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Game Preview: COL @ ATL, 7:10pm, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 @Turner Field

Rockies, 56-78, 56-78 5th, 20 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Alex White (23, RHP, 2-7, 5.58)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-7) 80.2 92 54 50 39 55 11 5.58
2011 (3-4) 51.1 62 42 40 25 37 15 7.01
Last 7 GS 0-1 29.0 28 14 13 17 21 3 4.03 48
2012-08-31 SDP L 3.2 4 3 3 3 2 1 76 40
2012-08-25 @CHC ND 4.0 5 3 2 1 4 1 80 45
2012-08-20 @NYM ND 4.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 83 54
2012-08-16 MIA ND 4.0 3 2 2 3 3 1 74 48
2012-08-12 @SFG ND 4.0 7 3 3 2 3 0 82 37
2012-08-07 @LAD ND 4.0 1 0 0 5 2 0 80 57
2012-08-02 STL ND 5.1 5 2 2 1 3 0 84 52
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-41   Road:   26-37   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  43-54   vsLHP:  13-24   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:16-19   vsWest: 23-29 IL: 2-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Tue, Sep  4  @ATL  W   6-0       56-78  5th 20.0 gb
133 Mon, Sep  3  @ATL  L   1-6       55-78  5th 21.0 gb
132 Sun, Sep  2   SDP  W  11-10      55-77  5th 20.0 gb
131 Sat, Sep  1   SDP  W   9-1       54-77  5th 20.0 gb
130 Fri, Aug 31   SDP  L   4-5       53-77  5th 20.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 29   LAD  L   8-10      53-76  5th 19.5 gb
128 Tue, Aug 28   LAD  W   8-4       53-75  5th 18.5 gb
127 Mon, Aug 27   LAD  W  10-0       52-75  5th 18.5 gb
126 Sun, Aug 26  @CHC  L   0-5  (8)  51-75  5th 19.0 gb
125 Sat, Aug 25  @CHC  W   4-3       51-74  5th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Braves, 76-60, 76-60 2nd, 7½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Mike Minor (24, LHP, 7-10, 4.79)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-10) 148.1 138 85 79 47 117 25 4.79
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 2-3 43.1 38 15 15 5 28 4 3.12 57
2012-08-31 PHI ND 5.0 7 4 4 1 3 1 71 39
2012-08-25 @SFG W 6.2 4 3 3 0 5 0 91 59
2012-08-19 LAD L 7.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 97 65
2012-08-13 SDP L 6.0 9 3 3 0 3 0 86 45
2012-08-07 @PHI L 7.0 7 3 3 2 5 1 103 54
2012-08-02 MIA ND 3.2 2 0 0 2 1 0 55 56
2012-07-28 PHI W 8.0 4 1 1 0 9 1 103 79
Last 5 v.COL 0-0 5.0 10 8 8 4 4 2 14.40 15
2012-05-05 @COL ND 5.0 10 8 8 4 4 2 98 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-32   Road:   38-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  51-31   vsLHP:  25-29   1-Run:  18-11
 vsEast: 31-23   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 19-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Tue, Sep  4   COL  L   0-6       76-60  2nd  7.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3   COL  W   6-1       76-59  2nd  6.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2   PHI  W   8-7       75-59  2nd  6.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1   PHI  L   1-5       74-59  2nd  6.5 gb
132 Fri, Aug 31   PHI  L   5-8 (10)  74-58  2nd  6.5 gb
131 Wed, Aug 29  @SDP  L   2-8       74-57  2nd  5.0 gb
130 Tue, Aug 28  @SDP  W   2-0       74-56  2nd  4.0 gb
129 Mon, Aug 27  @SDP  L   0-3       73-56  2nd  5.0 gb
128 Sun, Aug 26  @SFG  W   7-1       73-55  2nd  4.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 25  @SFG  W   7-3       72-55  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 COL  6 @ATL  0        W:Carlos Torres (4-1), L: Tommy Hanson (12-8), S: none
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 ATL  6  COL  1        W:Kris Medlen (7-1), L: Tyler Chatwood (4-4), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2012 ATL  7 @COL  2        W:Brandon Beachy (3-1), L: Juan Nicasio (2-1), S: Cristhian Martinez (1)
Sat, May 05, 2012 ATL 13 @COL  9        W:Cristhian Martinez (2-0), L: Esmil Rogers (0-2), S: Livan Hernandez (1)
Fri, May 04, 2012 ATL  9 @COL  8 (11)   W:Chad Durbin (2-0), L: Edgmer Escalona (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (9)

