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Game Preview: ATL @ COL, 8:10pm, Saturday, May 5, 2012 @Coors Field

Braves, 16-11, 16-11 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Mike Minor (24, LHP, 2-2, 4.68)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 32.2 29 19 17 8 30 3 4.68
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 43.0 41 24 22 12 41 7 4.60 51
2012-04-30 PIT L 6.1 8 7 7 3 9 2 107 35
2012-04-24 @LAD ND 6.0 8 3 3 0 2 1 79 46
2012-04-19 @ARI W 8.0 5 2 1 0 9 0 112 75
2012-04-14 MIL W 7.1 2 1 0 1 4 0 99 75
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
Has never faced COL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:    8-6    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   5-1 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 7-3    vsWest:  6-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-11
Rockies, 12-13, 12-13 3rd, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jamie Moyer (49, LHP, 1-2, 3.14)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-2) 28.2 36 15 10 9 16 3 3.14
2010 (9-9) 111.2 103 64 60 20 63 20 4.84
2009 (12-10) 162.0 177 91 89 43 94 27 4.94
Last 7 GS 1-3 32.2 43 21 16 9 17 5 4.41 45
2012-04-29 NYM ND 5.0 11 4 4 2 7 1 109 34
2012-04-24 @PIT ND 6.0 6 1 1 3 3 0 84 56
2012-04-17 SDP W 7.0 6 2 0 2 1 0 87 60
2012-04-12 SFG L 5.2 8 4 2 1 3 0 112 43
2012-04-07 @HOU L 5.0 5 4 3 1 2 2 69 44
2010-07-20 @STL ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 49
2010-07-15 @CHC L 3.0 5 6 6 0 1 2 66 26
Last 5 v.ATL 2-2 31.0 27 19 17 9 20 5 4.94 50
2010-07-07 ATL L 5.1 7 7 7 1 3 3 92 28
2010-05-07 ATL W 9.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 105 88
2010-04-22 @ATL W 6.0 4 2 0 2 4 0 101 62
2009-04-07 ATL L 5.0 8 4 4 2 2 2 78 35
2008-09-16 @ATL ND 5.2 6 6 6 4 6 0 93 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-8    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   9-8    vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  7-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Fri, May  4   ATL  L   8-9 (11)  12-13  3rd  5.0 gb
 24 Wed, May  2   LAD  W   8-5       12-12  3rd  4.5 gb
 23 Tue, May  1   LAD  L   6-7       11-12  4th  5.5 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 30   LAD  W   6-2       11-11  4th  4.5 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 29   NYM  L   5-6 (11)  10-11  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Sat, Apr 28   NYM  L   5-7       10-10  3rd  4.5 gb
 19 Fri, Apr 27   NYM  W  18-9       10-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25  @PIT  L   1-5        9-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 17 Wed, Apr 25  @PIT  W   2-1        9-8   2nd  3.5 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 24  @PIT  L   4-5        8-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 ATL  9  COL  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (12-3), L: Aaron Cook (0-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 ATL  5  COL  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-6), L: Jhoulys Chacin (8-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (26)
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 ATL  4  COL  1        W:Tommy Hanson (10-4), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (3-8), S: Craig Kimbrel (25)
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 COL 12  ATL 10        W:Matt Belisle (6-4), L: Jonny Venters (4-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - ATL over 1-0; 2011 - ATL won 6-2; 2010 - COL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 99-59

