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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 @Nationals Park

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Braves, 6-7, 3rd, 5 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Kenshin Kawakami (34, RHP, 1-1, 5.25)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 12.0 9 8 7 7 15 2 5.25
Last 7 GS 1-1 12.0 9 8 7 7 15 2 5.25 52
2009-04-16 FLA L 6.0 5 5 4 3 7 1 109 48
2009-04-11 WSN W 6.0 4 3 3 4 8 1 89 56
Last 5 v.WSN 1-0 6.0 4 3 3 4 8 1 4.50 56
2009-04-11 WSN W 6.0 4 3 3 4 8 1 89 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Mon, Apr 20  @WSN  L   2-3        6-7   3rd  5.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @PIT  W  11-1        6-6   2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7
Nationals, 2-10, 5th, 8½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Shairon Martis (22, RHP, 1-0, 4.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 9.1 10 5 5 3 2 1 4.82
2008 (1-3) 20.2 18 14 13 12 23 5 5.66
Last 7 GS 2-3 27.2 26 18 17 15 22 6 5.53 46
2009-04-16 PHI W 6.1 5 2 2 2 1 0 86 54
2009-04-10 @ATL ND 3.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 48 37
2008-09-23 FLA W 5.1 5 3 3 2 5 1 103 49
2008-09-17 NYM L 3.0 5 6 6 2 4 3 71 27
2008-09-12 @FLA L 5.0 2 2 1 3 9 1 103 63
2008-09-04 @ATL L 5.0 4 2 2 5 2 0 92 48
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 8.0 9 5 5 6 3 1 5.62 43
2009-04-10 @ATL ND 3.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 48 37
2008-09-04 @ATL L 5.0 4 2 2 5 2 0 92 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    0-6    ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:   2-9    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  2-10   vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Mon, Apr 20   ATL  W   3-2        2-10  5th  8.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 19   FLA  L   4-7        1-10  5th  9.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 18   FLA  L   6-9 (11)   1-9   5th  8.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 17   FLA  L   2-3 (10)   1-8   5th  7.5 gb
  8 Thu, Apr 16   PHI  W   8-2        1-7   5th  6.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   PHI  L   8-9        0-7   5th  5.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @ATL  L   5-8        0-6   5th  5.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @ATL  L   3-5        0-5   5th  4.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @ATL  L   5-6 (10)   0-4   5th  4.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  8  @FLA  L   4-6        0-3   5th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 2-10   Last 30: 2-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 ATL  8  WSN  5        W:Jair Jurrjens (2-0), L: Scott Olsen (0-2), S: Rafael Soriano (1)
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 ATL  5  WSN  3        W:Kenshin Kawakami (1-0), L: John Lannan (0-2), S: Mike Gonzalez (1)
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 ATL  6  WSN  5 (10)   W:Jorge Campillo (1-0), L: Joe Beimel (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 WSN  7 @ATL  4 (14)   W:Steven Shell (2-1), L: Jeff Bennett (2-6), S: Joel Hanrahan (8)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 WSN  8 @ATL  5 (10)   W:Joel Hanrahan (6-3), L: Mike Gonzalez (0-2), S: Steven Shell (2)
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 ATL 10  WSN  5        W:Jair Jurrjens (12-9), L: Jay Bergmann (2-11), S: none
Thu, Sep 04, 2008 ATL  2  WSN  0        W:James Parr (1-0), L: Shairon Martis (0-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (9)
Sun, Aug 31, 2008 WSN  8  ATL  4        W:Garrett Mock (1-3), L: Elmer Dessens (0-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 WSN  9  ATL  8 (10)   W:Steven Shell (1-1), L: Vladimir Nunez (0-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 WSN  7  ATL  3        W:Odalis Perez (6-10), L: Jorge Campillo (7-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (7)
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 3-1; 2008 - WSN won 12-6; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 282-251

