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Game Preview: ATL @ CHC, 2:20pm, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 @Wrigley Field

Braves, 19-12, 19-12 1st, Tied

SP: Tim Hudson (36, RHP, 1-0, 6.55)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 11.0 12 9 8 5 12 1 6.55
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
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.0 45 24 23 14 39 2 4.81 50
2012-05-04 @COL ND 6.0 6 7 6 3 6 1 96 37
2012-04-29 PIT W 5.0 6 2 2 2 6 0 96 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
Last 5 v.CHC 2-0 29.2 33 16 13 7 20 3 3.94 50
2008-06-12 @CHC ND 6.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 102 60
2007-06-09 CHC ND 2.0 5 5 5 2 1 0 44 25
2006-09-08 CHC W 6.0 6 4 1 2 7 1 98 55
2006-05-26 @CHC ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 2 1 76 41
2005-08-22 @CHC W 9.0 7 2 2 1 5 1 119 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:   11-7    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  12-6    vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   5-1 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 8-4    vsWest:  8-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Tue, May  8  @CHC  W   3-1       19-12  1st    Tied
 30 Mon, May  7  @CHC  L   1-5       18-12  2nd  1.0 gb
 29 Sun, May  6  @COL  W   7-2       18-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  5  @COL  W  13-9       17-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 27 Fri, May  4  @COL  W   9-8 (11)  16-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 26 Thu, May  3   PHI  L   0-4       15-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 25 Wed, May  2   PHI  W  15-13(11)  15-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 24 Tue, May  1   PHI  L   2-4       14-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30   PIT  L   3-9       14-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29   PIT  W   4-3       14-8   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Cubs, 12-18, 12-18 6th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (30, LHP, 3-2, 5.13)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-2) 26.1 24 15 15 6 14 5 5.13
2011 (6-14) 162.1 160 72 66 50 97 11 3.66
2010 (9-15) 185.1 228 119 105 62 102 15 5.10
Last 7 GS 3-4 36.1 39 22 21 7 15 6 5.20 46
2012-05-04 LAD W 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 88 66
2012-04-27 @PHI W 6.1 5 1 1 0 1 1 100 60
2012-04-21 CIN W 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 92 62
2012-04-15 @STL L 4.0 6 6 6 1 2 1 70 27
2012-04-10 MIL L 4.0 6 6 6 2 2 2 80 26
2011-08-17 STL L 5.0 8 3 3 1 1 1 83 39
2011-08-12 @MIL L 5.0 7 4 3 0 0 0 95 39
Last 5 v.ATL 1-1 33.0 35 7 5 10 25 1 1.36 59
2011-07-27 @ATL ND 7.0 9 1 1 0 8 0 109 63
2010-05-30 @ATL ND 6.0 10 2 2 3 5 1 113 46
2009-06-11 @ATL ND 7.0 4 1 0 3 8 0 106 72
2009-04-17 ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 102 68
2007-07-15 @ATL L 6.0 8 3 2 1 2 0 92 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-10   Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  11-14   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 6-9    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Tue, May  8   ATL  L   1-3       12-18  6th  7.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  7   ATL  W   5-1       12-17  5th  6.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  6   LAD  W   4-3 (11)  11-17  6th  6.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5   LAD  L   1-5       10-17  6th  6.0 gb
 26 Fri, May  4   LAD  W   5-4       10-16  6th  6.0 gb
 25 Thu, May  3  @CIN  L   3-4 (10)   9-16  6th  7.0 gb
 24 Wed, May  2  @CIN  W   3-1        9-15  6th  7.0 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30  @PHI  L   4-6        8-15  6th  6.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @PHI  W   5-1        8-14  5th  6.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @PHI  L   2-5        7-14  6th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 08, 2012 ATL  3 @CHC  1        W:Kris Medlen (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (10)
Mon, May 07, 2012 CHC  5  ATL  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-1), L: Tommy Hanson (3-3), S: none