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

STL  5.46

CHW  4.00

PIT  2.88

 RA/G

WSN  2.77

TOR  4.00

MIN  5.56

 BA

M. Kemp  .411

P. Polanco  .261

B. Ryan  .149

 OBP

D. Wright  .505

A. Rios  .330

M. Byrd  .213

 SLG

M. Kemp  .856

M. Teixeira  .406

M. Byrd  .181

 OPS

M. Kemp  1.356

M. Saunders  .748

M. Byrd  .394

 ERA

R. Dempster  .95

S. Marcum  3.19

C. Buchholz  8.69

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  10.30

M. Cain  7.05

D. Lowe  2.56

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Braves Batters (5.26 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Moyer*
G/S/vB		 34.Belisle
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 49.Brothers*
G/S/vB		 61.Escalona
G/S/vB		 51.Reynolds*
G/S/vB		 30.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 48.Rogers
G/S/vB		 59.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 5/.650 4/2.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 127/77 .330/.394/.409/.802 .521/.988 .788 119/.802 9/4 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 27/.935 3/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/13 .231/.364/.385/.748 1.013/.331 .404 29/.743 0/0 1/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 45/34 .209/.222/.488/.711 .864/.661 .571 41/.782 0/0 3/3
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 3/3.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 115/69 .302/.322/.519/.841 .871/.820 .965 107/.868 0/0 5/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 2/4.000 ··· 97/61 .271/.354/.424/.778 .717/.815 .756 89/.770 9/2 2/0
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 36/.820 2/1.000 7/.286 1/.000 1/5.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 36/33 .412/.444/.559/1.003 1.000/1.003 1.000 34/1.004 0/0 1/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP 29/.972 9/.619 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 67/49 .300/.358/.567/.925 1.122/.858 1.091 67/.925 0/0 5/3
16.McCann* G/S/vP 31/.990 7/.619 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 94/62 .235/.298/.435/.733 .717/.741 .565 86/.788 1/0 5/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/55 .278/.325/.403/.727 .445/.850 .849 72/.712 0/0 1/2
14.Prado G/S/vP 26/1.263 5/.800 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 112/70 .273/.342/.414/.756 .926/.657 .753 104/.745 2/1 2/2
8.Ross G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 22/13 .316/.409/.579/.988 1.556/.692 1.500 22/.988 0/0 1/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 48/.598 11/1.064 6/.834 2/3.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 116/77 .265/.353/.402/.755 .865/.701 .797 108/.782 0/0 3/5
2.Wilson G/S/vP 8/.542 20/.757 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 38/25 .147/.167/.147/.314 .258/.341 .290 38/.314 0/0 0/0
IP 28.2 13.0 12.0 10.0 5.1 11.0 15.1 12.2 TOTAL .267/.329/.418/.747 .739/.751 .742 .759 21/7 29/17
ERA-K/9 3.14/5.0 2.77/6.2 2.25/8.2 3.60/12.6 10.13/8.5 2.45/9.0 3.52/6.5 5.68/12.0 /0.0 4.82/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (16-5-2)
 Ross (3-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 131/.308 56/.241 48/.205 48/.372 24/.273 52/.326 61/.204 58/.315 / .292  Diaz
 Prado
 Bourn
 Hinske
 Heyward
6/0/3/2
22/0/0/2
0/27/0/0
1/0/3/0
0/0/24/0
OPS .821 .606 .612 .905 1.015 .829 .628 .825 .831
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.990 23/.699 21/.855 20/.771 8/1.232 28/.797 28/.815 28/.486 / .909
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.749 33/.545 27/.425 28/1.006 16/.913 24/.867 33/.476 30/1.123 / .769
Home 83/.808 44/.568 33/.670 29/.729 16/.717 49/.884 50/.684 46/.705 /
Last 28d days 110/.799 56/.606 43/.581 45/.969 24/1.015 52/.829 56/.606 58/.825 /
HR/SB/CS 3/3/2 1/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 // 31/17/11
Usage ·····X·· X·oo·X·X o·X·oX·· o·o·oX·X o···Xoo· X··X··XX X··X·XoX ··X·o·oX
Rockies Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.59 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 45/35 .302/.311/.558/.869 1.278/.757 1.192 44/.843 0/1 2/0
3.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 9/.722 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 99/73 .275/.333/.462/.795 .808/.790 .838 91/.728 2/0 2/1
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.550 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.700 5/.200 3/.667 90/56 .244/.330/.449/.778 .491/.946 .892 81/.816 2/0 4/2
23.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 20/1.483 17/.912 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 26/19 .211/.385/.368/.753 .952/.652 .599 26/.753 0/0 1/0
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 10/.200 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 3/1.334 100/60 .292/.370/.596/.966 .843/1.049 1.149 91/.997 4/0 7/1
17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 87/1.228 4/.833 1/.000 4/.500 10/.325 4/1.000 89/58 .244/.326/.513/.839 .538/1.009 .848 80/.880 1/0 4/0
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 19/.816 18/.556 3/1.666 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.500 68/52 .266/.284/.531/.815 .563/.898 .844 61/.845 0/0 4/1
18.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 45/36 .297/.366/.514/.879 .714/.912 1.030 44/.903 0/0 2/0
10.Nelson G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/41 .224/.318/.310/.629 1.005/.387 .918 59/.709 1/1 0/3
20.Rosario G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/29 .216/.231/.459/.690 1.000/.577 .699 38/.709 0/1 2/0
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 9/.476 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 105/75 .271/.327/.344/.671 .690/.663 .770 96/.693 3/0 0/2
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 25/.588 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.000 6/1.833 5/.400 108/74 .278/.343/.454/.796 .561/.893 .751 99/.755 1/2 3/6
1.Young# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 25/17 .286/.400/.429/.829 1.214/.639 .814 25/.829 4/0 0/0
IP 32.2 10.0 17.2 11.0 11.1 16.2 9.2 10.1 TOTAL .260/.327/.449/.776 .726/.798 .858 .788 18/5 31/20
ERA-K/9 4.68/8.3 7.20/6.3 4.08/4.6 3.27/15.5 3.97/6.4 2.70/3.2 6.52/8.4 1.74/17.5 4.33/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (11-6-1)
 Rosario (6-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.254 48/.326 73/.313 49/.220 48/.319 66/.233 45/.308 47/.268 .275  Colvin
 Cuddyer
 Gonzalez
 Young
 Fowler
3/7/6/1
0/0/25/1
22/0/0/0
2/1/0/0
0/24/0/0
OPS .685 .977 .757 .591 .801 .553 .874 .665 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.771 18/.804 38/.775 21/.348 24/.500 30/.421 14/.000 13/.583 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.656 30/1.087 35/.739 28/.753 24/1.111 36/.657 31/1.327 34/.693 .735
Road 76/.674 25/.991 35/.858 30/.533 22/.933 28/.637 26/.598 25/.423
Last 28d days 129/.685 42/.894 65/.758 49/.591 45/.856 60/.576 45/.874 41/.631
HR/SB/CS 3/3/0 3/0/0 2/0/1 0/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/1/0 22/19/8
Usage ····X··· X·o·Xo·· ·Xo·X·X· X·X··X·· ··X···X· X·Xo···X X·X··o·· ··oX·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.