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Game Preview: ATL @ DET, 1:05pm, Saturday, April 27, 2013 @Comerica Park

Braves, 15-7, 15-7 1st, 3½ up

SP: Kris Medlen (27, RHP, 1-2, 2.16)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 25.0 22 8 6 7 15 1 2.16
2012 (10-1) 138.0 103 26 24 23 120 6 1.57
2011 (0-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.0 34 12 9 9 33 3 1.76 63
2013-04-21 @PIT L 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 99 51
2013-04-16 KCR ND 7.0 6 2 1 0 5 1 99 64
2013-04-09 @MIA W 7.0 3 1 0 2 1 0 90 68
2013-04-04 PHI L 5.0 6 2 2 4 3 0 92 46
2012-09-30 NYM W 6.0 3 1 0 1 4 0 79 67
2012-09-25 MIA ND 7.0 5 3 3 0 8 2 92 63
2012-09-19 @MIA W 8.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 99 79
Last 5 v.DET 1-0 6.2 6 1 1 1 5 0 1.35 62
2010-06-25 DET W 6.2 6 1 1 1 5 0 105 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-2    Road:    9-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-4    vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  8-1    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Fri, Apr 26  @DET  L   0-10      15-7   1st  3.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 24  @COL  L   5-6 (12)  15-6   1st  4.0 up
 20 Tue, Apr 23  @COL  W  10-2       15-5   1st  5.0 up
 19 Tue, Apr 23  @COL  W   4-3       14-5   1st  5.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-7
Tigers, 11-10, 11-10 2nd, 1 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (24, RHP, 0-2, 11.08)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-2) 13.0 23 16 16 3 3 3 11.08
2012 (10-12) 176.1 226 101 90 44 107 16 4.59
2011 (14-9) 182.0 210 103 96 46 104 18 4.75
Last 7 GS 1-3 30.0 47 29 26 10 15 7 7.80 36
2013-04-20 @LAA L 0.2 9 9 9 1 0 1 47 -3
2013-04-10 TOR ND 5.0 8 4 4 0 1 0 92 36
2013-04-04 @MIN L 5.1 6 3 3 2 2 2 97 44
2012-10-01 @KCR W 5.0 4 1 1 3 3 1 88 55
2012-09-26 KCR ND 4.0 7 4 4 0 3 1 61 35
2012-09-16 @CLE ND 4.2 8 4 2 3 2 0 90 35
2012-09-10 @CHW L 5.1 5 4 3 1 4 2 90 47
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-3    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   9-7    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Fri, Apr 26   ATL  W  10-0       11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Thu, Apr 25   KCR  L   3-8 (10)  10-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 24   KCR  W   7-5       10-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 21  @LAA  L   3-4 (13)   9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 20  @LAA  L   0-10       9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Fri, Apr 19  @LAA  L   1-8        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Thu, Apr 18  @SEA  L   0-2        9-6   1st  0.5 up
 14 Wed, Apr 17  @SEA  W   2-1 (14)   9-5   1st  1.0 up
 13 Tue, Apr 16  @SEA  W   6-2        8-5   1st  1.0 up
 12 Sun, Apr 14  @OAK  W  10-1        7-5   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 DET 10  ATL  0        W:Anibal Sanchez (3-1), L: Paul Maholm (3-2), S: none

Sun, Jun 27, 2010 DET 10 @ATL  4        W:Justin Verlander (9-5), L: Tommy Hanson (7-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 26, 2010 ATL  4  DET  3        W:Kenshin Kawakami (1-9), L: Joel Zumaya (2-1), S: Peter Moylan (1)
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 ATL  3  DET  1        W:Kris Medlen (5-1), L: Andy Oliver (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (15)
Sun, Jun 24, 2007 DET  5 @ATL  0        W:Andrew Miller (3-1), L: Chuck James (6-7), S: Chad Durbin (1)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 DET  2 @ATL  1        W:Justin Verlander (9-2), L: Kyle Davies (3-7), S: Todd Jones (18)
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 DET  5 @ATL  0        W:Kenny Rogers (1-0), L: John Smoltz (8-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 10, 2004 DET  7  ATL  4        W:Mike Maroth (5-3), L: Antonio Alfonseca (5-2), S: Ugueth Urbina (9)
Wed, Jun 09, 2004 DET  4  ATL  2        W:Craig Dingman (1-0), L: John Thomson (5-3), S: Ugueth Urbina (8)
Tue, Jun 08, 2004 ATL  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Chris Reitsma (2-1), L: Danny Patterson (0-3), S: John Smoltz (9)
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 1-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 10-6

