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Game Preview: ATL @ PHI, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 7, 2012 @Citizens Bank Park

Braves, 63-46, 63-46 2nd, 3 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Mike Minor (24, LHP, 6-7, 5.01)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-7) 116.2 106 71 65 44 99 22 5.01
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 3-2 40.2 29 18 14 14 33 7 3.10 56
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
2012-07-23 @MIA L 7.0 6 2 2 0 4 1 92 61
2012-07-18 SFG ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 1 97 67
2012-07-05 CHC W 6.1 3 3 2 2 6 1 101 61
2012-06-30 WSN W 5.0 5 4 4 5 2 0 85 38
2012-06-24 @BOS L 4.2 6 7 4 3 4 3 94 31
Last 5 v.PHI 1-1 10.1 11 4 4 1 9 2 3.48 55
2012-07-28 PHI W 8.0 4 1 1 0 9 1 103 79
2010-09-21 @PHI L 2.1 7 3 3 1 0 1 73 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-26   Road:   31-20   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  45-24   vsLHP:  18-22   1-Run:  16-9 
 vsEast: 26-17   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 11-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Mon, Aug  6  @PHI  W   6-1       63-46  2nd  3.0 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5   HOU  W   6-1       62-46  2nd  3.0 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4   HOU  L   2-3       61-46  2nd  3.0 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3   HOU  W   4-1       61-45  2nd  2.0 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2   MIA  W   6-1       60-45  2nd  2.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1   MIA  L   2-4       59-45  2nd  2.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31   MIA  W   7-1       59-44  2nd  2.5 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30   MIA  W   8-2       58-44  2nd  3.5 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29   PHI  W   6-2       57-44  2nd  4.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28   PHI  W   2-1       56-44  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8
Phillies, 49-60, 49-60 4th, 17 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Cole Hamels (28, LHP, 11-6, 3.34)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (11-6) 145.2 129 59 54 40 147 19 3.34
2011 (14-9) 216.0 169 68 67 44 194 19 2.79
2010 (12-11) 208.2 185 74 71 61 211 26 3.06
Last 7 GS 1-3 48.2 45 21 19 18 48 8 3.51 57
2012-08-02 @WSN L 7.0 8 3 3 1 9 1 101 57
2012-07-27 @ATL L 5.0 4 5 3 6 7 1 109 44
2012-07-21 SFG ND 7.2 10 5 5 3 6 3 128 42
2012-07-15 @COL W 8.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 111 72
2012-07-05 @NYM ND 7.0 7 4 4 1 7 2 119 53
2012-06-30 @MIA L 7.0 7 3 3 3 5 1 104 53
2012-06-24 TBR ND 7.0 3 0 0 3 7 0 111 75
Last 5 v.ATL 1-2 32.0 26 15 13 12 35 4 3.66 57
2012-07-27 @ATL L 5.0 4 5 3 6 7 1 109 44
2012-05-01 @ATL ND 6.0 6 2 2 2 6 1 108 56
2011-07-10 ATL W 8.0 3 1 1 2 6 0 116 76
2011-05-13 @ATL ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 7 0 99 46
2011-05-08 ATL L 7.0 5 3 3 1 9 2 92 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-31   Road:   26-29   ExtrInn: 4-9 
 vsRHP:  36-38   vsLHP:  13-22   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-27   vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 16-16 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Mon, Aug  6   ATL  L   1-6       49-60  4th 17.0 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5   ARI  W   5-4       49-59  4th 16.0 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4   ARI  W   3-0       48-59  5th 16.0 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3   ARI  L   2-4       47-59  5th 16.0 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2  @WSN  L   0-3       47-58  5th 15.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1  @WSN  W   3-2       47-57  5th 14.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31  @WSN  W   8-0       46-57  5th 15.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @ATL  L   2-6       45-57  5th 16.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @ATL  L   1-2       45-56  5th 15.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @ATL  L   1-6       45-55  5th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 06, 2012 ATL  6 @PHI  1        W:Ben Sheets (4-1), L: Vance Worley (6-7), S: none
Sun, Jul 29, 2012 ATL  6  PHI  2        W:Tim Hudson (10-4), L: Roy Halladay (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 ATL  2  PHI  1        W:Mike Minor (6-7), L: Joe Blanton (8-9), S: Craig Kimbrel (30)
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 ATL  6  PHI  1        W:Ben Sheets (3-0), L: Cole Hamels (11-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2012 ATL  4 @PHI  3        W:Jair Jurrjens (3-2), L: Raul Valdes (2-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (25)
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 ATL  6 @PHI  3        W:Tommy Hanson (10-5), L: Joe Blanton (7-8), S: Craig Kimbrel (24)
Fri, Jul 06, 2012 ATL  5 @PHI  0        W:Tim Hudson (7-4), L: Antonio Bastardo (2-3), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2012 PHI  4 @ATL  0        W:Joe Blanton (3-3), L: Randall Delgado (2-3), S: none
Wed, May 02, 2012 ATL 15  PHI 13 (11)   W:Chad Durbin (1-0), L: Brian Sanches (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 01, 2012 PHI  4 @ATL  2        W:Antonio Bastardo (1-1), L: Jonny Venters (2-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9)
Season Series: 2012 - ATL over 8-2; 2011 - PHI won 12-6; 2010 - PHI won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 1209-1105

