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Game Preview: DET @ ATL, 4:00pm, Saturday, June 26, 2010 @Turner Field

Tigers, 39-33, 39-33 2nd, ½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (25, RHP, 4-6, 5.67)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-6)			73.0	81	51	46	27	67	12	5.67
2009 (9-11)			170.1	166	94	78	63	174	20	4.12
2008 (0-4)			56.0	48	24	19	21	66	5	3.05

Last 7 GS		3-4	41.0	42	24	23	16	46	6	5.05	50
2010-06-20	ARI	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	118	71
2010-06-15	WSN	W	6.0	7	4	3	2	9	1	112	51
2010-06-10	@CHW	L	7.1	5	3	3	1	7	2	107	62
2010-06-04	@KCR	L	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	0	85	30
2010-05-30	OAK	W	5.2	2	0	0	4	14	0	113	75
2010-05-14	BOS	L	5.0	6	6	6	2	1	3	109	30
2010-05-09	@CLE	L	5.0	9	5	5	3	4	0	105	30

Last 5 v.ATL		1-2	14.2	20	17	11	7	15	4	6.75	37
2009-08-17	@ATL	L	5.0	6	9	3	1	7	2	93	37
2009-05-31	ATL	L	3.2	10	8	8	3	4	2	86	10
2009-05-16	@ATL	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	97	65

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

 Home:   25-11   Road:   14-22   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  26-25   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  5-2    vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 11-11 IL:10-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Fri, Jun 25  @ATL  L   1-3       39-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 24  @NYM  W   6-5       39-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 23  @NYM  L   0-5       38-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 22  @NYM  L   6-14      38-31  2nd  1.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 20   ARI  W   3-1       38-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 19   ARI  L   5-6       37-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 18   ARI  W   7-5       37-29  2nd  0.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 17   WSN  W   8-3       36-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 16   WSN  W   8-3       35-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 15   WSN  W   7-4       34-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Braves, 43-31, 43-31 1st, ½ up

SP: Kenshin Kawakami (35, RHP, 0-9, 4.78)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-9)			75.1	85	47	40	25	51	9	4.78
2009 (7-12)			156.1	153	73	67	57	105	15	3.86

Last 7 GS		0-3	38.0	42	20	16	13	28	3	3.79	49
2010-06-20	KCR	ND	2.0	6	5	4	0	1	0	36	27
2010-06-15	TBR	L	5.0	7	5	2	3	6	1	100	42
2010-06-09	@ARI	ND	6.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	111	68
2010-06-04	@LAD	L	6.1	9	5	5	3	4	0	110	36
2010-05-30	PIT	ND	6.2	4	2	2	2	2	1	93	58
2010-05-25	@FLA	L	6.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	79	48
2010-05-19	CIN	ND	6.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	79	66

Has never faced DET as starter.

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

 Home:   25-7    Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  31-18   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:15-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 8-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Fri, Jun 25   DET  W   3-1       43-31  1st  0.5 up
 73 Thu, Jun 24  @CHW  L   0-2       42-31  1st  0.5 up
 72 Wed, Jun 23  @CHW  L   2-4       42-30  1st  0.5 up
 71 Tue, Jun 22  @CHW  L   6-9       42-29  1st  1.5 up
 70 Sun, Jun 20   KCR  W   8-5       42-28  1st  2.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 19   KCR  W   5-4       41-28  1st  1.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 18   KCR  W   6-4       40-28  1st  0.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 17   TBR  W   3-1       39-28  1st  0.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 16   TBR  W   6-2       38-28  1st  0.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 15   TBR  L   4-10      37-28  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 ATL  3  DET  1        W:Kris Medlen (5-1), L: Andrew Oliver (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (15)

