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Game Preview: ATL @ SFG, 4:05pm, Monday, May 25, 2009 @AT&T Park

Braves, 23-20, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (32, RHP, 4-3, 3.39)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 58.1 50 24 22 14 73 6 3.39
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 4-2 46.1 40 18 16 9 56 5 3.11 60
2009-05-20 COL W 5.0 3 1 0 1 6 0 71 64
2009-05-15 ARI ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 107 67
2009-05-09 @PHI W 7.2 4 2 2 0 7 2 115 70
2009-05-04 NYM L 6.2 7 6 6 3 8 3 110 41
2009-04-29 STL L 8.0 9 5 5 1 8 0 99 51
2009-04-24 @CIN W 6.0 7 2 1 1 9 0 102 60
2009-04-19 @PIT W 6.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 98 69
Last 5 v.SFG 2-2 34.1 36 11 10 10 19 1 2.62 55
2005-10-01 @SFG ND 8.0 7 1 1 3 4 1 117 65
2005-06-20 @SFG L 5.0 10 4 4 1 5 0 112 35
2005-04-20 @SFG W 7.0 8 0 0 2 2 0 90 61
2003-08-18 SFG W 9.0 3 0 0 3 7 0 123 85
2002-08-25 @SFG L 5.1 8 6 5 1 1 0 98 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-12   Road:   12-8    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  12-16   vsLHP:  11-4    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sun, May 24   TOR  W  10-2       23-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 23   TOR  W   4-3       22-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 22   TOR  W   1-0       21-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 21   COL  L   0-9       20-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 20   COL  W  12-4       20-19  3rd  1.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 19   COL  W   8-1       19-19  3rd  2.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 18   COL  L   1-5       18-19  3rd  2.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 16   ARI  L   0-12      18-18  3rd  3.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 15   ARI  W   4-3       18-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @NYM  W   8-7 (12)  17-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Giants, 20-23, 3rd, 9 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jonathan Sanchez (26, LHP, 1-4, 4.74)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-4) 38.0 32 22 20 28 37 4 4.74
2008 (9-12) 158.0 154 90 88 75 157 14 5.01
2007 (1-5) 52.0 57 34 34 28 62 8 5.88
Last 7 GS 1-4 37.0 31 22 20 28 36 4 4.86 48
2009-05-20 @SDP L 6.0 2 2 2 3 5 1 99 62
2009-05-14 NYM ND 5.2 9 4 4 3 5 0 115 37
2009-05-09 @LAD L 5.0 6 5 5 4 4 0 96 35
2009-05-04 @CHC L 4.0 5 4 4 6 6 1 101 36
2009-04-28 LAD ND 5.0 3 2 0 3 5 0 96 59
2009-04-17 ARI W 6.2 2 0 0 4 4 0 95 70
2009-04-11 @SDP L 4.2 4 5 5 5 7 2 92 38
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 5.0 7 3 3 0 5 0 5.40 46
2008-08-05 ATL L 5.0 7 3 3 0 5 0 91 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-8    Road:    7-15   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  14-17   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest: 13-15 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sun, May 24  @SEA  L   4-5       20-23  3rd  9.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 23  @SEA  W   5-1       20-22  3rd  9.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 22  @SEA  L   1-2 (12)  19-22  3rd  9.0 gb
 40 Thu, May 21  @SDP  L   2-3       19-21  2nd  9.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 20  @SDP  L   1-2       19-20  2nd  8.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 19  @SDP  L   1-2       19-19  2nd  7.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 17   NYM  W   2-0       19-18  2nd  6.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 16   NYM  L   6-9       18-18  2nd  6.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 15   NYM  L   6-8       18-17  2nd  6.0 gb
 34 Thu, May 14   NYM  L   4-7       18-16  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 SFG  5 @ATL  0        W:Barry Zito (7-15), L: Jorge Campillo (7-6), S: none
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 SFG  3 @ATL  1        W:Tim Lincecum (13-3), L: Charlie Morton (3-7), S: Brian Wilson (33)
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 ATL 11  SFG  5        W:Mike Hampton (2-1), L: Matt Palmer (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 SFG  5 @ATL  1        W:Matt Cain (8-9), L: Jair Jurrjens (11-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 SFG  3  ATL  2        W:Tim Lincecum (12-3), L: Chuck James (2-5), S: Brian Wilson (32)
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 ATL 11 @SFG  4        W:Mike Hampton (1-0), L: Jonathan Sanchez (8-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 SFG  4  ATL  2        W:Matt Cain (7-9), L: Jair Jurrjens (10-7), S: Brian Wilson (31)
Thu, Aug 16, 2007 SFG  9 @ATL  3        W:Tim Lincecum (7-3), L: Chuck James (9-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 ATL  6  SFG  3        W:Tim Hudson (14-5), L: Russ Ortiz (2-3), S: Bob Wickman (20)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 ATL  5  SFG  4        W:Bob Wickman (3-2), L: Steve Kline (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - SFG won 5-2; 2007 - ATL won 4-3; All-Time - SFG leads 1210-1057

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

TBR  5.72

BAL  4.82

SDP  3.77

RA/G

LAD  3.89

BOS  4.73

WSN  6.18

BA

V. Martinez  .371

  

D. Ortiz  .195

OBP

C. Beltran  .454

  

A. Beltre  .246

SLG

R. Ibanez  .739

  

B. Upton  .296

OPS

R. Ibanez  1.151

  

A. Beltre  .568

ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

U. Jimenez  4.25

S. Kazmir  7.69

K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.31

J. Weaver  6.67

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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

