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Game Preview: ATL @ FLA, 7:10pm, Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @Dolphin Stadium

Braves, 11-15, 4th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (36, RHP, 3-1, 3.03)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-1) 35.2 32 12 12 14 28 1 3.03
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 3-1 38.2 34 12 12 14 30 1 2.79 56
2009-05-01 HOU W 6.2 8 2 2 2 3 0 112 51
2009-04-25 @CIN W 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 109 67
2009-04-20 @WSN L 6.0 7 3 3 3 2 0 115 45
2009-04-15 FLA ND 5.0 7 4 4 5 5 0 106 37
2009-04-10 WSN ND 3.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 65 51
2009-04-05 @PHI W 8.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 97 82
2008-09-26 @SFG ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 33 57
Last 5 v.FLA 1-2 31.2 34 19 14 14 21 4 3.98 48
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
2006-08-14 FLA W 7.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 108 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-9    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-12   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, May  5   NYM  L   3-4       11-15  4th  4.0 gb
 25 Mon, May  4   NYM  L   4-6       11-14  4th  3.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3   HOU  L   5-7       11-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   HOU  L   1-5       11-12  3rd  2.5 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   HOU  W   7-2       11-11  3rd  2.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 29   STL  L   3-5       10-11  3rd  3.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28   STL  W   2-1       10-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   STL  L   2-3        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @CIN  L   2-8        9-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @CIN  W  10-2        9-8   2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-15
Marlins, 15-12, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Graham Taylor (25, LHP, 0-1, 6.23)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 8.2 9 6 6 9 3 0 6.23
Last 7 GS 0-1 8.2 9 6 6 9 3 0 6.23 40
2009-05-01 @CHC ND 5.0 5 2 2 3 1 0 89 47
2009-04-26 PHI L 3.2 4 4 4 6 2 0 98 33
Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-5    Road:    9-7    ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:   8-9    vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   5-1 
 vsEast: 13-5    vsCntrl: 2-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Tue, May  5   CIN  L   0-7       15-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  4   CIN  W   3-2 (14)  15-11  1st  0.5 up
 25 Sun, May  3  @CHC  L   4-6       14-11  1st  0.5 up
 24 Sat, May  2  @CHC  L   1-6       14-10  1st  1.0 up
 23 Fri, May  1  @CHC  L   6-8       14-9   1st  2.0 up
 22 Thu, Apr 30  @CHC  W   8-2 (10)  14-8   1st  2.0 up
 21 Wed, Apr 29  @NYM  W   4-3       13-8   1st  1.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @NYM  W   7-4       12-8   1st  0.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @NYM  L   1-7       11-8   1st  0.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 26   PHI  L   2-13      11-7   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 ATL 16 @FLA 14        W:Jorge Julio (1-0), L: Matt Lindstrom (3-3), S: Mike Gonzalez (8)
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 FLA  4  ATL  3        W:Matt Lindstrom (3-2), L: Mike Gonzalez (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 ATL  4  FLA  2        W:Charlie Morton (4-8), L: Anibal Sanchez (2-3), S: Mike Gonzalez (7)
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 FLA  4 @ATL  1        W:Josh Johnson (4-0), L: Mike Hampton (2-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 ATL 10  FLA  9        W:Will Ohman (4-0), L: Kevin Gregg (6-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 ATL  9 @FLA  4        W:Tim Hudson (11-7), L: Ricky Nolasco (10-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - FLA leads 3-0; 2008 - ATL won 10-8; 2007 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 141-110

