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Game Preview: PIT @ ATL, 1:35 pm, Sunday, April 29, 2012 @Turner Field

Pirates, 9-11, 9-11 3rd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (31, RHP, 1-0, 2.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 18.0 11 4 4 3 9 1 2.00
2011 (12-11) 154.0 175 90 82 39 77 24 4.79
2010 (10-10) 145.0 152 89 87 64 115 20 5.40
Last 7 GS 1-3 38.1 41 23 23 11 18 9 5.40 46
2012-04-24 COL ND 6.0 4 2 2 0 4 1 93 60
2012-04-15 @SFG W 6.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 91 63
2012-04-10 @LAD ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 81 61
2011-08-19 CIN ND 6.0 8 6 6 1 1 3 90 32
2011-08-13 @MIL L 6.2 7 1 1 3 3 1 91 56
2011-08-07 SDP L 5.2 5 4 4 4 3 0 93 42
2011-08-02 CHC L 2.0 10 8 8 0 2 4 59 6
Last 5 v.ATL 2-1 25.1 28 12 11 11 17 4 3.91 48
2011-07-28 @ATL W 6.1 9 2 1 1 3 0 89 51
2010-04-12 ATL W 5.2 4 2 2 4 3 0 108 52
2007-08-14 @ATL ND 4.1 4 0 0 1 3 0 66 57
2005-08-10 @ATL ND 5.0 5 3 3 3 8 1 91 50
2005-07-18 ATL L 4.0 6 5 5 2 0 3 60 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    4-7    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-7    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Sat, Apr 28  @ATL  W   4-2        9-11  3rd  4.5 gb
 19 Fri, Apr 27  @ATL  L   1-6        8-11  4th  4.5 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25   COL  W   5-1        8-10  4th  3.5 gb
 17 Wed, Apr 25   COL  L   1-2        7-10  4th  3.5 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 24   COL  W   5-4        7-9   4th  3.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 22   STL  L   1-5        6-9   4th  4.5 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 21   STL  W   2-0        6-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 20   STL  L   1-4        5-8   4th  4.5 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @ARI  W   2-1        5-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @ARI  W   5-4        4-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-11
Braves, 13-8, 13-8 2nd, 1 GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (36, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (16-10) 215.0 189 86 77 56 158 14 3.22
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 3-3 44.1 49 20 20 14 36 2 4.06 51
2011-09-28 PHI ND 6.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 102 56
2011-09-23 @WSN W 5.2 9 3 3 0 4 0 86 43
2011-09-17 NYM W 8.0 4 0 0 2 10 0 113 82
2011-09-11 @STL L 6.0 8 6 6 2 4 0 95 34
2011-09-06 @PHI L 6.0 6 4 4 4 5 1 110 45
2011-09-01 WSN W 6.0 5 1 1 2 5 1 86 61
2011-08-26 @NYM L 6.1 11 4 4 3 4 0 116 36
Last 5 v.PIT 3-2 35.1 21 8 7 11 24 0 1.78 65
2011-07-25 PIT L 7.0 5 3 3 3 8 0 114 60
2010-09-07 @PIT L 6.1 6 4 4 1 4 0 92 48
2010-05-21 @PIT W 8.0 3 0 0 4 3 0 109 75
2008-05-12 @PIT W 7.0 2 1 0 2 5 0 97 74
2007-07-13 PIT W 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 89 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-2    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   7-3    vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 6-2    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sat, Apr 28   PIT  L   2-4       13-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27   PIT  W   6-1       13-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 25  @LAD  W   4-2       12-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 24  @LAD  W   4-3       11-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 23  @LAD  L   2-7       10-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @ARI  L   4-6       10-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @ARI  W   3-2       10-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @ARI  W   9-1        9-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @ARI  W  10-2        8-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18   NYM  W  14-6        7-5   2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:13-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 PIT  4 @ATL  2        W:Erik Bedard (1-4), L: Randall Delgado (2-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (4)
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 ATL  6  PIT  1        W:Tommy Hanson (3-2), L: A.J. Burnett (1-1), S: Kris Medlen (1)

Thu, Jul 28, 2011 PIT  5 @ATL  2        W:Kevin Correia (12-8), L: Derek Lowe (6-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (30)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 ATL  2  PIT  1 (10)   W:Scott Linebrink (4-2), L: Chris Leroux (1-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 ATL  4  PIT  3 (19)   W:Scott Proctor (2-3), L: Daniel McCutchen (3-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 PIT  3 @ATL  1        W:James McDonald (7-4), L: Tim Hudson (9-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (29)
Wed, May 25, 2011 ATL  4 @PIT  2 (11)   W:George Sherrill (1-0), L: Jeff Karstens (3-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (14)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - ATL won 4-2; 2010 - ATL won 6-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1083-1009

