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Game Preview: ATL @ PIT, 12:35pm, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @PNC Park

Braves, 27-23, 27-23 3rd, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Mike Minor (23, LHP, 0-1, 10.38)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-1) 4.1 7 5 5 4 2 0 10.38
2010 (3-2) 40.2 53 28 27 11 43 6 5.98
Last 7 GS 2-3 31.2 48 27 27 11 33 6 7.67 39
2011-04-06 @MIL L 4.1 7 5 5 4 2 0 77 27
2010-09-21 @PHI L 2.1 7 3 3 1 0 1 73 30
2010-09-15 WSN L 5.0 4 4 4 1 6 1 77 48
2010-09-10 STL ND 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 99 40
2010-09-05 @FLA ND 4.0 9 6 6 0 5 1 84 25
2010-08-31 NYM W 5.0 7 2 2 3 4 0 104 46
2010-08-22 @CHC W 6.0 7 3 3 1 12 1 104 57
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-10   Road:   13-13   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  19-16   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   7-9 
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 9-5    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Tue, May 24  @PIT  W   2-0       27-23  3rd  3.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 22  @LAA  L   1-4       26-23  3rd  3.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 21  @LAA  W   5-4 (12)  26-22  3rd  3.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 20  @LAA  L   0-9       25-22  3rd  3.5 gb
 46 Thu, May 19  @ARI  L   1-2       25-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 45 Wed, May 18  @ARI  L   4-5 (11)  25-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 44 Tue, May 17   HOU  W   3-1 (11)  25-19  3rd  1.5 gb
 43 Mon, May 16   HOU  W   3-2       24-19  3rd  2.5 gb
 42 Sun, May 15   PHI  W   3-2       23-19  3rd  3.5 gb
 41 Sat, May 14   PHI  W   5-3       22-19  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Pirates, 22-25, 22-25 4th, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (26, RHP, 3-3, 5.51)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-3) 47.1 50 30 29 23 39 8 5.51
2010 (4-6) 71.2 70 32 32 29 68 4 4.02
2009 (5-5) 63.0 60 34 28 34 54 6 4.00
Last 7 GS 3-3 36.0 40 23 22 16 32 7 5.50 46
2011-05-19 @CIN W 6.2 7 1 1 1 4 1 103 59
2011-05-13 @MIL L 4.0 6 5 5 3 7 1 88 34
2011-05-08 HOU ND 6.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 96 72
2011-05-02 @SDP W 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 89 58
2011-04-27 SFG W 6.0 4 0 0 4 3 0 98 63
2011-04-21 @FLA L 3.0 6 8 8 3 3 2 72 15
2011-04-16 @CIN L 4.1 9 7 6 2 2 2 90 19
Last 5 v.ATL 1-0 7.0 5 0 0 3 3 0 0.00 67
2010-09-07 ATL W 7.0 5 0 0 3 3 0 108 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-13   Road:   13-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-20   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  2-6    vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest:  7-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Tue, May 24   ATL  L   0-2       22-25  4th  6.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 22   DET  L   0-2       22-24  4th  5.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 21   DET  W   6-2       22-23  4th  4.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 20   DET  W  10-1       21-23  4th  4.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 19  @CIN  W   5-3       20-23  4th  5.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 18  @CIN  W   5-0       19-23  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Mon, May 16  @WSN  L   2-4       18-23  4th  6.0 gb
 40 Sun, May 15  @MIL  L   6-9       18-22  4th  5.0 gb
 39 Sat, May 14  @MIL  L   2-8       18-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Fri, May 13  @MIL  L   2-5       18-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 24, 2011 ATL  2 @PIT  0        W:Jair Jurrjens (6-1), L: Charlie Morton (5-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (13)

Wed, Sep 08, 2010 ATL  9 @PIT  3        W:Derek Lowe (12-12), L: Zach Duke (7-13), S: none
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 PIT  5  ATL  0        W:James McDonald (3-5), L: Tim Hudson (15-7), S: none
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 PIT  3  ATL  1        W:Brian Burres (3-3), L: Tommy Hanson (9-11), S: Joel Hanrahan (4)
Sun, May 30, 2010 ATL  5  PIT  2        W:Takashi Saito (1-2), L: Joel Hanrahan (1-1), S: Billy Wagner (7)
Sat, May 29, 2010 ATL  6  PIT  3        W:Kris Medlen (2-1), L: Brian Burres (2-3), S: Billy Wagner (6)
Fri, May 28, 2010 ATL  7  PIT  3        W:Derek Lowe (7-4), L: Zach Duke (3-5), S: none
Sun, May 23, 2010 PIT  3  ATL  2 (10)   W:Octavio Dotel (2-0), L: Takashi Saito (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 22, 2010 ATL  4 @PIT  2        W:Derek Lowe (6-4), L: Charlie Morton (1-8), S: Billy Wagner (5)
Fri, May 21, 2010 ATL  7 @PIT  0        W:Tim Hudson (5-1), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - ATL over 1-0; 2010 - ATL won 6-3; 2009 - PIT won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1080-1005

