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Game Preview: ATL @ LAD, 4:10pm, Sunday, August 9, 2009 @Dodger Stadium

Braves, 57-54, 3rd, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (32, RHP, 9-7, 2.99)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-7)			147.1	124	52	49	30	164	13	2.99
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		4-1	48.1	40	14	14	10	47	3	2.61	62
2009-08-04	@SDP	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	98	65
2009-07-30	@FLA	ND	7.1	5	3	3	1	8	1	110	63
2009-07-24	@MIL	W	7.0	7	4	4	3	9	1	110	53
2009-07-19	NYM	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	101	65
2009-07-07	@CHC	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	108	69
2009-07-02	PHI	ND	5.1	7	2	2	0	5	0	109	51
2009-06-27	BOS	L	7.2	6	1	1	3	8	0	121	68

Last 5 v.LAD		2-1	34.2	30	19	18	8	37	7	4.67	55
2005-09-20	LAD	W	7.2	4	1	1	1	7	1	122	73
2005-07-01	@LAD	L	6.2	6	6	6	2	10	2	105	46
2005-05-28	LAD	ND	7.0	10	4	4	0	4	1	94	45
2005-04-25	@LAD	W	8.0	5	2	2	2	9	2	111	71
2005-04-09	LAD	ND	5.1	5	6	5	3	7	1	103	40

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

 Home:   28-25   Road:   29-29   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  35-38   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 20-15   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 15-15 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sat, Aug  8  @LAD  W   2-1 (10)  57-54  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7  @LAD  W   9-5 (12)  56-54  3rd  6.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  6  @LAD  L   4-5       55-54  3rd  7.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5  @SDP  W   6-2       55-53  3rd  6.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4  @SDP  W   9-2       54-53  3rd  6.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3  @SDP  L   2-4       53-53  3rd  7.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   LAD  L   1-9       53-52  3rd  7.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   LAD  W   4-3       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31   LAD  L   0-5       52-51  3rd  8.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30  @FLA  W   6-3 (10)  52-50  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Dodgers, 67-44, 1st, 5½ up

SP: Eric Stults (29, LHP, 4-2, 4.80)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-2)			45.0	46	24	24	25	30	2	4.80
2008 (2-3)			38.2	38	18	15	13	30	6	3.49
2007 (1-4)			38.2	50	26	25	17	30	5	5.82

Last 7 GS		2-2	34.2	37	21	21	20	23	2	5.45	45
2009-05-30	@CHC	L	3.0	6	4	4	2	3	0	55	32
2009-05-25	@COL	ND	4.1	3	4	4	7	2	0	95	36
2009-05-15	@FLA	ND	5.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	96	48
2009-05-09	SFG	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	123	84
2009-05-04	ARI	W	5.2	5	2	2	2	4	1	89	53
2009-04-29	@SFG	L	2.2	7	5	5	2	1	0	67	23
2009-04-24	@COL	ND	5.0	7	3	3	5	3	0	100	39

Has never faced ATL.

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

 Home:   36-21   Road:   31-23   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  49-32   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  21-13
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest: 30-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sat, Aug  8   ATL  L   1-2 (10)  67-44  1st  5.5 up
110 Fri, Aug  7   ATL  L   5-9 (12)  67-43  1st  6.5 up
109 Thu, Aug  6   ATL  W   5-4       67-42  1st  6.5 up
108 Wed, Aug  5   MIL  L   1-4       66-42  1st  6.0 up
107 Tue, Aug  4   MIL  W  17-4       66-41  1st  6.5 up
106 Mon, Aug  3   MIL  L   5-6       65-41  1st  6.5 up
105 Sun, Aug  2  @ATL  W   9-1       65-40  1st  7.0 up
104 Sat, Aug  1  @ATL  L   3-4       64-40  1st  7.0 up
103 Fri, Jul 31  @ATL  W   5-0       64-39  1st  8.0 up
102 Thu, Jul 30  @STL  W   5-3 (10)  63-39  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 ATL  9 @LAD  5 (12)   W:Peter Moylan (4-2), L: Ramon Troncoso (4-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 06, 2009 LAD  5  ATL  4        W:Scott Elbert (2-0), L: Rafael Soriano (1-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 02, 2009 LAD  9 @ATL  1        W:Chad Billingsley (11-6), L: Jair Jurrjens (9-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 ATL  4  LAD  3        W:Derek Lowe (11-7), L: Randy Wolf (5-6), S: Rafael Soriano (16)
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 LAD  5 @ATL  0        W:Jason Schmidt (2-1), L: Tommy Hanson (5-2), S: none

