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Game Preview: ATL @ PHI, 3:10pm, Saturday, May 8, 2010 @Citizens Bank Park

Braves, 12-17, 12-175th, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Kris Medlen (24, RHP, 1-1, 2.55)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-1)			17.2	16	6	5	3	16	1	2.55
2009 (3-5)			67.2	65	34	32	30	72	5	4.26

Last 7 GS		1-2	18.1	17	13	13	11	19	2	6.38	46
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
2009-05-26	@SFG	L	5.1	4	4	4	2	3	0	85	45
2009-05-21	COL	L	3.0	3	5	5	5	3	0	80	31

Has never faced PHI as starter.

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

 Home:    8-4    Road:    4-13   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   9-11   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  2-8    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  5-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  7  @PHI  L   0-7       12-17  5th  6.0 gb
 28 Thu, May  6  @WSN  L   2-3       12-16  5th  5.0 gb
 27 Wed, May  5  @WSN  W   7-6 (10)  12-15  5th  4.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  4  @WSN  L   3-6       11-15  5th  4.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  2   HOU  W   7-1       11-14  5th  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, May  1   HOU  W  10-1       10-14  5th  4.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 30   HOU  W   4-2        9-14  5th  5.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 29  @STL  L   4-10       8-14  5th  5.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @STL  L   0-6        8-13  5th  4.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @STL  L   4-5        8-12  5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-17

Phillies, 18-11, 18-111st, 2 up

SP: Joe Blanton (29, RHP, 0-1, 5.40)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			6.2	10	4	4	1	4	1	5.40
2009 (12-8)			195.1	198	89	88	59	163	30	4.05
2008 (9-12)			197.2	211	110	103	66	111	22	4.69

Last 7 GS		3-3	42.0	46	25	25	18	36	6	5.36	47
2010-05-03	STL	L	6.2	10	4	4	1	4	1	94	41
2009-10-02	FLA	L	6.0	9	5	5	2	3	0	106	35
2009-09-27	@MIL	W	5.2	7	5	5	4	4	2	124	35
2009-09-22	@FLA	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	111	80
2009-09-16	WSN	W	6.0	5	0	0	4	7	0	106	65
2009-09-10	@WSN	L	4.2	7	8	8	4	4	2	99	18
2009-09-05	@HOU	ND	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	100	52

Last 5 v.ATL		1-1	31.0	35	19	18	11	23	5	5.23	47
2009-08-30	ATL	W	7.0	3	1	1	4	7	1	111	70
2009-08-14	@ATL	ND	7.0	7	2	1	1	2	0	108	58
2009-06-30	@ATL	ND	5.0	8	3	3	3	3	1	93	39
2009-05-09	ATL	L	8.0	8	6	6	1	5	2	110	46
2009-04-08	ATL	ND	4.0	9	7	7	2	6	1	89	20

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

 Home:    9-5    Road:    9-6    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  16-6    vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl: 6-1    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  7   ATL  W   7-0       18-11  1st  2.0 up
 28 Thu, May  6   STL  W   7-2       17-11  1st  2.0 up
 27 Wed, May  5   STL  W   4-0       16-11  1st  1.5 up
 26 Tue, May  4   STL  W   2-1 (10)  15-11  1st  0.5 up
 25 Mon, May  3   STL  L   3-6       14-11  1st  0.5 up
 24 Sun, May  2   NYM  W  11-5       14-10  1st  0.5 up
 23 Sat, May  1   NYM  W  10-0       13-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 30   NYM  L   1-9       12-10  3rd  1.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @SFG  W   7-6 (11)  12-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @SFG  L   2-6       11-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 07, 2010 PHI  7  ATL  0        W:Jamie Moyer (4-2), L: Derek Lowe (4-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 22, 2010 PHI  8 @ATL  3        W:Jamie Moyer (2-1), L: Derek Lowe (3-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 PHI  2 @ATL  0        W:Roy Halladay (4-0), L: Tim Hudson (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 ATL  4  PHI  3 (10)   W:Billy Wagner (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 20, 2009 PHI  4 @ATL  2        W:Tyler Walker (2-0), L: Tommy Hanson (10-4), S: Brad Lidge (31)
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 ATL  6  PHI  4        W:Javier Vazquez (14-9), L: Pedro Martinez (5-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 18, 2009 PHI  9 @ATL  4        W:Kyle Kendrick (2-1), L: Tim Hudson (1-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 30, 2009 PHI  3  ATL  2        W:Joe Blanton (9-6), L: Jair Jurrjens (10-9), S: Brad Lidge (27)
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 ATL  9 @PHI  1  (8)   W:Derek Lowe (13-8), L: Cliff Lee (12-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 PHI  4  ATL  2        W:Jamie Moyer (12-9), L: Tommy Hanson (9-3), S: Brad Lidge (26)
Season Series: 2010 - PHI leads 3-1; 2009 - ATL won 10-8; 2008 - PHI won 14-4; All-Time - ATL leads 1188-1084

