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Game Preview: ATL @ COL, 8:40pm, Monday, April 22, 2013 @Coors Field

Braves, 13-5, 13-5 1st, 3 up

SP: Mike Minor (25, LHP, 2-1, 0.95)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-1) 19.0 15 2 2 1 16 1 0.95
2012 (11-10) 179.1 151 88 82 56 145 26 4.12
2011 (5-3) 82.2 93 39 38 30 77 7 4.14
Last 7 GS 5-1 43.0 27 5 5 6 37 2 1.05 66
2013-04-17 KCR L 6.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 88 63
2013-04-10 @MIA W 5.2 5 0 0 1 4 0 101 62
2013-04-05 CHC W 7.1 5 1 1 0 7 1 84 71
2012-09-29 NYM W 6.1 3 0 0 0 4 0 88 71
2012-09-22 @PHI W 6.0 2 2 2 1 6 1 91 65
2012-09-16 WSN W 6.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 86 59
2012-09-10 @MIL ND 5.2 2 0 0 2 8 0 115 71
Last 5 v.COL 1-0 12.0 11 8 8 8 11 2 6.00 47
2012-09-05 COL W 7.0 1 0 0 4 7 0 108 78
2012-05-05 @COL ND 5.0 10 8 8 4 4 2 98 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-2    Road:    7-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-2    vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  8-1    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 21  @PIT  L   2-4       13-5   1st  3.0 up
 17 Sat, Apr 20  @PIT  L   1-3       13-4   1st  3.0 up
 16 Fri, Apr 19  @PIT  L   0-6       13-3   1st  4.0 up
 15 Thu, Apr 18  @PIT  W   6-4       13-2   1st  4.0 up
 14 Wed, Apr 17   KCR  L   0-1       12-2   1st  3.5 up
 13 Tue, Apr 16   KCR  W   6-3       12-1   1st  4.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 14  @WSN  W   9-0       11-1   1st  3.5 up
 11 Sat, Apr 13  @WSN  W   3-1       10-1   1st  3.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 12  @WSN  W   6-4 (10)   9-1   1st  2.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 10  @MIA  W   8-0        8-1   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-5    Last 30:13-5
Rockies, 13-5, 13-5 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jeff Francis (32, LHP, 1-1, 8.25)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 12.0 21 16 11 7 11 0 8.25
2012 (6-7) 113.0 145 71 70 22 76 15 5.58
2011 (6-16) 183.0 224 102 98 39 91 19 4.82
Last 7 GS 2-3 30.0 43 26 21 10 20 2 6.30 40
2013-04-16 NYM ND 4.1 9 8 6 4 4 0 93 17
2013-04-10 @SFG L 1.2 7 7 4 2 2 0 60 19
2013-04-05 SDP W 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 97 62
2012-10-03 @ARI W 5.0 5 1 1 1 3 1 85 55
2012-09-28 @LAD L 4.0 6 5 5 1 3 1 66 32
2012-09-23 ARI ND 4.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 75 44
2012-09-18 @SFG L 5.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 78 49
Last 5 v.ATL 3-2 26.1 39 20 19 8 22 5 6.49 40
2007-08-03 @ATL W 6.0 6 1 1 0 8 0 102 64
2007-04-27 ATL L 5.1 11 4 4 3 4 1 104 31
2006-09-23 ATL W 5.0 9 5 5 3 2 1 93 28
2005-09-28 @ATL W 5.0 7 4 3 1 0 0 85 38
2004-08-25 @ATL L 5.0 6 6 6 1 8 3 85 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-1    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-3    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 21   ARI  L   4-5       13-5   1st  1.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 20   ARI  W   4-3       13-4   1st  2.5 up
 16 Fri, Apr 19   ARI  W   3-1       12-4   1st  2.5 up
 15 Thu, Apr 18   NYM  W  11-3       11-4   1st  2.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 16   NYM  W   9-8 (10)  10-4   1st  1.0 up
 13 Tue, Apr 16   NYM  W   8-4        9-4   1st  1.0 up
 12 Sun, Apr 14  @SDP  W   2-1        8-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 13  @SDP  W   9-5        7-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 12  @SDP  W   7-5        6-4   3rd  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 10  @SFG  L   0-10       5-4   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-5    Last 30:13-5 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 06, 2012 ATL  1  COL  0        W:Tim Hudson (14-5), L: Jhoulys Chacin (2-5), S: Craig Kimbrel (34)
Wed, Sep 05, 2012 ATL  1  COL  0        W:Mike Minor (8-10), L: Alex White (2-8), S: Craig Kimbrel (33)
