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Game Preview: ATL @ FLA, 7:10pm, Monday, August 31, 2009 @Dolphin Stadium

Braves, 68-62, 2nd, 8 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Kenshin Kawakami (34, RHP, 6-10, 4.08)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-10)			136.2	133	68	62	53	93	15	4.08

Last 7 GS		1-3	41.1	44	18	18	13	22	5	3.92	50
2009-08-26	SDP	L	5.1	7	4	4	2	3	0	86	39
2009-08-20	@NYM	W	7.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	98	62
2009-08-15	PHI	ND	6.1	7	3	3	0	1	1	79	48
2009-08-08	@LAD	ND	7.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	125	70
2009-08-03	@SDP	L	6.0	8	3	3	0	4	1	84	48
2009-07-29	@FLA	L	4.2	7	6	6	3	4	3	89	27
2009-07-23	SFG	ND	5.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	97	53

Last 5 v.FLA		0-2	10.2	12	11	10	6	11	4	8.44	38
2009-07-29	@FLA	L	4.2	7	6	6	3	4	3	89	27
2009-04-16	FLA	L	6.0	5	5	4	3	7	1	109	48

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

 Home:   35-30   Road:   33-32   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  40-44   vsLHP:  28-18   1-Run:  22-19
 vsEast: 28-21   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 18-17 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 30  @PHI  L   2-3       68-62  2nd  8.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29  @PHI  W   9-1  (8)  68-61  2nd  7.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28  @PHI  L   2-4       67-61  2nd  8.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27   SDP  W   9-1       67-60  2nd  7.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   SDP  L   5-12      66-60  3rd  8.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   SDP  L   1-2 (12)  66-59  2nd  7.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   FLA  W   7-5       66-58  2nd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Marlins, 68-62, 2nd, 8 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Johnson (25, RHP, 13-3, 3.04)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (13-3)			171.2	149	60	58	41	149	12	3.04
2008 (7-1)			87.1	91	36	35	27	77	7	3.61
2007 (0-3)			15.2	26	17	13	12	14	1	7.47

Last 7 GS		5-1	43.2	40	19	19	6	40	5	3.92	56
2009-08-26	NYM	W	6.0	9	3	3	0	7	0	92	49
2009-08-20	@HOU	L	4.1	7	4	4	1	2	2	89	34
2009-08-14	COL	W	7.1	1	1	1	3	11	1	114	80
2009-08-09	@PHI	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	85	65
2009-08-04	@WSN	ND	7.0	6	4	4	0	9	0	95	58
2009-07-29	ATL	W	6.0	8	3	3	1	1	2	104	44
2009-07-24	@LAD	W	7.0	5	3	3	0	4	0	100	59

Last 5 v.ATL		2-1	31.0	33	13	12	12	29	3	3.48	53
2009-07-29	ATL	W	6.0	8	3	3	1	1	2	104	44
2008-09-01	ATL	ND	6.0	9	3	3	0	8	0	108	50
2008-08-27	@ATL	W	9.0	4	1	1	3	8	0	113	80
2007-06-29	ATL	L	4.0	5	2	2	5	6	0	94	45
2006-07-26	@ATL	ND	6.0	7	4	3	3	6	1	105	47

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

 Home:   37-31   Road:   31-31   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  43-44   vsLHP:  25-18   1-Run:  22-15
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest: 17-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 30   SDP  W   6-4       68-62  2nd  8.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   SDP  L   4-7       67-62  3rd  8.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28   SDP  L   5-9       67-61  2nd  8.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27   NYM  L   3-10      67-60  2nd  7.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   NYM  W   5-3       67-59  2nd  7.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   NYM  W   2-1       66-59  2nd  7.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23  @ATL  L   5-7       65-59  3rd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 23, 2009 ATL  7  FLA  5        W:Peter Moylan (6-2), L: Kiko Calero (2-2), S: Rafael Soriano (20)
Sat, Aug 22, 2009 ATL  4  FLA  3        W:Tommy Hanson (9-2), L: Chris Volstad (9-10), S: Rafael Soriano (19)
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
Season Series: 2009 - FLA leads 6-5; 2008 - ATL won 10-8; 2007 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 146-113

