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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @Nationals Park

Braves, 57-42, 57-42 1st, 3½ up

SP: Tim Hudson (34, RHP, 10-5, 2.47)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-5)			135.0	104	38	37	48	67	10	2.47
2009 (2-1)			42.1	49	17	17	13	30	4	3.61
2008 (11-7)			142.0	125	53	50	40	85	11	3.17

Last 7 GS		4-3	49.2	35	14	14	18	31	4	2.54	61
2010-07-22	SDP	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	101	72
2010-07-17	MIL	L	6.2	6	6	6	4	2	1	98	36
2010-07-10	@NYM	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	92	70
2010-07-04	FLA	L	8.0	6	3	3	1	7	1	108	64
2010-06-28	WSN	W	7.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	113	70
2010-06-23	@CHW	L	7.0	6	4	4	3	4	2	100	50
2010-06-17	TBR	W	7.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	103	66

Last 5 v.WSN		3-0	34.1	36	10	9	8	22	2	2.36	57
2010-06-28	WSN	W	7.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	113	70
2010-05-06	@WSN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	2	96	63
2009-10-04	WSN	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	93	64
2008-07-18	WSN	W	6.2	9	5	5	1	2	0	88	37
2008-04-21	WSN	W	6.2	10	2	1	2	3	0	95	49

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

 Home:   34-13   Road:   23-29   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  40-26   vsLHP:  17-16   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:17-8    vsWest: 13-10 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Tue, Jul 27  @WSN  L   0-3       57-42  1st  3.5 up
 98 Sun, Jul 25  @FLA  L   4-5 (11)  57-41  1st  5.0 up
 97 Sat, Jul 24  @FLA  W  10-5       57-40  1st  6.0 up
 96 Fri, Jul 23  @FLA  L   6-7       56-40  1st  6.0 up
 95 Thu, Jul 22   SDP  W   8-0       56-39  1st  7.0 up
 94 Wed, Jul 21   SDP  L   4-6 (12)  55-39  1st  6.5 up
 93 Tue, Jul 20   SDP  W   4-1       55-38  1st  6.5 up
 92 Sun, Jul 18   MIL  W  11-6       54-38  1st  5.0 up
 91 Sat, Jul 17   MIL  L   3-6       53-38  1st  4.5 up
 90 Fri, Jul 16   MIL  L   3-9       53-37  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Nationals, 43-57, 43-57 5th, 14½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (35, RHP, 7-6, 3.12)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-6)			132.2	126	48	46	38	70	9	3.12
2009 (9-12)			183.2	220	112	111	67	102	19	5.44
2008 (13-11)			180.0	257	129	121	43	67	25	6.05

Last 7 GS		2-2	47.0	51	19	18	7	35	1	3.45	54
2010-07-22	@CIN	W	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	102	74
2010-07-17	@FLA	L	6.0	4	2	1	2	6	0	95	62
2010-07-11	SFG	L	5.0	5	5	5	2	4	0	83	39
2010-07-06	SDP	ND	7.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	111	45
2010-07-01	NYM	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	7	0	107	66
2010-06-26	@BAL	ND	6.0	11	5	5	0	4	1	91	34
2010-06-21	KCR	W	7.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	99	61

Last 5 v.ATL		3-0	28.2	35	13	12	12	8	2	3.77	45
2010-05-04	ATL	W	5.1	5	2	1	5	1	1	123	48
2009-10-02	@ATL	W	6.1	9	3	3	1	2	0	93	44
2009-09-27	ATL	ND	6.1	6	3	3	1	2	0	96	50
2009-05-05	@ATL	W	6.1	7	1	1	2	2	0	75	55
2008-09-10	@ATL	ND	4.1	8	4	4	3	1	1	70	29

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

 Home:   26-21   Road:   17-36   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  32-42   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  16-19
 vsEast: 17-17   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest: 10-13 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 27   ATL  W   3-0       43-57  5th 14.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 25  @MIL  L   3-8       42-57  5th 15.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 24  @MIL  L   3-4       42-56  5th 15.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 23  @MIL  L   5-7       42-55  5th 14.5 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 22  @CIN  W   7-1       42-54  5th 14.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 21  @CIN  W   8-5       41-54  5th 14.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 20  @CIN  L   7-8       40-54  5th 15.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 19  @CIN  L   2-7       40-53  5th 14.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 18  @FLA  L   0-1       40-52  5th 14.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @FLA  L   0-2       40-51  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 WSN  3  ATL  0        W:Miguel Batista (1-2), L: Tommy Hanson (8-7), S: Matt Capps (25)
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 ATL  4  WSN  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (1-3), L: J.D. Martin (0-4), S: Billy Wagner (16)
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 WSN  7 @ATL  2        W:Craig Stammen (2-2), L: Derek Lowe (9-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 28, 2010 ATL  5  WSN  0        W:Tim Hudson (8-3), L: Stephen Strasburg (2-2), S: none
Thu, May 06, 2010 WSN  3  ATL  2        W:Tyler Clippard (4-0), L: Eric O'Flaherty (1-1), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 ATL  7 @WSN  6 (10)   W:Kris Medlen (1-1), L: Matt Capps (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (3)
Tue, May 04, 2010 WSN  6  ATL  3        W:Livan Hernandez (4-1), L: Kenshin Kawakami (0-5), S: Matt Capps (11)

