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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 1:05pm, Saturday, September 25, 2010 @Nationals Park

Braves, 86-68, 86-68 2nd, 7 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (37, RHP, 14-12, 4.18)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (14-12) 183.0 192 87 85 59 123 18 4.18
2009 (15-10) 194.2 232 109 101 63 111 16 4.67
2008 (14-11) 211.0 194 84 76 45 147 14 3.24
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.0 47 16 16 7 34 5 3.43 54
2010-09-19 @NYM W 6.0 4 2 2 1 2 1 91 57
2010-09-13 WSN W 8.0 6 0 0 0 12 0 105 82
2010-09-08 @PIT W 6.0 8 1 1 0 2 0 98 54
2010-08-29 FLA ND 3.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 78 28
2010-08-24 @COL L 6.0 7 3 3 2 4 2 101 48
2010-08-19 WSN L 7.0 6 4 4 0 6 1 98 55
2010-08-14 LAD L 6.0 10 1 1 1 4 0 104 51
Last 5 v.WSN 1-4 30.1 33 18 17 8 30 3 5.04 49
2010-09-13 WSN W 8.0 6 0 0 0 12 0 105 82
2010-08-19 WSN L 7.0 6 4 4 0 6 1 98 55
2010-07-29 @WSN L 5.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 98 43
2010-06-29 WSN L 5.2 8 4 4 2 5 0 105 40
2009-10-02 WSN L 4.2 8 6 5 5 4 1 106 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   52-23   Road:   34-45   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  60-41   vsLHP:  26-27   1-Run:  20-22
 vsEast: 33-31   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 19-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Fri, Sep 24  @WSN  L   3-8       86-68  2nd  7.0 gb
153 Wed, Sep 22  @PHI  L   0-1       86-67  2nd  6.0 gb
152 Tue, Sep 21  @PHI  L   3-5       86-66  2nd  5.0 gb
151 Mon, Sep 20  @PHI  L   1-3       86-65  2nd  4.0 gb
150 Sun, Sep 19  @NYM  W   6-3       86-64  2nd  3.0 gb
149 Sat, Sep 18  @NYM  W   4-2       85-64  2nd  3.0 gb
148 Fri, Sep 17  @NYM  W   6-4       84-64  2nd  3.0 gb
147 Wed, Sep 15   WSN  L   2-4       83-64  2nd  3.0 gb
146 Tue, Sep 14   WSN  L   0-6       83-63  2nd  2.0 gb
145 Mon, Sep 13   WSN  W   4-0       83-62  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Nationals, 66-88, 66-88 5th, 27 GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Yunesky Maya (28, RHP, 0-2, 6.32)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-2) 15.2 16 11 11 7 7 1 6.32
Last 7 GS 0-2 15.2 16 11 11 7 7 1 6.32 42
2010-09-19 @PHI ND 4.2 6 3 3 2 2 0 90 40
2010-09-13 @ATL L 6.0 5 4 4 3 2 0 90 45
2010-09-07 NYM L 5.0 5 4 4 2 3 1 87 42
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 6.0 5 4 4 3 2 0 6.00 45
2010-09-13 @ATL L 6.0 5 4 4 3 2 0 90 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-37   Road:   27-51   ExtrInn: 2-9 
 vsRHP:  49-67   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  18-27
 vsEast: 27-37   vsCntrl:19-20   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Fri, Sep 24   ATL  W   8-3       66-88  5th 27.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 23   HOU  W   7-2       65-88  5th 27.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 22   HOU  W   4-3       64-88  5th 27.5 gb
151 Tue, Sep 21   HOU  W   8-4       63-88  5th 27.5 gb
150 Mon, Sep 20   HOU  L   2-8       62-88  5th 27.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 19  @PHI  L   6-7       62-87  5th 26.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18  @PHI  L   2-5       62-86  5th 25.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 17  @PHI  L   1-9       62-85  5th 24.5 gb
146 Wed, Sep 15  @ATL  W   4-2       62-84  5th 23.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 14  @ATL  W   6-0       61-84  5th 23.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 WSN  8  ATL  3        W:Jordan Zimmermann (1-2), L: Tim Hudson (16-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 WSN  4 @ATL  2        W:John Lannan (8-7), L: Mike Minor (3-1), S: Drew Storen (4)
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 WSN  6 @ATL  0        W:Livan Hernandez (10-11), L: Jair Jurrjens (7-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 ATL  4  WSN  0        W:Derek Lowe (13-12), L: Yunesky Maya (0-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 WSN  6 @ATL  2        W:John Lannan (5-5), L: Derek Lowe (11-11), S: none
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 ATL  3  WSN  2        W:Billy Wagner (7-2), L: Sean Burnett (0-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 ATL 10  WSN  2        W:Mike Minor (1-0), L: Scott Olsen (3-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 WSN  5  ATL  3        W:Scott Olsen (3-2), L: Derek Lowe (10-9), S: Matt Capps (26)
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 ATL  3 @WSN  1        W:Tim Hudson (11-5), L: Livan Hernandez (7-7), S: Billy Wagner (23)
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 WSN  3  ATL  0        W:Miguel Batista (1-2), L: Tommy Hanson (8-7), S: Matt Capps (25)
Season Series: 2010 - WSN over 9-7; 2009 - ATL won 10-8; 2008 - WSN won 12-6; All-Time - ATL leads 296-267

