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Game Preview: ATL @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, April 19, 2009 @PNC Park

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Braves, 5-6, 3rd, 5 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (32, RHP, 0-1, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			12.0	10	6	6	5	17	1	4.50
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		1-5	37.2	36	27	26	17	42	5	6.21	47
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
2008-09-09	TOR	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	98	56

Last 5 v.PIT		2-0	32.0	37	17	17	5	31	6	4.78	51
2008-06-17	PIT	W	6.0	5	5	5	2	3	1	113	43
2007-06-17	@PIT	ND	6.0	7	5	5	1	8	1	114	45
2005-09-06	@PIT	ND	6.0	12	2	2	1	4	2	104	43
2005-05-06	PIT	W	7.0	7	2	2	0	8	0	94	63
2003-06-25	PIT	ND	7.0	6	3	3	1	8	2	94	60

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

 Home:    3-3    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-4    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 0-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
  5 Sat, Apr 11   WSN  W   5-3        4-1   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr 10   WSN  W   6-5 (10)   3-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  8  @PHI  L  11-12       2-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  7  @PHI  W   4-0        2-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-6    Last 30: 5-6

Pirates, 6-5, 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Zach Duke (26, LHP, 2-0, 0.59)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			15.1	9	3	1	4	9	0	0.59
2008 (5-14)			185.0	230	111	99	47	87	19	4.82
2007 (3-8)			107.1	161	74	66	25	41	14	5.53

Last 7 GS		3-2	49.0	46	17	11	9	24	0	2.02	58
2009-04-13	HOU	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	120	82
2009-04-08	@STL	W	6.1	5	3	1	2	4	0	92	57
2008-09-25	@MIL	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	107	61
2008-09-17	LAD	ND	5.0	11	5	5	1	2	0	96	26
2008-09-11	@HOU	L	4.2	6	6	2	0	1	0	71	37
2008-09-05	@SFG	W	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	112	77
2008-08-27	CHC	L	8.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	114	64

Last 5 v.ATL		2-2	32.2	38	11	10	9	11	2	2.76	51
2008-05-12	ATL	W	6.0	5	0	0	5	3	0	102	60
2008-04-03	@ATL	ND	5.2	10	3	2	1	1	0	116	39
2007-05-11	ATL	L	5.2	9	4	4	1	4	2	103	38
2006-08-21	@ATL	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	83	51
2005-08-01	@ATL	W	8.1	7	1	1	1	2	0	107	66

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

 Home:    3-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  2-0    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 18   ATL  W  10-0        6-5   3rd  1.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   ATL  W   3-0        5-5   4th  2.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16   HOU  L   3-6        4-5   4th  3.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   HOU  L   1-4        4-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   HOU  W   7-0        4-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @CIN  L   0-2        3-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @CIN  W  10-2        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  9  @STL  L   1-2        2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  8  @STL  W   7-4        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Tue, Apr  7  @STL  L   3-9        1-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-5    Last 30: 6-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 PIT  3  ATL  0        W:Paul Maholm (2-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (2-1), S: Matt Capps (3)

Mon, May 12, 2008 ATL  8 @PIT  1        W:Tim Hudson (6-2), L: John Van Benschoten (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 12, 2008 PIT  5  ATL  0        W:Zach Duke (2-2), L: Jair Jurrjens (4-3), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 PIT  5  ATL  2        W:Tom Gorzelanny (3-3), L: Chuck James (2-2), S: Matt Capps (9)
Fri, May 09, 2008 PIT  3  ATL  2        W:John Grabow (2-1), L: Jeff Bennett (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 PIT  4 @ATL  3 (10)   W:Tyler Yates (1-0), L: Chris Resop (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 ATL 10  PIT  2        W:Jair Jurrjens (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 PIT 12 @ATL 11 (12)   W:Franquelis Osoria (1-0), L: Blaine Boyer (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 ATL  5  PIT  1        W:Buddy Carlyle (4-2), L: Paul Maholm (5-12), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 ATL  5  PIT  4        W:Bob Wickman (2-2), L: Shawn Chacon (4-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - PIT leads 2-0; 2008 - PIT won 5-2; 2007 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - PIT leads 1075-995

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

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 (4.09 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 38.Hansen
G/S/vB 56.Veal*
G/S/vB 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 593/461 .293/.325/.433/.758 .704/.774 .717 20/.566 7/4 15/0

23.Diaz G/S/vP 12/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 140/66 .244/.264/.304/.568 .755/.356 .373 26/.775 4/2 2/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 587/421 .288/.366/.401/.766 .672/.804 .725 38/.909 2/5 10/16

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 15/1.390 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.500 653/459 .239/.294/.359/.653 .580/.684 .610 41/.916 0/1 11/4

4.Infante G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 348/215 .293/.338/.416/.755 .824/.711 .761 22/.785 0/1 3/10

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 614/449 .287/.349/.446/.795 .800/.793 .755 43/.979 11/6 12/14

10.Jones# G/S/vP 16/1.188 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· 4/.500 534/350 .364/.470/.574/1.044 1.040/1.047 .956 26/.926 4/0 22/13

