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Game Preview: ATL @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, September 11, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Braves, 72-68, 3rd, 8 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (23, RHP, 10-10, 2.93)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (10-10) 178.0 159 66 58 64 126 14 2.93
2008 (13-10) 188.1 188 87 77 70 139 11 3.68
2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.0 46 20 18 16 33 6 3.68 52
2009-09-05 CIN L 7.0 4 3 3 3 4 1 91 58
2009-08-30 @PHI L 7.0 7 3 2 2 2 1 95 53
2009-08-25 SDP ND 7.2 5 1 1 4 7 1 112 68
2009-08-19 @NYM W 6.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 96 51
2009-08-14 PHI ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 6 1 103 64
2009-08-07 @LAD ND 4.1 7 5 4 3 5 1 94 33
2009-08-02 LAD L 5.0 10 4 4 2 5 1 103 34
Last 5 v.STL 0-2 13.0 13 5 5 5 6 0 3.46 52
2009-04-27 STL L 6.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 99 52
2008-07-30 STL L 7.0 7 3 3 3 4 0 116 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-33   Road:   37-35   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  44-49   vsLHP:  28-19   1-Run:  24-21
 vsEast: 30-23   vsCntrl:17-20   vsWest: 18-17 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Thu, Sep 10  @HOU  W   9-7       72-68  3rd  8.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  9  @HOU  L   1-2       71-68  3rd  9.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  8  @HOU  W   2-1       71-67  3rd  8.0 gb
137 Sun, Sep  6   CIN  L   2-4 (12)  70-67  3rd  8.5 gb
136 Sat, Sep  5   CIN  L   1-3       70-66  3rd  8.5 gb
135 Fri, Sep  4   CIN  L   1-3       70-65  3rd  8.5 gb
134 Thu, Sep  3  @FLA  L   3-8       70-64  2nd  8.5 gb
133 Wed, Sep  2  @FLA  L   7-8       70-63  2nd  7.5 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1  @FLA  W   4-3       70-62  2nd  7.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 31  @FLA  W   5-2       69-62  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Cardinals, 84-57, 1st, 11½ up

SP: Joel Pineiro (30, RHP, 14-9, 3.28)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (14-9) 183.2 184 77 67 20 87 7 3.28
2008 (7-7) 148.2 180 89 85 35 81 22 5.15
2007 (7-5) 97.2 110 49 47 26 60 14 4.33
Last 7 GS 5-0 47.1 53 24 24 5 26 4 4.56 50
2009-09-06 @PIT ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 3 0 96 42
2009-09-01 MIL W 7.0 7 4 4 1 0 1 92 46
2009-08-26 HOU W 8.0 7 2 2 0 5 0 87 65
2009-08-20 @SDP W 7.2 4 1 1 2 7 1 109 72
2009-08-15 SDP W 6.2 7 3 3 1 5 1 106 52
2009-08-09 @PIT W 7.0 9 3 3 0 6 1 99 53
2009-08-04 @NYM ND 5.0 11 7 7 0 0 0 69 17
Last 5 v.ATL 1-1 16.2 24 11 11 2 8 3 5.94 41
2009-04-27 @ATL W 6.2 7 2 2 0 1 0 76 53
2008-07-31 @ATL L 6.0 10 6 6 0 2 2 110 30
2007-08-25 ATL ND 4.0 7 3 3 2 5 1 88 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-26   Road:   41-31   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  58-38   vsLHP:  26-19   1-Run:  22-15
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:41-27   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Wed, Sep  9  @MIL  W   5-1       84-57  1st 11.5 up
140 Tue, Sep  8  @MIL  W   4-3       83-57  1st 11.5 up
139 Mon, Sep  7  @MIL  W   3-0       82-57  1st 11.5 up
138 Sun, Sep  6  @PIT  L   5-6       81-57  1st 11.5 up
137 Sat, Sep  5  @PIT  W   2-1 (10)  81-56  1st 11.5 up
136 Fri, Sep  4  @PIT  W  14-7       80-56  1st 11.5 up
135 Thu, Sep  3   MIL  L   3-4       79-56  1st 10.5 up
134 Wed, Sep  2   MIL  W  10-3       79-55  1st 10.5 up
133 Tue, Sep  1   MIL  W   7-6       78-55  1st 10.5 up
132 Sun, Aug 30   WSN  W   2-1       77-55  1st 10.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:24-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 STL  5 @ATL  3        W:Adam Wainwright (3-0), L: Javier Vazquez (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (7)
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 ATL  2  STL  1        W:Peter Moylan (1-1), L: Kyle McClellan (1-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (3)
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 STL  3 @ATL  2        W:Joel Pineiro (4-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (6)

