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Game Preview: MIL @ ATL, 7:10pm, Saturday, April 14, 2012 @Turner Field

Brewers, 4-4, 4-4 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Shaun Marcum (30, RHP, 1-0, 4.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 6.0 5 3 3 0 6 2 4.50
2011 (13-7) 200.2 175 84 79 57 158 22 3.54
2010 (13-8) 195.1 181 84 79 43 165 24 3.64
Last 7 GS 3-3 44.1 42 24 21 12 33 7 4.26 51
2012-04-09 @CHC W 6.0 5 3 3 0 6 2 89 56
2011-09-26 PIT ND 4.2 10 7 7 3 2 1 94 15
2011-09-20 @CHC W 8.0 5 1 1 0 7 1 97 75
2011-09-14 COL L 5.0 8 6 5 1 4 2 97 32
2011-09-09 PHI L 6.2 9 5 5 4 2 1 113 34
2011-09-04 @HOU W 7.0 1 0 0 1 8 0 99 82
2011-08-30 STL L 7.0 4 2 0 3 4 0 105 66
Last 5 v.ATL 1-0 13.0 10 3 3 3 12 1 2.08 63
2011-05-05 @ATL ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 8 1 98 70
2011-04-07 ATL W 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 89 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-2    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-1    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Fri, Apr 13  @ATL  L   8-10       4-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Thu, Apr 12  @CHC  L   0-8        4-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @CHC  W   2-1        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @CHC  W   7-4        3-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @CHC  W   7-5        2-2   4th  1.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8   STL  L   3-9        1-2   5th  1.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   STL  W   6-0        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6   STL  L   5-11       0-1   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-4    Last 20: 4-4    Last 30: 4-4
Braves, 3-4, 3-4 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Mike Minor (24, LHP, 0-1, 10.80)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 5.0 6 6 6 4 6 0 10.80
2011 (5-3) 82.2 93 39 38 30 77 7 4.14
2010 (3-2) 40.2 53 28 27 11 43 6 5.98
Last 7 GS 2-2 37.0 41 21 20 15 37 7 4.86 48
2012-04-08 @NYM L 5.0 6 6 6 4 6 0 104 33
2011-09-25 @WSN L 4.2 6 1 1 2 5 1 86 51
2011-09-19 @FLA ND 5.2 6 4 4 2 6 3 90 45
2011-09-13 FLA ND 5.2 4 1 1 4 5 0 88 58
2011-09-08 @NYM W 5.0 7 4 4 1 2 1 95 38
2011-09-03 LAD ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 7 1 99 61
2011-08-23 @CHC W 5.0 6 4 3 0 6 1 85 47
Last 5 v.MIL 0-1 4.1 7 5 5 4 2 0 10.38 27
2011-04-06 @MIL L 4.1 7 5 5 4 2 0 77 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-0    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 3-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Fri, Apr 13   MIL  W  10-8        3-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @HOU  W   6-3        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @HOU  W   6-4        1-4   5th  3.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @HOU  L   3-8        0-4   5th  4.0 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @NYM  L   5-7        0-3   5th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @NYM  L   2-4        0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Thu, Apr  5  @NYM  L   0-1        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-4    Last 20: 3-4    Last 30: 3-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 ATL 10  MIL  8        W:Jonny Venters (1-0), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (3)

Thu, May 05, 2011 ATL  2  MIL  1        W:Jonny Venters (2-0), L: Kameron Loe (2-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (7)
Wed, May 04, 2011 ATL  8  MIL  0        W:Tim Hudson (4-2), L: Zack Greinke (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2011 ATL  8  MIL  3        W:Tommy Hanson (4-3), L: Marco Estrada (1-1), S: none
Mon, May 02, 2011 ATL  6  MIL  2        W:Jair Jurrjens (3-0), L: Yovani Gallardo (2-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 MIL  4  ATL  2        W:Shaun Marcum (1-1), L: Tommy Hanson (0-2), S: John Axford (2)
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 MIL  5  ATL  4        W:Marco Estrada (1-0), L: Mike Minor (0-1), S: John Axford (1)
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 MIL  1  ATL  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 ATL  2 @MIL  1        W:Peter Moylan (1-0), L: Takashi Saito (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (2)
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 ATL 11  MIL  6        W:Derek Lowe (10-8), L: Manny Parra (3-7), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - ATL over 1-0; 2011 - ATL won 5-3; 2010 - ATL won 5-2; All-Time - ATL leads 61-38

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 2012 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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

