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Game Preview: ATL @ PHI, 1:35pm, Sunday, September 23, 2012 @Citizens Bank Park

Braves, 87-65, 87-65 2nd, 5½ GB, 6 up in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (36, RHP, 15-6, 3.77)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (15-6) 164.2 161 73 69 46 94 11 3.77
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 4-2 43.0 46 18 18 12 19 3 3.77 50
2012-09-17 @MIA W 5.0 10 4 4 0 0 0 81 31
2012-09-11 @MIL L 6.2 7 4 4 1 4 1 93 47
2012-09-06 COL W 7.0 6 0 0 2 2 0 102 65
2012-09-01 PHI L 5.0 9 5 5 3 3 1 99 29
2012-08-26 @SFG W 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 82 65
2012-08-20 @WSN ND 6.0 7 4 4 4 3 1 97 41
2012-08-14 SDP W 6.1 2 0 0 1 4 0 97 72
Last 5 v.PHI 2-1 28.1 32 15 15 8 16 4 4.76 47
2012-09-01 PHI L 5.0 9 5 5 3 3 1 99 29
2012-08-08 @PHI ND 4.1 6 6 6 3 4 2 87 28
2012-07-29 PHI W 5.2 7 2 2 0 5 1 108 52
2012-07-06 @PHI W 7.0 4 0 0 1 0 0 79 68
2011-09-28 PHI ND 6.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 102 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   43-32   Road:   44-33   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  58-36   vsLHP:  29-29   1-Run:  23-12
 vsEast: 40-25   vsCntrl:18-17   vsWest: 21-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Sat, Sep 22  @PHI  W   8-2       87-65  2nd  5.5 gb
151 Fri, Sep 21  @PHI  L   2-6       86-65  2nd  5.5 gb
150 Wed, Sep 19  @MIA  W   3-0       86-64  2nd  5.0 gb
149 Tue, Sep 18  @MIA  L   3-4 (10)  85-64  2nd  5.5 gb
148 Mon, Sep 17  @MIA  W   7-5       85-63  2nd  5.0 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16   WSN  W   5-1       84-63  2nd  5.5 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15   WSN  W   5-4       83-63  2nd  6.5 gb
145 Fri, Sep 14   WSN  W   2-1       82-63  2nd  7.5 gb
144 Wed, Sep 12  @MIL  L   2-8       81-63  2nd  8.5 gb
143 Tue, Sep 11  @MIL  L   0-5       81-62  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Phillies, 77-75, 77-75 3rd, 15½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (33, LHP, 6-7, 3.27)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-7) 190.0 187 73 69 28 184 22 3.27
2011 (17-8) 232.2 197 66 62 42 238 18 2.40
2010 (12-9) 212.1 195 84 75 18 185 16 3.18
Last 7 GS 4-0 49.2 45 12 9 4 54 3 1.63 65
2012-09-17 @NYM W 8.0 7 1 1 1 10 0 111 73
2012-09-12 MIA W 7.0 4 1 0 1 6 0 107 72
2012-09-07 COL ND 6.1 8 2 2 0 7 0 104 56
2012-09-01 @ATL W 7.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 93 71
2012-08-26 WSN W 7.0 7 1 1 0 5 0 99 64
2012-08-21 CIN ND 6.2 9 3 2 1 9 0 117 54
2012-08-16 @MIL ND 7.2 5 4 3 0 12 3 111 67
Last 5 v.ATL 3-1 37.0 27 6 6 4 42 2 1.46 71
2012-09-01 @ATL W 7.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 93 71
2011-09-26 @ATL W 6.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 92 60
2011-09-05 ATL W 9.0 5 0 0 0 6 0 100 83
2011-07-09 ATL ND 8.0 3 1 1 2 9 1 103 79
2011-05-06 ATL L 7.0 9 3 3 1 16 0 117 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-38   Road:   38-37   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  56-49   vsLHP:  21-26   1-Run:  25-25
 vsEast: 29-33   vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest: 19-16 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Sat, Sep 22   ATL  L   2-8       77-75  3rd 15.5 gb
151 Fri, Sep 21   ATL  W   6-2       77-74  3rd 14.5 gb
150 Thu, Sep 20  @NYM  W  16-1       76-74  3rd 15.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 19  @NYM  W   3-2       75-74  3rd 15.5 gb
148 Mon, Sep 17  @NYM  W   3-1       74-74  3rd 16.0 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16  @HOU  L   6-7       73-74  3rd 16.5 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15  @HOU  L   0-5       73-73  3rd 16.5 gb
145 Fri, Sep 14  @HOU  W  12-6       73-72  3rd 16.5 gb
144 Thu, Sep 13  @HOU  L   4-6       72-72  3rd 17.5 gb
143 Wed, Sep 12   MIA  W   3-1       72-71  3rd 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 ATL  8 @PHI  2        W:Mike Minor (10-10), L: Roy Halladay (10-8), S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 PHI  6  ATL  2        W:Kyle Kendrick (10-11), L: Tommy Hanson (12-9), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 ATL  8  PHI  7        W:Peter Moylan (1-0), L: Jonathan Papelbon (3-6), S: none
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 PHI  5 @ATL  1        W:Cliff Lee (4-7), L: Tim Hudson (13-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 PHI  8 @ATL  5 (10)   W:Josh Lindblom (3-3), L: Cristhian Martinez (5-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (31)
Wed, Aug 08, 2012 ATL 12 @PHI  6        W:Chad Durbin (4-1), L: Antonio Bastardo (2-4), S: none
Tue, Aug 07, 2012 PHI  3  ATL  0        W:Cole Hamels (12-6), L: Mike Minor (6-8), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - ATL over 11-6; 2011 - PHI won 12-6; 2010 - PHI won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 1212-1109