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 573/423 .272/.328/.410/.738 .819/.708 .814 38/.610 2/1 14/2

16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 573/389 .301/.373/.523/.896 .820/.932 .901 39/.833 5/0 23/9

20.Norton# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/no AB 220/159 .262/.373/.439/.811 .735/.841 .796 9/.111 0/0 7/3

14.Prado G/S/vP 7/1.404 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 254/142 .320/.377/.461/.838 .829/.844 .875 11/.636 3/1 2/6

8.Ross G/S/vP 4/.750 4/.000 4/2.750 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 182/99 .225/.369/.352/.721 .632/.793 .649 4/.833 0/1 3/3

24.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 41/.777 / /

IP 185.0 56.2 53.2 15.0 76.0 46.1 73.1 TOTAL .263/.332/.444/.776 .751/.798 .792 .776 2/1 11/9

ERA-K/9

4.82/4.2

4.76/6.7

3.02/6.5

6.60/9.6

2.84/7.3

6.22/6.2

/0.0

4.66/7.7

2.90/5.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 829/.304 253/.271 211/.234 74/.328 322/.215 224/.227 / 331/.254 .246 Francoeur
Anderson
Diaz
Norton
Prado
Infante 0/0/152/14
82/0/0/9
37/0/0/2
25/0/2/0
3/0/0/0
34/3/0/0

OPS .812 .816 .633 .900 .651 .707 .737 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.750 84/.514 103/.589 29/.727 82/.617 95/.711 / 126/.837 .639

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 707/.823 169/.980 108/.676 45/1.008 240/.663 129/.703 / 205/.675 .751

Home 413/.819 136/.810 130/.546 36/.618 156/.673 108/.750 / 194/.704

Last 28d days 59/.455 15/.872 13/.237 15/.650 22/.634 23/.554 7/1.571 15/1.236

HR/SB/CS 19/6/6 7/5/3 5/4/1 2/3/0 9/3/2 3/4/1 // 6/4/1 7/6/0

Usage ·····X·· o·Xo··o· ·oo····· o··X··oX ·Xo····o ··Xo··X· ········ ··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.

Pirates Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (5.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.533 2/2.000 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 465/355 .318/.357/.501/.858 .888/.849 .958 40/.620 2/2 15/8

16.Hinske* G/S/vP 21/.248 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.400 432/375 .247/.333/.465/.798 .488/.844 .725 13/.724 10/3 20/3

35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 3/.667 / /

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 11/.573 5/.400 2/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 554/403 .270/.341/.500/.841 .765/.870 .819 39/.861 1/1 25/8

15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/181 .166/.252/.256/.508 .446/.532 .503 24/.258 2/0 5/10

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 6/1.133 5/.900 1/2.000 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 685/499 .276/.356/.497/.853 .710/.908 .859 44/.886 23/3 26/1

18.Monroe G/S/vP 15/.734 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 179/83 .202/.274/.405/.679 .449/.943 .794 8/.250 0/1 8/0

3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 175/147 .294/.345/.375/.720 .641/.735 .695 46/.891 9/5 0/1

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 263/192 .246/.304/.436/.741 .771/.729 .761 32/.713 1/2 8/1

12.Sanchez G/S/vP 7/.762 5/.650 3/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 608/477 .271/.298/.371/.669 .788/.637 .597 44/.922 0/1 9/7

5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 347/291 .290/.365/.430/.795 .468/.858 .838 23/.514 0/1 6/13

2.Wilson G/S/vP 26/.628 7/.572 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 330/264 .272/.312/.348/.659 .560/.682 .797 33/.754 2/2 1/5

48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 143/94 .246/.321/.341/.663 .732/.630 .708 1/.000 0/0 1/0

IP 208.1 97.1 72.0 62.2 33.2 5.2 6.2 14.0 TOTAL .259/.318/.421/.739 .552/.778 .840 .739 4/2 9/6

ERA-K/9

4.67/8.6

3.70/6.3

5.88/8.4

3.59/8.5

4.28/11.8

/0.0

1.59/7.9

20.25/5.4

2.57/10.3

4.65/9.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (68-25-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 890/.263 419/.243 313/.262 259/.228 142/.210 / 25/.217 42/.457 57/.149 .255 Moss
McLouth
Hinske
Young
Monroe
Morgan 36/0/32/8
4/149/2/5
40/0/49/4
15/0/11/4
1/7/3/1
23/17/6/0

OPS .755 .672 .774 .661 .702 .628 1.324 .575 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 458/.784 152/.770 121/.806 108/.753 28/1.065 / 12/.606 19/1.454 24/.861 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 432/.726 267/.616 192/.754 151/.597 114/.600 / 13/.647 23/1.215 33/.385 .720

Road 456/.831 183/.783 148/.800 119/.748 59/.438 / 12/.705 16/1.290 15/.421

Last 28d days 52/.664 31/1.000 11/1.065 19/.663 24/.920 52/.732 18/.885 15/.708 17/.310

HR/SB/CS 25/9/3 5/7/3 10/8/2 5/5/1 6/1/0 // 1/1/0 2/3/1 1/1/1 4/3/1

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

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.