Sun, Aug 24, 2008 STL  6  ATL  3        W:Braden Looper (12-10), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-10), S: Chris Perez (5)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 ATL  8 @STL  4        W:Buddy Carlyle (1-0), L: Kyle McClellan (2-6), S: Mike Gonzalez (6)
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 STL 18  ATL  3        W:Adam Wainwright (7-3), L: Charlie Morton (3-8), S: Joel Pineiro (1)
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 ATL  9  STL  4        W:Jeff Bennett (2-4), L: Joel Pineiro (3-5), S: none
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 STL  7 @ATL  2        W:Brad Thompson (4-2), L: Jair Jurrjens (10-6), S: Ron Villone (1)
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 STL  8 @ATL  3        W:Ryan Franklin (4-4), L: Rafael Soriano (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 STL 12 @ATL  3        W:Braden Looper (10-8), L: Charlie Morton (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 2-1; 2008 - STL won 5-2; 2007 - STL won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 1048-943

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

NYY  5.74

CHW  4.55

SDP  3.90

RA/G

SFG  3.69

NYM  4.66

WSN  5.46

BA

J. Mauer  .367

R. Theriot  .288

A. Miles  .180

OBP

A. Pujols  .450

Y. Molina  .363

A. Miles  .222

SLG

A. Pujols  .698

L. Nix  .484

A. Miles  .240

OPS

A. Pujols  1.148

B. Abreu  .836

A. Miles  .462

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.16

J. Beckett  3.87

L. Hernandez  5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.47

B. Zito  6.94

J. Lannan  3.64

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

Braves Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
29.Carpenter
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB
26.Lohse
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
60.Motte
G/S/vB
36.Reyes*
G/S/vB
30.Smoltz
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP 41/.898 ··· 26/.846 54/.939 ··· 27/1.007 ··· 6/.500 ··· 12/.697 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 436/314 .278/.314/.421/.735 .735/.736 .725 81/.660 1/0 12/3
25.Church* G/S/vP 14/.357 4/1.167 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 14/1.269 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 31/.568 8/1.125 7/.829 12/.550 384/291 .275/.340/.391/.732 .609/.769 .816 54/.708 6/2 4/2
26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/35 .289/.341/.579/.920 1.500/.829 1.051 7/.143 0/0 2/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.900 1/4.000 354/215 .324/.394/.497/.891 1.068/.772 .910 102/1.140 9/5 10/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· 2/2.000 5/.400 ··· 9/.888 4/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 10/.100 3/.000 506/341 .300/.375/.448/.823 .734/.864 .812 94/.763 4/3 14/12
30.Gorecki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/19 .227/.250/.227/.477 .800/.387 .606 24/.477 1/0 0/0
4.Infante G/S/vP 19/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 12/.584 ··· 19/.526 3/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 6/1.334 6/.500 182/119 .288/.350/.375/.725 .739/.717 .718 81/.623 2/0 2/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 13/1.538 ··· 6/1.917 4/.250 ··· 10/.400 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 8/.000 4/.750 319/232 .215/.297/.384/.681 .942/.582 .698 24/.303 7/2 8/9