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

TBR 5.93

SDP 4.55

HOU 2.76

RA/G

TBR 2.97

DET 4.66

PIT 6.34

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

U. Jimenez .87

K. Correia 3.97

R. Porcello 7.50

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.91

K. Davies 6.48

N. Blackburn 2.48

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Braves Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Blanton
G/S/vB 55.Baez
G/S/vB 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 37.Durbin
G/S/vB 57.Herndon
G/S/vB 38.Kendrick
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 50.Moyer*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.000 14/.398 7/.572 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 106/72 .185/.279/.217/.496 .373/.556 .438 81/.504 0/1 0/1

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/11 .182/.250/.364/.614 .000/.673 .619 11/.673 1/0 0/0

23.Diaz G/S/vP 5/.600 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 8/.750 7/1.096 24/.825 66/36 .180/.231/.246/.477 .519/.441 .470 56/.482 2/0 0/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 14/.972 1/.000 ··· 7/.453 ··· 14/.220 10/.476 20/.650 89/64 .215/.295/.266/.561 .583/.552 .635 65/.553 2/0 0/3

25.Glaus G/S/vP 20/.367 4/1.250 9/1.000 14/1.012 ··· 6/.666 5/1.933 70/1.112 110/73 .242/.336/.326/.663 .685/.651 .661 86/.689 0/0 2/2

27.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 17/.647 11/.586 20/.616 10/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 36/.820 31/27 .276/.323/.414/.736 .500/.773 .541 27/.576 0/0 0/1

4.Infante G/S/vP 6/.833 4/.333 39/.760 9/.111 ··· 6/.334 4/.000 18/.516 61/42 .276/.311/.379/.691 .325/.856 .593 47/.741 2/0 1/4

10.Jones# G/S/vP 13/.718 3/.000 ··· 8/1.300 1/3.000 19/1.526 16/1.352 26/.968 103/70 .222/.388/.370/.759 .751/.755 .566 92/.739 2/0 2/4

16.McCann* G/S/vP 17/1.162 1/.000 ··· 5/.450 1/.000 21/.985 13/.725 28/.989 96/71 .243/.396/.378/.774 .660/.816 .838 76/.729 1/0 2/4

24.McLouth* G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 2/5.000 6/1.467 ··· 11/1.264 1/.000 9/.222 93/70 .179/.301/.308/.609 .478/.656 .435 74/.609 1/2 2/1

14.Prado G/S/vP 10/1.778 1/2.000 ··· 7/1.300 1/2.000 4/1.000 7/1.428 23/.982 129/92 .319/.375/.431/.806 .776/.818 .716 104/.683 0/2 1/1

8.Ross G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 4/.000 5/.000 29/10 .231/.310/.231/.541 .663/.311 .417 25/.497 0/1 0/1

5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

2.Schafer* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 / /// / / / /

IP 6.2 12.0 8.2 13.1 10.2 30.2 9.0 39.0 TOTAL .232/.327/.343/.670 .592/.706 .612 .653 11/6 18/30

ERA-K/9

5.40/5.4

6.75/4.5

1.04/14.5

2.03/6.1

5.06/3.4

5.87/4.4

7.00/10.0

4.38/4.6

3.72/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (11-6-0)
Ross (3-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 30/.357 52/.222 31/.167 53/.178 49/.435 135/.289 42/.333 159/.247 .259 McLouth
Cabrera
Diaz 0/25/0/1
18/8/4/1
15/0/0/0

