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Game Preview: ATL @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, May 11, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Braves, 19-13, 19-13 2nd, ½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Mike Minor (24, LHP, 2-2, 5.97)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 37.2 39 27 25 12 34 5 5.97
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 42.1 45 28 26 14 39 6 5.53 47
2012-05-05 @COL ND 5.0 10 8 8 4 4 2 98 15
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
Last 5 v.STL 0-0 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 7.20 40
2010-09-10 STL ND 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 99 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:   11-8    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  12-6    vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  8-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Wed, May  9  @CHC  L   0-1       19-13  1st    Tied
 31 Tue, May  8  @CHC  W   3-1       19-12  1st    Tied
 30 Mon, May  7  @CHC  L   1-5       18-12  2nd  1.0 gb
 29 Sun, May  6  @COL  W   7-2       18-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  5  @COL  W  13-9       17-11  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Cardinals, 20-11, 20-11 1st, 3½ up

SP: Jaime Garcia (25, LHP, 2-2, 3.76)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 38.1 42 16 16 12 22 1 3.76
2011 (13-7) 194.2 207 100 77 50 156 15 3.56
2010 (13-8) 163.1 151 64 49 64 132 9 2.70
Last 7 GS 2-2 42.1 46 20 20 13 27 2 4.25 49
2012-05-05 @HOU L 6.0 4 6 6 4 2 1 95 38
2012-04-29 MIL L 7.0 9 3 3 1 6 0 98 52
2012-04-23 @CHC ND 7.2 6 1 1 1 4 0 85 66
2012-04-18 CIN W 7.0 7 1 1 3 3 0 89 59
2012-04-11 @CIN ND 4.2 11 3 3 1 4 0 81 33
2012-04-06 @MIL W 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 87 55
2011-09-26 @HOU ND 4.0 4 4 4 1 5 1 64 42
Last 5 v.ATL 2-0 19.0 17 7 6 2 15 2 2.84 58
2011-09-10 ATL W 6.0 8 3 3 0 4 1 74 48
2011-05-01 @ATL ND 6.0 5 4 3 1 6 1 99 53
2010-04-28 ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 102 73
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-4    Road:   12-7    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  14-10   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   1-5 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Wed, May  9  @ARI  W   7-2       20-11  1st  3.5 up
 30 Tue, May  8  @ARI  W   6-1       19-11  1st  3.5 up
 29 Mon, May  7  @ARI  W   9-6       18-11  1st  2.5 up
 28 Sun, May  6  @HOU  W   8-1       17-11  1st  2.5 up
 27 Sat, May  5  @HOU  L   2-8       16-11  1st  2.5 up
 26 Fri, May  4  @HOU  L   4-5       16-10  1st  2.5 up
 25 Thu, May  3   PIT  L   3-6       16-9   1st  3.5 up
 24 Wed, May  2   PIT  W  12-3       16-8   1st  4.5 up
 23 Tue, May  1   PIT  W  10-7       15-8   1st  3.5 up
 22 Sun, Apr 29   MIL  L   2-3       14-8   1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 11, 2011 STL  6  ATL  3        W:Jake Westbrook (12-8), L: Tim Hudson (14-10), S: Jason Motte (5)
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 STL  4  ATL  3        W:Jaime Garcia (12-7), L: Derek Lowe (9-14), S: Jason Motte (4)
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 STL  4  ATL  3 (10)   W:Jason Motte (4-2), L: Scott Linebrink (4-3), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 ATL  6  STL  5        W:Jonny Venters (1-0), L: Ryan Franklin (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 STL  3 @ATL  2        W:Miguel Batista (2-1), L: Craig Kimbrel (0-1), S: Fernando Salas (2)
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 STL  5 @ATL  3 (11)   W:Eduardo Sanchez (1-0), L: Cory Gearrin (0-1), S: Trever Miller (1)
Sun, Sep 12, 2010 STL  7 @ATL  3        W:Kyle Lohse (3-7), L: Tim Hudson (15-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 ATL  6  STL  3 (12)   W:Craig Kimbrel (3-0), L: Mitchell Boggs (2-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 ATL  8  STL  6        W:Peter Moylan (6-2), L: Chris Carpenter (15-6), S: Billy Wagner (33)
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 STL 11 @ATL  4        W:Adam Wainwright (18-10), L: Jair Jurrjens (7-5), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - STL won 5-1; 2010 - STL won 6-2; All-Time - STL leads 1059-949