Sun, Jun 24, 2007 DET  5 @ATL  0        W:Andrew Miller (3-1), L: Chuck James (6-7), S: Chad Durbin (1)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 DET  2 @ATL  1        W:Justin Verlander (9-2), L: Kyle Davies (3-7), S: Todd Jones (18)
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 DET  5 @ATL  0        W:Kenny Rogers (1-0), L: John Smoltz (8-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 10, 2004 DET  7  ATL  4        W:Mike Maroth (5-3), L: Antonio Alfonseca (5-2), S: Ugueth Urbina (9)
Wed, Jun 09, 2004 DET  4  ATL  2        W:Craig Dingman (1-0), L: John Thomson (5-3), S: Ugueth Urbina (8)
Tue, Jun 08, 2004 ATL  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Chris Reitsma (2-1), L: Danny Patterson (0-3), S: John Smoltz (9)
Thu, Jun 20, 2002 ATL  3  DET  2        W:Kerry Ligtenberg (1-3), L: Juan Acevedo (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 19, 2002 ATL  4  DET  1        W:Kevin Millwood (4-5), L: Mike Maroth (1-1), S: John Smoltz (22)
Tue, Jun 18, 2002 DET  6 @ATL  0        W:Jeff Weaver (5-8), L: Jason Marquis (5-4), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - ATL leads 1-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 8-5

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

BOS 5.52

COL 4.60

PIT 3.33

RA/G

SDP 3.27

FLA 4.44

ARI 5.73

R. Cano .361

H. Kendrick .278

A. Ramirez .165

OBP

J. Morneau .451

R. Martin .351

A. Ramirez .233

SLG

B. Boesch .624

G. Soto .454

L. Valbuena .245

OPS

J. Morneau 1.072

C. Young .802

A. Ramirez .513

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.60

J. Cueto 3.97

K. Davies 6.15

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.44

A. Harang 6.70

J. Lannan 2.88

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Tigers Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 40.Saito
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/121 .241/.328/.362/.690 .543/.698 .599 49/.949 2/0 3/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 207/160 .344/.396/.624/1.020 1.418/.904 .968 97/1.128 2/0 11/4

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 9/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 14/.599 304/234 .331/.408/.620/1.028 1.134/.998 1.087 103/.961 2/2 19/9

18.Damon* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 8/.661 3/.000 ··· 7/.858 288/216 .270/.366/.395/.761 .853/.731 .727 88/.658 5/1 3/1

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 166/122 .283/.337/.461/.798 .629/.857 .813 90/.782 1/1 5/3

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 283/208 .262/.332/.413/.745 .827/.715 .691 91/.927 0/1 6/5

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 278/201 .301/.349/.405/.754 .470/.864 .754 69/.534 11/2 1/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/84 .214/.261/.262/.523 .222/.547 .488 47/.439 1/0 1/1

12.Laird G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 159/95 .176/.248/.232/.481 .560/.427 .362 43/.523 1/1 1/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 278/214 .322/.396/.510/.906 1.269/.800 .871 76/.924 1/0 10/2

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 118/68 .206/.291/.363/.653 .941/.442 .595 52/.756 1/0 2/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 179/154 .260/.341/.325/.666 .560/.685 .718 61/.662 1/0 2/4

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/32 .260/.288/.320/.608 .783/.491 .597 28/.558 0/0 0/0

IP 75.1 27.2 7.2 74.1 29.1 28.0 26.2 31.1 30.1 TOTAL .272/.341/.421/.762 .819/.744 .739 .786 30/9 65/63

ERA-K/9

4.78/6.1

6.18/8.1

2.35/8.2

3.15/6.5

3.07/8.0

2.25/7.7

3.38/12.1

1.44/10.1

1.19/13.7

3.74/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (15-8-1)
Laird (29-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 336/.285 118/.259 29/.207 296/.259 130/.266 114/.228 108/.184 131/.183 119/.163 .247 Ordonez
Jackson
Damon
Boesch
Raburn
Kelly
Guillen 0/0/57/7
0/63/0/2
25/4/0/2
30/0/15/1
14/5/6/1
34/8/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .823 .783 .586 .694 .714 .627 .569 .536 .516 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.859 43/.897 13/.769 139/.705 41/.948 56/.562 48/.533 48/.446 26/.279 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.792 75/.718 16/.438 157/.683 89/.618 58/.689 60/.594 83/.588 93/.583 .682

