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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 1:35pm, Sunday, September 26, 2010 @Nationals Park

Braves, 87-68, 87-68 2nd, 6 GB, tied for WC

SP: Brandon Beachy (23, RHP, 0-1, 2.08)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			4.1	4	3	1	3	1	0	2.08

Last 7 GS		0-1	4.1	4	3	1	3	1	0	2.08	45
2010-09-20	@PHI	L	4.1	4	3	1	3	1	0	82	45

Has never faced WSN as starter.

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

 Home:   52-23   Road:   35-45   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  61-41   vsLHP:  26-27   1-Run:  20-22
 vsEast: 34-31   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 19-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Sat, Sep 25  @WSN  W   5-0       87-68  2nd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Nationals, 66-89, 66-89 5th, 27 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (35, RHP, 10-12, 3.75)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-12)			199.0	203	90	83	61	110	15	3.75
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		2-4	41.1	54	33	29	13	27	5	6.31	40
2010-09-20	HOU	L	5.0	8	8	4	0	5	2	73	32
2010-09-14	@ATL	W	8.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	118	76
2010-09-08	NYM	L	6.1	6	3	3	2	4	0	95	51
2010-09-03	@PIT	L	4.1	8	8	8	2	4	1	91	17
2010-08-28	STL	W	6.1	8	5	5	1	2	1	86	38
2010-08-23	CHC	L	4.1	10	7	7	4	5	1	121	16
2010-08-18	@ATL	ND	7.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	94	50

Last 5 v.ATL		3-1	31.0	34	10	9	12	13	1	2.61	52
2010-09-14	@ATL	W	8.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	118	76
2010-08-18	@ATL	ND	7.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	94	50
2010-07-28	ATL	L	4.1	6	3	3	2	3	0	85	40
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

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

 Home:   39-38   Road:   27-51   ExtrInn: 2-9 
 vsRHP:  49-68   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  18-27
 vsEast: 27-38   vsCntrl:19-20   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Sat, Sep 25   ATL  L   0-5       66-89  5th 27.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 ATL  5 @WSN  0        W:Derek Lowe (15-12), L: Yunesky Maya (0-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - WSN over 9-8; 2009 - ATL won 10-8; 2008 - WSN won 12-6; All-Time - ATL leads 297-267

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 5.32

ARI 4.48

SEA 3.15

RA/G

SDP 3.59

LAA 4.38

PIT 5.40

J. Hamilton .361

L. Scott .285

B. Wood .151

OBP

J. Morneau .437

H. Matsui .360

B. Wood .180

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

A. LaRoche .467

B. Wood .215

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

M. Stanton .821

B. Wood .394

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

R. Romero 3.79

Z. Duke 5.63

K/9IP

Y. Gallardo 9.71

M. Cain 7.06

K. Kendrick 4.20

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Braves Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 46.Bisenius
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 29.Maya
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB 58.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Ankiel* G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 220/158 .230/.309/.378/.687 .440/.783 .570 31/.553 2/1 5/4

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 16/.438 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 4/1.167 1/no AB 3/.333 492/332 .255/.316/.354/.671 .641/.685 .661 62/.537 7/1 4/4

26.Conrad# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 156/120 .235/.316/.463/.779 .716/.797 .825 14/.286 5/0 7/4

23.Diaz G/S/vP 7/.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.167 3/1.333 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 232/107 .243/.291/.439/.731 .836/.604 .619 44/.612 3/1 7/2

5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/16 .118/.118/.294/.412 .000/.438 .700 17/.412 0/0 1/0

25.Glaus G/S/vP 16/.837 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 53/.313 23/.357 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 6/1.500 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 612/453 .260/.304/.465/.769 .709/.790 .812 97/.680 1/2 23/19

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 14/1.518 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 4/2.000 6/.533 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 591/399 .281/.396/.466/.862 .764/.910 .876 113/.916 10/6 18/6

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 33/.690 9/1.431 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 314/292 .254/.334/.446/.780 1.219/.744 .790 20/.513 0/0 10/2

4.Infante G/S/vP 17/.470 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 6/.666 6/1.200 2/2.000 1/.000 473/317 .329/.366/.426/.792 .692/.841 .764 113/.676 6/6 8/15

27.Lee G/S/vP 45/.601 23/.803 1/no AB 7/.829 4/1.250 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 598/431 .258/.343/.418/.761 .766/.759 .752 90/.916 1/3 18/7

16.McCann* G/S/vP 25/.964 9/.730 ··· 11/.455 4/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 540/388 .274/.378/.460/.837 .805/.850 .820 88/.722 5/2 20/13

24.McLouth* G/S/vP 21/.412 10/.311 1/no AB 4/1.167 8/.453 6/1.167 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 277/218 .188/.292/.325/.616 .378/.683 .424 57/.890 6/2 6/2

14.Prado G/S/vP 20/1.050 4/.000 ··· 6/1.133 7/.000 6/.167 4/.750 2/1.000 2/.000 644/458 .306/.349/.459/.809 .751/.832 .745 110/.627 5/3 15/11

