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Game Preview: ATL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Monday, October 1, 2012 @PNC Park

Braves, 93-66, 93-66 2nd, 3 GB, 7 up in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (30, LHP, 13-10, 3.71)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (13-10) 182.0 173 78 75 50 132 19 3.71
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 2-3 38.2 44 23 21 11 31 4 4.89 47
2012-09-26 MIA W 6.2 5 0 0 0 6 0 104 70
2012-09-18 @MIA ND 6.2 4 2 2 1 5 0 103 62
2012-09-12 @MIL L 4.1 9 8 6 2 2 1 86 17
2012-09-07 @NYM W 5.1 5 0 0 3 6 0 104 61
2012-09-02 PHI ND 2.0 6 7 7 3 1 0 72 14
2012-08-27 @SDP L 6.2 8 2 2 1 5 1 108 54
2012-08-21 @WSN L 7.0 7 4 4 1 6 2 99 52
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 13.0 8 3 3 6 9 1 2.08 62
2012-07-24 @PIT W 8.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 110 76
2012-05-26 @PIT ND 5.0 4 2 2 5 2 0 94 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-33   Road:   45-33   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  63-36   vsLHP:  30-30   1-Run:  25-12
 vsEast: 46-26   vsCntrl:18-17   vsWest: 21-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
159 Sun, Sep 30   NYM  W   6-2       93-66  2nd  3.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   NYM  W   2-0       92-66  2nd  4.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   NYM  L   1-3       91-66  2nd  4.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27   MIA  W   6-2       91-65  2nd  4.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26   MIA  W   3-0       90-65  2nd  4.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25   MIA  W   4-3       89-65  2nd  4.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @PHI  W   2-1       88-65  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Pirates, 77-82, 77-82 4th, 19 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Locke (24, LHP, 0-3, 6.35)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-3) 28.1 34 20 20 6 28 6 6.35
2011 (0-3) 16.2 21 12 12 10 5 3 6.48
Last 7 GS 0-4 32.2 44 26 26 10 31 9 7.16 41
2012-09-26 @NYM L 3.2 9 5 5 1 5 0 70 27
2012-09-21 @HOU L 5.0 3 3 3 3 8 1 83 54
2012-09-16 @CHC ND 4.1 7 5 5 1 2 2 74 30
2012-09-09 CHC ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 6 2 89 56
2012-09-03 HOU L 5.0 7 5 5 1 6 1 76 38
2011-09-28 @MIL L 4.0 5 5 5 2 3 3 64 33
2011-09-23 CIN ND 4.2 6 1 1 2 1 0 80 47
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-35   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  56-63   vsLHP:  21-19   1-Run:  27-29
 vsEast: 15-13   vsCntrl:39-42   vsWest: 13-19 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
159 Sun, Sep 30   CIN  L   3-4       77-82  4th 19.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   CIN  W   2-1       77-81  4th 18.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   CIN  L   0-1       76-81  4th 19.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27  @NYM  L   5-6       76-80  4th 18.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26  @NYM  L   0-6       76-79  4th 17.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @NYM  W  10-6       76-78  4th 17.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @NYM  L   2-6       75-78  4th 17.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23  @HOU  W   8-1       75-77  4th 16.5 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22  @HOU  L   1-4       74-77  4th 17.5 gb
150 Fri, Sep 21  @HOU  L   1-7       74-76  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 PIT  9 @ATL  3        W:James McDonald (1-1), L: Mike Minor (2-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 ATL  4  PIT  3        W:Tim Hudson (1-0), L: Kevin Correia (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (8)
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 PIT  4 @ATL  2        W:Erik Bedard (1-4), L: Randall Delgado (2-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (4)
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 ATL  6  PIT  1        W:Tommy Hanson (3-2), L: A.J. Burnett (1-1), S: Kris Medlen (1)

Thu, Jul 28, 2011 PIT  5 @ATL  2        W:Kevin Correia (12-8), L: Derek Lowe (6-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (30)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 ATL  2  PIT  1 (10)   W:Scott Linebrink (4-2), L: Chris Leroux (1-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 ATL  4  PIT  3 (19)   W:Scott Proctor (2-3), L: Daniel McCutchen (3-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 PIT  3 @ATL  1        W:James McDonald (7-4), L: Tim Hudson (9-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (29)
