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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 6:35pm, Friday, July 3, 2009 @Nationals Park

Braves, 38-40, 4th, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Kenshin Kawakami (34, RHP, 4-6, 4.25)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-6) 78.1 74 42 37 31 60 8 4.25
Last 7 GS 2-1 40.2 32 15 13 12 25 3 2.88 56
2009-06-24 NYY ND 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 60
2009-06-19 @BOS W 6.0 2 2 2 3 5 1 83 62
2009-06-13 @BAL ND 5.0 7 2 2 3 3 1 104 45
2009-06-08 PIT ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 5 0 95 56
2009-06-02 CHC ND 7.0 7 4 3 1 2 1 96 50
2009-05-27 @SFG L 5.2 9 4 3 4 2 0 98 35
2009-05-22 TOR W 8.0 3 0 0 0 7 0 106 83
Last 5 v.WSN 1-1 11.0 11 7 5 7 10 2 4.09 48
2009-04-21 @WSN L 5.0 7 4 2 3 2 1 93 40
2009-04-11 WSN W 6.0 4 3 3 4 8 1 89 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-21   Road:   17-19   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  22-29   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 15-10   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Thu, Jul  2   PHI  W   5-2       38-40  4th  2.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1   PHI  W  11-1       37-40  4th  3.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   PHI  W   5-4 (10)  36-40  4th  4.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   BOS  W   2-1       35-40  4th  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   BOS  L   0-1       34-40  4th  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   BOS  L   1-4       34-39  4th  4.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   NYY  L   7-11      34-38  4th  4.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   NYY  L   4-8       34-37  4th  4.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   NYY  W   4-0       34-36  4th  4.0 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 22   CHC  W   2-0       33-36  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Nationals, 22-54, 5th, 17 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Ross Detwiler (23, LHP, 0-4, 5.24)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-4) 44.2 51 27 26 17 29 3 5.24
2007 (0-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 0-4 39.2 47 24 24 17 23 2 5.45 44
2009-06-26 @BAL L 5.0 9 5 5 2 3 0 91 30
2009-06-20 TOR ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 99 59
2009-06-14 @TBR ND 6.0 6 4 4 5 0 1 95 39
2009-06-09 CIN L 6.0 5 3 3 3 6 0 103 53
2009-06-04 SFG L 5.2 10 4 4 1 5 0 76 37
2009-05-29 @PHI L 4.0 10 5 5 1 2 0 68 23
2009-05-23 BAL ND 6.0 1 1 1 4 4 0 96 66
Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-25   Road:    9-29   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  16-38   vsLHP:   6-16   1-Run:   8-11
 vsEast:  6-30   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @FLA  L   3-5       22-54  5th 17.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @FLA  L   5-7  (7)  22-53  5th 17.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @FLA  L   2-4       22-52  5th 17.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @BAL  W   5-3       22-51  5th 17.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @BAL  L   3-6       21-51  5th 17.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @BAL  L   1-11      21-50  5th 16.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25   BOS  W   9-3       21-49  5th 16.0 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   BOS  L   4-6       20-49  5th 17.0 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23   BOS  L   3-11      20-48  5th 17.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21   TOR  L   4-9       20-47  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 ATL  1 @WSN  0        W:Mike Gonzalez (1-0), L: Garrett Mock (0-1), S: Rafael Soriano (2)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 WSN  4  ATL  3        W:Shairon Martis (2-0), L: Kenshin Kawakami (1-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 WSN  3  ATL  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (1)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 4-2; 2008 - WSN won 12-6; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 283-252