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  5.69

CHW  4.03

PIT  2.87

 RA/G

WSN  3.00

PHI  4.09

BOS  5.77

 BA

J. Hamilton  .395

H. Pence  .262

C. Barmes  .152

 OBP

B. LaHair  .476

R. Cano  .331

C. Barmes  .188

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .825

I. Desmond  .418

B. Morel  .194

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.274

I. Suzuki  .750

B. Morel  .400

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.02

J. Williams  3.38

C. Buchholz  9.09

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  10.74

K. Drabek  7.20

H. Alvarez  2.61

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

Braves Batters (5.19 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 66.Marte
G/S/vB		 46.McClellan
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 16.Romero*
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 9/1.181 10/1.194 1/.000 17/.364 6/.533 6/1.000 3/.000 4/.833 27/.850 150/92 .319/.387/.385/.772 .504/.943 .739 119/.831 11/4 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 9/.777 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 7/.143 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 6/.900 38/14 .290/.395/.516/.911 1.158/.468 .778 22/1.010 0/0 2/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 51/39 .234/.275/.489/.764 .788/.756 .696 41/.912 0/1 3/3
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 137/82 .285/.321/.512/.833 .825/.839 .924 106/.935 0/0 6/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/no AB 3/.333 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.800 118/74 .260/.368/.470/.838 .768/.881 .857 92/.780 9/2 4/0
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 8/.250 ··· 3/.000 6/.666 39/36 .378/.410/.514/.924 1.000/.917 .857 33/.973 0/0 1/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/2.750 2/.500 18/.906 1/2.000 ··· 9/.819 85/59 .295/.341/.526/.867 1.080/.777 .935 76/.822 0/0 5/4
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 21/.301 2/.000 ··· 15/.333 108/72 .229/.306/.406/.712 .748/.690 .564 82/.640 1/0 5/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/67 .261/.298/.364/.662 .437/.760 .683 77/.627 0/0 1/2
14.Prado G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 3/.666 8/.804 ··· 2/1.000 8/.661 130/84 .283/.364/.425/.789 .981/.683 .811 99/.791 3/1 2/2
8.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 12/.795 29/17 .308/.379/.500/.879 1.278/.647 1.043 25/.815 0/0 1/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 9/.873 3/1.000 ··· 4/.250 3/1.167 5/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 22/.386 137/90 .270/.350/.410/.760 .904/.688 .794 106/.795 0/1 4/5
2.Wilson G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 25/.800 42/26 .158/.175/.158/.333 .205/.408 .321 33/.412 0/0 0/0
IP 38.1 13.0 13.2 15.0 11.2 6.0 10.0 11.1 33.2 TOTAL .265/.330/.414/.745 .751/.741 .739 .759 24/9 34/18
ERA-K/9 3.76/5.2 2.08/9.7 2.63/5.9 3.60/6.0 2.31/10.8 10.50/6.0 1.80/7.2 6.35/11.9 5.61/9.1 3.07/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (16-6-2)
 Ross (4-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 160/.294 52/.229 51/.149 62/.211 44/.195 30/.357 39/.162 57/.353 140/.281 .237  Diaz
 Prado
 Heyward
 Bourn
 Hinske
7/0/3/2
27/0/0/2
0/0/29/1
0/32/0/1
1/0/3/0
OPS .719 .545 .535 .608 .518 1.043 .475 .921 .845 .645
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/.807 16/.732 19/.276 24/.428 16/.321 14/.762 18/.520 18/1.029 57/.799 .626
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.699 36/.464 32/.683 38/.724 24/.655 16/1.250 20/.461 37/.830 83/.875 .655
