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Game Preview: ATL @ ARI, 9:40pm, Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @Chase Field

Braves, 33-25, 33-251st, 2 up

SP: Kris Medlen (24, RHP, 3-1, 2.79)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-1)			48.1	51	17	15	9	36	4	2.79
2009 (3-5)			67.2	65	34	32	30	72	5	4.26

Last 7 GS		3-0	39.2	45	15	14	10	32	5	3.18	52
2010-06-03	@LAD	W	7.1	6	3	2	0	4	0	96	60
2010-05-29	PIT	W	6.0	9	3	3	2	4	1	89	44
2010-05-23	@PIT	ND	5.2	7	2	2	2	2	0	97	47
2010-05-18	NYM	ND	6.1	4	2	2	2	6	2	90	61
2010-05-08	@PHI	ND	4.1	9	1	1	0	3	0	88	44
2009-07-12	@COL	ND	4.0	6	3	3	3	4	2	76	39
2009-05-31	@ARI	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	91	68

Last 5 v.ARI		1-0	6.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	1.50	68
2009-05-31	@ARI	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	91	68

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

 Home:   19-6    Road:   14-19   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  23-16   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:15-6    vsWest:  9-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Mon, Jun  7  @ARI  L   4-7       33-25  1st  2.0 up
 57 Sun, Jun  6  @LAD  L   4-5 (11)  33-24  1st  2.0 up
 56 Sat, Jun  5  @LAD  W   9-3       33-23  1st  2.0 up
 55 Fri, Jun  4  @LAD  L   4-5       32-23  1st  2.0 up
 54 Thu, Jun  3  @LAD  W   4-3       32-22  1st  3.0 up
 53 Wed, Jun  2   PHI  W   2-1       31-22  1st  2.5 up
 52 Tue, Jun  1   PHI  W   7-3       30-22  1st  1.5 up
 51 Mon, May 31   PHI  W   9-3       29-22  1st  0.5 up
 50 Sun, May 30   PIT  W   5-2       28-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 29   PIT  W   6-3       27-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9

D'backs, 23-35, 23-355th, 11½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (26, RHP, 3-6, 5.33)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-6)			77.2	77	46	46	28	66	10	5.33
2009 (13-9)			214.0	200	93	86	70	161	27	3.62
2008 (14-11)			183.1	199	91	90	77	108	23	4.42

Last 7 GS		2-4	49.1	41	25	25	19	49	7	4.56	55
2010-06-02	@LAD	ND	9.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	123	84
2010-05-28	@SFG	L	7.0	4	3	3	5	7	0	102	59
2010-05-22	TOR	W	7.2	6	5	5	0	9	2	115	56
2010-05-17	@FLA	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	12	0	114	84
2010-05-12	LAD	L	6.2	7	6	6	4	8	1	121	40
2010-05-07	MIL	L	7.0	6	3	3	4	7	2	103	56
2010-05-02	@CHC	L	4.0	11	8	8	1	0	2	88	7

Has never faced ATL as starter.

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

 Home:   14-13   Road:    9-22   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  18-28   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 7-10   vsWest:  9-20 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Mon, Jun  7   ATL  W   7-4       23-35  5th 11.5 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  6   COL  L   2-3       22-35  5th 11.5 gb
 56 Sat, Jun  5   COL  W   4-3       22-34  5th 10.5 gb
 55 Fri, Jun  4   COL  W   7-6       21-34  5th 11.5 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  2  @LAD  L   0-1 (14)  20-34  5th 12.5 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  1  @LAD  L   0-1 (10)  20-33  5th 11.5 gb
 52 Mon, May 31  @LAD  L   4-5       20-32  5th 11.5 gb
 51 Sun, May 30  @SFG  L   5-6 (10)  20-31  5th 10.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 29  @SFG  L   1-12      20-30  5th  9.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 28  @SFG  L   0-5       20-29  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 07, 2010 ARI  7  ATL  4        W:Dan Haren (6-4), L: Derek Lowe (8-5), S: Chad Qualls (11)
Sun, May 16, 2010 ATL 13  ARI  1        W:Tim Hudson (4-1), L: Dan Haren (4-3), S: none
Sat, May 15, 2010 ARI 11 @ATL  1        W:Rodrigo Lopez (2-2), L: Tommy Hanson (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 14, 2010 ATL  6  ARI  5        W:Billy Wagner (2-0), L: Chad Qualls (0-2), S: none