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 COL  6 @ATL  0        W:Carlos Torres (4-1), L: Tommy Hanson (12-8), S: none
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 ATL  6  COL  1        W:Kris Medlen (7-1), L: Tyler Chatwood (4-4), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2012 ATL  7 @COL  2        W:Brandon Beachy (3-1), L: Juan Nicasio (2-1), S: Cristhian Martinez (1)
Sat, May 05, 2012 ATL 13 @COL  9        W:Cristhian Martinez (2-0), L: Esmil Rogers (0-2), S: Livan Hernandez (1)
Fri, May 04, 2012 ATL  9 @COL  8 (11)   W:Chad Durbin (2-0), L: Edgmer Escalona (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (9)
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 ATL  9 @COL  6        W:Tommy Hanson (11-5), L: Matt Reynolds (0-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (30)
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 COL  3  ATL  2        W:Huston Street (1-3), L: Eric O'Flaherty (1-3), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 COL 12  ATL  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (6-8), L: Brandon Beachy (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - ATL won 6-1; 2011 - ATL won 6-2; All-Time - ATL leads 104-60

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 2013 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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Braves Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB		 34.Belisle
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 49.Brothers*
G/S/vB		 61.Escalona
G/S/vB		 27.Garland
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 Ottavino
G/S/vB		 88.Outman*
G/S/vB		 62.Scahill
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 205/165 .234/.278/.432/.710 .468/.768 .580 50/.799 1/1 9/6
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 59/.918 / /
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 7/.286 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 651/394 .269/.335/.479/.814 .635/.934 .875 69/.519 21/8 27/5
23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/2.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 528/377 .281/.326/.451/.777 .672/.819 .743 62/1.012 5/1 15/19
7.Johnson G/S/vP 9/.666 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 13/1.461 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 288/127 .290/.337/.398/.735 .798/.654 .827 17/.364 2/2 3/2
11.Laird G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/.500 7/.000 ··· ··· 11/1.091 ··· 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 25/.791 0/0 2/4
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 32/.804 0/0 0/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 4/.500 6/.666 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .544 10/1.056 27/9 4/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .651 65/.573 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 6/.500 12/.969 6/.834 3/1.667 ··· 20/.476 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .803 68/.630 4/3 19/12
2.Upton G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 11/.989 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 633/454 .246/.298/.454/.752 .792/.737 .687 73/.550 31/6 28/3
8.Upton G/S/vP 23/1.027 16/1.224 11/.626 5/2.467 1/.000 15/.641 6/1.500 5/.800 8/1.000 1/.000 628/439 .280/.355/.430/.785 .830/.766 .670 78/1.146 18/8 17/5
IP 113.0 80.0 57.2 67.2 22.1 66.1 79.0 40.2 8.2 TOTAL .242/.321/.429/.750 .694/.783 .730 .750 10/5 29/12
ERA-K/9 5.58/6.1 3.71/7.8 2.81/8.9 3.86/11.0 6.04/8.5 /0.0 2.17/7.3 4.56/9.2 8.19/8.8 1.04/4.1 3.87/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 502/.316 348/.282 236/.241 295/.251 97/.264 / 260/.250 339/.253 185/.290 33/.233 .257  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Johnson
 Johnson
0/2/154/11
0/142/0/10
0/0/149/6
0/87/0/4
37/32/29/3
0/0/1/0