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 (4.36 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Porcello
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 205/165 .234/.278/.432/.710 .468/.768 .580 62/.839 1/1 9/6
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 620/363 .259/.340/.456/.796 .714/.855 .735 37/.816 2/0 23/12
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 71/.919 / /
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 528/377 .281/.326/.451/.777 .672/.819 .743 70/.996 5/1 15/19
7.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 288/127 .290/.337/.398/.735 .798/.654 .827 25/.697 2/2 3/2
11.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 30/.793 0/0 2/4
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/125 .243/.287/.325/.613 .536/.651 .626 2/.000 2/0 2/7
14.Pena# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 43/.777 0/0 0/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .544 22/.994 27/9 4/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .651 80/.596 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .803 81/.659 4/3 19/12
2.Upton G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 6/.500 5/.900 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 633/454 .246/.298/.454/.752 .792/.737 .687 92/.521 31/6 28/3
8.Upton G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 628/439 .280/.355/.430/.785 .830/.766 .670 95/1.158 18/8 17/5
IP 176.1 13.1 71.0 54.0 20.2 99.1 69.0 TOTAL .247/.321/.438/.759 .743/.767 .749 .759 12/6 35/15
ERA-K/9 4.59/5.5 0.68/12.2 3.68/10.6 4.00/8.5 3.48/8.7 /0.0 3.99/8.5 3.78/6.3 3.73/9.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 783/.310 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 86/.237 / 416/.247 294/.229 .248  Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Johnson
 Johnson
0/142/0/10
0/0/149/6
0/87/0/4
37/32/29/3
0/0/1/0
OPS .808 .420 .720 .854 .655 .732 .649 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 415/.883 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 38/.408 / 127/.671 167/.754 .582
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 368/.725 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 48/.859 / 289/.759 127/.515 .767
Home 401/.803 29/.276 167/.639 118/.804 63/.690 / 193/.765 152/.668
Last 28d days 63/.996 44/.532 42/.591 38/.803 35/.519 9/.833 59/.527 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 16/18/5 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 1/3/1 // 12/8/6 3/12/1 10/15/3
Usage ······X· ··X··X·· ··o··X·· ·X···X·· ·o·····o oX······ ······X· ··X·····

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

Tigers Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (2.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 20.Ayala
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
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .772 66/.501 2/0 9/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 13/1.698 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 1.094 100/.957 4/1 44/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .906 58/.468 1/1 8/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 7/.714 1/no AB ··· 690/442 .313/.412/.528/.940 .808/1.017 1.015 98/1.000 1/0 30/11
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 584/425 .313/.365/.451/.817 .868/.798 .802 94/.948 9/1 16/4
4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 4/1.750 4/.000 1/.000 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .696 75/.631 17/3 12/18
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .851 108/.697 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .545 24/.304 2/0 1/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 / /// / 91/.559 / /
55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 226/154 .236/.262/.321/.583 .645/.554 .679 25/.542 0/1 2/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.200 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .729 89/.764 1/2 13/7
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 259/194 .206/.283/.272/.555 .482/.580 .606 19/.316 1/0 2/6
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· / /// / 26/.923 / /
IP 138.0 36.0 75.0 20.0 62.2 57.1 16.2 39.0 TOTAL .275/.344/.382/.725 .790/.703 .844 .725 9/1 13/6
ERA-K/9 1.57/7.8 2.00/8.2 2.64/6.1 1.80/9.0 1.01/16.7 1.73/7.2 5.40/11.3 3.46/11.1 2.87/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Pena (52-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 520/.208 142/.211 320/.272 80/.233 231/.126 230/.229 76/.250 172/.229 .238  Hunter
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Dirks
0/0/134/14
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
59/1/24/1
OPS .529 .547 .717 .642 .358 .602 .766 .674 .649
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.519 58/.528 144/.759 32/.992 122/.331 78/.305 39/.869 87/.606 .633
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.539 84/.559 176/.683 48/.411 109/.387 152/.759 37/.656 85/.743 .661
Road 227/.496 74/.654 153/.739 30/.633 105/.334 135/.597 23/.961 82/.717
Last 28d days 107/.596 30/.522 31/.819 43/.451 36/.492 40/.441 51/.531 32/.781
HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 1/2/0 7/5/0 1/1/0 3/8/1 3/1/2 2/0/0 3/5/2 14/15/4
Usage ·····X·· ··oo·X·· ··o··o·X X·oo·XXX ··XX···· ··oo···· X······X ··oX··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.