Mon, Aug 17, 2009 ATL  9  ARI  4        W:Tommy Hanson (8-2), L: Max Scherzer (7-7), S: none
Sun, May 31, 2009 ATL  9 @ARI  3        W:Kris Medlen (1-2), L: Max Scherzer (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 30, 2009 ARI  3  ATL  2 (11)   W:Tony Pena (5-2), L: Jeff Bennett (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 29, 2009 ATL 10 @ARI  6        W:Jair Jurrjens (5-2), L: Jon Garland (4-4), S: none
Thu, May 28, 2009 ARI  5  ATL  2        W:Dan Haren (4-4), L: Derek Lowe (6-3), S: Chad Qualls (12)
Sat, May 16, 2009 ARI 12 @ATL  0        W:Max Scherzer (1-3), L: Kenshin Kawakami (2-5), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 2-2; 2009 - ATL won 4-3; 2008 - ATL won 5-3; All-Time - ATL leads 50-41

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 2010 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 5.51

NYM 4.51

HOU 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.30

CHC 4.42

ARI 5.84

J. Morneau .370

M. Bourn .275

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .483

K. Morales .346

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

J. Morneau .688

D. Jeter .433

G. Beckham .242

OPS

J. Morneau 1.171

J. Damon .785

A. Ramirez .517

ERA

U. Jimenez .93

R. Dempster 3.76

G. Floyd 6.64

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.41

C. Richard 6.65

N. Blackburn 2.27

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Braves Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (5.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 58.Gutierrez
G/S/vB 22.Heilman
G/S/vB 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB 13.Lopez
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 56.Rivera
G/S/vB 49.Rosa
G/S/vB 43.Valdez
G/S/vB 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 3/3 1.000/1.000/1.500/2.500 /2.500 2.000 3/2.500 1/0 0/0

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 21/.600 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 14/.968 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 184/121 .233/.302/.288/.590 .533/.621 .597 63/.707 2/1 1/2

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 42/36 .270/.341/.622/.963 .167/1.090 1.017 19/1.111 2/0 3/0

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 13/.658 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.500 186/136 .247/.341/.296/.637 .693/.617 .745 97/.707 3/0 0/6

25.Glaus G/S/vP 14/.742 ··· 6/.900 3/.333 21/.881 5/.933 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 234/160 .279/.372/.478/.849 .961/.801 .768 105/.964 0/0 11/5

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 230/159 .266/.396/.511/.906 .864/.926 .928 119/.788 4/3 10/4

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 11/.273 ··· 1/2.000 9/1.111 39/.788 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 113/105 .323/.398/.566/.964 .393/1.007 .938 73/.991 0/0 4/1

4.Infante G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 5/.400 4/.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 134/93 .312/.351/.392/.743 .590/.808 .679 54/.819 2/1 1/7

10.Jones# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 17/1.659 3/.000 13/.564 5/1.000 22/.282 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 189/127 .240/.392/.367/.758 .803/.736 .669 77/.742 3/0 3/5

16.McCann* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 8/1.911 3/1.666 6/.666 4/.000 11/.819 ··· ··· 1/.000 193/142 .255/.383/.420/.804 .682/.848 .842 78/.832 1/1 6/5

24.McLouth* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/5.000 8/.679 2/.000 3/2.000 4/.666 6/1.667 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 201/147 .175/.296/.283/.579 .393/.652 .391 88/.573 4/2 3/1

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 7/1.000 3/1.167 4/.000 2/2.000 8/1.089 ··· 1/5.000 3/.333 274/195 .325/.365/.454/.819 .774/.838 .723 124/.844 1/3 5/2

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 64/27 .300/.435/.380/.815 .879/.716 .684 34/1.128 0/1 0/1

IP 77.2 18.1 25.1 75.1 78.0 20.2 3.2 8.2 19.1 20.0 TOTAL .258/.350/.393/.743 .682/.769 .698 .811 25/12 47/50

ERA-K/9

5.33/7.6

10.31/7.9

2.84/7.5

3.46/7.8

4.27/5.2

6.53/8.7

22.09/2.4

7.27/7.2

5.59/5.6

4.50/9.9

5.47/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (26-10-2)
Ross (7-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 325/.266 87/.299 104/.226 310/.229 338/.287 101/.348 25/.550 43/.324 88/.295 86/.230 .284 Cabrera
McLouth
Infante
Heyward
Blanco
Hinske 34/12/8/3
0/51/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/52/0
4/1/0/0
18/0/0/0