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 5.68

CHW 4.58

SDP 3.89

RA/G

SFG 3.78

NYM 4.71

WSN 5.46

J. Mauer .371

M. Bourn .290

B. Schneider .188

OBP

A. Pujols .443

J. Gomes .361

R. Cedeno .242

SLG

A. Pujols .670

S. Choo .477

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Pujols 1.113

T. Hafner .836

A. Casilla .544

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

B. Zito 3.94

B. Penny 5.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

D. Davis 6.79

J. Lannan 3.68

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Braves Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Johnson
G/S/vB 52.Ayala
G/S/vB 40.Calero
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 51.Martinez
G/S/vB 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 44.Sanches
G/S/vB 45.West*
G/S/vB 64.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/1.500 4/.583 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 3/.666 5/3.000 3/.333 6/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 402/287 .292/.321/.443/.764 .763/.764 .761 88/.748 1/0 12/3

25.Church* G/S/vP 13/.581 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 1/2.000 19/.921 3/.000 8/.575 20/1.342 1/.000 ··· ··· 367/275 .279/.342/.394/.736 .616/.775 .821 67/.874 6/2 4/2

23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.500 4/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 11/1.272 ··· 4/.583 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 314/178 .329/.390/.521/.912 1.062/.794 .921 91/1.239 8/5 10/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.200 1/.000 3/1.334 5/.833 ··· 1/.000 16/1.375 3/.000 4/.500 13/.558 1/.000 ··· ··· 475/317 .306/.374/.455/.829 .729/.877 .821 103/.784 3/3 13/12

30.Gorecki G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 21/16 .263/.286/.263/.549 .800/.464 .819 21/.549 1/0 0/0

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.200 4/1.250 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 3/2.667 1/.000 11/.282 2/.500 ··· ··· 153/93 .318/.384/.402/.786 .780/.788 .752 56/.723 2/0 2/3

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 11/1.055 6/1.200 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 12/.523 2/2.000 7/.762 11/.573 1/.000 ··· ··· 315/228 .214/.294/.384/.679 .942/.578 .698 35/.651 6/2 8/9

10.Jones# G/S/vP 28/.733 12/1.267 2/no AB 5/.400 1/no AB 4/1.417 24/1.792 2/.500 10/.311 5/.933 1/no AB ··· ··· 482/320 .277/.398/.458/.856 .919/.820 .876 93/.750 4/1 16/16

22.LaRoche* G/S/vP 12/.944 5/.450 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/4.000 27/.642 2/1.000 5/.400 11/.546 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 491/334 .274/.354/.494/.849 .735/.905 .656 96/1.150 2/2 21/1

16.McCann* G/S/vP 24/.583 6/.834 1/no AB 9/.236 1/no AB 3/.000 27/1.170 1/.000 7/.453 14/.895 ··· ··· ··· 432/281 .286/.355/.503/.858 .616/.986 .836 93/.760 3/1 17/10

20.Norton# G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/2.500 3/1.666 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/66 .141/.329/.172/.501 .822/.421 .476 17/.571 0/0 0/0

14.Prado G/S/vP 10/.200 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 362/218 .302/.355/.449/.804 .950/.713 .809 78/.661 0/3 9/5

8.Ross G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 8/1.089 1/.000 ··· ··· 128/84 .257/.362/.486/.848 .581/.991 1.008 15/.354 0/0 6/1

IP 171.2 40.0 49.0 40.0 17.1 49.0 146.0 57.1 50.0 45.1 43.1 81.0 13.2 TOTAL .267/.340/.414/.753 .761/.749 .769 .800 47/21 124/84

ERA-K/9

3.04/7.8

5.63/6.3

2.20/10.7

5.40/7.2

5.71/8.8

2.94/8.8

5.30/9.1

3.77/8.3

3.06/8.8

4.96/7.4

1.04/8.3

4.22/5.2

2.63/4.6

4.38/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 696/.234 180/.318 197/.190 177/.271 75/.275 200/.212 627/.269 237/.224 219/.226 210/.296 187/.208 336/.260 58/.250 .259

OPS .618 .894 .526 .771 .716 .646 .764 .709 .702 .845 .602 .762 .628 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 378/.616 66/1.333 77/.634 91/.791 35/.447 95/.707 344/.763 135/.719 101/.718 115/.820 85/.623 63/.942 28/.598 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.620 114/.664 120/.460 86/.750 40/.951 105/.593 283/.765 102/.696 118/.689 95/.870 102/.584 273/.719 30/.651 .727

Home 351/.571 117/1.005 101/.581 114/.904 56/.825 121/.719 304/.773 142/.790 129/.748 80/.822 116/.539 194/.714 41/.694

Last 28d days 121/.644 15/1.552 40/.675 33/.576 37/.581 40/1.017 127/.755 31/.710 48/.832 43/.691 66/.619 90/.734 28/.907