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  5.17

BAL  4.04

SDP  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.23

NYY  4.17

MIN  5.30

 BA

M. Joyce  .367

C. Headley  .263

J. Gomes  .171

 OBP

J. Bautista  .492

B. Upton  .337

V. Wells  .224

 SLG

J. Bautista  .804

A. Gonzalez  .400

A. LaRoche  .258

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.296

D. Barney  .739

M. Tejada  .522

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.56

R. Wolf  3.70

E. Volquez  6.35

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

C. Carpenter  6.75

C. Pavano  3.38

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

Braves Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
G/S/vB		 45.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 31/24 .130/.300/.174/.474 .286/.527 .603 19/.639 0/0 0/0
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 184/130 .248/.332/.373/.704 .801/.664 .754 88/.654 1/1 4/2
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.333 194/146 .265/.295/.400/.695 .897/.629 .682 92/.731 0/0 5/2
24.Hernandez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/11 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.400 .333 13/.333 0/0 0/1
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 5/.200 85/72 .338/.365/.525/.890 .692/.926 .797 58/.961 0/1 4/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/1.250 9/1.810 ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 191/122 .263/.351/.443/.794 .904/.732 .677 90/.734 0/0 4/3
4.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 38/24 .382/.417/.588/1.005 .896/1.074 1.196 38/1.005 0/1 1/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 6/.400 9/.222 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 183/127 .274/.339/.396/.735 .619/.787 .692 90/.700 1/1 4/2
14.Prado G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 5/.400 8/.125 2/1.000 4/1.667 1/.000 5/1.000 231/169 .286/.326/.432/.758 .753/.759 .638 111/.868 1/4 6/3
30.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 39/27 .306/.359/.583/.942 .350/1.177 .927 20/.956 0/0 3/0
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.200/.000/.200 /.200 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 7/.453 8/1.625 2/1.000 3/1.667 2/2.000 ··· 207/150 .185/.256/.344/.600 .367/.686 .555 100/.595 1/2 7/3
IP 47.1 4.0 13.1 21.2 20.1 9.0 23.0 19.2 TOTAL .242/.309/.380/.690 .658/.702 .646 .711 8/13 48/22
ERA-K/9 5.51/7.4 4.50/9.0 4.05/6.8 1.66/6.6 0.44/4.4 5.00/11.0 4.30/11.3 2.75/12.8 3.65/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (30-11-3)
 Ross (2-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 211/.273 16/.200 57/.255 86/.272 75/.214 45/.300 102/.231 81/.188 .253  Hinske
 Prado
 Schafer
 Mather
8/0/7/2
46/0/0/2
0/1/0/0
3/1/8/0
OPS .812 .850 .772 .684 .525 .703 .654 .644 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.795 6/.833 26/.480 37/.766 29/.618 16/.795 36/.744 28/.921 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.822 10/.856 31/1.035 49/.625 46/.467 29/.653 66/.606 53/.488 .673
Home 76/.568 6/.533 22/.418 40/.676 40/.513 15/.343 54/.708 39/.438
Last 28d days 93/.685 16/.850 39/.780 34/.598 53/.589 3/.000 51/.881 40/.682
HR/SB/CS 8/6/2 2/0/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 3/2/1 43/33/9
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o··· o·oo·o·· ···o·o·· ··X·oo·· o······· ··o·X··· ···X·o··
Pirates Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 19.Linebrink
G/S/vB		 50.Martinez
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 43.Proctor
G/S/vB		 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB		 56.Asencio
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 5/.600 ··· ··· 153/119 .257/.316/.346/.661 .791/.625 .532 81/.851 1/3 1/3
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 80/42 .234/.263/.299/.561 .377/.724 .532 34/.598 2/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.250 ··· 1/.000 97/74 .287/.354/.471/.825 1.288/.701 .814 50/.935 0/1 4/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 7/.619 ··· 1/no AB 141/130 .242/.355/.433/.788 .182/.845 .637 72/.750 2/0 6/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 203/164 .251/.351/.463/.814 .686/.845 .618 103/.928 7/4 8/2
37.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/.100 1/.000 1/.000 9/.365 11/.291 ··· ··· 175/135 .226/.287/.352/.640 .541/.670 .601 80/.598 1/1 4/4
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/45 .250/.280/.292/.572 .000/.652 .423 40/.579 3/0 0/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 50/23 .267/.320/.311/.631 .638/.623 .745 24/.577 0/0 0/2
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 83/64 .264/.341/.347/.689 .632/.708 .583 47/.636 0/1 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 175/139 .245/.351/.361/.711 1.016/.637 .734 69/.596 11/2 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/151 .270/.338/.437/.775 .726/.790 .736 93/.746 2/0 6/3
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 71/45 .190/.261/.254/.515 .561/.487 .500 46/.511 0/0 0/0
IP 4.1 23.0 15.1 23.1 25.0 3.2 11.1 7.2 28.2 TOTAL .236/.311/.357/.668 .631/.679 .591 .684 31/13 35/31
ERA-K/9 10.38/4.2 2.74/14.1 5.87/7.6 3.09/6.2 1.08/9.0 2.45/4.9 2.38/11.9 4.70/4.7 0.63/8.5 3.01/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (17-5-1)
 Snyder (15-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 22/.389 95/.207 68/.302 89/.163 99/.202 14/.000 47/.225 33/.290 102/.100 .220  McCutchen
 Diaz
 Tabata
 Paul
 Jones
 Pearce
0/45/0/5
5/0/18/2
40/2/0/2
14/0/12/2
0/0/38/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .944 .542 .908 .551 .538 .250 .586 .688 .323 .617
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 3/2.000 50/.475 26/.679 44/.583 33/.545 6/.200 26/.613 11/.364 30/.249 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 19/.754 45/.615 42/1.049 45/.517 66/.529 8/.286 21/.538 22/.859 72/.353 .590
Road 22/.944 42/.435 32/.844 46/.739 46/.513 10/.222 26/.477 33/.688 55/.342
Last 28d days / 60/.656 28/.896 32/.192 47/.423 14/.250 27/.499 7/.429 59/.388
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 0/0/2 3/2/0 3/0/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/1 31/32/14
Usage o··o··o· ··X··oo· ····X··· ···X··oo ··oo··oX ··oo·oXo ····X··· o··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.