Sun, Oct 04, 2009 WSN  2 @ATL  1 (15)   W:Logan Kensing (1-2), L: Boone Logan (1-1), S: none
Sat, Oct 03, 2009 WSN  6 @ATL  4 (11)   W:Zack Segovia (1-0), L: Manny Acosta (1-1), S: Logan Kensing (1)
Fri, Oct 02, 2009 WSN  6 @ATL  3        W:Livan Hernandez (9-12), L: Derek Lowe (15-10), S: Mike MacDougal (20)
Season Series: 2010 - WSN over 4-3; 2009 - ATL won 10-8; 2008 - WSN won 12-6; All-Time - ATL leads 292-262

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 5.42

FLA 4.49

SEA 3.28

RA/G

SDP 3.47

FLA 4.39

ARI 5.69

B. Posey .366

J. Tabata .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Rios .357

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .651

B. Phillips .461

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.073

V. Martinez .809

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.72

D. Braden 3.77

N. Blackburn 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.96

J. Danks 6.80

N. Blackburn 3.03

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Braves Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 56.Atilano
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB 58.Storen
G/S/vB 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 66/55 .310/.394/.362/.756 .788/.749 .525 26/.641 1/2 0/1

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.364 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/1.000 333/227 .267/.323/.363/.687 .728/.667 .725 68/.814 4/1 3/3

27.Clevlen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .250/.250/.500/.750 .000/3.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0

26.Conrad# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/78 .241/.308/.506/.814 .561/.870 .939 21/.544 4/0 5/1

23.Diaz G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/63 .252/.294/.445/.739 .903/.567 .669 47/1.182 2/1 4/1

25.Glaus G/S/vP 14/.812 3/.333 15/.650 4/.833 6/.334 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 398/275 .249/.362/.423/.785 .849/.758 .770 76/.604 0/0 14/7

Gonzalez G/S/vP 45/.278 ··· 22/.374 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 396/303 .264/.306/.491/.796 .747/.811 .813 86/.808 1/0 17/11

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/5.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 353/240 .273/.385/.455/.840 .726/.896 .849 50/.952 7/5 11/4

18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .000/.167/.000/.167 .500/.000 .000 0/ 0/0 0/0

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 27/.805 ··· 9/1.431 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 223/211 .284/.354/.508/.862 1.235/.840 .921 49/.827 0/0 8/1

4.Infante G/S/vP 9/.666 3/3.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 222/145 .327/.357/.394/.752 .603/.828 .707 52/.883 3/3 2/8

10.Jones# G/S/vP 83/1.022 3/2.500 29/.973 8/1.125 4/.500 5/1.850 3/1.167 3/1.167 2/.000 3/1.167 328/219 .255/.378/.395/.773 .721/.799 .648 66/.780 5/0 7/8

16.McCann* G/S/vP 17/1.012 3/.333 9/.730 7/.429 6/.334 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 347/247 .271/.380/.459/.839 .769/.868 .831 79/.914 3/1 13/9

24.McLouth* G/S/vP 18/.489 3/.333 10/.311 4/1.167 ··· 7/.533 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 220/166 .168/.279/.265/.544 .393/.596 .364 15/.133 4/2 3/1

14.Prado G/S/vP 10/.900 3/1.667 4/.000 3/1.666 5/.833 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 464/333 .316/.358/.488/.846 .839/.849 .792 97/.804 4/3 13/6

8.Ross G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 4/2.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/40 .269/.374/.346/.720 .718/.723 .701 13/.538 0/1 0/1

IP 132.2 85.2 55.0 34.2 45.0 59.1 16.2 21.1 29.2 54.1 TOTAL .261/.344/.400/.744 .717/.755 .720 .761 42/20 83/80

ERA-K/9

3.12/4.7

5.15/4.2

4.09/6.2

2.86/8.3

2.80/7.4

3.34/10.0

2.16/7.5

3.80/6.3

2.73/7.9

2.32/12.4

4.18/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (53-21-3)
Ross (8-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 552/.254 385/.282 233/.241 154/.245 196/.279 247/.221 64/.183 95/.262 125/.231 217/.216 .270 Cabrera
Heyward
Blanco
McLouth
Diaz
Infante
Clevlen
Hinske 52/35/19/6
0/0/80/1
7/26/0/1
0/57/0/1
30/0/0/1
14/0/6/1
2/0/0/0
39/0/0/0

