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Game Preview: ATL @ SDP, 6:35pm, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 @PetCo Park

Braves, 74-56, 74-56 2nd, 4 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Tommy Hanson (25, RHP, 12-6, 4.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (12-6) 137.0 142 71 67 59 123 20 4.40
2011 (11-7) 130.0 106 55 52 46 142 17 3.60
2010 (10-11) 202.2 182 86 75 56 173 14 3.33
Last 7 GS 3-1 37.1 46 27 26 22 36 4 6.27 42
2012-08-23 @SFG L 4.1 7 5 4 3 4 0 94 32
2012-08-17 LAD ND 6.2 7 3 3 2 5 1 100 51
2012-07-30 MIA W 5.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 85 52
2012-07-25 @MIA W 5.0 3 1 1 7 7 0 108 57
2012-07-20 @WSN ND 4.0 8 8 8 4 5 2 96 15
2012-07-14 NYM ND 5.1 9 6 6 2 5 1 91 29
2012-07-07 @PHI W 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 0 99 58
Last 5 v.SDP 4-0 31.1 22 7 7 12 31 2 2.01 63
2011-06-01 SDP W 6.0 3 2 2 2 4 1 96 60
2011-04-27 @SDP W 7.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 113 78
2010-07-21 SDP ND 6.1 6 2 2 2 5 0 106 56
2010-04-14 @SDP W 6.0 4 1 1 4 7 0 101 63
2009-08-05 @SDP W 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 1 72 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-29   Road:   38-27   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  50-30   vsLHP:  24-26   1-Run:  17-11
 vsEast: 30-21   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Tue, Aug 28  @SDP  W   2-0       74-56  2nd  4.0 gb
129 Mon, Aug 27  @SDP  L   0-3       73-56  2nd  5.0 gb
128 Sun, Aug 26  @SFG  W   7-1       73-55  2nd  4.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 25  @SFG  W   7-3       72-55  2nd  5.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 24  @SFG  L   3-5       71-55  2nd  6.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 23  @SFG  L   2-5       71-54  2nd  6.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22  @WSN  W   5-1       71-53  2nd  6.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21  @WSN  L   1-4       70-53  2nd  7.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 20  @WSN  L   4-5 (13)  70-52  2nd  6.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 19   LAD  L   0-5       70-51  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Padres, 60-71, 60-71 4th, 13 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Eric Stults (32, LHP, 4-2, 2.69)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-2) 63.2 57 24 19 16 29 5 2.69
2011 (0-0) 12.0 11 8 8 4 7 4 6.00
2009 (4-3) 50.0 51 27 27 26 33 3 4.86
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.2 40 17 13 7 20 5 2.68 55
2012-08-24 @ARI W 7.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 103 74
2012-08-18 SFG ND 6.0 9 5 5 0 1 1 85 35
2012-08-13 @ATL W 7.2 5 1 1 0 3 0 101 68
2012-08-06 CHC W 5.1 5 0 0 2 5 0 79 61
2012-06-03 ARI L 6.1 7 6 3 2 4 3 83 43
2012-05-29 @CHC L 6.1 7 4 4 1 1 1 86 43
2012-05-24 @NYM W 5.0 4 1 0 1 2 0 75 58
Last 5 v.ATL 1-1 12.2 10 4 4 1 6 1 2.84 58
2012-08-13 @ATL W 7.2 5 1 1 0 3 0 101 68
2009-08-09 ATL L 5.0 5 3 3 1 3 1 75 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-33   Road:   28-38   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  43-44   vsLHP:  17-27   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast: 11-20   vsCntrl:18-19   vsWest: 23-25 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Tue, Aug 28   ATL  L   0-2       60-71  4th 13.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 27   ATL  W   3-0       60-70  4th 12.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 26  @ARI  W   5-4       59-70  4th 12.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 25  @ARI  W   9-3       58-70  4th 13.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 24  @ARI  W   5-0       57-70  4th 14.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22   PIT  W   4-2       56-70  4th 14.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21   PIT  W   7-5 (10)  55-70  4th 14.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20   PIT  W   3-1       54-70  4th 14.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19   SFG  W   7-1       53-70  4th 14.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 18   SFG  L   7-8       52-70  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 ATL  2 @SDP  0        W:Kris Medlen (6-1), L: Andrew Werner (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (32)
Mon, Aug 27, 2012 SDP  3  ATL  0        W:Casey Kelly (1-0), L: Paul Maholm (11-9), S: Luke Gregerson (2)
Thu, Aug 16, 2012 ATL  6  SDP  0        W:Kris Medlen (4-1), L: Jason Marquis (8-11), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 ATL  6  SDP  1        W:Paul Maholm (11-7), L: Edinson Volquez (7-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 ATL  6  SDP  0        W:Tim Hudson (12-4), L: Clayton Richard (9-12), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2012 SDP  4 @ATL  1        W:Eric Stults (3-2), L: Mike Minor (6-9), S: Dale Thayer (6)

