86/7.6

5.03/8.2

6.00/4.5

4.07/6.2

4.76/9.0

4.86/8.1

2.82/9.9

4.32/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.246 83/.233 107/.293 374/.290 72/.242 75/.254 150/.204 .268

OPS .664 .711 .837 .773 .702 .780 .600 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.720 40/.925 45/.959 196/.819 35/.900 31/1.180 69/.527 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.598 43/.517 62/.745 178/.723 37/.516 44/.513 81/.658 .730

Home 204/.690 45/.856 58/.774 176/.972 37/.715 32/.526 83/.611

Last 28d days 152/.626 38/.983 30/.859 130/.685 35/.838 26/.626 44/.422

HR/SB/CS 5/9/2 1/1/0 3/3/3 9/10/2 1/2/0 2/2/0 5/8/0 74/67/15

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

Rockies Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.32 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 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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Atkins G/S/vP 39/.650 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 260/166 .224/.300/.332/.632 .781/.547 .656 44/.907 0/0 6/7

12.Barmes G/S/vP 14/.572 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 311/232 .282/.324/.482/.806 .983/.749 .906 104/.757 7/5 10/8

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 316/227 .252/.348/.382/.729 .759/.717 .765 96/.682 18/7 3/1

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/73 .224/.306/.368/.674 .885/.635 .771 59/.701 5/0 1/0

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 38/1.071 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 309/218 .327/.401/.584/.985 .932/1.007 1.085 95/.942 0/2 13/2

17.Helton* G/S/vP 46/.897 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.333 334/233 .317/.398/.509/.907 .680/1.017 .942 97/.987 0/0 9/2

20.Iannetta G/S/vP 12/.633 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 201/147 .223/.343/.458/.801 1.006/.721 .878 70/.754 0/1 10/2

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/31 .194/.306/.226/.531 .750/.489 .543 9/.347 0/0 0/0

7.Smith* G/S/vP 10/.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/154 .284/.404/.482/.886 1.406/.837 1.015 37/.927 3/0 6/0

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 246/154 .257/.325/.427/.752 .938/.648 .781 51/.692 8/4 6/3

9.Stewart* G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 254/187 .219/.291/.478/.769 .673/.805 .701 81/.660 6/2 16/6

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 13/.725 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 79/55 .232/.308/.362/.670 .673/.669 .614 9/.833 0/0 2/0

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 16/.517 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 315/226 .253/.340/.472/.812 .805/.813 .931 98/.922 11/7 14/5

IP 106.2 17.0 42.0 41.0 88.2 4.2 28.1 35.0 30.2 40.2 TOTAL .258/.337/.436/.773 .799/.763 .822 .792 60/27 97/56

ERA-K/9

4.56/4.7

2.12/6.9

3.43/11.8

2.85/5.5

4.26/6.9

3.86/0.0

5.72/9.2

4.37/6.9

3.52/5.6

1.55/11.7

3.83/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 468/.280 71/.219 177/.227 154/.205 384/.252 16/.214 124/.252 150/.250 126/.243 160/.158 .251

OPS .740 .624 .700 .635 .774 .527 .734 .670 .596 .458 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.673 33/.579 62/.676 80/.673 182/.711 10/.522 64/.638 63/.739 60/.587 76/.505 .706

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 234/.809 38/.661 115/.710 74/.594 202/.832 6/.533 60/.833 87/.622 66/.605 84/.417 .708

Road 234/.744 31/.499 95/.642 79/.617 197/.886 7/.286 76/.727 64/.680 53/.538 72/.572

Last 28d days 122/1.028 37/.658 60/.739 128/.570 103/.675 16/.527 51/.968 45/.597 38/.636 46/.318

HR/SB/CS 5/7/2 1/1/0 4/4/2 4/8/2 10/5/4 0/2/0 2/1/1 0/6/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 56/52/29

Usage ····X··· ···oo··· Xoo··XXX X····X·· ·X····X· o···o·X· o···X··· Xo·X·oXX o····o·o ·oX···Xo

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.