OPS .938 .841 .500 .527 1.013 .926 .945 .711 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.833 20/1.200 15/.714 23/.620 18/.801 65/1.029 20/1.011 21/.568 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 21/.981 32/.650 16/.313 30/.459 31/1.137 70/.831 22/.887 138/.732 .756

Home 30/.938 27/.924 12/.250 23/.419 15/.867 62/.987 16/.646 78/.528

Last 28d days 30/.938 42/.861 24/.522 42/.595 35/1.108 117/.897 32/.961 131/.659

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 6/1/1 2/3/0 7/2/1 31/20/7

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

Phillies Batters (5.48 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.38 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 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 40.Saito
G/S/vB 68.Venters*
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Castro G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 11/.000 70/52 .258/.271/.303/.574 .572/.575 .606 70/.574 0/0 0/3

19.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 25/23 .217/.280/.478/.758 .000/.828 .833 21/.836 0/0 1/0

10.Francisco G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 21/12 .222/.300/.278/.578 .708/.473 .619 19/.572 0/0 0/0

3.Gload* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 19/19 .263/.263/.263/.526 /.526 .000 17/.471 0/0 0/0

6.Howard* G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 6/1.000 5/.933 7/.629 1/.000 2/.000 14/.690 129/85 .287/.326/.484/.809 .608/.914 .679 103/.648 0/0 5/3

29.Ibanez* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 6/1.000 4/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/87 .250/.357/.413/.770 .638/.811 .699 87/.787 0/0 2/1

27.Polanco G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 14/.142 126/94 .280/.310/.432/.742 .737/.742 .680 100/.590 1/0 4/1

11.Rollins# G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 6/.000 9/1.194 7/.000 3/.333 ··· 10/.100 31/27 .391/.516/.739/1.255 .833/1.319 4/1.750 2/0 1/0

51.Ruiz G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 6/1.100 7/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.000 93/73 .315/.452/.425/.876 .857/.879 1.081 78/.871 0/0 1/0

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.000 21/19 .118/.250/.118/.368 /.328 .333 12/.432 0/0 0/1

26.Utley* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 6/.000 3/1.667 11/.788 1/.000 2/.500 12/.781 133/93 .302/.444/.594/1.038 1.550/.847 1.321 107/1.018 1/1 8/3

8.Victorino# G/S/vP 4/1.167 3/.000 6/.933 5/1.800 7/.000 3/.333 2/.000 7/.929 131/99 .240/.267/.448/.715 .668/.731 .892 106/.754 3/1 6/0

28.Werth G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.666 9/.958 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.850 119/91 .359/.420/.689/1.109 1.162/1.090 1.307 94/1.131 1/1 6/1

IP 17.2 13.1 26.1 11.1 11.2 11.0 10.2 10.0 TOTAL .271/.341/.450/.791 .809/.785 .831 .748 8/3 34/17

ERA-K/9

2.55/8.1

4.73/8.8

5.47/3.8

2.38/9.6

2.31/6.9

3.27/10.6

1.69/5.9

1.80/13.5

4.18/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ruiz (17-5-1)
Schneider (3-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 69/.250 54/.240 117/.298 51/.262 45/.150 47/.186 45/.167 39/.147 .249 Werth
Ibanez
Francisco
Victorino
Gload
Dobbs 0/1/27/2
26/0/0/1
4/0/3/1
0/28/0/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .592 .643 .852 .690 .494 .534 .528 .521 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.534 21/.496 57/.989 19/1.150 21/.554 22/.483 14/.630 5/.200 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.633 33/.733 60/.722 32/.457 24/.440 25/.573 31/.483 34/.565 .665

Road 35/.608 35/.960 93/.828 32/.733 21/.654 37/.600 22/.767 22/.707

Last 28d days 54/.553 43/.686 117/.852 37/.799 37/.552 37/.650 45/.528 27/.350

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 0/2/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 24/14/9

Usage ··o··X·· X··X···· ···X···· ·oX···o· ·X·o··o· ··X··X·· X··o··X· ··o··o·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.