10.Jones# G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 7/1.238 5/1.000 ··· 15/1.778 2/no AB 7/1.738 ··· 10/.633 ··· 3/1.667 9/.819 4/.500 516/348 .268/.390/.438/.828 .893/.793 .839 99/.503 4/1 16/20
22.LaRoche* G/S/vP 14/.786 4/1.000 8/.250 3/no AB ··· 18/.398 3/.666 7/.714 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.833 22/.762 29/.738 532/366 .270/.348/.481/.829 .718/.881 .656 102/.926 2/2 22/2
16.McCann* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 8/1.089 4/.500 ··· 11/.664 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.555 ··· 466/306 .271/.335/.480/.815 .592/.930 .792 89/.667 3/1 18/10
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 17/1.067 6/.733 13/.237 8/.500 ··· 14/.676 4/.250 11/.182 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 7/1.881 12/.944 23/.769 475/316 .260/.350/.450/.800 .712/.846 .837 29/1.037 17/3 18/1
20.Norton# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 9/.708 4/1.833 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 5/.000 6/.500 2/1.000 1/5.000 3/1.334 88/72 .145/.330/.174/.503 .822/.431 .465 16/.619 0/0 0/0
14.Prado G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 405/255 .296/.349/.439/.789 .915/.718 .792 78/.567 0/3 9/5
8.Ross G/S/vP 4/1.667 ··· 8/.750 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 10/.222 11/.282 12/.795 3/.333 137/93 .259/.368/.500/.868 .581/1.007 .999 21/.745 0/0 7/1
5.Sammons G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/3 .200/.333/.200/.533 .667/.333 0/ 0/0 0/0
IP 183.2 50.1 166.2 54.0 32.1 97.1 58.1 38.2 51.0 34.2 62.0 72.1 205.0 113.2 TOTAL .262/.336/.405/.741 .747/.738 .754 .706 49/22 131/90
ERA-K/9 3.28/4.3 4.11/6.8 2.16/7.0 1.67/6.0 2.51/3.6 4.62/5.8 3.09/6.2 1.86/9.1 5.12/8.3 3.38/7.5 6.53/8.9 4.98/3.7 2.59/7.7 5.62/5.7 3.61/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 735/.265 232/.323 644/.219 217/.197 130/.224 418/.263 252/.228 150/.184 221/.273 153/.238 271/.306 313/.277 853/.244 519/.322 .256
OPS .655 .870 .570 .535 .628 .757 .648 .574 .843 .664 .843 .777 .645 .889 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.659 108/1.104 310/.595 97/.453 65/.776 197/.705 112/.540 94/.362 87/1.047 92/.509 148/1.029 151/.784 391/.765 273/1.015 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 369/.650 124/.670 334/.548 120/.600 65/.479 221/.801 140/.731 56/.926 134/.710 61/.900 123/.625 162/.772 462/.546 246/.754 .674
Home 338/.581 126/.866 275/.594 106/.354 61/.524 236/.665 119/.684 83/.548 120/.858 71/.662 120/.741 131/.724 454/.576 275/.821
Last 28d days 142/.607 75/.844 137/.476 43/.715 44/.615 48/.878 39/.705 30/.486 41/.830 33/.579 85/.577 22/.483 157/.587 5/.400
HR/SB/CS 7/0/4 2/3/2 7/2/3 2/1/0 2/0/0 12/3/1 4/0/0 5/0/1 10/0/1 2/4/3 10/2/1 7/2/1 15/8/4 17/4/1 108/35/24
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ···X···· ····oX·· ··X··o·X ··o····· ·oo···X· ·o··oX·o ·o··X·o· ·oo·o·o· ··X····X ··X····· ·X····X· ······X·
Cardinals Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
48.Hanson
G/S/vB
15.Hudson
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
56.Nunez
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/1.500 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 365/273 .232/.285/.396/.681 .579/.717 .666 57/.710 3/3 11/5
7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 2/1.000 10/.425 ··· 3/.000 10/.700 3/.000 2/1.000 28/.833 502/382 .261/.333/.447/.781 .927/.732 .744 81/.742 1/2 21/9