J. Vazquez  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 32.Durbin
G/S/vB		 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 50.Martinez
G/S/vB		 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 8/.833 / /
8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.333 7/1.429 22/.636 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 629/488 .332/.397/.597/.994 1.049/.979 .926 32/.978 33/6 33/1
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 27/21 .115/.148/.154/.302 .000/.390 .368 30/.679 0/0 0/1
27.Gomez G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 258/163 .225/.276/.403/.679 .857/.566 .598 18/1.099 16/2 8/0
11.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 65/.383 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 593/443 .241/.270/.372/.642 .725/.614 .605 30/.767 2/0 15/12
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 8/.542 13/1.052 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 551/429 .285/.356/.510/.866 1.057/.814 .744 27/1.481 7/6 26/2
45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.733 ··· ··· 4/.500 5/.800 ··· / /// / 6/.000 / /
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 29/.665 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/24 .200/.250/.200/.450 .667/.360 .533 4/.000 0/0 0/1
9.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 123/99 .252/.311/.459/.771 .513/.837 .871 13/2.028 0/1 5/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 468/378 .265/.313/.391/.703 .869/.662 .608 20/.983 2/1 12/7
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 14/1.115 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 7/.572 9/.542 429/382 .304/.357/.421/.778 .540/.808 .876 26/.333 13/4 4/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/1.778 10/.800 38/1.221 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 626/488 .306/.361/.510/.871 .824/.884 .795 31/.379 1/1 26/14
23.Weeks G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.666 24/.523 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 515/403 .269/.350/.468/.818 .832/.814 .744 36/.653 9/2 20/15
IP 82.2 68.1 175.1 77.0 77.2 2.1 73.2 88.0 TOTAL .238/.308/.452/.760 .946/.708 .751 .760 7/3 13/8
ERA-K/9 4.14/8.4 5.53/7.8 4.47/5.1 2.10/14.8 3.36/6.7 0.00/7.8 0.98/8.2 1.84/9.8 4.88/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (18-3-2)
 Lucroy (77-30-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 361/.285 318/.306 751/.291 306/.178 308/.197 8/.125 301/.221 357/.176 .318  Braun
 Morgan
 Gomez
 Hart
 Gamel
147/0/0/8
17/95/20/5
0/87/0/5
0/0/126/3
2/0/0/0
OPS .785 .872 .772 .499 .586 .250 .572 .508 .852
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.835 143/.835 353/.791 147/.442 135/.618 4/.000 93/.512 92/.402 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 299/.774 175/.900 398/.754 159/.549 173/.561 4/.500 208/.599 265/.545 .953
Home 172/.737 162/.802 384/.714 181/.498 163/.455 5/.400 147/.502 175/.496
Last 28d days 24/.917 12/1.500 18/.801 13/.657 12/.833 22/.664 20/1.167 18/.620
HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 12/6/3 16/9/9 3/1/3 8/0/0 0/0/0 2/5/2 2/2/2 8/6/1
Usage ·····X·· ····X·X· ····X·X· X·Xo···· ··o··Xo· X··X·X·· X·Xo·o·· o·oX····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Braves Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (6.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Marcum
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 48.Dillard
G/S/vB		 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 26.Parra*
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 40.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 6/.533 5/1.350 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 18/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 722/510 .294/.349/.386/.734 .645/.772 .759 31/.544 61/14 2/3
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 11/1.455 5/.200 2/.500 268/125 .263/.302/.323/.625 .692/.550 .655 16/.774 5/2 0/2
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 97/83 .258/.289/.452/.740 .286/.820 .621 10/.200 1/0 3/2
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 3/2.500 1/.000 635/431 .282/.346/.448/.795 .707/.837 .805 31/.499 4/4 21/6
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/1.133 4/1.417 5/1.350 2/1.000 3/.666 456/341 .227/.319/.389/.708 .577/.754 .682 26/1.032 9/2 14/6
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 14/.857 1/.000 ··· ··· 14/.357 ··· 10/.856 7/.143 264/228 .233/.311/.403/.713 .461/.754 .688 6/.667 0/1 10/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/.625 2/1.500 7/2.857 8/.542 4/.250 512/351 .275/.344/.470/.814 .750/.843 .915 9/1.222 2/2 18/6
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 7/1.142 6/.900 8/1.125 7/.571 7/.629 527/363 .270/.351/.466/.817 .794/.826 .877 26/.929 3/2 24/5
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· / /// / 18/.827 / /
14.Prado G/S/vP 6/.833 3/.000 ··· 9/1.000 2/2.500 13/1.371 6/.833 6/.833 590/432 .260/.302/.385/.687 .673/.692 .742 31/.783 4/8 13/8
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 9/.873 ··· 1/.000 171/113 .263/.333/.428/.761 .613/.833 .819 4/1.250 0/1 6/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 6/.533 1/3.000 ··· 8/.125 7/.858 9/1.945 8/.393 1/.000 672/488 .233/.311/.453/.764 .648/.808 .801 31/.644 1/3 36/15
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 232/134 .243/.274/.285/.559 .557/.561 .540 9/.000 5/2 0/4
IP 200.2 73.2 28.2 92.2 72.0 71.2 71.0 TOTAL .238/.303/.388/.691 .656/.724 1.114 .691 4/1 7/6
ERA-K/9 3.54/7.1 1.95/10.5 4.08/8.5 4.08/8.5 3.50/7.6 /0.0 2.64/9.9 3.80/10.0 5.91/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (104-29-7)
 Ross (22-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 823/.232 305/.212 117/.241 381/.243 291/.240 / 307/.243 305/.206 .299  Bourn
 Prado
 Heyward
 Diaz
 Hinske
0/156/0/6
100/0/0/6
0/0/122/4
18/0/54/3
33/0/16/2
OPS .656 .557 .658 .700 .638 .663 .636 .848
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 405/.749 138/.481 44/.874 181/.661 123/.690 / 173/.776 123/.690 .976
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.566 167/.621 73/.530 200/.733 168/.601 / 134/.515 182/.600 .756
Road 385/.566 118/.655 72/.542 174/.802 136/.759 / 144/.589 154/.775
Last 28d days 23/.808 13/.685 25/.922 20/.583 16/.695 22/.955 19/.635 12/1.017
HR/SB/CS 22/8/6 4/6/2 3/2/2 11/8/2 4/2/0 // 4/11/1 6/5/1 11/6/1
Usage ····X··· ··X·XX·· oX··oX·X X··X·X·o X··X·o·· ·X··o··X X·Xoo·o· ···oo·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.