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  5.04

MIN  4.38

HOU  3.62

 RA/G

WSN  3.59

LAA  4.24

COL  5.56

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

M. Bourn  .274

C. Pena  .198

 OBP

J. Mauer  .418

A. Dunn  .337

J. Smoak  .276

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .616

T. Hunter  .443

J. Weeks  .305

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.014

C. Davis  .780

J. Weeks  .611

 ERA

D. Price  2.58

M. Buehrle  3.84

R. Romero  5.72

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.28

W. Chen  7.31

H. Alvarez  3.53

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Braves Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Lee*
G/S/vB		 48.Aumont
G/S/vB		 37.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 50.Cloyd
G/S/vB		 79.De Fratus
G/S/vB		 63.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Horst*
G/S/vB		 43.Lindblom
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 53.Rosenberg
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Baker G/S/vP 11/.764 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 187/57 .253/.294/.402/.696 .686/.720 .718 10/.311 4/1 4/3
7.Boscan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .143/.143/.143/.286 .667/.000 0/ 0/0 0/1
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 15/.000 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 2/3.000 2/.000 5/.400 2/2.500 5/.650 2/.500 690/437 .274/.346/.391/.737 .727/.743 .719 99/.529 39/12 9/2
13.Constanza* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 68/57 .258/.313/.290/.604 .364/.653 .483 32/.766 4/1 0/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 196/156 .240/.286/.443/.728 .468/.794 .596 17/.235 1/1 9/5
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 17/.620 ··· 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 6/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 583/341 .263/.345/.458/.803 .687/.888 .749 91/.749 2/0 21/10
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 8/.946 ··· 10/.500 ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 5/.400 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 616/373 .273/.340/.489/.829 .650/.949 .888 102/.670 19/8 27/5
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.804 ··· 142/126 .197/.275/.307/.582 .258/.624 .611 8/.821 0/0 2/2
4.Janish G/S/vP 12/.606 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 186/116 .186/.269/.234/.502 .512/.497 .418 32/.330 1/0 0/2
11.Johnson G/S/vP 17/1.152 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 268/119 .296/.343/.412/.755 .813/.682 .819 38/.614 2/2 3/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 21/1.191 ··· 13/.762 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 5/.900 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 419/235 .295/.379/.470/.849 .834/.861 .722 83/.685 1/0 14/11
16.McCann* G/S/vP 22/.699 1/.000 10/.971 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 8/.536 1/.000 471/308 .228/.297/.402/.700 .686/.707 .709 64/.535 2/0 20/2
27.Overbay* G/S/vP 14/.742 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 16/.708 ··· 124/109 .264/.333/.400/.733 .552/.759 .703 14/.143 0/0 2/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 2/no AB ··· ··· 183/121 .244/.290/.329/.619 .545/.656 .631 6/.250 2/0 2/7
