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Game Preview: ATL @ COL, 8:40 pm, Monday, July 18, 2011 @Coors Field

Braves, 56-39, 56-39 2nd, 3½ GB, 5 up in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (38, RHP, 5-7, 4.30)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-7) 113.0 115 55 54 41 81 7 4.30
2010 (16-12) 193.2 204 88 86 61 136 18 4.00
2009 (15-10) 194.2 232 109 101 63 111 16 4.67
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.0 44 22 21 13 22 1 4.73 46
2011-07-10 @PHI L 6.0 10 4 4 0 1 0 107 37
2011-07-05 COL W 5.1 5 3 3 3 4 0 93 47
2011-06-29 @SEA W 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 98 62
2011-06-24 @SDP L 5.2 8 5 5 2 3 0 97 34
2011-06-18 TEX ND 5.0 7 4 3 0 2 0 72 41
2011-06-13 @HOU L 5.1 8 5 5 3 2 1 98 31
2011-06-08 @FLA ND 6.2 2 0 0 2 5 0 86 73
Last 5 v.COL 3-2 30.2 26 13 12 9 21 4 3.52 54
2011-07-05 COL W 5.1 5 3 3 3 4 0 93 47
2010-08-24 @COL L 6.0 7 3 3 2 4 2 101 48
2010-04-16 COL W 5.1 7 4 3 2 5 1 97 43
2009-07-10 @COL W 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 88 64
2009-05-18 COL L 8.0 3 2 2 1 3 0 110 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-19   Road:   26-20   ExtrInn:10-8 
 vsRHP:  40-25   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 19-17   vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 12-10 IL:10-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Sun, Jul 17   WSN  W   9-8       56-39  2nd  3.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 16   WSN  L   2-5       55-39  2nd  3.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 15   WSN  W  11-1       55-38  2nd  3.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 10  @PHI  L   1-14      54-38  2nd  3.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul  9  @PHI  W   4-1 (11)  54-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul  8  @PHI  L   2-3 (10)  53-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul  7   COL  W   6-3       53-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 88 Wed, Jul  6   COL  W   9-1       52-36  2nd  3.0 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  5   COL  W   5-3       51-36  2nd  4.0 gb
 86 Mon, Jul  4   COL  W   4-1       50-36  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Rockies, 45-50, 45-50 3rd, 9½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (28, RHP, 5-8, 4.23)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-8) 110.2 112 59 52 41 56 12 4.23
2010 (10-9) 177.2 201 97 95 47 141 18 4.81
2009 (10-8) 176.2 203 94 85 42 133 17 4.33
Last 7 GS 2-3 41.1 40 24 22 20 16 6 4.79 46
2011-07-08 @WSN W 6.1 5 2 2 2 3 1 95 56
2011-07-03 KCR L 3.2 7 6 5 1 2 2 67 26
2011-06-28 CHW ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 0 1 82 55
2011-06-22 @CLE L 6.0 5 4 4 5 4 1 108 45
2011-06-17 DET W 6.1 8 6 6 4 2 1 102 31
2011-06-11 LAD L 5.0 7 3 2 4 1 0 83 40
2011-06-05 @SFG ND 7.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 81 71
Last 5 v.ATL 0-2 17.0 36 21 18 4 13 2 9.53 30
2010-08-23 ATL ND 6.1 9 3 3 0 6 2 113 49
2010-04-16 @ATL L 1.2 8 7 7 3 1 0 67 9
2009-07-12 ATL ND 3.0 9 5 5 0 2 0 57 23
2009-05-19 @ATL L 6.0 10 6 3 1 4 0 103 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-24   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  28-39   vsLHP:  17-11   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest: 17-21 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Sun, Jul 17   MIL  L   3-4       45-50  3rd  9.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 16   MIL  L   7-8       45-49  3rd  8.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 15   MIL  W   4-0       45-48  3rd  8.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 14   MIL  W  12-3       44-48  3rd  8.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 10  @WSN  L   0-2       43-48  3rd  8.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul  9  @WSN  W   2-1       43-47  3rd  7.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul  8  @WSN  W   3-2       42-47  3rd  7.5 gb
 88 Thu, Jul  7  @ATL  L   3-6       41-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 87 Wed, Jul  6  @ATL  L   1-9       41-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  5  @ATL  L   3-5       41-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 ATL  6  COL  3        W:Tim Hudson (8-6), L: Juan Nicasio (3-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (27)
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 ATL  9  COL  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (12-3), L: Aaron Cook (0-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 ATL  5  COL  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-6), L: Jhoulys Chacin (8-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (26)
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 ATL  4  COL  1        W:Tommy Hanson (10-4), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (3-8), S: Craig Kimbrel (25)

