Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: ATL @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 @Wrigley Field

Braves, 77-52, 77-52 2nd, 6½ GB, 8½ up in WC

SP: Mike Minor (23, LHP, 3-2, 4.26)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-2)			50.2	58	24	24	19	46	0	4.26
2010 (3-2)			40.2	53	28	27	11	43	6	5.98

Last 7 GS		3-1	40.2	44	18	18	13	39	0	3.98	51
2011-08-18	SFG	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	98	72
2011-08-12	CHC	W	5.2	9	3	3	1	6	0	93	44
2011-08-07	@NYM	ND	5.2	7	4	4	2	5	0	94	42
2011-06-21	TOR	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	95	70
2011-06-16	NYM	ND	4.1	7	5	5	3	3	0	95	29
2011-06-11	@HOU	ND	6.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	93	58
2011-05-31	SDP	L	6.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	99	45

Last 5 v.CHC		2-0	11.2	16	6	6	2	18	1	4.63	51
2011-08-12	CHC	W	5.2	9	3	3	1	6	0	93	44
2010-08-22	@CHC	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	12	1	104	57

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

 Home:   41-25   Road:   36-27   ExtrInn:14-8 
 vsRHP:  56-35   vsLHP:  21-17   1-Run:  25-18
 vsEast: 27-21   vsCntrl:20-13   vsWest: 20-13 IL:10-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Mon, Aug 22  @CHC  W   3-0       77-52  2nd  6.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 21   ARI  W   1-0       76-52  2nd  6.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 20   ARI  W   8-1       75-52  2nd  7.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 19   ARI  W   4-2       74-52  2nd  7.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 18   SFG  W   1-0       73-52  2nd  8.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 17   SFG  L   5-7       72-52  2nd  8.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 16   SFG  W   2-1 (11)  72-51  2nd  7.5 gb
122 Mon, Aug 15   SFG  W   5-4       71-51  2nd  8.5 gb
121 Sun, Aug 14   CHC  L   5-6       70-51  2nd  9.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 13   CHC  L   4-8       70-50  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Cubs, 56-72, 56-72 5th, 20 GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Casey Coleman (23, RHP, 2-5, 7.43)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-5)			46.0	64	39	38	30	35	5	7.43
2010 (4-2)			57.0	56	27	26	25	27	3	4.11

Last 7 GS		1-4	31.1	43	25	24	21	25	2	6.89	39
2011-08-17	@HOU	L	3.2	10	4	4	2	4	0	85	27
2011-07-04	@WSN	ND	5.1	5	3	2	1	5	0	79	52
2011-05-25	NYM	L	1.1	7	6	6	1	0	0	41	15
2011-05-19	@FLA	W	5.2	4	0	0	5	7	0	109	63
2011-05-12	STL	L	4.1	9	6	6	4	0	1	82	17
2011-05-07	CIN	ND	6.0	4	2	2	3	6	0	98	59
2011-05-01	@ARI	L	5.0	4	4	4	5	3	1	94	41

Has never faced ATL as starter.

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

 Home:   31-35   Road:   25-37   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  42-53   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast: 12-15   vsCntrl:25-33   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Mon, Aug 22   ATL  L   0-3       56-72  5th 20.0 gb
127 Sun, Aug 21   STL  L   2-6       56-71  5th 19.5 gb
126 Sat, Aug 20   STL  W   3-0       56-70  5th 18.5 gb
125 Fri, Aug 19   STL  W   5-4 (10)  55-70  5th 18.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 17  @HOU  L   3-4       54-70  5th 19.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 16  @HOU  L   5-6       54-69  5th 18.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 15  @HOU  W   4-3       54-68  5th 17.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 14  @ATL  W   6-5       53-68  5th 17.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 13  @ATL  W   8-4       52-68  5th 17.0 gb
119 Fri, Aug 12  @ATL  L   4-10      51-68  5th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 ATL  3 @CHC  0        W:Jair Jurrjens (13-5), L: Ryan Dempster (10-9), S: Jonny Venters (5)
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 CHC  6 @ATL  5        W:John Grabow (3-0), L: Eric O'Flaherty (1-4), S: Carlos Marmol (28)
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 CHC  8 @ATL  4        W:Randy Wells (4-4), L: Derek Lowe (7-11), S: Carlos Marmol (27)
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 ATL 10  CHC  4        W:Mike Minor (2-2), L: Carlos Zambrano (9-7), S: none