OPS .663 .813 .722 .655 .733 .663 .568 .681 .594 .561 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.757 176/.867 91/.793 65/.908 89/.697 112/.716 21/.449 38/.384 50/.828 94/.719 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 296/.583 209/.770 142/.677 89/.472 107/.763 135/.618 43/.623 57/.881 75/.445 123/.442 .722

Home 301/.643 170/.830 144/.673 86/.547 118/.724 114/.580 30/.510 35/.473 71/.529 121/.518

Last 28d days 138/.557 63/.997 60/.819 35/.710 40/.592 48/.854 54/.575 31/.647 43/.559 92/.587

HR/SB/CS 9/2/5 11/1/3 7/5/2 2/4/0 5/1/1 4/2/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 3/1/1 86/40/19

Usage ·····X·· ·······X X·XX···· X···X·o· o·o···Xo ···XX·XX ··X·o··· ···o···X o··X··X· ······X·

Nationals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Hudson
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 38.Dunn*
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 236/209 .271/.323/.416/.739 .873/.723 .790 52/.557 7/2 6/3

6.Desmond G/S/vP 10/.444 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 2/1.500 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 328/234 .251/.290/.380/.670 .760/.633 .723 66/.713 9/3 6/23

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 23/1.162 1/no AB ··· 11/1.253 3/.000 8/.875 7/1.286 6/.500 2/.000 12/.258 410/283 .278/.366/.559/.925 .808/.978 .951 87/.966 0/0 23/5

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 88/56 .301/.333/.398/.731 .808/.686 .723 14/1.000 0/0 0/2

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 58/.435 4/.833 ··· 9/.666 1/.000 8/1.100 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 8/.715 345/229 .283/.327/.362/.689 .791/.640 .793 69/.587 4/2 2/9

22.Harris* G/S/vP 11/.697 2/.000 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 162/144 .188/.292/.362/.654 .715/.646 .778 35/.993 2/2 5/1

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 62/.662 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 5/.800 ··· ··· 226/198 .258/.333/.333/.667 .923/.631 .692 42/.799 11/0 2/8

30.Maxwell G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 53/18 .105/.340/.211/.550 .805/.111 .611 6/.167 3/1 1/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.500 2/1.500 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 414/297 .259/.319/.319/.637 .617/.645 .699 87/.633 27/13 0/5

28.Morse G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 90/41 .345/.389/.619/1.008 .998/1.020 1.067 34/1.140 0/0 6/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 131/108 .183/.220/.250/.470 .232/.521 .522 20/.610 0/0 1/3

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 31/1.208 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.750 264/196 .264/.289/.344/.633 .874/.549 .709 65/.376 2/3 1/2

16.Willingham G/S/vP 23/.274 3/1.000 ··· 6/1.867 2/1.000 10/1.200 2/1.000 6/.533 1/no AB 9/1.158 388/289 .274/.401/.478/.878 1.003/.837 1.008 78/.769 8/0 15/1

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 29/.351 4/1.167 ··· 12/.795 3/.000 13/1.706 4/.000 5/.200 3/.000 9/1.194 379/281 .294/.383/.518/.901 .913/.895 .884 87/.968 2/1 17/10

IP 135.0 35.2 2.1 83.1 98.1 40.1 31.1 37.0 50.0 41.2 TOTAL .257/.325/.397/.722 .783/.699 .776 .725 76/29 86/90

ERA-K/9

2.47/4.5

6.06/7.1

0.00/7.8

4.75/6.2

3.57/7.0

2.68/8.3

2.30/7.8

3.41/11.4

1.08/9.0

1.73/13.2

3.63/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nieves (22-6-0)
Rodriguez (18-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 536/.218 158/.279 14/.333 369/.280 398/.266 170/.255 128/.221 153/.210 200/.171 163/.171 .248 Willingham
Bernadina
Morgan
Maxwell
Guzman
Desmond
Harris
Gonzalez
Morse 93/0/0/6
4/10/66/5
0/95/0/2
1/4/14/1
0/0/8/0
0/0/1/0
27/2/25/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/20/0

OPS .606 .821 .905 .800 .732 .712 .608 .604 .478 .536 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 242/.693 58/.863 6/.750 170/.821 175/.755 48/.901 64/.521 66/.611 66/.535 35/.205 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.535 100/.797 8/1.025 199/.782 223/.714 122/.642 64/.696 87/.597 134/.452 128/.629 .682

Road 294/.653 87/.824 / 202/.856 217/.761 98/.756 62/.582 98/.621 92/.492 78/.536

Last 28d days 111/.548 25/1.107 14/.905 7/1.571 102/.843 34/.628 4/.000 37/.627 55/.390 40/.593

HR/SB/CS 10/5/9 6/0/0 0/0/0 9/6/2 13/4/1 3/9/1 1/1/0 3/1/0 0/1/2 4/0/0 79/61/28

Usage ·····X·· ··oXo··· ·····Xo· ········ ···X··X· ··X·XoX· ········ ··o·X·o· X·oX··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.