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Game Preview: ATL @ COL, 8:40pm, Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @Coors Field

Braves, 57-40, 57-40 2nd, 3½ GB, 5 up in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (35, RHP, 9-6, 3.44)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (9-6)			120.1	107	53	46	31	86	8	3.44
2010 (17-9)			228.2	189	74	72	74	139	20	2.83
2009 (2-1)			42.1	49	17	17	13	30	4	3.61

Last 7 GS		5-1	44.1	39	12	11	12	40	3	2.23	60
2011-07-15	WSN	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	108	65
2011-07-07	COL	W	7.1	5	3	3	3	3	0	116	56
2011-07-02	BAL	W	6.0	8	3	3	3	6	2	90	47
2011-06-26	@SDP	ND	6.0	6	0	0	3	8	0	104	65
2011-06-20	TOR	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	96	85
2011-06-15	NYM	L	4.0	4	3	2	1	4	1	67	47
2011-06-10	@HOU	W	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	88	54

Last 5 v.COL		3-1	34.2	27	13	13	13	25	2	3.38	58
2011-07-07	COL	W	7.1	5	3	3	3	3	0	116	56
2010-08-23	@COL	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	89	46
2007-08-04	COL	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	100	72
2006-09-22	@COL	L	5.1	9	6	6	4	5	1	114	27
2006-05-01	COL	W	9.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	103	87

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

 Home:   30-19   Road:   27-21   ExtrInn:10-8 
 vsRHP:  41-26   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 19-17   vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 13-11 IL:10-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Tue, Jul 19  @COL  L   3-12      57-40  2nd  3.5 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 18  @COL  W   7-4       57-39  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Rockies, 46-51, 46-51 3rd, 10½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Juan Nicasio (24, RHP, 4-2, 4.24)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-2)			51.0	53	25	24	13	38	7	4.24

Last 7 GS		3-1	38.0	38	21	21	10	33	7	4.97	50
2011-07-15	MIL	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	97	73
2011-07-07	@ATL	L	2.1	7	5	5	3	4	1	71	24
2011-07-01	KCR	W	8.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	111	78
2011-06-26	@NYY	ND	5.0	4	4	4	1	2	2	84	44
2011-06-20	@CLE	ND	4.2	7	6	6	2	6	2	80	30
2011-06-14	SDP	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	9	1	108	60
2011-06-09	LAD	ND	5.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	94	40

Last 5 v.ATL		0-1	2.1	7	5	5	3	4	1	19.29	24
2011-07-07	@ATL	L	2.1	7	5	5	3	4	1	71	24

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

 Home:   25-25   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  29-40   vsLHP:  17-11   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest: 17-21 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Tue, Jul 19   ATL  W  12-3       46-51  3rd 10.5 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 18   ATL  L   4-7       45-51  3rd 10.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 COL 12  ATL  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (6-8), L: Brandon Beachy (3-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 ATL  7 @COL  4        W:Derek Lowe (6-7), L: Jason Hammel (5-9), S: Craig Kimbrel (29)
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
Season Series: 2011 - ATL over 5-1; 2010 - COL won 4-2; 2009 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - ATL leads 97-58

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 5.42 BAL 4.19 SEA 3.21	RA/G PHI 3.34 FLA 4.27 BAL 5.24	BA J. Reyes .355 J. Rollins .272 A. Dunn .158	OBP J. Bautista .465 E. Andrus .337 M. Olivo .256	SLG J. Bautista .691 M. Wieters .428 C. Getz .280	OPS J. Bautista 1.155 M. Wieters .762 A. Rios .566	ERA J. Weaver 1.90 R. Dickey 3.70 J. Happ 5.88	K/9IP C. Kershaw 10.13 C. Carpenter 6.78 B. Penny 3.78

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.42

BAL 4.19

SEA 3.21

RA/G

PHI 3.34

FLA 4.27

BAL 5.24

J. Reyes .355

J. Rollins .272

A. Dunn .158

OBP

J. Bautista .465

E. Andrus .337

M. Olivo .256

SLG

J. Bautista .691

M. Wieters .428

C. Getz .280

OPS

J. Bautista 1.155

M. Wieters .762

A. Rios .566

ERA

J. Weaver 1.90

R. Dickey 3.70

J. Happ 5.88

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.13

C. Carpenter 6.78

B. Penny 3.78

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Braves Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

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

7.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 71/61 .241/.357/.448/.805 .200/.903 .919 14/.516 1/0 3/1

5.Freeman* G/S/vP 2/5.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/4.000 ··· 4/.500 375/256 .278/.349/.466/.815 .735/.852 .768 89/1.021 2/3 14/5

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.000 9/.555 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 4/.000 376/281 .226/.259/.341/.600 .713/.562 .591 82/.325 1/0 8/7

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/5.000 271/186 .224/.319/.397/.715 .604/.766 .695 76/.708 5/2 9/5

20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 183/159 .259/.306/.447/.753 .375/.813 .820 22/.935 0/1 9/0

28.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 23/6 .095/.174/.095/.269 .243/.333 .071 20/.206 0/0 0/0

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 6/.733 2/.000 10/.211 2/.500 3/1.334 4/.833 349/236 .313/.384/.516/.900 .822/.938 .805 73/.890 3/1 16/4

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 2/no AB 15/1.092 2/1.500 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.333 282/191 .223/.342/.335/.677 .470/.772 .585 74/.729 3/2 4/1