Braves Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Sanchez*
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
46.Howry
G/S/vB
52.Medders
G/S/vB
45.Miller
G/S/vB
47.Valdez
G/S/vB
38.Wilson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.100 5/1.350 1/2.000 9/.000 ··· ··· 95/67 .256/.284/.314/.598 .802/.508 .611 69/.616 0/0 0/2
23.Diaz G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 85/46 .297/.376/.486/.863 .905/.826 .862 33/1.021 1/0 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 171/120 .293/.367/.440/.807 .790/.812 .802 100/.813 1/1 4/4
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 4/.000 177/123 .265/.288/.373/.662 .842/.585 .576 98/.594 1/1 3/0
27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .250/.333/.250/.583 /.583 9/.583 0/0 0/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/1.334 2/.500 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 147/104 .252/.324/.427/.752 1.081/.625 .552 67/.826 2/2 5/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/1.167 4/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 143/94 .322/.448/.496/.943 1.014/.903 1.106 83/.941 1/1 4/6
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 163/114 .284/.344/.432/.776 .617/.845 .863 87/.748 0/0 2/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 2/.500 104/64 .303/.394/.528/.922 .481/1.196 .992 53/1.078 2/1 5/2
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 33/29 .115/.303/.154/.457 .500/.447 .497 17/.578 0/0 0/
14.Prado G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/34 .267/.333/.500/.833 .946/.732 1.015 44/.729 0/1 2/1
8.Ross G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 69/52 .263/.382/.491/.874 .561/.983 1.171 41/.614 0/0 3/0
24.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/115 .211/.331/.310/.641 .667/.629 .740 95/.507 1/1 2/0
IP 38.0 20.1 17.0 19.1 20.0 13.2 20.1 TOTAL .266/.344/.401/.745 .772/.731 .772 .730 10/8 33/25
ERA-K/9 4.74/8.8 2.21/8.0 4.24/6.9 3.26/7.5 2.25/5.8 3.29/5.3 4.87/9.3 4.04/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 173/.222 81/.239 79/.271 91/.274 80/.224 56/.240 90/.260 .257
OPS .748 .659 .748 .793 .646 .661 .756 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.523 31/1.084 29/.700 36/1.130 35/.541 18/.533 38/.482 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.811 50/.416 50/.755 55/.584 45/.718 38/.716 52/.956 .764
Home 77/.580 40/.746 33/1.080 38/.593 35/.751 26/.641 57/.668
Last 28d days 121/.768 46/.707 46/.741 48/.815 56/.602 28/.571 52/.876
HR/SB/CS 4/7/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 1/2/0 2/1/1 1/2/1 2/4/1 38/37/13
Usage ····X··· ··Xo···o ··oXo··X ··X·o··· ··X····· o······· ···X···X
Giants Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
11.Kawakami
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Aurilia G/S/vP 24/.704 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 67/36 .177/.209/.210/.419 .499/.348 .574 46/.410 0/0 0/0
7.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 160/123 .257/.327/.278/.605 .845/.530 .463 94/.724 11/4 0/3
19.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 18/16 .000/.167/.000/.167 .500/.125 .000 18/.167 0/0 0/0
29.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/4 .111/.111/.111/.222 .000/.500 9/.222 0/0 0/0
10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/100 .219/.303/.271/.574 .600/.570 .769 61/.669 0/0 0/2
14.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 159/114 .277/.377/.423/.801 .520/.912 .863 88/.716 3/2 3/3
1.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 167/129 .267/.275/.472/.747 .974/.678 .884 98/.660 0/0 8/2
16.Renteria G/S/vP 31/.952 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 152/115 .241/.325/.331/.655 .878/.584 .745 79/.646 2/2 2/3
33.Rowand G/S/vP 12/.432 3/.666 2/1.000 4/1.750 4/.250 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 4/3.417 157/121 .277/.344/.447/.791 .820/.780 .855 99/.790 2/0 5/1
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 168/126 .304/.345/.468/.814 .955/.766 1.011 95/.847 2/2 3/1
12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/49 .226/.250/.321/.571 1.000/.507 .575 43/.508 0/1 0/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 63/44 .283/.306/.350/.656 .377/.777 .718 43/.690 0/1 0/2
22.Whiteside G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 3/.667 0/0 0/0
2.Winn# G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 181/140 .278/.333/.414/.747 .371/.865 .703 100/.789 7/1 2/0
IP 58.1 1.0 19.2 17.1 19.0 45.2 3.0 15.2 16.0 19.2 TOTAL .250/.309/.360/.669 .681/.665 .731 .667 29/13 24/23
ERA-K/9 3.39/11.3 0.00/9.0 2.29/7.3 8.31/6.2 3.79/11.8 4.73/8.3 15.00/9.0 5.17/8.0 2.25/6.2 1.37/11.9 4.02/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.227 4/.250 95/.325 86/.351 82/.239 200/.259 18/.273 73/.214 59/.182 75/.159 .247
OPS .633 .500 .776 .964 .744 .806 .802 .625 .419 .516 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.627 / 45/.716 41/.690 25/1.139 94/.789 6/.900 28/.708 25/.330 33/.536 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.640 4/.500 50/.834 45/1.165 57/.557 106/.823 12/.712 45/.577 34/.483 42/.501 .739
Road 103/.650 / 40/.789 34/1.144 44/.624 74/1.015 / 25/.520 25/.285 40/.727
Last 28d days 134/.639 4/.500 48/.674 52/1.032 50/.755 101/.660 18/.802 38/.654 36/.366 40/.536
HR/SB/CS 6/2/1 0/0/0 0/3/1 3/0/0 2/2/2 5/1/3 0/0/0 0/4/1 0/0/2 1/1/0 27/19/16
Usage ····X··· X······· o···X··· ····X··· ·Xo··X·· ··X····· ···X···· Xo·o··X· o··o··o· oo···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.