Wed, Aug 25, 2010 COL 12  ATL 10        W:Matt Belisle (6-4), L: Jonny Venters (4-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 COL  5  ATL  2        W:Jorge de la Rosa (5-4), L: Derek Lowe (11-12), S: Huston Street (12)
Mon, Aug 23, 2010 COL  5  ATL  4        W:Rafael Betancourt (4-1), L: Jonny Venters (4-1), S: Huston Street (11)
Sun, Apr 18, 2010 ATL  4  COL  3        W:Eric O'Flaherty (1-0), L: Franklin Morales (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 COL  4 @ATL  0        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (3-0), L: Kenshin Kawakami (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 ATL  9  COL  5        W:Derek Lowe (3-0), L: Jason Hammel (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - ATL over 4-0; 2010 - COL won 4-2; 2009 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - ATL leads 96-57

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

BOS  5.35

BAL  4.11

SEA  3.19

 RA/G

PHI  3.33

FLA  4.31

BAL  5.17

 BA

J. Reyes  .354

J. Rollins  .271

A. Dunn  .160

 OBP

J. Bautista  .470

N. Walker  .336

Y. Betancourt  .256

 SLG

J. Bautista  .701

C. Lee  .422

C. Getz  .281

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.171

E. Aybar  .756

A. Rios  .565

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.90

D. Price  3.73

F. Carmona  5.78

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.45

H. Kuroda  6.71

B. Penny  3.78

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

Braves Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Hammel
G/S/vB		 34.Belisle
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 51.Reynolds*
G/S/vB		 16.Street
G/S/vB		 54.Stults*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Conrad# G/S/vP 4/1.500 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 71/61 .241/.357/.448/.805 .200/.903 .919 15/.833 1/0 3/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.666 366/249 .273/.347/.454/.801 .721/.838 .740 88/.952 2/3 13/5
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.000 8/.625 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 3/.000 368/274 .228/.260/.345/.604 .721/.564 .599 78/.366 1/0 8/7
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 5/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/5.000 271/186 .224/.319/.397/.715 .604/.766 .695 84/.721 5/2 9/5
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 7/1.547 1/.000 6/.333 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 175/153 .258/.303/.429/.732 .409/.781 .781 15/.708 0/1 8/0
28.Lugo G/S/vP 7/.453 2/.000 4/2.500 ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 21/4 .105/.190/.105/.296 .243/.500 .083 21/.296 0/0 0/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.666 6/.733 2/.000 10/.211 1/.000 3/1.334 3/.333 340/230 .308/.379/.517/.896 .812/.937 .792 72/.994 2/1 16/4
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 5/1.400 15/1.092 2/1.500 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 274/184 .229/.345/.344/.688 .462/.796 .603 73/.732 3/2 4/1
14.Prado G/S/vP 7/1.881 4/.500 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 293/216 .274/.318/.437/.756 .755/.755 .637 14/.643 4/5 9/4
30.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 21/5 .333/.429/.444/.873 .822/1.000 .200 13/1.084 0/1 0/0
8.Ross G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 76/49 .294/.368/.515/.883 .594/1.032 .673 20/.671 0/1 4/1
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 200/140 .235/.297/.318/.616 .486/.673 .545 89/.629 13/4 1/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP 8/.625 11/1.064 5/1.000 3/1.000 2/.500 5/2.100 8/.875 387/273 .189/.264/.366/.629 .521/.674 .615 87/.853 1/2 15/11
IP 110.2 41.2 36.2 37.0 32.2 43.0 7.2 TOTAL .237/.306/.387/.692 .622/.722 .643 .706 33/26 101/57
ERA-K/9 4.23/4.6 3.46/7.8 4.66/8.6 2.92/6.3 3.31/9.1 3.56/8.4 3.52/3.5 4.13/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (64-17-3)