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  5.33

ARI  4.47

SEA  3.16

RA/G

SDP  3.59

COL  4.37

PIT  5.41

BA

J. Hamilton  .361

A. Huff  .285

B. Wood  .152

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

G. Blanco  .360

B. Wood  .181

SLG

J. Bautista  .635

T. Hunter  .467

B. Wood  .217

OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

P. Burrell  .819

B. Wood  .398

ERA

J. Johnson  2.30

S. Marcum  3.77

K. Millwood  5.29

K/9IP

Y. Gallardo  9.71

M. Cain  7.06

K. Kendrick  4.15

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Braves Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Maya
G/S/vB
43.Batista
G/S/vB
46.Bisenius
G/S/vB
17.Burnett*
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
62.Peralta
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
58.Storen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 220/158 .230/.309/.378/.687 .440/.783 .570 35/.486 2/1 5/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 4/1.167 1/no AB 3/.333 488/328 .255/.317/.355/.672 .641/.687 .663 62/.545 7/1 4/4
26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 155/119 .237/.318/.467/.785 .716/.804 .836 15/.343 5/0 7/4
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.167 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 232/107 .243/.291/.439/.731 .836/.604 .619 45/.720 3/1 7/2
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .125/.125/.313/.438 .000/.467 .778 16/.438 0/0 1/0
25.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 15/.650 ··· 7/.762 4/.500 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 482/324 .238/.342/.399/.741 .753/.735 .726 16/.527 0/0 16/9
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/.666 23/.357 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 608/449 .259/.303/.460/.763 .709/.782 .800 97/.612 1/2 22/19
19.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/5 .111/.111/.444/.556 1.000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 1/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 4/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 586/394 .282/.398/.468/.866 .764/.917 .885 113/.930 10/6 18/6
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.431 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 313/291 .255/.335/.447/.783 1.219/.747 .795 23/.668 0/0 10/2
4.Infante G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 6/1.200 2/2.000 1/.000 468/312 .332/.368/.430/.798 .692/.850 .773 112/.682 6/6 8/15
27.Lee G/S/vP 3/.333 23/.803 ··· 7/.829 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 594/427 .257/.340/.416/.756 .766/.752 .742 86/.887 1/3 18/6
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.333 9/.730 ··· 11/.455 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 536/384 .274/.379/.461/.840 .805/.854 .825 89/.818 5/2 20/13
24.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/1.000 10/.311 ··· 4/1.167 8/.453 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 273/214 .182/.285/.320/.605 .378/.670 .399 53/.851 6/2 6/1
14.Prado G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 6/1.133 7/.000 4/.750 2/1.000 2/.000 639/453 .306/.349/.461/.810 .751/.834 .746 110/.596 5/3 15/11
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 140/56 .274/.377/.444/.821 .832/.792 .819 15/1.218 0/1 2/4
IP 15.2 80.0 3.0 57.2 87.2 45.1 37.2 51.0 TOTAL .259/.338/.401/.740 .717/.750 .710 .695 59/28 133/136
ERA-K/9 6.32/4.0 3.83/6.2 3.00/0.0 2.34/9.0 2.77/10.9 2.18/8.9 3.35/7.9 3.88/7.9 4.15/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (76-34-5)
 Ross (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 71/.258 340/.235 14/.250 243/.236 362/.206 176/.177 164/.239 218/.253 .267  Cabrera
 Heyward
 Ankiel
 Diaz
 Infante
 McLouth
 Hinske
79/53/25/8
0/0/132/5
0/64/0/4
60/0/0/1
15/0/6/1
5/69/0/1
50/0/0/0
OPS .739 .698 .857 .618 .624 .546 .658 .684 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.805 132/.762 4/.250 102/.763 162/.690 68/.602 74/.407 81/.684 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/.677 208/.658 10/1.067 141/.514 200/.571 108/.510 90/.876 137/.685 .728
Home 21/.807 219/.698 8/.661 133/.570 173/.610 97/.543 64/.502 126/.602
Last 28d days 71/.739 30/.441 14/.857 34/.717 53/.372 36/.323 15/1.283 47/1.023
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 9/8/3 1/0/0 3/4/0 6/4/1 5/3/0 2/3/1 3/2/0 138/75/33
Usage ·····X·· X······X ····o··X o·oo·X·· X·XX·oo· X·o··o·· ··o··o·o ·o·X·X··
Nationals Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB
37.Beachy
G/S/vB
38.Dunn*
G/S/vB
43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
11.Kawakami
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