8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/no AB ··· 65/.490 ··· ··· 44/.817 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/1.167 16/.813 17/13 .188/.235/.250/.485 .250/.538 1.000 17/.485 0/0 0/0
3.Greene G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/1.000 ··· 11/.282 ··· ··· 32/.391 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 9/1.000 183/114 .206/.282/.363/.644 .604/.668 .625 21/.654 2/1 6/8
15.Holliday G/S/vP 10/1.400 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 10/.775 ··· ··· 34/1.372 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 585/414 .315/.395/.531/.926 .850/.955 1.011 104/.992 14/6 23/4
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.900 84/62 .231/.286/.308/.593 .714/.551 .632 10/.422 1/0 1/1
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/1.800 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 469/337 .274/.335/.467/.802 .780/.811 .673 94/.788 4/1 20/1
12.Lugo G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/.000 ··· 2/2.500 13/1.200 ··· 1/.000 4/.666 ··· 6/.167 32/.713 241/143 .292/.361/.434/.795 .734/.837 .741 53/.733 5/0 3/8
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 6/.933 ··· ··· 17/.745 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 7/.429 494/366 .284/.363/.372/.735 .703/.745 .816 88/.768 8/2 5/4
5.Pujols G/S/vP 7/.929 1/no AB 5/.400 8/.393 ··· 19/1.062 ··· ··· 21/.981 ··· 2/.500 6/.900 ··· 3/3.667 17/1.118 606/439 .331/.450/.698/1.148 1.163/1.143 1.169 110/1.214 14/4 47/9
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 443/341 .256/.313/.420/.733 .411/.831 .778 78/.804 3/1 14/6
13.Ryan G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 369/233 .287/.333/.391/.724 .688/.744 .735 94/.778 12/6 2/7
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 7/1.171 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 508/413 .294/.355/.394/.749 .509/.804 .725 80/.728 2/2 4/10
22.Thurston* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 290/233 .223/.317/.331/.648 .689/.639 .743 12/.250 3/2 1/11
IP 178.0 33.1 21.1 67.0 101.2 12.1 145.2 15.2 177.0 57.2 62.1 47.2 64.1 188.1 TOTAL .262/.332/.421/.753 .677/.782 .752 .793 62/27 148/98
ERA-K/9 2.93/6.4 4.32/7.6 8.86/5.1 2.42/11.0 2.83/7.5 2.19/8.0 4.02/6.1 5.17/4.6 4.47/4.9 4.68/10.5 3.03/7.1 /0.0 3.21/6.2 2.80/12.0 3.06/9.9 3.66/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 735/.244 154/.291 107/.380 277/.209 419/.230 49/.222 626/.256 71/.281 742/.294 255/.265 260/.256 / 198/.249 260/.195 756/.229 .255
OPS .687 .808 1.078 .655 .674 .575 .767 .727 .764 .766 .658 .607 .577 .635 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 358/.754 71/.819 50/.964 101/.586 220/.774 12/.697 325/.708 39/.593 379/.715 138/.597 103/.804 / 101/.593 124/.682 389/.683 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 377/.624 83/.798 57/1.160 176/.696 199/.566 37/.535 301/.830 32/.889 363/.814 117/.957 157/.568 / 97/.621 136/.484 367/.584 .707
Road 346/.762 72/.716 50/1.291 150/.619 209/.700 24/.804 324/.837 35/.512 356/.777 153/.820 130/.728 / 90/.591 137/.786 381/.642
Last 28d days 139/.681 21/.907 10/1.556 52/.615 110/.561 49/.575 115/.766 24/1.000 96/.971 55/.882 40/.667 / 37/.712 52/.848 138/.709
HR/SB/CS 14/11/7 3/4/0 5/0/0 6/6/2 9/15/6 0/0/1 15/6/5 1/3/0 10/11/3 5/1/1 0/9/3 // 1/3/3 5/2/0 18/6/4 99/81/38
Usage ·····X·· ········ ·······X X·o·Xo·· ·X·····X ····X··· ····X·X· ········ X·····X· ·······X X···o·X· X······X ·XX·oo·· ··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.