8.Ross G/S/vP 7/1.143 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 141/57 .274/.381/.444/.826 .832/.802 .828 16/1.256 0/1 2/4

IP 199.0 80.0 4.0 57.2 87.2 21.0 45.1 37.2 51.0 TOTAL .259/.339/.401/.740 .717/.751 .712 .699 59/28 134/139

ERA-K/9

3.75/5.0

3.83/6.2

2.25/6.8

2.34/9.0

2.77/10.9

6.43/3.4

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 844/.269 340/.235 19/.200 243/.236 362/.206 96/.289 176/.177 164/.239 218/.253 .267 Cabrera
Heyward
Ankiel
Infante
McLouth
Diaz
Hinske 80/53/25/8
0/0/133/5
0/64/0/4
15/0/6/1
5/70/0/1
60/0/0/1
50/0/0/0

OPS .715 .698 .768 .618 .624 .825 .546 .658 .684 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.807 132/.762 7/.286 102/.763 162/.690 46/.830 68/.602 74/.407 81/.684 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 457/.638 208/.658 12/1.017 141/.514 200/.571 50/.820 108/.510 90/.876 137/.685 .730

Home 454/.746 219/.698 13/.585 133/.570 173/.610 46/.950 97/.543 64/.502 126/.602

Last 28d days 103/.824 30/.441 19/.768 34/.717 53/.372 96/.825 36/.323 15/1.283 41/1.050

HR/SB/CS 15/4/8 9/8/3 1/0/0 3/4/0 6/4/1 2/1/0 5/3/0 2/3/1 3/2/0 139/75/33

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

Nationals Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.333 1/2.000 438/381 .256/.312/.400/.712 .781/.702 .751 93/.539 16/2 11/4

6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 5/.650 4/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/.000 7/.629 5/.000 544/401 .278/.316/.408/.724 .824/.689 .712 96/.700 16/5 10/33

44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 15/.419 11/1.253 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 8/.875 7/1.286 2/.000 8/1.000 4/.000 14/.220 623/439 .265/.363/.548/.910 .737/.983 .913 86/.956 0/1 37/12

18.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 172/108 .269/.302/.325/.627 .685/.594 .681 35/.458 0/0 0/5

22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 33/.820 4/2 10/3

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.500 5/1.200 5/.800 1/2.000 1/.000 382/340 .251/.323/.330/.653 .783/.637 .645 47/.542 13/2 3/9

30.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/2.500 119/48 .147/.303/.295/.597 .711/.443 .572 39/.732 5/1 3/0

32.Mench G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.661 ··· ··· 5/2.000 25/17 .130/.200/.130/.330 .393/.301 .350 11/.473 0/0 0/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 9/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/.533 1/.000 551/407 .258/.317/.319/.636 .550/.667 .670 65/.632 33/17 0/5

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· 5/1.600 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 272/182 .296/.357/.518/.875 .965/.831 .898 90/.881 0/1 13/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 9/.958 0/0 3/5

3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 68/55 .273/.294/.394/.688 1.231/.557 .677 36/.734 0/0 1/0

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· ··· 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 88/.859 4/1 25/17

IP 4.1 16.0 62.2 87.1 17.0 25.1 39.1 61.0 44.0 5.0 53.2 79.2 65.0 TOTAL .255/.322/.399/.720 .754/.709 .749 .732 106/40 146/136

ERA-K/9

2.08/2.1

1.13/11.2

3.16/8.5

5.15/6.1

0.53/16.9

3.55/7.5

6.18/9.4

2.95/7.2

2.45/7.4

7.20/7.2

2.52/11.6

1.81/9.8

1.38/13.0

3.57/7.6

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 21/.222 74/.190 259/.236 391/.284 72/.119 104/.255 178/.313 258/.238 181/.230 22/.222 215/.196 329/.193 250/.161 .246 Bernadina
Maxwell
Morse
Morgan
Mench
Harris
Desmond
Gonzalez 38/26/77/9
4/19/26/4
0/0/66/2
0/128/0/2
1/0/0/0
44/2/39/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .667 .606 .645 .830 .430 .717 .878 .684 .647 .864 .550 .532 .494 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 12/.697 36/.600 122/.747 178/.880 34/.465 46/.906 40/.730 72/.953 84/.598 9/.556 93/.630 107/.563 57/.254 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 9/.619 38/.609 137/.555 213/.788 38/.393 58/.569 138/.921 186/.590 97/.690 13/1.128 122/.489 222/.518 193/.565 .669

Road 21/.667 36/.624 119/.603 220/.897 32/.613 41/.789 86/1.001 143/.720 91/.705 12/.450 122/.605 158/.565 118/.513

Last 28d days 21/.667 35/.676 35/.390 22/1.396 26/.237 25/1.011 101/1.048 39/.432 33/.755 22/.864 17/.000 57/.645 37/.314

HR/SB/CS 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·· ·o··Xo·· ·o··oo·· ········ X··oo·X· ····X··· ····X··· oo·ooX·· ·····XX· ········ ········ X··oX·oo oX·····X

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.