OPS .846 .722 .655 .732 .840 .626 .717 .866 .603 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.677 151/.789 111/.760 119/.587 37/.914 / 99/.540 137/.745 66/.623 11/.384 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 398/.891 197/.672 125/.563 176/.832 60/.794 / 161/.677 202/.698 119/1.006 22/.699 .659
Home 242/.890 178/.767 119/.713 151/.774 50/.789 / 149/.558 185/.684 82/.746 17/.627
Last 28d days 65/.947 39/.588 39/.451 37/.648 41/.695 72/.641 41/.989 37/.678 2/.000 /
HR/SB/CS 15/10/3 5/1/0 6/6/0 5/5/4 5/4/0 // 4/1/0 9/16/1 7/3/1 0/0/1 12/5/5
Usage ·····X·· X····X·o ·XX··X·X ·oo··X·· ·X···X·· ···X···· X·o··o·X X····X·· o·······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Rockies Batters (5.78 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (2.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 20.Ayala
G/S/vB		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 53.Gearrin
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 22/17 .095/.136/.095/.232 .400/.180 .143 29/.745 0/0 0/1
3.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/3.500 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 394/283 .260/.317/.489/.806 .929/.760 .858 67/1.020 8/3 16/5
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 6/.333 1/2.000 ··· 4/.333 1/4.000 1/.000 6/.333 ··· ··· 530/363 .300/.389/.474/.863 .857/.866 .984 69/.981 12/5 13/6
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 6/1.467 1/.000 ··· 4/2.750 2/.500 3/.000 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 579/370 .303/.371/.510/.881 .742/.961 1.046 77/1.108 20/5 22/4
17.Helton* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.833 10/.325 ··· 1/2.000 283/186 .238/.343/.400/.743 .590/.826 .783 45/.748 1/1 7/2
18.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.666 ··· ··· 251/191 .262/.317/.351/.668 .638/.684 .784 17/.588 4/1 3/3
4.Nelson G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 377/268 .301/.352/.458/.810 .787/.819 .911 57/.643 2/1 9/13
15.Pacheco G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 505/363 .309/.341/.421/.762 .822/.739 .878 31/.700 7/2 5/14
20.Rosario G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 426/308 .270/.312/.530/.843 1.140/.726 .957 55/.874 4/5 28/15
14.Rutledge G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 291/205 .274/.306/.469/.775 .798/.766 .816 71/.655 7/0 8/11
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.167 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 218/125 .227/.293/.330/.623 .567/.661 .585 22/.810 1/1 4/2
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.833 ··· ··· 203/143 .287/.360/.486/.846 .671/.918 .793 70/1.090 2/2 8/8
1.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 196/144 .316/.377/.448/.825 .974/.770 .844 50/.724 14/2 4/0
IP 179.1 36.0 75.0 32.1 20.0 62.2 57.1 16.2 39.0 TOTAL .282/.351/.482/.833 .746/.860 .874 .833 16/6 28/9
ERA-K/9 4.12/7.3 2.00/8.2 2.64/6.1 8.07/8.6 1.80/9.0 1.01/16.7 1.73/7.2 5.40/11.3 3.46/11.1 2.36/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pacheco (5-0-0)
 Rosario (64-30-21)
 Torrealba (35-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 728/.232 142/.211 320/.272 163/.357 80/.233 231/.126 230/.229 76/.250 172/.229 .219  Gonzalez
 Cuddyer
 Fowler
 Brignac
 Young
131/0/0/7
0/0/74/6
0/131/0/4
1/0/0/0
8/15/11/0
OPS .702 .547 .717 .953 .642 .358 .602 .766 .674 .603
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.724 58/.528 144/.759 65/1.123 32/.992 122/.331 78/.305 39/.869 87/.606 .631
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 549/.694 84/.559 176/.683 98/.842 48/.411 109/.387 152/.759 37/.656 85/.743 .579
Road 345/.801 74/.654 153/.739 99/.958 30/.633 105/.334 135/.597 23/.961 82/.717
Last 28d days 70/.533 24/.571 27/.696 / 30/.434 26/.237 32/.426 35/.352 22/.682
HR/SB/CS 26/10/2 1/2/0 7/5/0 5/3/0 1/1/0 3/8/1 3/1/2 2/0/0 3/5/2 11/12/3
Usage ····X··· X····o·o o·X·X··· XXX·X··o ···X·o·· ···o·X·· ··XX···· ·oo·····

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.