Wed, Jul 09, 2008 LAD  2  ATL  1        W:Derek Lowe (7-8), L: Tim Hudson (9-7), S: Takashi Saito (17)
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 ATL  9 @LAD  3        W:Jair Jurrjens (9-4), L: Chad Billingsley (8-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 07, 2008 LAD  3  ATL  0        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-6), L: Jorge Campillo (3-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 ATL  6  LAD  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (2-2), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 ATL  4  LAD  1        W:Chuck James (1-1), L: Chad Billingsley (0-3), S: Manny Acosta (1)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - ATL won 4-2; 2007 - ATL won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1154-1005

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 5.71

WSN 4.57

SDP 3.77

RA/G

SFG 3.70

NYM 4.63

WSN 5.48

I. Suzuki .365

C. Blake .291

A. Casilla .163

OBP

A. Pujols .447

J. Bautista .364

R. Cedeno .227

SLG

A. Pujols .686

I. Stewart .479

A. Casilla .200

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

S. Rolen .839

A. Casilla .456

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.20

M. Buehrle 3.89

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.89

R. Wolf 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.72

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Braves Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 31.McDonald
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 11/.697 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.666 1/.000 11/1.697 15/.971 2/1.000 44/.506 6/.334 338/251 .289/.320/.435/.754 .797/.739 .748 93/.878 1/0 9/3

25.Church* G/S/vP ··· 14/.539 3/2.667 1/5.000 2/.000 4/1.750 8/1.500 3/.000 4/1.750 1/3.000 2/1.000 5/1.400 3/.000 310/243 .283/.351/.388/.738 .611/.771 .817 51/.971 6/2 4/2

23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 17/1.185 236/127 .289/.355/.441/.795 .912/.696 .785 59/.675 6/2 5/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 1/no AB 9/.944 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.708 396/266 .309/.372/.467/.840 .744/.885 .809 79/1.043 3/3 11/12

27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 91/69 .145/.202/.217/.419 .238/.477 .300 22/.377 0/1 1/1

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 1/.000 10/.543 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 7/.953 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 6/.334 288/207 .223/.293/.395/.688 .957/.581 .679 25/1.148 5/2 8/7

10.Jones# G/S/vP 1/5.000 9/.476 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 15/.862 3/.333 1/.000 21/.829 64/1.265 408/275 .293/.409/.488/.897 .992/.846 .933 94/.932 3/1 14/14

22.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.333 5/.900 3/.666 2/.500 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 6/.533 4/1.750 1/3.000 19/.963 19/1.099 418/290 .260/.340/.455/.795 .683/.847 .613 74/.822 2/2 14/1

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 12/.777 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/2.750 12/1.472 364/243 .288/.361/.491/.852 .511/1.020 .837 91/.819 3/1 12/6

13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 10/.700 4/.500 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.000 1/.000 4/.000 14/.607 445/295 .258/.344/.441/.785 .734/.811 .826 109/.678 17/2 15/1

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 19/1.166 2/1.000 68/55 .140/.279/.175/.455 .801/.366 .429 17/.544 0/0 0/0

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.444 309/187 .314/.370/.469/.839 1.011/.733 .843 100/.749 0/3 7/4

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 6/1.267 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 10/.422 113/72 .281/.384/.531/.915 .627/1.081 1.105 12/.817 0/0 6/1

IP 45.0 149.2 50.2 15.0 131.2 11.1 77.0 41.1 54.2 45.2 65.0 57.0 147.0 TOTAL .266/.337/.408/.746 .755/.742 .763 .817 41/18 97/72

ERA-K/9

4.80/6.0

3.73/8.6

2.84/13.5

4.80/9.0

2.73/9.1

4.76/9.6

4.44/7.0

4.14/5.7

3.29/4.9

2.17/8.7

2.22/5.5

4.11/6.6

3.55/6.7

3.64/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.267 621/.235 197/.151 61/.263 516/.201 50/.175 324/.252 176/.228 220/.216 187/.218 272/.261 254/.282 607/.245 .235

OPS .789 .667 .446 .826 .599 .702 .680 .673 .648 .613 .652 .830 .704 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 41/.978 340/.680 99/.409 26/.698 105/.481 19/.489 150/.652 70/.593 86/.602 60/.347 117/.665 112/.931 129/.397 .663

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 161/.745 281/.651 98/.482 35/.919 411/.630 31/.827 174/.704 106/.727 134/.674 127/.739 155/.643 142/.748 478/.787 .691