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

 BA

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 (4.46 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (6.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Martis
G/S/vB		 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 Bergmann
G/S/vB		 38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 58.Hinckley*
G/S/vB		 Mock
G/S/vB		 50.Tavarez
G/S/vB		 Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/.411 10/.800 593/461 .293/.325/.433/.758 .704/.774 .717 26/.551 7/4 15/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 10/1.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 140/66 .244/.264/.304/.568 .755/.356 .373 29/.780 4/2 2/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 3/1.167 5/1.800 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 3/2.000 587/421 .288/.366/.401/.766 .672/.804 .725 38/.909 2/5 10/16
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.533 25/.328 5/1.400 2/2.000 3/.000 6/.000 4/.000 653/459 .239/.294/.359/.653 .580/.684 .610 49/.868 0/1 11/4
4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 348/215 .293/.338/.416/.755 .824/.711 .761 32/.758 0/1 3/10
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 5/1.600 4/1.000 20/.667 6/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.650 7/.715 614/449 .287/.349/.446/.795 .800/.793 .755 48/.901 11/6 12/14
10.Jones# G/S/vP 5/.933 8/.661 24/1.117 5/2.550 2/.000 1/no AB 23/1.461 24/.417 534/350 .364/.470/.574/1.044 1.040/1.047 .956 31/.938 4/0 22/13
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/no AB 5/1.550 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.733 3/1.167 573/423 .272/.328/.410/.738 .819/.708 .814 46/.689 2/1 14/2
16.McCann* G/S/vP 5/1.850 3/.000 24/1.608 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/2.500 573/389 .301/.373/.523/.896 .820/.932 .901 43/.783 5/0 23/9
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 220/159 .262/.373/.439/.811 .735/.841 .796 11/.091 0/0 7/3
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/1.400 3/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 254/142 .320/.377/.461/.838 .829/.844 .875 19/1.068 3/1 2/6
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/1.571 182/99 .225/.369/.352/.721 .632/.793 .649 9/1.556 0/1 3/3
24.Schafer* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 49/.771 / /
IP 20.2 49.0 139.2 84.1 13.2 41.0 54.2 37.2 TOTAL .269/.340/.450/.790 .800/.781 .815 .790 2/2 13/10
ERA-K/9 5.66/10.0 2.02/5.9 5.09/6.2 3.95/9.9 0.00/5.9 4.17/10.1 5.10/8.4 6.21/7.4 6.38/6.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 92/.228 214/.270 614/.279 364/.233 49/.178 180/.239 267/.319 176/.277 .288  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 .820 .672 .811 .697 .445 .709 .851 .836 .883
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.976 100/.641 336/.849 166/.686 19/.541 78/.725 125/.961 79/.796 .946
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.621 114/.700 278/.767 198/.705 30/.381 102/.698 142/.754 97/.869 .839
Home 38/1.074 100/.633 292/.892 194/.650 23/.534 107/.755 141/.807 55/.955
Last 28d days 40/.836 28/.593 / 25/1.012 26/.935 / 27/.535 /
HR/SB/CS 5/3/0 0/5/3 25/9/1 9/11/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 5/5/0 4/1/2 17/7/1
Usage ····X··· o·Xoo··o o·XXo··· ·X·oo··o o······· ··Xo···X o·······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB		 30.Bennett
G/S/vB		 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
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
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 11/.382 2/1.500 4/.666 ··· 4/1.750 337/234 .287/.372/.473/.845 1.021/.770 .829 10/.200 3/2 11/11
13.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 144/98 .286/.321/.361/.682 .627/.706 .788 2/.000 0/2 1/8
34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 334/237 .264/.386/.478/.864 .797/.892 .876 38/.983 13/4 13/6
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 3/.333 6/2.000 5/.400 12/.523 3/.333 2/1.000 6/1.917 651/457 .236/.386/.513/.898 .773/.951 .865 51/1.196 2/1 40/11
3.Flores G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 324/242 .256/.296/.402/.698 .829/.653 .632 37/.578 0/1 8/5
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/76 .257/.318/.366/.685 .536/.754 .547 24/.833 0/1 1/1
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 91/46 .333/.407/.383/.789 .861/.716 .708 24/.571 0/0 0/3
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 7/1.171 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 147/99 .220/.415/.431/.846 .660/.938 .795 44/.890 0/0 5/0
25.Kearns G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.429 7/1.262 8/.250 4/.000 ··· 5/.650 357/258 .217/.311/.316/.627 .496/.676 .641 39/.828 2/2 7/4
30.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 1/.000 / /
23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 196/131 .261/.309/.341/.650 .722/.615 .695 3/.000 0/1 1/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 8/.542 5/.833 6/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 416/299 .254/.364/.470/.834 .823/.838 .817 19/.393 3/2 15/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/2.667 7/.143 5/.800 6/1.000 5/1.600 ··· 8/.000 466/320 .283/.333/.442/.774 .863/.733 .765 54/.785 1/1 14/10
IP 97.1 62.2 33.2 5.2 6.2 14.0 TOTAL .268/.357/.398/.755 .946/.712 .810 .755 4/2 11/13
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.70/6.3 3.59/8.5 4.28/11.8 1.59/7.9 20.25/5.4 2.57/10.3 4.84/9.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (47-17-7)
 Nieves (39-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 419/.243 259/.228 142/.210 25/.217 42/.457 57/.149 .260  Dukes
 Willingham
 Dunn
 Kearns
10/1/69/9
98/0/0/7
119/0/23/5
0/0/85/3
OPS .672 .661 .702 .628 1.324 .575 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 152/.770 108/.753 28/1.065 12/.606 19/1.454 24/.861 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 267/.616 151/.597 114/.600 13/.647 23/1.215 33/.385 .816
Road / 183/.783 119/.748 59/.438 12/.705 16/1.290 15/.421
Last 28d days 52/.732 35/.875 28/.949 24/.920 21/.741 15/.708 17/.310
HR/SB/CS // 5/7/3 5/5/1 6/1/0 1/1/0 2/3/1 1/1/1 6/4/1
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·X· ··X··o·· ···X···· ·o·o·Xo· X····oo· X····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.