Sun, Aug 22, 2010 ATL 16 @CHC  5        W:Mike Minor (2-0), L: Randy Wells (5-12), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 CHC  5  ATL  4        W:Tom Gorzelanny (7-7), L: Tommy Hanson (8-9), S: Carlos Marmol (22)
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 ATL  5 @CHC  3        W:Peter Moylan (5-2), L: Carlos Marmol (2-3), S: Billy Wagner (30)
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 CHC  2 @ATL  0        W:Randy Wells (1-0), L: Tommy Hanson (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 ATL  3  CHC  2        W:Peter Moylan (1-0), L: John Grabow (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (1)
Mon, Apr 05, 2010 ATL 16  CHC  5        W:Derek Lowe (1-0), L: Carlos Zambrano (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - tied 2-2; 2010 - ATL won 4-2; 2009 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 1216-1019

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 2011 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 5.40 BAL 4.18 SEA 3.38	RA/G PHI 3.25 BOS 4.17 BAL 5.35	BA A. Gonzalez .343 A. McCutchen .271 A. Dunn .169	OBP J. Bautista .459 E. Encarnacion .339 V. Wells .236	SLG J. Bautista .652 B. Phillips .429 C. Getz .284	OPS J. Bautista 1.111 G. Sanchez .772 A. Rios .575	ERA J. Cueto 1.89 M. Pineda 3.73 B. Arroyo 5.28	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.90 E. Jackson 6.95 B. Penny 3.60

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.40

BAL 4.18

SEA 3.38

RA/G

PHI 3.25

BOS 4.17

BAL 5.35

A. Gonzalez .343

A. McCutchen .271

A. Dunn .169

OBP

J. Bautista .459

E. Encarnacion .339

V. Wells .236

SLG

J. Bautista .652

B. Phillips .429

C. Getz .284

OPS

J. Bautista 1.111

G. Sanchez .772

A. Rios .575

ERA

J. Cueto 1.89

M. Pineda 3.73

B. Arroyo 5.28

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.90

E. Jackson 6.95

B. Penny 3.60

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Braves Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Coleman
G/S/vB 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB 50.Lopez
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 32.Ortiz
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/2.500 12/.673 9/1.069 13/.558 11/.400 ··· 9/.444 5/1.400 2/.000 568/409 .303/.362/.398/.760 .679/.792 .732 113/.747 45/11 2/3

7.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 105/83 .239/.340/.432/.772 .965/.721 .741 22/.699 2/0 4/1

17.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 87/60 .372/.417/.487/.904 1.038/.844 1.111 87/.904 7/2 2/1

5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 511/347 .293/.356/.472/.828 .762/.859 .784 102/.832 4/4 18/6

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 14/1.217 4/1.167 2/.000 8/.625 ··· 2/.000 14/.690 504/378 .231/.259/.343/.602 .761/.549 .614 98/.647 2/0 11/9

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 361/258 .218/.309/.388/.697 .566/.750 .706 54/.594 6/2 12/5

20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 39/.788 4/.000 ··· 13/.616 1/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 233/199 .244/.318/.431/.748 .489/.794 .776 32/.767 0/1 10/0

10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.357 13/.564 3/.000 6/.533 23/1.407 ··· 3/1.167 26/.891 387/259 .276/.349/.462/.811 .718/.856 .697 53/1.008 2/2 12/4

28.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 33/1.080 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 12/.697 47/19 .136/.191/.136/.328 .294/.377 .161 12/.000 0/0 0/0

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 6/.666 3/.333 7/.286 16/1.105 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 406/277 .296/.369/.507/.876 .809/.908 .791 33/.732 3/1 20/4

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 4/.000 4/.250 6/.167 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 452/331 .274/.319/.413/.732 .789/.712 .676 112/.739 4/7 11/8

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 ··· 4/4.000 3/1.167 7/1.914 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 152/103 .261/.336/.418/.753 .577/.831 .647 64/.606 0/1 5/2

26.Uggla G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.800 3/.000 9/.333 17/.882 8/.125 1/no AB 9/.904 4/.500 530/380 .232/.300/.461/.761 .648/.805 .760 108/1.170 1/3 30/12