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

TOR  6.07

CHC  4.73

SFG  3.60

 RA/G

LAD  3.68

TOR  4.76

NYY  6.38

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .40

A. Wainwright  4.08

S. Ponson  7.16

 K/9IP

J. Santana  12.11

K. Davies  6.68

J. Pineiro  2.70

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Braves Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Taylor*
G/S/vB		 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 40.Calero
G/S/vB		 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB		 46.Nunez
G/S/vB		 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.583 1/.000 1/.000 3/3.333 1/.000 30/21 .172/.200/.276/.476 .556/.440 .438 21/.490 0/0 0/2
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.833 71/42 .230/.324/.410/.734 .606/.810 .830 66/.636 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 1/2.000 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 102/74 .308/.370/.440/.810 .667/.861 .720 89/.815 1/1 2/1
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· 13/.539 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 109/73 .282/.303/.437/.740 .977/.623 .702 96/.746 0/0 3/0
4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 61/37 .345/.383/.400/.783 .784/.783 .733 56/.736 0/0 0/2
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 91/58 .218/.315/.397/.712 1.073/.528 .445 77/.733 0/1 3/2
28.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/16 .308/.471/.308/.778 2.000/.688 1.417 17/.778 0/0 0/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 6/2.334 2/no AB 5/.400 ··· ··· 6/.334 91/59 .280/.407/.467/.873 .782/.924 1.107 83/.786 0/0 3/4
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 101/69 .297/.366/.407/.773 .710/.803 .716 88/.809 0/0 0/0
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 22/18 .118/.318/.176/.495 .500/.487 .472 19/.516 0/0 0/
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 31/12 .333/.419/.593/1.012 1.068/.917 1.192 31/1.012 0/1 1/1
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 48/40 .282/.404/.538/.943 .804/.973 1.483 48/.943 0/0 2/0
5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .200/.333/.200/.533 .667/.333 6/.533 0/0 0/0
24.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 103/68 .238/.379/.381/.760 .771/.753 .961 90/.677 1/1 2/0
IP 8.2 7.0 14.0 10.0 10.1 12.2 11.2 TOTAL .256/.345/.399/.744 .750/.741 .769 .727 4/4 20/18
ERA-K/9 6.23/3.1 5.14/7.7 1.93/12.2 7.20/8.1 2.61/7.0 2.84/6.4 1.54/6.2 4.54/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 45/.265 30/.296 55/.163 49/.268 39/.143 52/.182 51/.244 .261
OPS .716 .774 .440 .851 .468 .593 .730 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/1.115 11/.384 18/.746 26/1.081 18/.561 29/.705 20/.835 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 32/.575 19/.977 37/.305 23/.604 21/.393 23/.445 31/.669 .690
Home 22/.857 19/.440 23/.620 25/1.270 15/.857 24/.725 15/1.050
Last 28d days 45/.716 30/.774 47/.520 42/.881 36/.510 45/.487 46/.667
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/1/1 22/24/7
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··X X·XX·X·o ·oo···Xo ·o···o·o ·X···oXo ·X··XoX·
Marlins Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lowe
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
4.Amezaga# G/S/vP 14/.468 5/.200 6/.533 4/.833 3/.000 3/1.333 ··· 2/.000 54/43 .229/.296/.271/.567 .614/.554 .619 54/.567 0/1 0/0
21.Baker* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 81/67 .286/.383/.457/.840 .903/.829 .671 72/.806 0/0 2/1
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 9/.444 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/89 .261/.309/.322/.631 .765/.576 .920 108/.506 6/1 1/2
3.Cantu G/S/vP 6/2.033 6/.533 5/.400 2/.000 3/1.167 4/1.417 ··· 4/.000 96/67 .306/.385/.624/1.009 1.483/.810 .952 84/.910 1/0 7/2
25.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/13 .118/.167/.118/.284 .000/.397 .432 14/.220 0/0 0/0
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 47/43 .222/.383/.278/.661 .500/.677 .414 42/.695 0/0 0/1
18.Helms G/S/vP 11/.182 3/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 35/11 .281/.314/.344/.658 .428/1.192 .333 33/.700 0/0 0/2
27.Hermida* G/S/vP 15/.829 8/.500 5/.200 2/.000 3/1.333 4/1.167 1/.000 7/.286 110/74 .239/.391/.398/.789 .800/.781 .750 99/.789 1/0 3/1
24.Maybin G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 87/54 .208/.282/.325/.607 .595/.615 .445 77/.613 1/1 1/0
29.Paulino G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 43/13 .297/.381/.486/.867 1.076/.250 1.080 39/.724 1/0 1/1
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 20/1.424 11/1.122 10/.675 3/.000 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 5/.400 105/74 .297/.385/.495/.879 .559/1.013 1.140 92/.826 3/4 3/1
12.Ross G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.000 3/2.000 3/.333 3/3.167 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 104/73 .224/.260/.388/.647 .710/.617 .442 92/.713 0/1 4/1
6.Uggla G/S/vP 20/.924 7/.858 9/1.111 3/1.167 3/1.667 6/.334 ··· 6/2.100 109/77 .196/.312/.370/.681 .500/.760 .988 96/.644 0/0 4/4
IP 35.2 12.2 11.1 9.2 26.2 10.1 10.0 12.0 TOTAL .240/.324/.381/.705 .723/.696 .741 .671 13/8 26/17
ERA-K/9 3.03/7.1 0.71/8.5 5.56/5.6 4.66/14.8 6.41/8.4 7.84/11.4 2.70/3.6 1.50/12.0 4.09/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.241 60/.385 51/.304 43/.256 126/.299 49/.189 38/.229 45/.114 .260
OPS .651 .828 .766 .710 .948 .570 .518 .461 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.462 26/.732 24/.691 13/1.051 58/.891 20/.704 18/.465 18/.723 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/.822 34/.903 27/.815 30/.559 68/.998 29/.484 20/.563 27/.288 .746
Road 82/.504 19/.649 14/1.198 22/.673 47/1.203 17/.507 14/.368 18/.686
Last 28d days 129/.754 55/.822 51/.766 34/.711 126/.948 45/.467 30/.481 41/.481
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 0/2/1 1/0/0 1/1/1 5/1/2 0/3/0 0/0/2 0/1/0 14/13/9
Usage ····X··· ·Xo·X··· X··X···· o·o·o··o X······· ·oX·o··o oo·X···· o·o···o·

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.