Thu, Jul 21, 2011 ATL  9 @COL  6        W:Tommy Hanson (11-5), L: Matt Reynolds (0-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (30)
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 COL  3  ATL  2        W:Huston Street (1-3), L: Eric O'Flaherty (1-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - ATL over 4-1; 2011 - ATL won 6-2; 2010 - COL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 102-60

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.16

CIN  4.35

HOU  3.63

 RA/G

WSN  3.58

TEX  4.29

COL  5.49

 BA

A. McCutchen  .347

J. Heyward  .273

C. Pena  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .413

R. Weeks  .335

J. Smoak  .260

 SLG

R. Braun  .605

D. Young  .440

J. Weeks  .302

 OPS

R. Braun  .994

C. Davis  .776

J. Smoak  .577

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.51

L. Harrell  3.81

R. Romero  5.85

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.28

A. Sanchez  7.38

H. Alvarez  3.42

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

Rockies Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 52.Batista
G/S/vB		 32.Durbin
G/S/vB		 53.Gearrin
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 50.Martinez
G/S/vB		 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 58.Moylan
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Blackmon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 44/36 .140/.159/.209/.368 1.000/.225 .286 44/.368 1/0 0/0
12.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 54/40 .260/.296/.480/.776 .690/.801 .365 28/1.011 1/0 2/1
21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 364/285 .293/.337/.561/.898 .776/.931 .753 93/1.021 7/3 17/5
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 5/.900 5/1.550 1/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 12/.444 3/.666 5/.200 3/.667 462/326 .308/.390/.499/.889 .881/.893 .723 71/.964 12/4 13/5
23.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· ··· 24/.444 20/1.483 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 102/75 .247/.382/.333/.716 .949/.619 .646 2/1.000 0/0 1/0
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/2.333 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 3/.333 6/.666 ··· 5/1.400 3/1.334 532/349 .312/.382/.532/.913 .785/.982 .734 84/.690 16/5 22/4
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/.760 19/.816 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 186/143 .218/.250/.356/.606 .372/.681 .454 31/.624 0/1 5/2
18.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 ··· 211/165 .250/.309/.346/.655 .539/.694 .529 55/.600 3/0 3/1
9.LeMahieu G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 162/124 .283/.314/.375/.689 .528/.737 .812 86/.817 1/2 1/2
10.Nelson G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 273/200 .271/.331/.433/.764 .831/.740 .649 80/.842 1/1 7/9
22.Pacheco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 399/291 .313/.344/.428/.772 .867/.737 .657 96/.869 5/2 4/12
20.Rosario G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 327/240 .252/.297/.530/.826 1.097/.727 .770 77/.930 3/4 23/12
14.Rutledge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 169/130 .331/.349/.589/.938 1.037/.909 .935 71/.816 5/0 7/9
IP 148.1 25.0 51.2 54.2 11.1 49.0 68.2 104.0 2.0 46.2 47.2 TOTAL .272/.330/.442/.772 .782/.768 .670 .795 87/33 146/104
ERA-K/9 4.79/7.1 2.16/8.6 4.53/6.3 3.29/7.1 0.79/8.8 1.29/16.2 4.19/8.3 1.56/7.4 0.00/0.0 2.12/7.5 3.40/10.9 3.65/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (35-12-1)
 Pacheco (2-0-0)
 Rosario (45-29-15)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 615/.251 104/.233 239/.280 229/.233 46/.256 178/.120 291/.288 392/.220 8/.000 190/.256 218/.277 .251  Gonzalez
 Colvin
 Fowler
 Blackmon
 Brown
120/0/0/7
9/27/47/7
0/111/0/3
2/0/11/1
4/0/10/1
OPS .754 .595 .796 .724 .700 .360 .762 .537 .125 .671 .792 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.770 41/.490 118/.857 84/.728 20/.929 92/.247 146/.646 196/.517 1/.000 64/.291 80/.715 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 464/.750 63/.656 121/.737 145/.720 26/.519 86/.480 145/.876 196/.557 7/.143 126/.871 138/.836 .717
Home 313/.661 55/.543 128/.821 135/.708 38/.687 97/.407 159/.706 218/.559 8/.125 77/.684 111/.934
Last 28d days 100/.676 48/.472 19/.498 45/.791 13/.615 22/.468 62/.866 141/.422 8/.125 25/.661 40/.578
HR/SB/CS 25/7/1 0/2/0 5/8/3 9/3/2 1/1/0 3/4/0 6/4/0 2/3/2 0/0/0 3/1/2 6/5/0 128/81/35