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 303/223 .279/.321/.436/.757 .751/.758 .648 24/.708 4/5 9/4

30.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 22/6 .316/.409/.421/.830 .822/.833 .167 14/1.000 0/1 0/0

8.Ross G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 77/49 .290/.364/.507/.871 .571/1.032 .653 21/.638 0/1 4/1

1.Schafer* G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 210/148 .230/.298/.310/.608 .470/.668 .535 91/.594 13/4 1/2

26.Uggla G/S/vP 2/1.500 11/1.064 6/.834 3/1.000 3/.333 5/2.100 9/.778 396/280 .192/.265/.382/.647 .512/.702 .651 88/.931 1/2 17/11

IP 51.0 41.2 37.2 38.0 34.0 43.0 9.2 TOTAL .238/.307/.388/.695 .622/.726 .651 .703 34/26 105/57

ERA-K/9

4.24/6.7

3.46/7.8

4.54/9.1

2.84/6.2

3.44/8.7

3.56/8.4

3.72/4.6

4.13/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (66-18-3)
Ross (10-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.268 176/.284 155/.272 156/.277 135/.208 172/.259 40/.231 .259 Prado
Hinske
Heyward
Schafer
Ramirez
McLouth 56/0/0/4
22/0/15/2
0/0/70/1
0/47/0/1
4/0/1/0
22/48/3/0

OPS .755 .755 .752 .654 .659 .727 .712 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.870 77/.706 77/.691 63/.589 74/.741 79/.734 17/.610 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 89/.601 99/.790 78/.808 93/.698 61/.561 93/.719 23/.783 .725

Home 127/.585 93/.889 84/.599 92/.735 75/.668 95/.713 18/.690

Last 28d days 88/.663 36/.974 36/.864 33/.581 45/.742 31/.603 40/.712

HR/SB/CS 7/4/1 4/0/2 6/4/0 1/7/2 4/2/2 8/2/1 3/0/0 100/69/26

Usage ··X··o·· ·ooo···· o··Xo··· X·oo···· ···Xo··· ·X···X··

Rockies Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Hudson
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Alfonzo G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/6 .286/.286/.286/.571 .000/.667 .571 7/.571 0/0 0/0

14.Ellis G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 6/.334 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 301/231 .235/.273/.342/.614 .712/.584 .773 76/.862 8/2 3/2

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 3/.667 268/200 .239/.345/.354/.699 .764/.678 .736 21/.838 4/6 0/4

23.Giambi* G/S/vP 26/1.332 1/.000 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 106/83 .278/.377/.667/1.044 .947/1.068 1.188 34/1.136 0/0 10/1

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/.000 3/1.334 379/259 .287/.356/.484/.840 .658/.926 .973 68/1.076 16/4 14/1

17.Helton* G/S/vP 15/1.733 3/1.167 17/.853 9/.365 7/2.857 8/.000 3/1.334 340/229 .324/.406/.493/.899 .827/.935 .899 92/.929 0/1 10/3

18.Herrera# G/S/vP 4/1.417 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 261/200 .251/.325/.308/.634 .709/.610 .482 47/.631 4/4 2/3

20.Iannetta G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/.500 284/206 .226/.378/.416/.794 1.010/.715 1.001 68/.665 3/1 10/1

7.Smith* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 3/.333 323/264 .297/.347/.505/.852 .563/.914 .892 89/.667 3/1 8/2

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 5/.400 3/.667 2/1.000 5/.200 1/.000 184/109 .238/.315/.348/.663 .695/.641 .860 49/.713 2/2 3/0

9.Stewart* G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.333 2/.000 5/.200 94/74 .145/.245/.217/.462 .426/.471 .501 42/.746 1/2 0/6

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.800 8/1.214 3/.666 3/.333 397/289 .277/.345/.503/.848 .973/.802 .872 83/.935 6/2 18/4

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 7/.572 3/2.334 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 291/218 .252/.310/.462/.773 1.008/.698 .799 85/.680 5/1 13/5

IP 120.1 48.0 37.2 44.2 21.0 27.0 57.1 TOTAL .256/.328/.409/.737 .742/.735 .806 .750 59/26 96/53

ERA-K/9

3.44/6.4

2.25/14.1

3.11/6.7

1.01/7.7

6.00/6.0

2.67/9.7

1.41/9.6

3.27/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Alfonzo (0-0-1)
Iannetta (55-17-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.234 194/.181 160/.246 182/.225 98/.275 111/.277 223/.166 .235 Gonzalez
Fowler
Spilborghs
Wigginton
Smith 59/29/0/8
0/60/0/3
17/13/25/2
12/0/2/1
0/0/78/0

OPS .610 .503 .715 .586 .881 .697 .464 .648

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.654 104/.410 55/.687 62/.471 37/.989 60/.736 60/.416 .691

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 275/.575 90/.606 105/.730 120/.648 61/.816 51/.646 163/.481 .616

Road 179/.692 81/.458 62/.705 94/.607 48/1.008 54/.727 116/.472

Last 28d days 114/.655 36/.284 31/.739 46/.548 39/1.197 34/.851 44/.654

HR/SB/CS 8/12/3 1/0/2 4/5/2 1/2/2 4/2/0 2/0/2 1/1/1 62/76/24

Usage ····X··· ·XX····· o···X··· ·ooX···· X··X···· ··ooo··· ·oo·····

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.