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 ATL  8 @CHC  3        W:Brandon Beachy (7-2), L: Matt Garza (6-10), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 CHC  3  ATL  2        W:Randy Wells (5-4), L: Derek Lowe (8-12), S: Carlos Marmol (30)
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 ATL  5 @CHC  4        W:Mike Minor (4-2), L: Casey Coleman (2-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (40)
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 ATL  3 @CHC  0        W:Jair Jurrjens (13-5), L: Ryan Dempster (10-9), S: Jonny Venters (5)
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 CHC  6 @ATL  5        W:John Grabow (3-0), L: Eric O'Flaherty (1-4), S: Carlos Marmol (28)
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 CHC  8 @ATL  4        W:Randy Wells (4-4), L: Derek Lowe (7-11), S: Carlos Marmol (27)
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 ATL 10  CHC  4        W:Mike Minor (2-2), L: Carlos Zambrano (9-7), S: none
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 ATL 16 @CHC  5        W:Mike Minor (2-0), L: Randy Wells (5-12), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - ATL won 4-3; 2010 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 1218-1022

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  5.67

KCR  3.97

PIT  2.86

 RA/G

WSN  3.00

HOU  4.13

BOS  5.76

 BA

J. Hamilton  .406

R. Cano  .263

C. Barmes  .159

 OBP

M. Kemp  .488

E. Bonifacio  .331

C. Barmes  .196

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .840

T. Hunter  .418

B. Morel  .194

 OPS

M. Kemp  1.305

I. Suzuki  .752

B. Morel  .400

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.02

J. Williams  3.38

C. Buchholz  9.09

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  10.35

C. Lewis  7.10

D. Lowe  2.39

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

Braves Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 43.Bowden
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 52.Castillo
G/S/vB		 48.Dolis
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 32/.589 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 14/.607 10/.600 4/.500 146/92 .328/.397/.397/.794 .543/.943 .776 120/.890 11/4 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 38/14 .290/.395/.516/.911 1.158/.468 .778 27/1.081 0/0 2/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 51/39 .234/.275/.489/.764 .788/.756 .696 41/.912 0/1 3/3
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 133/82 .281/.308/.512/.821 .793/.839 .907 107/.906 0/0 6/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 114/73 .268/.372/.485/.856 .791/.894 .888 93/.818 9/2 4/0
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/.650 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 39/36 .378/.410/.514/.924 1.000/.917 .857 34/.943 0/0 1/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 27/.855 81/58 .311/.358/.554/.912 1.235/.791 1.018 72/.870 0/0 5/4
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.000 5/.200 107/71 .232/.308/.411/.719 .748/.701 .573 86/.760 1/0 5/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 94/67 .264/.301/.368/.669 .453/.760 .698 80/.611 0/0 1/2
14.Prado G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 4/.500 3/.667 126/84 .275/.360/.404/.764 .926/.683 .766 100/.759 3/1 2/2
8.Ross G/S/vP 28/.972 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4.000 1/.000 3/1.000 26/17 .304/.385/.522/.906 1.556/.647 1.144 22/.837 0/0 1/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 24/1.011 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 11/.364 1/no AB 6/.750 133/90 .277/.353/.420/.774 .959/.688 .818 107/.843 0/1 4/5
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 30/.971 39/26 .171/.189/.171/.361 .258/.408 .359 31/.440 0/0 0/0
IP 26.1 7.1 16.0 7.2 18.1 10.2 11.1 4.1 TOTAL .269/.333/.420/.753 .772/.744 .754 .786 24/9 34/18
ERA-K/9 5.13/4.8 2.45/9.9 3.38/7.3 5.87/7.0 2.95/2.5 5.06/9.3 0.79/8.0 14.54/8.4 3.78/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (16-6-2)