50.Martinez
G/S/vB
56.Minor*
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
36.Proctor
G/S/vB
40.Saito
G/S/vB
39.Venters*
G/S/vB
13.Wagner*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.500 1/2.000 434/378 .256/.313/.402/.714 .797/.702 .756 93/.574 16/2 11/4
6.Desmond G/S/vP 14/1.811 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 5/.650 4/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/.000 6/.533 4/.000 539/398 .280/.317/.412/.729 .826/.694 .721 95/.715 16/5 10/33
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 36/.487 ··· 2/1.000 15/.419 11/1.253 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 8/.875 7/1.286 2/.000 8/1.000 3/.000 14/.220 619/436 .267/.363/.551/.914 .742/.987 .920 86/1.008 0/1 37/12
18.Espinosa# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 82/62 .224/.280/.539/.820 1.037/.748 .874 82/.820 0/1 6/1
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 12/.955 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.200 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 168/104 .263/.297/.321/.617 .685/.577 .662 31/.381 0/0 0/4
22.Harris* G/S/vP 33/.492 ··· ··· 3/3.334 5/1.800 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 250/231 .186/.289/.372/.661 .786/.651 .714 37/.725 4/2 10/3
20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 43/.852 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 5/1.200 5/.800 1/2.000 1/.000 378/336 .253/.324/.333/.657 .783/.641 .653 47/.569 13/2 3/9
30.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 117/48 .138/.291/.277/.567 .660/.443 .512 37/.645 5/1 3/0
32.Mench G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.661 ··· ··· 4/2.500 24/17 .136/.208/.136/.345 .452/.301 .384 10/.522 0/0 0/0
1.Morgan* G/S/vP 25/1.200 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 9/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 546/404 .258/.318/.318/.636 .558/.664 .672 60/.633 33/17 0/5
28.Morse G/S/vP 11/1.073 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.600 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 268/178 .299/.358/.525/.883 .965/.842 .916 90/.950 0/1 13/0
23.Nieves G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 170/135 .204/.241/.312/.553 .599/.541 .539 12/.705 0/0 3/5
3.Ramos G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 64/51 .274/.297/.403/.700 1.231/.562 .696 32/.764 0/0 1/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 30/.621 ··· 1/no AB 8/.875 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 8/.542 407/310 .273/.299/.356/.655 .746/.626 .720 55/.767 2/3 4/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 48/.831 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.795 ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 15/1.600 4/.000 4/1.750 7/.143 5/.000 10/1.067 603/455 .307/.388/.510/.899 .957/.879 .871 92/.820 4/1 25/17
IP 183.0 4.1 16.0 62.2 87.1 16.0 25.1 39.1 60.0 44.0 5.0 53.2 78.2 64.0 TOTAL .256/.322/.400/.722 .754/.711 .752 .742 106/40 146/135
ERA-K/9 4.18/6.0 2.08/2.1 1.13/11.2 3.16/8.5 5.15/6.1 0.56/17.4 3.55/7.5 6.18/9.4 3.00/7.2 2.45/7.4 7.20/7.2 2.52/11.6 1.83/9.7 1.41/13.1 3.60/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Nieves (31-10-1)
 Ramos (8-1-1)
 Rodriguez (40-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 776/.274 21/.222 74/.190 259/.236 391/.284 68/.125 104/.255 178/.313 255/.241 181/.230 22/.222 215/.196 324/.195 246/.159 .246  Bernadina
 Maxwell
 Morse
 Morgan
 Gonzalez
 Mench
 Harris
 Desmond
37/26/77/9
3/19/26/4
0/0/65/2
0/127/0/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
44/2/39/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .738 .667 .606 .645 .830 .440 .717 .878 .688 .647 .864 .550 .533 .489 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 384/.741 12/.697 36/.600 122/.747 178/.880 33/.480 46/.906 40/.730 71/.946 84/.598 9/.556 93/.630 104/.581 56/.259 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 392/.735 9/.619 38/.609 137/.555 213/.788 35/.397 58/.569 138/.921 184/.597 97/.690 13/1.128 122/.489 220/.511 190/.557 .669
Road 380/.771 21/.667 36/.624 119/.603 220/.897 28/.661 41/.789 86/1.001 140/.726 91/.705 12/.450 122/.605 153/.567 114/.503
Last 28d days 93/.661 21/.667 35/.676 35/.390 22/1.396 22/.232 39/.819 101/1.048 36/.437 33/.755 22/.864 21/.048 58/.648 33/.256
HR/SB/CS 18/10/11 0/1/0 0/0/0 4/4/5 10/7/2 0/3/0 3/1/1 6/3/2 4/10/4 2/3/0 1/1/0 4/1/0 1/2/2 5/1/1 122/94/42
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· o··Xo··· o··oo··· ········ ··oo·X·· ···X···· ···X···· o·ooX··o ····XX·· ········ ·······o ··oX·ooo 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.