Sun, Jun 26, 2011 SDP  4  ATL  1        W:Mike Adams (3-1), L: Jonny Venters (4-1), S: Heath Bell (20)
Sat, Jun 25, 2011 ATL 10 @SDP  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (10-3), L: Dustin Moseley (2-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 SDP 11  ATL  2        W:Tim Stauffer (3-5), L: Derek Lowe (3-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 ATL  4  SDP  3        W:Tommy Hanson (6-4), L: Clayton Richard (2-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (16)
Season Series: 2012 - ATL over 4-2; 2011 - SDP won 5-4; 2010 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 333-253

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  5.16

SFG  4.27

HOU  3.64

 RA/G

WSN  3.59

DET  4.35

COL  5.49

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

Y. Alonso  .274

C. Pena  .188

 OBP

D. Wright  .411

M. Teixeira  .335

J. Smoak  .259

 SLG

G. Stanton  .606

J. Reyes  .435

J. Carroll  .289

 OPS

M. Trout  .995

C. Davis  .767

J. Smoak  .581

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.43

L. Lynn  3.89

J. Guthrie  5.71

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.34

D. Holland  7.25

H. Alvarez  3.41

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

Braves Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Padres Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Stults*
G/S/vB		 58.Brach
G/S/vB		 61.Burns
G/S/vB		 57.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 49.Kelly
G/S/vB		 40.Layne*
G/S/vB		 39.Mikolas
G/S/vB		 55.Thayer
G/S/vB		 50.Vincent
G/S/vB		 41.Werner*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 2/4.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 599/376 .285/.352/.413/.765 .755/.771 .773 119/.726 37/8 9/2
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 180/141 .251/.300/.473/.773 .481/.854 .633 32/.741 1/1 9/5
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 499/291 .267/.343/.463/.806 .702/.882 .793 110/.748 2/0 18/6
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 522/314 .277/.349/.504/.854 .635/1.003 .925 109/.948 19/7 24/4
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 135/119 .200/.281/.292/.573 .258/.617 .578 10/.422 0/0 1/2
4.Janish G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 158/101 .201/.272/.250/.522 .590/.484 .441 94/.492 1/0 0/1
11.Johnson G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 233/114 .306/.356/.431/.787 .856/.714 .842 46/.720 2/2 3/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 344/192 .301/.381/.500/.881 .869/.890 .748 82/.826 1/0 13/8
16.McCann* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 414/262 .234/.307/.411/.718 .668/.747 .684 76/.500 2/0 18/2
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/119 .248/.291/.335/.626 .562/.656 .638 11/.384 2/0 2/7
14.Prado G/S/vP 8/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 565/360 .296/.355/.429/.784 .887/.725 .775 110/.825 17/2 7/4
8.Ross G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/79 .262/.343/.444/.787 .800/.777 .715 31/.698 1/0 6/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP 12/.584 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.750 1/.000 2/2.500 520/342 .207/.340/.370/.710 .741/.694 .777 95/.711 2/3 16/10
IP 63.2 50.1 8.0 59.1 6.0 7.0 24.0 45.0 12.1 12.0 TOTAL .252/.324/.401/.725 .703/.738 .711 .696 88/22 128/65
ERA-K/9 2.69/4.1 4.11/11.1 3.38/10.1 2.28/9.3 0.00/6.0 0.00/15.4 3.00/6.8 3.80/6.8 2.92/9.5 3.00/6.8 3.85/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (63-23-6)
 Ross (16-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 262/.241 221/.234 42/.306 238/.218 21/.158 24/.043 107/.236 187/.254 54/.250 47/.190 .242  Heyward
 Prado
 Johnson
 Bourn
 Hinske
0/2/123/11
101/0/0/9
27/23/27/3
0/128/0/2
4/0/4/0
OPS .655 .714 .877 .606 .449 .127 .701 .660 .696 .658 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.380 83/.782 22/.959 94/.697 14/.536 15/.067 41/.586 80/.721 25/.614 19/.583 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.750 138/.673 20/.775 144/.548 7/.286 9/.222 66/.774 107/.614 29/.764 28/.679 .723