 Ross (4-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 114/.238 30/.222 66/.258 36/.276 72/.197 56/.195 48/.250 24/.353 .224  Diaz
 Prado
 Bourn
 Hinske
 Heyward
7/0/3/2
26/0/0/2
0/31/0/1
1/0/3/0
0/0/28/0
OPS .745 .819 .675 .785 .607 .728 .744 1.147 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/.556 14/.690 23/.919 12/.705 27/.302 28/.729 12/.667 12/1.083 .649
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.786 16/.917 36/.601 18/.643 38/.685 24/.806 27/.870 12/1.208 .669
Home 70/.710 10/.775 45/.748 21/.538 40/.512 34/.835 32/.761 23/1.209
Last 28d days 91/.651 19/.845 50/.538 28/.815 59/.646 41/.599 42/.821 12/1.125
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 2/0/0 1/1/1 1/3/0 1/0/0 1/3/0 0/1/1 1/2/0 20/29/6
Usage ····X··· ···o···· X·o·o··· ···X···· ··X·XXo· ·X·X·Xo· ·XX·X··· X···X···
Cubs Batters (3.47 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.55 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Baker G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 8/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 30/17 .231/.300/.308/.608 .222/.607 .294 17/.706 1/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 109/80 .245/.287/.343/.630 .500/.607 .711 83/.601 0/0 1/1
1.Campana* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 55/47 .333/.385/.396/.780 .833/.768 .855 55/.780 7/2 0/0
45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .000/.083/.000/.083 /.083 .200 12/.083 0/0 0/0
13.Castro G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 6/.334 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.334 2/2.000 128/97 .347/.359/.455/.814 1.492/.684 .761 102/.852 11/4 1/8
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 12/.500 7/.572 1/.000 1/3.000 3/2.000 6/1.100 1/2.000 121/94 .255/.372/.333/.705 .533/.766 .858 98/.705 0/2 0/0
5.Johnson G/S/vP 11/.100 7/.715 16/.813 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 4/.500 45/30 .171/.244/.317/.562 .444/.718 .536 37/.537 0/0 0/0
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 100/79 .373/.470/.771/1.241 .929/1.292 1.154 86/1.226 0/1 8/2
16.Mather G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 40/26 .286/.375/.514/.889 .862/.849 .819 35/.920 1/1 2/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 39/.713 9/.583 24/.791 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 105/79 .253/.276/.303/.579 .445/.668 .624 82/.560 1/1 0/0
18.Soto G/S/vP 6/.666 6/1.166 9/.730 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 85/64 .158/.247/.316/.563 .286/.629 .531 66/.514 0/0 3/4
2.Stewart* G/S/vP 9/.555 4/.500 6/1.166 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/.453 6/.167 110/82 .200/.273/.340/.613 .529/.650 .559 89/.595 0/1 3/2
IP 11.0 12.0 19.1 12.0 15.0 17.2 11.1 11.1 TOTAL .243/.304/.364/.669 .648/.687 .683 .677 21/13 18/23
ERA-K/9 6.55/9.8 8.25/6.0 3.72/5.1 3.00/15.8 3.00/6.0 2.55/3.1 6.35/8.0 1.59/15.9 4.34/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (2-1-0)
 Soto (22-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 53/.273 59/.327 78/.306 52/.205 59/.263 69/.222 55/.319 51/.289 .270  DeJesus
 Soriano
 Baker
 Johnson
 Campana
 Mather
0/0/28/2
26/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
7/8/3/0
0/14/0/0
5/3/0/0
OPS .792 1.061 .732 .554 .674 .528 .875 .693 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/1.194 22/.718 39/.753 22/.332 30/.441 31/.406 20/.311 16/.600 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 28/.414 37/1.272 39/.713 30/.700 29/.915 38/.621 35/1.219 35/.733 .732
Road 28/.792 36/1.126 40/.795 33/.482 33/.658 31/.573 36/.676 29/.510
Last 28d days 53/.792 47/.933 60/.711 43/.519 47/.632 51/.451 41/.914 37/.725
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 5/0/0 2/0/1 0/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/1/0 28/20/9
Usage ····X··· ·X·XX·o· ···X·Xo· o···X·X· ··Xo··X· o···X·Xo oX·oX·X· o·····oX

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.