14.Prado G/S/vP 22/.455 1/.000 9/.583 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 4/.833 2/.500 4/.000 3/2.334 656/425 .303/.360/.431/.791 .854/.757 .774 99/.830 17/4 9/4
8.Ross G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 177/96 .255/.328/.433/.761 .710/.804 .742 34/.652 1/0 7/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 148/91 .293/.345/.429/.773 .841/.731 .735 23/.669 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 20/.724 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.500 6/1.700 3/3.333 2/.000 1/.000 600/398 .216/.345/.387/.732 .782/.707 .812 87/.881 3/3 19/11
IP 190.0 10.1 48.1 28.0 7.0 25.1 26.0 66.2 65.2 18.0 TOTAL .249/.322/.393/.715 .690/.729 .701 .639 93/30 144/80
ERA-K/9 3.27/8.7 4.35/8.7 4.47/14.2 3.86/8.4 1.29/7.7 4.26/11.4 1.04/11.1 3.38/9.0 2.33/11.4 8.00/9.0 3.87/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Boscan (1-0-0)
 McCann (76-24-6)
 Ross (17-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 764/.256 47/.211 208/.204 115/.252 28/.160 122/.224 106/.207 283/.229 263/.205 81/.227 .251  Heyward
 Prado
 Johnson
 Bourn
 Constanza
 Baker
 Hinske
0/2/145/11
112/0/0/9
36/26/27/3
0/149/0/3
20/0/0/2
3/0/25/0
5/0/4/0
OPS .685 .611 .648 .719 .450 .688 .609 .744 .600 .824 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.651 12/.831 89/.530 50/.903 11/.955 53/.584 44/.498 126/.835 133/.646 30/.683 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 596/.695 35/.544 119/.737 65/.584 17/.118 69/.766 62/.693 157/.673 130/.554 51/.871 .697
Home 367/.721 27/.238 120/.796 48/.939 11/.636 66/.385 66/.577 154/.653 155/.689 48/.642
Last 28d days 115/.480 43/.643 36/.428 115/.719 28/.450 21/.631 30/.733 42/.590 48/.527 35/.824
HR/SB/CS 22/4/3 0/1/1 7/7/1 5/0/0 0/0/0 1/4/1 1/0/3 12/4/5 7/8/3 4/1/0 165/91/56
Usage ·····X·· o··o··o· ·o·X··X· ··X····· X··o··X· X······o Xo·o···· o······X ·X·o·o·· X·X·····
Phillies Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Hudson
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		 30.Sheets
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Brown* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 176/133 .245/.335/.394/.729 .576/.777 .735 77/.734 0/0 4/0
28.Frandsen G/S/vP 7/1.142 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 9/.583 2/.500 173/126 .329/.384/.418/.801 .947/.746 .983 70/.763 0/0 2/7
6.Howard* G/S/vP 75/1.195 4/.000 8/.125 ··· 2/.500 5/.000 7/.143 7/2.000 5/.933 20/.426 13/1.021 17/.301 275/180 .229/.302/.445/.747 .626/.812 .783 105/.693 0/0 14/5
31.Kratz G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 149/109 .254/.309/.522/.831 .999/.768 .888 58/.587 0/0 9/1
39.Lerud* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 .400/.400 .333 10/.400 0/0 0/0
7.Martinez# G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 106/61 .172/.212/.263/.474 .533/.426 .375 37/.564 0/0 2/4
15.Mayberry G/S/vP 14/1.400 1/.000 8/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 6/1.500 3/.333 3/.000 8/.875 3/1.666 11/.573 447/285 .255/.309/.413/.721 .844/.650 .739 105/.833 1/0 14/2