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

R. Wolf  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.

Pirates Batters (2.30 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Hudson
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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 6/.733 1/.000 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 262/219 .191/.272/.289/.561 .545/.565 .616 54/.693 1/0 4/14
26.Barajas G/S/vP 16/1.238 4/.750 4/.250 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 337/236 .230/.287/.430/.717 .818/.674 .862 50/.374 0/0 16/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 10/.200 6/.167 18/.513 ··· 1/.000 8/1.125 6/.750 3/.000 495/363 .244/.312/.386/.698 .649/.715 .732 69/.491 3/1 12/12
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 204/141 .272/.281/.374/.656 .593/.685 .641 18/.489 4/1 1/8
46.Jones* G/S/vP 9/1.181 1/.000 12/1.318 ··· 1/.000 7/.143 5/.400 1/no AB 478/406 .243/.321/.433/.753 .460/.808 .723 46/.805 6/3 16/4
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 10/.775 2/.000 14/.873 1/.000 3/1.000 8/1.375 5/.650 1/no AB 678/511 .259/.364/.456/.820 .945/.779 .867 84/.766 23/10 23/7
14.McGehee G/S/vP 9/.347 2/.000 10/.700 3/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 600/464 .223/.280/.346/.626 .413/.689 .548 52/.708 0/3 13/20
55.McKenry G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 201/149 .222/.276/.322/.598 .498/.629 .597 21/.958 0/1 2/5
2.McLouth* G/S/vP 7/.286 7/1.238 26/.492 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 321/220 .228/.344/.333/.677 .531/.743 .610 25/.553 4/2 4/2
36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/35 .250/.303/.350/.653 .704/.605 .516 18/.355 0/0 1/2
7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 231/161 .298/.339/.465/.804 .599/.893 .806 80/.715 9/3 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 11/1.323 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 382/292 .266/.349/.362/.711 .819/.679 .584 64/.455 16/7 4/2
18.Walker# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 12/.555 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 3/1.000 1/.000 662/480 .273/.334/.408/.742 .672/.773 .759 71/.580 9/6 12/6
IP 215.0 68.1 175.1 77.0 77.2 2.1 73.2 88.0 TOTAL .223/.274/.324/.599 .611/.594 .559 .599 12/10 11/12
ERA-K/9 3.22/6.6 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 3.74/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (60-20-3)
 McKenry (39-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 884/.236 318/.306 751/.291 306/.178 308/.197 8/.125 301/.221 357/.176 .272  McCutchen
 Tabata
 Jones
 Presley
 Navarro
 McLouth
0/156/0/9
77/2/15/4
0/0/90/2
49/5/0/2
3/0/0/0
26/56/3/0
OPS .627 .872 .772 .499 .586 .250 .572 .508 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 418/.692 143/.835 353/.791 147/.442 135/.618 4/.000 93/.512 92/.402 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 466/.571 175/.900 398/.754 159/.549 173/.561 4/.500 208/.599 265/.545 .733
Home 508/.563 162/.802 384/.714 181/.498 163/.455 5/.400 147/.502 175/.496
Last 28d days / 32/1.204 57/.757 35/.550 41/.742 47/.460 30/.881 33/.527
HR/SB/CS 14/16/5 12/6/3 16/9/9 3/1/3 8/0/0 0/0/0 2/5/2 2/2/2 16/15/6
Usage ···o·oo· X····X·· ···oX··o X·····X· ·X··o··· ···oX··· ···o···o

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 (5.19 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (2.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Correia
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 12/.432 2/1.000 2/1.000 7/.143 3/1.334 3/.666 3/.333 3/.666 722/510 .294/.349/.386/.734 .645/.772 .759 95/.796 61/14 2/3
23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 268/125 .263/.302/.323/.625 .692/.550 .655 25/.810 5/2 0/2
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 97/83 .258/.289/.452/.740 .286/.820 .621 36/.821 1/0 3/2
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 635/431 .282/.346/.448/.795 .707/.837 .805 88/.776 4/4 21/6
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 3/.333 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 2/3.000 1/2.000 456/341 .227/.319/.389/.708 .577/.754 .682 82/.824 9/2 14/6
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 6/1.667 4/1.417 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 264/228 .233/.311/.403/.713 .461/.754 .688 20/.522 0/1 10/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP 9/.722 11/.495 8/1.071 9/1.810 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 512/351 .275/.344/.470/.814 .750/.843 .915 47/.898 2/2 18/6
16.McCann* G/S/vP 9/.889 2/2.000 1/.000 9/.222 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 527/363 .270/.351/.466/.817 .794/.826 .877 70/.722 3/2 24/5
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· / /// / 60/.692 / /
14.Prado G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 2/.000 9/.111 ··· 5/1.250 1/.000 2/1.000 590/432 .260/.302/.385/.687 .673/.692 .742 89/.759 4/8 13/8
8.Ross G/S/vP 11/.573 4/.250 3/.667 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 171/113 .263/.333/.428/.761 .613/.833 .819 18/1.111 0/1 6/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 18/.771 2/.500 4/.500 10/1.214 ··· 4/2.000 3/1.333 1/.000 672/488 .233/.311/.453/.764 .648/.808 .801 89/.766 1/3 36/15
2.Wilson G/S/vP 5/.000 22/1.217 5/.200 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 232/134 .243/.274/.285/.559 .557/.561 .540 27/.245 5/2 0/4
IP 154.0 48.2 32.2 68.2 47.2 20.2 69.2 41.0 TOTAL .262/.325/.412/.737 .732/.741 .800 .737 17/4 21/13
ERA-K/9 4.79/4.5 3.88/8.5 2.48/10.2 1.83/8.0 4.72/5.5 3.48/7.4 4.39/10.2 3.95/8.1 2.74/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 660/.287 200/.211 140/.200 274/.220 211/.286 100/.310 309/.269 174/.228 .229  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 .791 .671 .601 .543 .773 .762 .756 .711 .627
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.745 81/.527 52/.766 123/.528 94/.878 41/.699 117/.716 69/.708 .619
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 381/.826 119/.770 88/.508 151/.555 117/.689 59/.807 192/.775 105/.713 .635
Road 362/.664 95/.698 66/.703 106/.448 66/.787 54/.802 147/.634 83/.817
Last 28d days 68/.450 36/.624 30/.615 29/.493 17/.450 38/.721 41/.792 27/.597
HR/SB/CS 24/6/6 5/8/3 2/0/0 1/3/0 4/4/2 1/0/0 8/9/3 6/8/1 11/13/2
Usage ····X··· o···o··o o···X··o o···X··X ···X···· ·X····X· X··o··o· ·X·oo··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.