Wed, May 25, 2011 ATL  4 @PIT  2 (11)   W:George Sherrill (1-0), L: Jeff Karstens (3-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (14)
Tue, May 24, 2011 ATL  2 @PIT  0        W:Jair Jurrjens (6-1), L: Charlie Morton (5-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (13)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - ATL won 4-2; 2010 - ATL won 6-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1084-1010

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
Braves Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Locke*
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
63.Leroux
G/S/vB
60.McPherson
G/S/vB
57.Morris
G/S/vB
32.Qualls
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
41.Takahashi*
G/S/vB
35.van den Hurk
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
61.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 192/57 .246/.286/.391/.678 .660/.720 .686 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 ··· 2/1.000 7/.143 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.250 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 694/441 .276/.348/.394/.742 .727/.751 .719 77/.580 40/12 9/2
13.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/68 .243/.321/.271/.592 .364/.631 .483 38/.685 5/2 0/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 197/157 .239/.284/.440/.724 .468/.789 .596 11/.182 1/1 9/5
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 611/358 .263/.344/.462/.806 .721/.868 .752 95/.716 2/0 23/12
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/3.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 644/391 .267/.334/.479/.814 .637/.931 .876 101/.706 20/8 27/5
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 145/129 .192/.269/.300/.569 .258/.609 .611 8/.625 0/0 2/2
4.Janish G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.933 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 186/116 .186/.269/.234/.502 .512/.497 .418 9/.222 1/0 0/2
11.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 283/125 .287/.332/.396/.728 .791/.648 .818 38/.373 2/2 3/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.071 9/1.810 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.714 2/.000 4/.250 10/.300 1/.000 ··· 443/252 .287/.377/.457/.834 .827/.840 .722 81/.604 1/0 14/11
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.572 1/.000 6/1.100 14/1.409 ··· ··· 481/317 .229/.299/.400/.699 .681/.708 .709 58/.678 3/0 20/2
27.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/2.321 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 126/111 .259/.328/.393/.721 .552/.745 .691 15/.133 0/0 2/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/121 .242/.288/.327/.615 .536/.656 .631 4/.000 2/0 2/7
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/.111 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 684/445 .303/.359/.440/.799 .866/.762 .780 97/.844 17/4 10/4
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 193/105 .254/.321/.451/.772 .712/.823 .765 38/.654 1/0 9/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/109 .301/.349/.436/.785 .823/.763 .720 47/.773 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 10/1.214 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 10/.844 4/1.000 10/1.944 ··· 1/.000 ··· 626/416 .219/.347/.385/.731 .776/.709 .802 93/.836 4/3 19/12
IP 28.1 58.2 59.2 74.2 10.1 26.1 4.0 52.0 72.2 49.1 1.2 52.1 4.1 TOTAL .248/.320/.392/.712 .690/.725 .700 .648 98/31 149/85
ERA-K/9 6.35/8.9 2.91/13.8 2.72/10.1 2.89/6.0 6.10/7.9 2.73/7.2 2.25/9.0 5.37/4.7 3.96/5.6 5.66/9.1 21.60/10.6 3.44/8.9 2.08/14.7 3.95/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Boscan (1-0-0)
 McCann (76-24-6)
 Ross (17-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.291 244/.207 254/.187 312/.229 45/.268 107/.247 17/.154 230/.299 326/.277 207/.246 13/.455 211/.201 25/.429 .249  Heyward
 Prado
 Johnson
 Bourn
 Constanza
 Baker
 Hinske
0/2/152/11
118/0/0/9
36/32/27/3
0/150/0/3
20/3/0/2
4/0/25/0
5/0/4/0
OPS .801 .635 .648 .687 .684 .682 .448 .813 .725 .767 .993 .629 1.024 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.986 117/.485 124/.525 141/.756 14/.368 42/.637 6/.167 98/.988 129/.705 111/.730 4/1.000 101/.565 11/.864 .670
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.748 127/.767 130/.763 171/.629 31/.831 65/.712 11/.586 132/.685 197/.737 96/.811 9/.984 110/.691 14/1.161 .733