Home 134/.774 43/.685 12/.667 140/.696 44/.643 56/.628 35/.473 73/.549 60/.465

Last 28d days 121/.814 25/.432 26/.577 129/.605 35/.941 31/.667 18/.673 54/.554 43/.364

HR/SB/CS 9/5/2 5/0/0 1/0/0 8/2/1 1/7/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 56/39/20

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·····X·· X·····X· o····Xoo o····Xoo ·oX····· o·····o· o····XoX

Braves Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 59.Ni*
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blanco* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 22/17 .368/.455/.421/.876 1.100/.812 1.339 22/.876 1/0 0/0

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 18/.973 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 245/165 .267/.325/.339/.664 .680/.657 .631 86/.773 3/1 2/2

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/54 .279/.323/.590/.913 .481/1.020 .765 29/.893 3/0 4/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 12/1.227 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 246/178 .246/.348/.294/.642 .727/.611 .535 99/.824 5/0 0/8

25.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 9/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.833 1/2.000 3/.667 302/208 .270/.371/.477/.847 .931/.811 .885 107/1.025 0/0 14/5

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 303/208 .251/.366/.455/.821 .674/.891 .828 118/.539 5/4 11/4

18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 16/.558 1/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 155/145 .309/.374/.540/.914 .633/.933 .943 67/.770 0/0 5/1

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 165/112 .301/.335/.373/.708 .505/.800 .902 67/.630 3/1 1/7

10.Jones# G/S/vP 10/1.375 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 10/.400 ··· 246/164 .255/.386/.380/.766 .773/.763 .930 69/.805 5/0 4/6

16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.750 ··· 249/176 .261/.378/.444/.822 .711/.869 .805 87/.841 3/1 9/6

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 344/245 .330/.370/.470/.839 .778/.864 .937 115/.868 2/3 7/2

8.Ross G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 79/35 .281/.403/.359/.762 .827/.671 .875 24/.785 0/1 0/1

IP 73.0 81.1 30.0 44.0 6.2 21.2 33.2 31.1 36.1 TOTAL .262/.348/.396/.744 .681/.771 .797 .766 36/13 60/60

ERA-K/9

5.67/8.3

4.20/6.9

3.00/6.9

3.68/3.3

0.00/2.7

5.40/8.3

4.54/3.7

0.57/8.1

1.98/8.2

4.25/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (32-14-2)
Ross (7-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 316/.292 342/.254 127/.250 178/.230 23/.111 104/.287 157/.305 113/.101 147/.231 .257 Cabrera
Infante
Hinske
Heyward
Blanco 44/24/8/5
7/0/0/1
25/0/0/0
0/0/68/0
7/11/0/0

OPS .844 .692 .629 .657 .372 .814 .806 .365 .565 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.771 168/.790 61/.644 89/.696 10/.300 39/.804 57/.631 64/.462 67/.544 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.929 174/.601 66/.614 89/.618 13/.413 65/.819 100/.908 49/.249 80/.583 .717

Road 174/.824 183/.740 57/.653 69/.925 7/.452 59/.780 86/.870 50/.400 72/.566

Last 28d days 128/.676 141/.805 29/.609 128/.591 23/.372 29/1.117 38/.843 36/.174 38/.554

HR/SB/CS 12/8/5 8/8/4 1/1/0 5/3/1 0/0/0 2/1/2 1/0/1 1/0/0 0/4/0 55/44/21

Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ·Xo····o ·X·····X ··oo··X· ···X··o· o··X···X ·o···o·o ·oX··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.