 Ross (10-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 476/.267 176/.284 151/.273 152/.277 129/.209 172/.259 30/.200 .258  Prado
 Hinske
 Heyward
 Schafer
 Ramirez
 McLouth
56/0/0/4
20/0/15/2
0/0/70/1
0/45/0/1
3/0/1/0
22/48/1/0
OPS .754 .755 .759 .658 .656 .727 .700 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.719 77/.706 76/.673 61/.574 71/.708 79/.734 12/.583 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.784 99/.790 75/.841 91/.714 58/.592 93/.719 18/.778 .725
Home 261/.820 93/.889 80/.605 88/.746 69/.663 95/.713 8/.625
Last 28d days 100/.872 42/.877 35/1.008 29/.593 40/.722 36/.672 30/.700
HR/SB/CS 12/13/5 4/0/2 6/4/0 1/7/2 4/2/2 8/2/1 3/0/0 96/68/26
Usage ········ X··o···· oo······ ·Xo····o oo·····o ·Xo····· ···X····
Rockies Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 19.Linebrink
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 43.Proctor
G/S/vB		 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Alfonzo G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/6 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 .667 6/.667 0/0 0/0
14.Ellis G/S/vP 10/.444 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 290/220 .233/.273/.344/.617 .712/.586 .793 66/.905 8/2 3/2
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 13/.616 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.500 259/192 .233/.337/.342/.680 .754/.655 .700 12/.495 3/6 0/4
23.Giambi* G/S/vP 43/1.059 1/.000 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 106/83 .278/.377/.667/1.044 .947/1.068 1.188 42/1.107 0/0 10/1
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/.000 3/1.334 369/249 .287/.352/.479/.831 .658/.916 .963 66/.997 15/4 13/1
17.Helton* G/S/vP 58/.883 2/1.000 17/.853 8/.393 6/2.833 8/.000 3/1.334 330/220 .324/.403/.493/.896 .831/.930 .894 86/.900 0/1 10/2
18.Herrera# G/S/vP 5/.650 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 259/198 .253/.328/.311/.639 .709/.616 .492 53/.661 4/4 2/3
20.Iannetta G/S/vP 19/.498 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 275/198 .219/.372/.411/.783 1.026/.693 .993 63/.576 3/1 10/1
7.Smith* G/S/vP 17/.798 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 3/.333 314/256 .295/.347/.491/.838 .573/.896 .866 88/.719 3/1 8/2
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 15/.666 ··· 5/.400 3/.667 2/1.000 5/.200 1/.000 183/108 .238/.311/.348/.659 .695/.634 .855 51/.656 2/2 3/0
9.Stewart* G/S/vP 18/.355 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.500 2/.000 5/.200 89/69 .150/.236/.225/.461 .426/.470 .502 37/.776 1/1 0/6
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 24/.651 ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 7/1.096 3/.666 3/.333 387/280 .269/.339/.490/.828 .963/.778 .837 81/.779 6/2 17/4
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 10/.700 1/.000 6/.666 3/2.334 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 286/214 .257/.316/.471/.787 1.023/.712 .828 88/.801 5/1 13/5
IP 113.0 47.0 36.2 44.0 19.2 27.0 56.1 TOTAL .254/.325/.406/.731 .743/.727 .798 .730 57/25 94/52
ERA-K/9 4.30/6.5 2.30/13.8 3.19/6.9 1.02/7.8 5.49/6.4 2.67/9.7 1.44/9.8 3.17/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Alfonzo (0-0-1)
 Iannetta (54-17-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 484/.262 190/.185 157/.252 179/.222 90/.257 111/.277 219/.168 .234  Gonzalez
 Fowler
 Spilborghs
 Wigginton
 Smith
57/29/0/8
0/58/0/3
16/13/25/2
12/0/2/1
0/0/76/0
OPS .686 .508 .730 .583 .856 .697 .467 .641
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 247/.704 102/.407 54/.701 60/.483 32/1.017 60/.736 60/.416 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.668 88/.620 103/.746 119/.635 58/.765 51/.646 159/.486 .610
Road 292/.666 77/.467 59/.745 91/.601 40/.977 54/.727 112/.479
Last 28d days 103/.684 35/.261 32/.782 46/.494 31/1.203 34/.851 49/.654
HR/SB/CS 7/11/2 1/0/2 4/5/2 1/2/2 4/2/0 2/0/2 1/1/1 60/74/23
Usage ·······X X······· ··X····· oX······ ·X·····X ooo····· 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.