OPS .778 1.112 .656 .738 .803 .955 1.433 .748 .811 .729 .834

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.853 39/1.263 53/.486 150/.708 158/.875 49/1.080 8/.929 18/.911 39/.899 47/.804 .831

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.725 48/.992 51/.845 160/.767 180/.737 52/.841 17/1.647 25/.623 49/.739 39/.636 .837

Home 173/.803 39/.914 38/.272 134/.667 172/.866 56/.790 6/1.100 19/1.110 40/.953 39/.690

Last 28d days 148/.555 24/1.731 50/.690 128/.754 146/.829 43/.905 25/1.433 43/.748 41/.668 39/.550

HR/SB/CS 10/7/0 10/3/0 3/1/0 14/2/4 12/11/0 3/1/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/1/1 92/48/11

Usage ·····X·· ······o· o·X··XX· ···X···· ·X·····X X·oo···· ········ X·X··X·· ·X···X·· X··X···X

D'backs Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

6.Drew* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 226/183 .289/.353/.466/.818 .595/.866 .923 95/.730 4/1 4/3

28.Hester G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/31 .171/.244/.244/.488 .536/.467 .410 17/.364 1/0 0/0

34.Jackson G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 148/118 .242/.338/.336/.674 .727/.661 .760 83/.749 4/1 1/1

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.661 238/179 .267/.371/.535/.906 1.090/.841 1.136 101/.815 5/2 12/5

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 5/.200 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.500 217/171 .255/.350/.452/.802 1.036/.735 .775 93/.783 0/0 7/6

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 29/24 .154/.179/.192/.371 1.000/.261 .552 12/.417 0/0 0/0

18.Parra* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 107/105 .243/.271/.350/.621 .000/.633 .768 32/.615 0/0 0/0

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.000 4/1.167 2/.500 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.666 232/186 .215/.323/.467/.790 .997/.740 .911 88/.709 3/1 13/5

14.Roberts G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 12/10 .250/.250/.333/.583 .000/.700 1.667 12/.583 0/0 0/0

4.Ryal G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 59/40 .315/.362/.426/.788 1.015/.683 .803 29/.583 0/0 2/1

19.Snyder G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 4/.917 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 173/143 .203/.337/.406/.743 .762/.738 .694 72/.666 0/0 8/1

10.Upton G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 5/2.300 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 242/189 .245/.322/.431/.753 .677/.771 .733 95/.831 8/2 9/1

24.Young G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 233/190 .270/.330/.450/.781 .784/.779 .990 92/.656 8/1 9/3

IP 48.1 23.1 62.1 5.1 2.2 24.0 23.1 24.1 22.1 TOTAL .250/.327/.422/.749 .819/.731 .831 .695 34/9 67/40

ERA-K/9

2.79/6.7

7.33/8.5

4.91/5.2

1.69/17.0

0.00/10.0

2.63/8.2

2.31/7.7

1.11/9.3

1.61/14.1

3.79/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hester (11-0-3)
Snyder (32-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.287 103/.269 271/.281 29/.190 9/.111 105/.283 93/.229 99/.171 88/.169 .249 Young
Parra
Jackson
Roberts
Upton
Ryal 0/57/0/4
23/1/5/3
31/0/0/2
1/0/0/1
0/0/55/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .726 .843 .819 .700 .222 .702 .618 .501 .555 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.711 37/.997 122/.855 12/.697 2/.000 33/.875 44/.573 34/.408 19/.217 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.739 66/.758 149/.790 17/.671 7/.286 72/.629 49/.656 65/.550 69/.650 .695

Road 107/.698 60/.963 177/.883 18/.746 9/.222 74/.682 49/.653 42/.457 45/.574

Last 28d days 103/.781 44/1.030 125/.734 22/.659 9/.222 45/.660 40/.810 50/.520 46/.623

HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 5/0/0 8/3/2 0/3/0 0/0/0 0/6/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 44/33/15

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

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.