HR/SB/CS 12/10/6 5/5/2 1/7/2 3/3/1 1/0/0 7/3/0 19/12/2 9/8/1 3/2/2 6/6/1 2/6/3 8/3/0 1/1/0 129/112/34

Usage ····X··· ·X······ ·Xoo···X X·X·oo·o ···X···X ··X·X··· ·X·····X oo··oo·· X·Xo···X ···X···· ··X··X·· X····X·· ·X······

Marlins Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 36.Logan*
G/S/vB 32.Lowe
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Baker* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/.333 4/.833 1/2.000 6/.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 6/.533 337/303 .268/.343/.430/.773 .616/.790 .803 62/.732 0/0 8/6

1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 11/1.156 ··· 12/.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.334 487/337 .255/.306/.314/.619 .709/.567 .658 36/.783 20/9 1/15

3.Cantu G/S/vP 6/.750 5/.400 4/.500 1/2.000 15/.343 ··· 12/1.940 ··· 7/.762 ··· 5/.000 6/.733 502/370 .276/.337/.427/.763 .904/.713 .806 99/.647 2/0 13/10

25.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 100/43 .250/.310/.435/.745 .908/.513 .746 4/.500 0/0 3/0

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 3/1.000 2/.000 3/1.334 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 409/306 .296/.372/.443/.815 .685/.858 .746 118/1.048 6/1 9/3

7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 6/.933 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 4/2.750 30/.985 209/181 .258/.330/.376/.706 .399/.757 .836 54/.465 0/0 4/2

18.Helms G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.933 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.182 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 14/.572 188/105 .282/.319/.374/.693 .694/.691 .535 43/.837 1/1 2/6

27.Hermida* G/S/vP 6/1.000 6/.533 4/.000 3/1.667 13/.398 ··· 19/.833 1/.000 5/1.350 2/.000 9/.476 9/1.333 478/357 .266/.356/.403/.759 .601/.812 .745 78/.920 5/2 13/1

29.Paulino G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.167 210/89 .270/.335/.439/.774 .774/.773 .815 42/.925 1/0 8/2

2.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/1.500 10/.675 6/.200 3/.333 15/1.614 ··· 26/1.433 ··· 8/.500 ··· 8/.250 10/.900 526/382 .362/.425/.567/.992 .761/1.081 1.016 114/1.079 24/8 19/9

12.Ross G/S/vP 5/2.267 4/2.000 3/.333 3/.000 8/.875 ··· 10/.775 2/.000 7/.829 1/.000 5/.200 6/1.166 503/371 .271/.328/.473/.801 .912/.762 .826 100/.838 4/2 20/3

6.Uggla G/S/vP 6/2.167 9/1.111 4/.833 3/.000 14/1.000 ··· 25/.897 1/.000 10/.400 ··· 8/1.786 9/.222 528/399 .239/.353/.441/.794 .764/.804 .895 99/.902 1/1 23/10

IP 136.2 20.1 60.2 88.2 171.0 15.2 164.1 55.2 56.2 44.2 59.0 176.0 TOTAL .266/.337/.412/.750 .716/.763 .771 .829 66/28 128/90

ERA-K/9

4.08/6.1

8.85/5.3

2.37/11.4

3.15/7.4

2.89/6.4

5.17/4.6

4.38/4.8

4.20/10.2

3.18/7.5

3.43/6.2

2.29/12.4

3.02/9.8

3.69/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 591/.256 102/.364 258/.207 370/.239 678/.246 71/.281 714/.295 241/.246 243/.263 188/.240 230/.172 702/.230 .255

OPS .772 1.049 .641 .704 .687 .727 .759 .729 .673 .590 .503 .633 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 312/.708 48/.939 98/.591 199/.805 333/.756 39/.593 376/.718 132/.597 99/.825 96/.549 114/.686 363/.683 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.843 54/1.131 160/.671 171/.590 345/.622 32/.889 338/.805 109/.883 144/.574 92/.634 116/.327 339/.580 .703

Road 302/.855 45/1.247 138/.605 160/.779 317/.760 35/.512 356/.777 139/.762 122/.738 80/.549 113/.644 327/.639

Last 28d days 132/.743 5/1.400 50/.436 109/.686 104/.737 28/.913 124/.897 54/.590 49/.689 38/.585 38/.718 140/.678

HR/SB/CS 15/6/5 5/0/0 4/6/2 9/14/6 12/11/7 1/3/0 9/10/3 5/1/1 0/9/3 1/3/3 4/2/0 17/6/4 92/79/37

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·XX··o·· ··X····· X····X·· ····X··· ·X·····X ··Xo·X·X ·oo·oo·o ··X·Xo·· X····o·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.