IP 46.0 52.2 63.1 59.1 59.2 23.1 59.1 72.0 40.2 TOTAL .247/.312/.396/.709 .657/.730 .675 .759 56/37 144/70

ERA-K/9

7.43/6.8

4.78/5.5

4.97/4.7

3.94/11.4

2.72/8.9

6.17/7.0

4.25/5.8

3.25/9.0

3.32/10.2

4.56/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (81-22-4)
Ross (20-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 233/.330 241/.271 278/.303 262/.221 243/.240 102/.277 252/.275 314/.194 179/.227 .266 Prado
Bourn
Hinske
Heyward
Constanza 73/0/0/5
0/123/0/3
31/0/16/2
0/0/94/1
11/3/13/0

OPS .918 .808 .871 .659 .578 .824 .785 .614 .719 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.963 88/.641 123/.688 115/.626 89/.562 50/1.074 99/.613 124/.649 63/.757 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.879 153/.904 155/1.024 147/.685 154/.587 52/.583 153/.899 190/.591 116/.699 .764

Home 80/1.003 128/.870 161/.856 142/.651 122/.665 22/.864 115/.913 145/.639 93/.688

Last 28d days 23/1.046 41/.608 113/.990 56/.635 42/.439 35/.723 31/.719 58/.494 32/.563

HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 7/3/2 11/2/3 3/10/1 1/7/1 5/0/0 10/5/3 4/14/1 4/2/1 128/85/37

Usage ·····X·· ·o···X·· ·X·····X ··oo··X· ··oo···o ·X···X·· oo·····o oX·o·o·o o·o···oo

Cubs Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 19.Linebrink
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB 59.Vizcaino
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 175/77 .286/.309/.393/.701 .857/.504 .593 23/.561 0/0 2/1

15.Barney G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 450/365 .293/.331/.373/.704 .822/.675 .675 99/.726 7/2 2/9

24.Byrd G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 8/1.000 2/1.000 4/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 2/.000 363/283 .296/.340/.420/.760 .696/.778 .725 101/.659 2/1 6/3

41.Campana* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 115/93 .280/.313/.336/.649 .438/.697 .663 27/.846 16/1 1/1

13.Castro G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 558/432 .308/.335/.430/.766 .836/.745 .792 111/.800 14/5 7/21

21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 168/136 .142/.198/.290/.488 .191/.561 .446 64/.651 0/0 5/1

9.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 201/172 .260/.294/.401/.695 .932/.655 .708 33/.935 1/0 4/6

55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 124/101 .206/.289/.308/.598 .282/.669 .484 19/.568 1/0 2/6

5.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 200/123 .351/.387/.551/.938 .978/.913 1.076 50/.982 2/1 5/1

22.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/3.500 8/.125 3/.000 1/.000 485/371 .225/.345/.455/.800 .586/.865 .764 103/.901 0/2 23/7

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/2.000 17/.647 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 504/400 .304/.349/.523/.872 .721/.912 .940 99/.919 0/1 24/9

12.Soriano G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 8/1.196 1/2.000 3/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 397/302 .240/.280/.456/.736 .871/.693 .724 83/.747 1/1 20/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 377/287 .242/.326/.427/.753 .933/.699 .691 84/.794 0/0 13/11

IP 50.2 62.2 44.2 56.2 57.2 35.1 73.2 7.1 TOTAL .263/.316/.409/.726 .748/.718 .733 .765 46/16 120/104

ERA-K/9

4.26/8.2

1.72/14.5

3.63/6.8

3.34/6.5

1.25/8.6

3.06/9.4

1.10/9.9

2.45/11.1

3.32/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (17-6-2)
Soto (67-29-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.290 247/.174 193/.275 226/.188 239/.225 146/.252 287/.154 30/.083 .235 Byrd
Soriano
Johnson
Colvin
DeWitt
Campana
Baker 0/87/0/8
101/0/0/6
23/22/27/3
10/8/31/1
21/0/0/1
19/24/1/1
1/0/7/0

OPS .735 .475 .765 .569 .602 .664 .441 .350 .656

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.945 124/.401 67/.743 100/.599 80/.531 78/.615 79/.367 8/.250 .695

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 186/.696 123/.547 126/.777 126/.545 159/.640 68/.722 208/.469 22/.384 .628

Road 97/.717 103/.411 70/.790 97/.839 128/.644 66/.704 153/.435 7/.429

Last 28d days 73/.691 42/.346 19/.984 50/.486 43/.704 27/.630 46/.389 30/.350

HR/SB/CS 0/2/0 1/0/3 5/6/2 6/0/0 2/5/2 3/0/2 1/1/2 0/0/0 93/103/34

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