Home 62/.652 127/.674 135/.548 153/.733 15/.286 59/.650 6/1.000 133/.890 152/.768 94/.709 5/.650 88/.536 2/3.000
Last 28d days 88/.911 43/.972 44/.811 40/.850 37/.507 82/.720 17/.448 25/.639 32/1.093 15/.872 13/.993 36/.361 13/.962
HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 7/3/0 8/9/0 7/17/0 1/2/0 3/4/2 0/2/0 7/12/1 6/6/1 8/1/2 0/0/0 5/9/1 0/2/0 153/151/18
Usage ····X··· oX···o·· XX···X·· ·X···o·· ····o·X· ·X····X· ····o··· ····o··o ···o·X·· ···o··o· ········ o·oo···· ······o·
Pirates Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Maholm*
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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 576/429 .245/.319/.470/.789 .672/.831 .804 102/.622 1/0 30/26
26.Barajas G/S/vP 12/.944 ··· 15/1.324 4/.750 ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 3/2.334 3/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 358/275 .208/.285/.346/.631 .478/.675 .558 47/.801 0/0 11/6
12.Barmes G/S/vP 35/1.267 ··· 16/.938 6/.167 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 8/1.125 3/1.000 6/.750 3/.000 3/.000 483/378 .226/.267/.320/.587 .725/.550 .618 74/.761 0/2 8/16
19.Clement* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 24/24 .136/.208/.182/.390 /.390 .464 17/.561 0/0 0/0
3.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
10.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .250/.400/.250/.650 2.000/.250 .500 2/.500 0/0 0/0
5.Harrison G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 268/177 .236/.280/.351/.631 .577/.659 .554 43/.537 6/3 3/6
2.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/55 .297/.333/.359/.693 .517/.746 .803 62/.708 0/0 0/4
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 6/.334 3/.666 1/no AB 508/429 .276/.319/.515/.834 .546/.886 .778 97/.623 2/0 26/9
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/123 .247/.293/.403/.696 .923/.615 .574 68/.676 10/5 4/3
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 8/1.375 4/1.000 6/.533 3/1.000 1/no AB 662/515 .329/.402/.557/.959 1.140/.909 .973 109/.935 20/12 31/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 268/208 .239/.325/.453/.778 .833/.762 .691 51/.461 0/0 12/3
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/56 .210/.265/.371/.636 .367/.690 .537 10/.650 0/1 1/1
7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 362/299 .237/.279/.405/.685 .702/.681 .589 63/.777 9/7 10/3
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 11/.573 5/.400 ··· 6/.167 7/.286 8/.625 6/1.166 6/1.100 ··· 6/.167 322/214 .220/.283/.346/.628 .751/.569 .588 59/.756 1/0 7/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/149 .241/.311/.370/.682 1.110/.574 .774 33/.281 2/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 1/no AB 370/280 .243/.316/.347/.662 .694/.653 .603 37/.852 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 6/.367 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 3/1.000 3/3.333 2/.000 530/389 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.825 .722 29/.614 7/5 14/9
IP 182.0 35.0 52.2 60.0 19.0 61.2 72.2 138.0 4.0 56.1 48.1 57.2 TOTAL .243/.305/.396/.701 .696/.702 .673 .664 69/52 168/111
ERA-K/9 3.71/6.5 2.06/8.2 4.61/6.1 3.15/7.0 1.89/9.5 1.02/16.5 3.96/7.9 1.57/7.8 2.25/2.2 1.76/7.4 3.54/6.1 3.28/10.5 3.43/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (90-6-7)
 McKenry (61-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 758/.252 138/.210 244/.283 253/.231 77/.243 227/.123 309/.281 520/.208 18/.200 227/.233 204/.280 258/.270 .243  Tabata
 Marte
 McCutchen
 Jones
 Presley
 Harrison
 Snider
 Fryer
32/0/75/6
40/3/0/3
0/153/0/3
0/0/66/3
80/4/6/1
1/0/12/1
15/0/33/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .712 .548 .811 .713 .669 .356 .755 .529 .694 .611 .787 .743 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.724 56/.549 119/.867 89/.760 31/1.026 120/.320 154/.637 263/.519 3/1.167 76/.313 124/.717 92/.661 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 587/.709 82/.548 125/.757 164/.684 46/.430 107/.395 155/.868 257/.539 15/.599 151/.764 80/.900 166/.788 .690
Road 377/.771 70/.663 116/.799 112/.741 27/.708 101/.327 143/.806 227/.496 7/1.500 132/.611 104/.854 129/.619
Last 28d days 100/.633 37/.432 9/1.111 30/.727 31/.619 49/.337 18/.619 128/.504 14/.930 37/.307 / 40/.493
HR/SB/CS 19/6/6 1/2/0 6/8/3 9/3/2 1/1/0 3/8/1 6/4/0 6/5/2 1/1/0 3/1/2 6/4/0 6/5/0 143/94/39
Usage ····X··· Xo·o···· ········ ·o··o··· X·o····· oX··Xo·o ··oo···· X····X·· ········ ····oo·o ········ ·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.