Home 109/.810 120/.708 20/.825 136/.458 21/.449 14/.220 58/.664 98/.610 28/.588 47/.658
Last 28d days 120/.558 55/.764 42/.877 40/.359 21/.449 24/.127 34/.594 35/.541 18/.572 47/.658
HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 7/10/2 0/0/0 5/5/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 4/10/1 1/0/0 2/1/1 126/126/40
Usage ····X··· ··X···oX X··o···· ·oX···oo ·X······ ooo·o·o· ·······X ·X·····X X···X··X X·····X·
Padres Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Hanson
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 52.Batista
G/S/vB		 32.Durbin
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
23.Alonso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 491/358 .274/.343/.395/.737 .694/.754 .746 83/.785 3/0 7/10
5.Amarista* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 254/191 .253/.290/.408/.698 .629/.721 .714 72/.576 7/4 5/2
21.Baker* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/2.000 ··· 7/.429 2/.000 ··· 8/.125 3/.666 ··· 187/152 .237/.306/.278/.585 .653/.569 .484 42/.386 2/1 0/3
2.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/.944 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 9/.222 2/1.000 1/.000 332/231 .241/.322/.333/.656 .499/.725 .703 94/.693 25/1 2/8
13.Denorfia G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/.600 297/136 .288/.346/.442/.788 .846/.719 .708 49/.874 9/3 5/1
11.Forsythe G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.572 2/2.000 2/no AB 233/150 .266/.343/.362/.706 .880/.611 .782 68/.697 5/2 3/7
12.Grandal# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/82 .284/.368/.529/.897 1.072/.811 .671 34/.732 0/0 6/4
15.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 257/145 .254/.316/.418/.735 .898/.610 .678 21/.879 3/3 6/1
7.Headley# G/S/vP 11/1.155 1/.000 3/5.000 4/2.417 1/.000 2/.000 8/.750 2/.500 5/.800 558/383 .276/.366/.465/.830 .746/.883 .747 102/.950 13/5 22/10
14.Kotsay* G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 44/.711 4/.250 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 125/114 .263/.320/.342/.662 .664/.662 .640 20/.422 0/2 1/1
24.Maybin G/S/vP 12/1.217 ··· 3/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 4/.000 7/.286 5/.650 5/.400 453/319 .228/.300/.327/.627 .567/.652 .731 86/.696 24/5 6/3
18.Quentin G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 10/.800 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· ··· 300/213 .263/.377/.498/.875 .968/.836 .776 95/.833 0/1 14/2
25.Venable* G/S/vP 12/1.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/.333 1/.000 382/319 .258/.329/.431/.760 .694/.772 .669 66/.909 18/6 8/7
IP 137.0 20.2 47.2 51.2 48.0 64.1 95.0 45.2 44.2 TOTAL .241/.313/.372/.685 .676/.689 .661 .728 116/38 92/92
ERA-K/9 4.40/8.1 2.61/8.7 4.91/6.4 2.96/7.1 1.13/16.1 4.06/8.1 1.71/7.0 2.17/7.3 3.22/11.3 3.59/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (43-9-7)
 Grandal (26-6-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 598/.270 87/.250 224/.290 214/.226 174/.117 269/.286 361/.225 187/.255 203/.275 .249  Maybin
 Guzman
 Quentin
 Kotsay
 Denorfia
 Amarista
 Venable
0/117/0/3
38/0/7/3
61/0/3/2
16/0/7/2
41/7/59/2
17/9/4/1
10/16/89/1
OPS .795 .632 .824 .712 .339 .744 .553 .672 .798 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 306/.887 33/.586 109/.869 78/.746 89/.256 133/.644 184/.530 63/.296 74/.730 .684
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.697 54/.655 115/.780 136/.691 85/.424 136/.840 177/.578 124/.869 129/.837 .715
Road 318/.760 43/.623 111/.766 89/.738 81/.305 131/.836 174/.511 113/.661 100/.605
Last 28d days 52/.873 40/.444 4/.833 42/.702 29/.284 59/.735 131/.465 31/.564 31/.425
HR/SB/CS 20/24/8 0/2/0 5/7/3 9/3/2 2/4/0 5/4/0 2/3/2 3/1/1 6/5/0 122/79/32
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· ·o······ ·o·oX··o X··o··o· ··X·Xo·· X·····X· ···o··o· ··o·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.