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  5.09

CIN  4.33

MIA  3.67

 RA/G

WSN  3.58

DET  4.35

COL  5.80

 BA

A. McCutchen  .369

C. Hart  .272

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

N. Swisher  .338

J. Smoak  .253

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .626

M. Napoli  .434

J. Carroll  .292

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

D. Murphy  .773

J. Smoak  .573

 ERA

J. Weaver  2.13

M. Moore  3.84

E. Santana  5.83

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.31

A. Burnett  7.39

D. Lowe  3.10

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

Braves Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Hamels*
G/S/vB		 37.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 47.Horst*
G/S/vB		 43.Lindblom
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 53.Rosenberg
G/S/vB		 44.Schwimer
G/S/vB		 46.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 22/.604 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 504/321 .286/.344/.415/.759 .722/.780 .777 111/.551 29/8 8/2
25.Francisco* G/S/vP 3/.833 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 154/118 .259/.305/.483/.788 .487/.881 .670 29/1.277 1/1 8/5
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 19/.728 7/.143 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 410/244 .281/.349/.466/.814 .731/.870 .729 102/.953 1/0 13/4
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 17/.561 7/.286 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 4/.250 435/265 .272/.348/.482/.830 .668/.937 .933 108/.805 15/5 18/3
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 ··· 128/112 .211/.289/.307/.596 .258/.646 .606 18/.856 0/0 1/2
4.Janish G/S/vP 12/.817 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 83/56 .203/.289/.257/.546 .771/.444 .576 83/.546 0/0 0/1
11.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/2.000 192/99 .307/.365/.443/.808 .900/.720 .871 31/.827 2/1 3/1
10.Jones# G/S/vP 44/1.081 9/.985 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 278/164 .320/.396/.516/.912 .890/.927 .856 81/1.001 1/0 10/8
16.McCann* G/S/vP 61/.917 8/1.300 3/2.334 ··· 7/.619 ··· 3/.000 3/1.666 355/232 .240/.315/.448/.763 .720/.787 .714 73/.894 1/0 18/2
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/117 .257/.296/.349/.645 .618/.656 .652 10/1.413 2/0 2/7
14.Prado G/S/vP 50/.778 7/.453 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 474/310 .299/.360/.420/.781 .903/.715 .782 108/.586 14/2 5/4
8.Ross G/S/vP 10/.425 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 116/62 .284/.371/.490/.861 .910/.818 .766 32/1.091 0/0 6/1
26.Uggla G/S/vP 62/.517 4/.000 3/1.000 2/3.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 445/297 .212/.344/.364/.708 .734/.695 .773 89/.558 2/2 12/10
IP 145.2 35.2 12.0 50.0 45.0 5.2 29.2 22.2 TOTAL .257/.328/.405/.733 .720/.740 .719 .735 69/18 106/58
ERA-K/9 3.34/9.1 4.79/12.4 1.50/9.8 3.06/8.5 3.00/11.2 9.53/11.1 3.64/8.5 3.57/10.7 4.08/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (56-22-5)
 Ross (15-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 591/.239 155/.211 49/.233 206/.242 186/.233 26/.200 122/.216 85/.188 .257  Heyward
 Prado
 Johnson
 Bourn
 Hinske
0/2/103/9
85/0/0/6
19/22/25/3
0/107/0/2
3/0/4/0
OPS .696 .680 .615 .763 .630 .810 .671 .539 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.629 64/.593 23/.598 97/.821 99/.633 10/.833 42/.636 37/.537 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 416/.723 91/.741 26/.628 109/.714 87/.625 16/.767 80/.690 48/.539 .733
Home 279/.696 88/.822 34/.700 109/.657 105/.787 17/.479 56/.648 47/.480