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  5.55

CHW  4.47

SDP  3.79

 RA/G

SFG  3.73

MIL  4.60

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

M. Teahen  .285

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .745

M. Lowell  .470

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.205

R. Cano  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

J. Niemann  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Braves Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 43.Colome
G/S/vB		 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 50.Tavarez
G/S/vB		 41.Villone*
G/S/vB		 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 2/1.000 8/.536 4/.500 ··· 18/.411 19/.839 ··· 209/159 .284/.311/.407/.718 .777/.700 .748 84/.801 1/0 5/2
1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 41/33 .222/.300/.278/.578 .452/.603 .650 32/.757 2/0 0/1
23.Diaz G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/4.000 150/79 .286/.360/.451/.811 .832/.792 .789 42/.907 4/0 4/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 286/196 .293/.349/.432/.781 .634/.845 .833 89/.698 3/1 7/11
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 7/.000 4/.000 2/.000 303/214 .251/.285/.350/.635 .764/.581 .524 91/.641 5/1 5/0
27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/42 .135/.196/.231/.427 .200/.514 .263 29/.494 0/0 1/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.650 2/3.000 3/.666 262/186 .215/.287/.361/.647 .925/.534 .588 75/.357 4/2 5/6
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 8/.661 2/.500 3/1.167 ··· ··· 23/1.461 15/.697 3/1.333 281/201 .292/.406/.481/.886 1.052/.816 .889 107/.800 1/1 9/13
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 6/.733 6/.666 3/1.000 251/178 .265/.327/.372/.698 .529/.769 .717 60/.547 0/0 3/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 230/157 .310/.396/.510/.906 .687/1.001 .974 92/.928 3/1 8/5
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.733 2/.500 5/1.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 7/.933 ··· 291/195 .259/.340/.463/.803 .822/.793 .752 96/.771 10/1 12/0
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 160/91 .305/.368/.482/.850 1.035/.716 .866 68/1.014 0/1 4/3
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 97/66 .293/.396/.573/.969 .688/1.106 1.232 22/1.259 0/0 6/0
IP 44.2 30.2 33.2 14.0 18.2 44.2 31.1 22.2 75.2 TOTAL .258/.328/.391/.720 .741/.710 .734 .716 28/10 61/56
ERA-K/9 5.24/5.8 3.52/5.0 3.21/6.1 7.07/7.7 3.86/4.8 5.44/4.4 4.31/8.3 2.78/4.8 4.52/8.9 5.21/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 199/.285 135/.263 138/.200 69/.349 84/.269 191/.273 144/.214 104/.244 318/.266 .278
OPS .762 .763 .671 .883 .718 .749 .667 .727 .733 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.658 55/.781 62/.628 32/.973 37/.908 112/.750 55/.855 46/.715 173/.762 .866
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.792 80/.750 76/.706 37/.808 47/.572 79/.749 89/.553 58/.738 145/.699 .752
Home 126/.613 68/.511 53/.544 38/.990 43/.565 98/.802 72/.629 55/.495 173/.688
Last 28d days 103/.763 37/.493 40/.728 42/.807 49/.570 115/.759 50/.520 43/1.254 97/.577
HR/SB/CS 3/4/1 3/0/1 4/4/0 0/4/0 0/4/1 5/9/1 1/3/1 1/0/1 8/7/4 72/55/20
Usage ······X· ··X·oo·· ·X··o·o· ······X· ·o··oX·· ··X····· ·o·X·o·· ···o··X· ·X·····X
Nationals Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB		 46.Acosta
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 48.Hanson
G/S/vB		 36.Logan*
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
7.Bard# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 6/1.666 104/82 .280/.356/.409/.764 .606/.809 .845 50/.968 0/0 1/3
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.666 ··· 6/1.167 95/54 .159/.202/.261/.463 .602/.362 .401 15/.133 0/0 2/2
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 6/1.133 3/.000 13/.481 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 7/2.114 331/224 .260/.396/.528/.924 .770/1.004 .774 101/.875 0/1 20/8
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 103/66 .312/.369/.409/.778 .978/.667 .758 38/.859 1/0 1/6
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 5/1.150 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.600 287/204 .318/.335/.430/.764 .767/.763 .822 109/.724 1/3 3/10
22.Harris* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 177/146 .245/.364/.429/.792 .691/.810 .901 81/.735 9/1 4/0
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 217/169 .256/.321/.323/.644 .835/.591 .592 70/.516 5/3 1/6
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.500 7/1.171 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 325/221 .295/.406/.413/.819 .965/.750 .937 99/.681 1/1 5/7
25.Kearns G/S/vP 6/1.667 4/.250 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 5/.650 182/130 .197/.330/.322/.652 .648/.650 .705 38/.358 1/0 3/0
1.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 321/238 .277/.351/.356/.707 .449/.799 .729 97/.686 18/10 2/1
23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/78 .233/.283/.262/.545 .388/.616 .514 40/.368 0/0 0/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/.833 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 ··· 4/.833 185/132 .288/.411/.549/.960 1.147/.891 .915 52/1.048 1/1 9/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/1.700 4/.833 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.333 1/.000 8/.000 350/248 .296/.366/.492/.858 .661/.934 .870 105/.680 0/0 13/12
IP 78.1 15.2 38.0 29.0 1.2 26.0 31.2 29.1 37.2 TOTAL .258/.343/.403/.746 .751/.743 .744 .680 28/17 72/84
ERA-K/9 4.25/6.9 2.30/6.9 2.61/12.1 2.48/5.6 10.80/0.0 5.88/8.7 3.98/7.4 3.68/4.9 1.19/11.7 3.84/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 338/.253 66/.220 159/.226 129/.222 9/.286 115/.242 131/.241 121/.236 144/.160 .250
OPS .774 .625 .701 .681 .730 .722 .650 .588 .457 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.664 31/.619 57/.700 63/.687 5/.650 58/.639 53/.767 58/.572 67/.509 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 180/.875 35/.629 102/.697 66/.672 4/.833 57/.804 78/.574 63/.601 77/.413 .716
Road 151/.920 26/.478 80/.624 54/.717 / 67/.708 50/.626 49/.499 59/.570
Last 28d days 80/.634 44/.638 53/.684 129/.681 9/.730 53/.850 42/.661 49/.748 54/.412
HR/SB/CS 8/4/4 1/1/0 4/3/2 3/8/2 0/2/0 2/0/1 0/6/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 52/48/28
Usage ········ ·o·····X X·X·X·X· ····X··· ··o····X ·o·····X X·o·o··o o·o·oo·o o·X·oo··

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.