Usage ····X··· X·oX··X· o·Xo···· X···X·X· ········ ····o··X ··X·X·o· ·X·····X o·oo···· ····o··· ··o·X·X·
Braves Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 6.White
G/S/vB		 34.Belisle
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 49.Brothers*
G/S/vB		 32.Chatwood
G/S/vB		 61.Escalona
G/S/vB		 48.Harris
G/S/vB		 56.Moscoso
G/S/vB		 37.Ottavino
G/S/vB		 51.Reynolds*
G/S/vB		 30.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 59.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 183/57 .251/.290/.404/.693 .681/.720 .684 36/.371 4/1 4/3
7.Boscan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .143/.143/.143/.286 .667/.000 .286 / 0/0 0/0
24.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 4/2.250 ··· 2/no AB 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 621/387 .284/.354/.409/.762 .750/.770 .761 107/.712 38/11 9/2
13.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/32 .231/.250/.256/.506 .444/.525 .856 5/.833 3/0 0/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 186/147 .249/.296/.462/.758 .481/.831 .917 32/.617 1/1 9/5
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 5/.450 5/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 4/2.750 2/.000 1/.000 520/300 .269/.350/.466/.816 .703/.900 .840 102/.841 2/0 19/7
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 6/.833 1/.000 3/.666 547/325 .273/.342/.493/.835 .640/.973 .761 104/.893 19/7 24/5
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 7/.286 1/.000 3/.333 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 137/121 .197/.277/.287/.564 .258/.606 .560 8/.125 0/0 1/2
4.Janish G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 179/109 .191/.268/.241/.509 .512/.507 .583 88/.485 1/0 0/2
11.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 249/116 .306/.353/.427/.780 .848/.701 .708 53/.743 2/2 3/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 9/.619 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/5.000 1/no AB 1/.000 366/198 .304/.383/.500/.883 .857/.905 .988 80/.810 1/0 14/9
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 7/.619 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 423/265 .228/.300/.402/.702 .642/.738 .721 65/.379 2/0 18/2
27.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· 112/97 .286/.360/.439/.799 .552/.839 .774 2/.000 0/0 2/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 180/119 .245/.291/.331/.623 .555/.656 .613 11/.091 2/0 2/7
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 3/.000 5/.900 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 591/373 .298/.355/.440/.794 .848/.763 .817 108/.887 17/3 9/4
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 159/87 .271/.352/.471/.824 .776/.863 .868 38/.827 1/0 7/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· 11/1.064 6/.834 3/1.667 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 534/347 .208/.339/.372/.711 .765/.683 .643 84/.706 2/3 17/10
IP 80.2 70.1 49.0 55.2 42.1 9.1 10.2 36.0 66.0 53.2 81.0 42.0 TOTAL .251/.323/.400/.723 .693/.742 .737 .689 90/26 134/70
ERA-K/9 5.58/6.1 3.07/7.2 2.57/8.1 4.20/12.1 5.53/5.5 10.61/8.7 6.75/9.3 7.25/9.8 3.82/9.0 4.53/7.9 2.67/5.6 3.86/6.6 5.18/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Boscan (0-0-0)
 McCann (64-24-6)
 Ross (17-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 373/.283 300/.275 198/.225 243/.264 193/.303 44/.300 46/.244 169/.322 277/.228 230/.286 345/.245 175/.219 .287  Heyward
 Prado
 Johnson
 Bourn
 Constanza
 Baker
 Hinske
0/2/129/11
103/0/0/9
30/24/27/3
0/133/0/2
12/0/0/2
2/0/25/0
4/0/4/0
OPS .855 .703 .617 .761 .863 .989 .743 .924 .682 .835 .710 .645 .825
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.894 125/.742 92/.789 100/.618 99/.952 18/1.139 17/.301 79/.920 102/.644 108/.768 135/.640 70/.574 .812
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.809 175/.676 106/.471 143/.860 94/.774 26/.888 29/1.019 90/.925 175/.703 122/.891 210/.754 105/.688 .833
Road 184/.817 143/.708 95/.493 111/.757 80/.848 11/1.164 14/.702 52/.665 115/.701 72/.705 148/.610 79/.582
Last 28d days 91/.825 56/.725 39/.750 53/.650 112/.788 3/.000 46/.743 40/.693 84/.537 25/.668 54/.940 69/.633
HR/SB/CS 11/11/4 4/1/0 4/6/0 4/5/4 5/5/4 2/2/0 2/0/0 7/7/1 9/11/1 10/2/3 6/2/2 2/5/1 166/98/42
Usage ····X··· o·XX··o· ··X····o X···X··· ·X·····X ·o······ ·X··o·X· ·Xo····· ··X···X· ··o·o··o ·X··X··· X··X···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.