Last 28d days 118/.814 26/.472 32/.789 42/1.008 53/.528 11/.300 40/.663 4/.000
HR/SB/CS 19/15/9 6/5/1 0/0/2 10/3/4 4/8/0 1/1/0 3/1/5 3/0/1 126/73/43
Usage ····X··· ···o·oo· o··o·o·· ··Xo·o·o ·Xo··o·· X··X···· X···X·o· X·······
Phillies Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
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		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 30.Sheets
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 24/18 .286/.375/.333/.708 .333/.801 .866 24/.708 0/0 0/0
28.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.583 ··· 31/22 .310/.355/.414/.769 .444/.909 .795 31/.769 0/0 1/1
6.Howard* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.000 5/.000 7/2.000 18/.478 13/1.021 16/.321 92/59 .198/.293/.370/.664 .583/.709 .787 84/.667 0/0 4/4
31.Kratz G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 32/17 .379/.438/.931/1.369 1.333/1.396 1.700 25/1.344 0/0 4/0
7.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 55/28 .137/.185/.196/.381 .296/.472 .217 7/.333 0/0 1/2
15.Mayberry G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 5/1.400 3/1.666 11/.573 281/165 .238/.278/.400/.678 .811/.577 .763 62/.789 1/0 9/2
19.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 66/63 .295/.348/.492/.840 1.000/.832 .675 15/.400 0/0 2/2
10.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.929 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 3/.000 36/.638 ··· 303/256 .313/.351/.378/.729 .347/.802 .572 41/.778 27/4 1/1
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 7/1.071 5/.600 9/.833 13/.154 31/.769 7/.971 476/331 .245/.304/.404/.707 .608/.752 .770 97/.687 17/4 12/8
22.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.334 3/1.000 ··· 218/163 .253/.318/.423/.741 .417/.854 .678 69/.838 3/2 6/1
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 22/.409 3/.000 82/64 .219/.296/.342/.639 .584/.648 .596 6/.333 0/0 2/0
26.Utley* G/S/vP 6/1.867 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 19/.504 19/.369 9/.917 129/81 .264/.364/.509/.873 .741/.954 1.082 93/.950 3/1 7/2
24.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/1.267 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 5/1.850 6/1.917 43/.960 4/.000 297/195 .231/.300/.364/.663 .719/.635 .645 36/.288 1/0 9/12
IP 116.2 11.2 43.0 7.1 42.0 56.0 64.2 39.2 32.0 37.0 TOTAL .257/.314/.401/.715 .681/.729 .723 .700 82/18 108/68
ERA-K/9 5.01/7.6 3.09/10.0 3.14/7.1 1.23/8.6 1.29/15.6 3.70/8.7 2.37/6.3 2.50/7.5 1.41/6.5 3.89/12.2 3.72/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (4-4-1)
 Schneider (15-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 486/.246 53/.304 181/.225 31/.286 153/.120 229/.278 251/.235 160/.252 129/.258 175/.295 .252  Mayberry
 Brown
 Pierre
 Schierholtz
 Nix
 Martinez
70/9/2/4
6/0/0/1
72/0/0/1
0/0/57/0
7/0/2/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .767 .742 .720 .783 .352 .735 .605 .673 .655 .853 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.719 19/.620 65/.708 15/.833 80/.233 112/.616 123/.547 56/.239 84/.578 63/.776 .681
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 372/.782 34/.802 116/.727 16/.732 73/.479 117/.849 128/.660 104/.913 45/.803 112/.897 .734
Road 248/.898 18/.911 72/.801 / 68/.335 102/.852 96/.536 94/.646 53/.675 83/.658
Last 28d days 89/.531 53/.742 40/.653 18/.572 31/.395 61/.617 85/.560 30/.467 129/.655 21/.452
HR/SB/CS 22/7/1 0/2/0 8/3/1 1/1/0 2/3/0 5/3/0 2/1/2 3/1/1 1/3/0 6/5/0 106/71/30
Usage ····X··· ·Xo··o·X ·oo·ooo· ·oX·oXo· ···oX··· oX··X··X ·X····X· o··o··X· X····X·· ·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.