Home 57/.709 16/.481 29/.683 32/.615 14/.429 16/.321 10/.400 23/.772 67/1.052
Last 28d days 111/.662 34/.633 33/.472 39/.547 33/.473 24/1.144 32/.446 43/.834 100/.784
HR/SB/CS 1/2/1 0/2/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/1 2/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/1 7/1/0 23/14/6
Usage ·····X·· ·oX··o·· ·o·o··oX ·Xo····X ·o·Xo··· ···X·X·o ·o·oo·o· ···X··X· ····X···
Cardinals Batters (5.61 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.44 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
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 6/1.667 20/.538 42/.871 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 8/.500 128/98 .284/.391/.569/.959 .769/1.020 1.121 95/.916 5/1 10/0
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/69 .269/.330/.462/.791 .488/.879 1.086 72/.786 0/0 1/2
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 31/20 .333/.387/.778/1.165 1.182/1.150 1.111 31/1.165 1/0 3/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/11 .143/.143/.190/.333 .200/.455 .273 17/.412 0/0 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 70/56 .200/.304/.333/.638 .550/.638 .717 42/.698 0/1 1/2
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/1.334 120/96 .312/.375/.550/.925 .974/.901 .889 87/.850 0/0 7/0
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 84/1.093 2/2.000 ··· 7/.143 1/2.000 2/1.000 138/100 .361/.423/.508/.932 1.339/.771 .828 103/.942 6/1 2/3
27.Greene G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 60/31 .226/.317/.434/.751 .868/.624 .589 46/.801 3/1 3/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 37/.648 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 142/108 .266/.338/.461/.799 .948/.799 .753 104/.844 2/1 6/0
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 6/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 98/77 .379/.432/.494/.926 .661/1.004 1.103 68/.921 3/1 2/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 16/.376 2/1.000 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 117/97 .302/.353/.528/.882 1.433/.771 1.054 87/.830 4/0 4/1
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/26 .318/.362/.432/.794 .879/.724 .385 38/.630 1/0 1/1
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 14/.967 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 37/35 .313/.405/.438/.843 .000/.895 .856 37/.843 0/1 0/0
IP 37.2 12.0 19.1 12.0 15.0 18.2 11.1 11.1 TOTAL .287/.357/.467/.824 .877/.809 .870 .810 27/7 40/14
ERA-K/9 5.97/8.1 8.25/6.0 3.72/5.1 3.00/15.8 3.00/6.0 2.41/3.4 6.35/8.0 1.59/15.9 4.25/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (1-0-0)
 Molina (13-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.285 59/.327 78/.306 52/.205 59/.263 72/.212 55/.319 51/.289 .269  Holliday
 Beltran
 Robinson
 Schumaker
 Jay
 Carpenter
31/0/0/1
0/0/28/1
3/8/2/1
0/2/0/0
0/22/0/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .783 1.061 .732 .554 .674 .505 .875 .693 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.938 22/.718 39/.753 22/.332 30/.441 32/.393 20/.311 16/.600 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 117/.729 37/1.272 39/.713 30/.700 29/.915 40/.589 35/1.219 35/.733 .731
Road 104/.824 36/1.126 40/.795 33/.482 33/.658 34/.520 36/.676 29/.510
Last 28d days 133/.760 47/.933 60/.711 39/.520 47/.632 50/.436 35/.698 33/.730
HR/SB/CS 5/3/0 5/0/0 2/0/1 0/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/1/0 28/20/9
Usage ·····X·· ···X·XX· ·····X·X ··o···X· ····Xo·· ·oo···X· ··oX·oX· ··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.