19.Nix* G/S/vP 27/.795 2/.000 10/.100 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 121/111 .257/.322/.431/.754 .967/.734 .742 21/.686 0/0 3/3
4.Orr* G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.900 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.111 ··· 52/50 .306/.320/.429/.749 .000/.780 .786 7/.857 3/1 0/3
10.Pierre* G/S/vP 36/.649 ··· 30/.585 8/.929 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 3/.000 36/.638 1/.000 421/354 .316/.359/.382/.740 .424/.801 .603 59/.964 35/7 1/1
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 80/.737 2/.000 28/1.477 3/.000 3/1.667 9/.777 7/.857 9/.833 9/1.194 13/.154 31/.769 10/.650 667/463 .251/.314/.431/.746 .628/.798 .784 111/.926 30/5 22/13
18.Ruf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 3/.000 0/0 0/
51.Ruiz G/S/vP 38/.766 1/.000 12/.817 3/.666 3/1.167 7/.143 7/1.714 6/1.500 14/.539 7/1.286 8/1.458 5/.800 388/283 .330/.399/.547/.946 .943/.947 .940 35/.814 4/0 15/5
22.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 9/1.111 1/.000 6/1.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.167 4/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 255/190 .241/.307/.390/.697 .433/.790 .645 22/.465 3/2 6/1
26.Utley* G/S/vP 74/.635 3/1.666 9/.904 ··· 1/2.000 5/.000 4/.000 4/1.000 3/1.667 19/.504 19/.369 13/.587 321/201 .263/.377/.455/.832 .707/.908 .913 111/.875 9/1 11/6
24.Wigginton G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 14/.643 7/1.171 ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 5/1.850 2/.000 7/1.914 43/.960 5/.000 345/207 .232/.310/.377/.688 .760/.641 .674 34/.844 1/0 11/12
IP 164.2 32.0 52.2 59.1 16.2 57.1 71.1 125.0 4.0 53.2 48.1 54.2 TOTAL .257/.318/.402/.720 .693/.732 .726 .757 112/22 152/94
ERA-K/9 3.77/5.1 2.25/7.9 4.61/6.1 3.19/7.0 1.62/10.2 1.10/16.5 4.04/8.1 1.51/7.8 2.25/2.2 1.84/7.5 3.54/6.1 3.46/10.7 3.54/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (16-15-3)
 Lerud (0-0-0)
 Ruiz (58-33-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 698/.254 129/.226 244/.283 251/.233 68/.242 211/.128 302/.282 472/.212 18/.200 218/.238 204/.280 246/.271 .247  Brown
 Mayberry
 Martinez
 Pierre
 Schierholtz
 Nix
 Wigginton
26/0/29/6
70/50/2/6
1/2/4/1
102/0/0/1
0/3/76/0
17/3/10/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .680 .589 .811 .719 .664 .368 .753 .529 .694 .628 .787 .756 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 382/.673 52/.595 119/.867 89/.760 26/.968 111/.328 149/.642 241/.511 3/1.167 74/.322 124/.717 89/.685 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 316/.689 77/.585 125/.757 162/.694 42/.472 100/.411 153/.859 231/.548 15/.599 144/.789 80/.900 157/.796 .701
Road 322/.674 70/.663 116/.799 112/.741 27/.708 98/.338 143/.806 227/.496 7/1.500 130/.622 104/.854 129/.619
Last 28d days 109/.846 42/.502 24/.701 38/.735 22/.581 41/.507 33/.828 138/.434 18/.694 31/.369 / 43/.566
HR/SB/CS 11/2/4 1/2/0 6/8/3 9/3/2 1/1/0 3/8/0 6/4/0 4/5/2 1/1/0 3/1/2 6/4/0 6/5/0 140/94/37
Usage ·····X·· ·X···ooo ········ o···o·o· ·o··Xoo· ···X·o·X ········ ···X···· ····o··o X····X·o ········ X···o··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.