Home 79/.571 306/.696 101/.243 25/.920 274/.570 16/1.250 172/.683 95/.657 125/.519 100/.618 136/.707 149/.719 313/.716

Last 28d days / 107/.728 36/.439 24/.598 128/.531 23/.543 109/.728 52/.563 50/.571 37/.556 45/.850 57/.856 139/.717

HR/SB/CS 2/3/3 10/5/7 1/4/1 4/1/1 5/5/4 2/0/0 7/9/0 4/1/1 4/5/1 3/3/0 3/5/2 6/7/2 18/6/2 83/67/27

Usage ·X····X· oX·X···· X····X·· ·oX·o··o ····X··· ·X·X·X·· X·o·X·oo oX·o··o· ·o·oo·o· ·····X·· ··X····X

Dodgers Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

12.Ausmus G/S/vP 15/.467 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/.478 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 76/63 .328/.384/.433/.816 1.084/.761 .710 16/1.390 1/0 1/0

23.Blake G/S/vP 31/.651 1/2.000 3/.000 3/1.334 9/.778 ··· 6/1.867 17/.782 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB 6/1.700 424/327 .291/.366/.484/.849 1.036/.796 .828 94/.830 3/4 13/8

14.Castro G/S/vP 8/1.357 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/73 .317/.360/.390/.750 .863/.720 .614 12/.182 0/0 1/2

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 3/1.666 12/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.833 2/2.500 3/1.167 2/.000 1/5.000 472/342 .273/.364/.514/.878 .659/.963 1.045 104/1.088 5/3 23/3

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 48/.667 1/no AB 6/.000 3/.666 10/.311 ··· 1/2.000 21/1.038 3/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 4/1.000 461/356 .267/.332/.368/.700 .714/.696 .690 110/.748 6/4 6/14

13.Hudson# G/S/vP 15/.800 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.167 11/1.295 ··· ··· 44/.804 3/.666 5/.750 ··· 1/.000 476/359 .292/.360/.428/.788 .925/.744 .843 88/.914 7/1 7/5

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 8/1.125 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 3/1.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 452/348 .317/.378/.496/.875 1.136/.799 .817 94/.817 23/4 15/2

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 11/.637 ··· 2/.000 6/.666 3/1.000 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 464/359 .285/.356/.396/.752 .870/.717 .634 98/.767 6/2 7/4

5.Loretta G/S/vP 37/.722 3/1.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 25/.497 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 148/114 .238/.331/.285/.616 .704/.590 .456 27/.499 0/0 0/0

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 11/1.454 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 414/318 .271/.377/.333/.710 .724/.705 .714 79/.801 9/6 3/5

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 28/.665 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 23/.317 1/no AB 3/.333 3/.000 5/.400 328/236 .313/.372/.392/.764 .853/.731 .663 40/.425 23/9 0/1

99.Ramirez G/S/vP 19/.948 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.533 ··· 2/no AB 18/.656 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.750 239/200 .308/.431/.585/1.016 .869/1.045 1.078 89/.853 0/0 12/2

IP 147.1 27.2 52.0 67.0 143.1 118.0 11.0 143.0 46.0 50.0 37.0 52.0 TOTAL .279/.354/.416/.770 .816/.756 .759 .792 83/33 92/60

ERA-K/9

2.99/10.0

3.58/6.8

2.77/11.9

3.22/6.2

3.01/6.5

4.12/6.4

4.09/3.3

4.15/4.7

4.50/9.4

3.42/7.6

3.65/6.1

2.42/11.9

3.77/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 589/.227 123/.271 221/.218 283/.243 596/.247 484/.257 47/.225 618/.279 193/.261 214/.253 157/.243 202/.169 .253

OPS .624 .767 .661 .729 .689 .786 .565 .732 .755 .660 .599 .490 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 300/.670 59/.866 80/.648 149/.832 290/.729 241/.724 26/.573 322/.689 102/.646 87/.767 82/.522 99/.643 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.575 64/.680 141/.666 134/.618 306/.651 243/.848 21/.556 296/.779 91/.876 127/.590 75/.684 103/.348 .704

Road 298/.652 58/.674 126/.620 152/.765 292/.755 246/.924 26/.406 310/.744 113/.771 110/.678 73/.557 99/.637

Last 28d days 112/.678 44/.995 39/.428 108/.783 121/.701 100/.833 26/.573 128/.730 67/.792 56/.558 23/.687 35/.671

HR/SB/CS 13/6/4 2/3/0 4/5/2 7/9/5 10/11/6 14/5/4 0/3/0 8/9/2 4/1/1 0/9/3 1/3/3 3/2/0 77/70/33

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