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Game Preview: ATL @ HOU, 1:05pm, Sunday, March 2, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Braves, 96-66, 96-66

SP: David Hale (25, RHP, 1-0, 0.82)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-0) 11.0 11 1 1 1 14 0 0.82
Last 7 GS 1-0 11.0 11 1 1 1 14 0 0.82 63
2013-09-26 PHI W 6.0 7 1 1 0 5 0 82 59
2013-09-13 SDP ND 5.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 87 67
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   56-25   Road:   40-41   ExtrInn:12-5 
 vsRHP:  71-50   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  27-20
 vsEast: 47-29   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest: 19-14 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   PHI  W  12-5       96-66  1st 10.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28   PHI  L   4-5       95-66  1st  9.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27   PHI  W   1-0       95-65  1st 10.0 up
159 Thu, Sep 26   PHI  W   7-1       94-65  1st 10.0 up
158 Wed, Sep 25   MIL  L   0-4       93-65  1st  9.5 up
157 Tue, Sep 24   MIL  W   3-2       93-64  1st  9.5 up
156 Mon, Sep 23   MIL  L   0-5       92-64  1st  8.5 up
155 Sun, Sep 22  @CHC  W   5-2       92-63  1st  8.5 up
154 Sat, Sep 21  @CHC  L   1-3       91-63  1st  8.0 up
153 Fri, Sep 20  @CHC  W   9-5       91-62  1st  8.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Astros, 51-111, 51-111

SP: Jarred Cosart (23, RHP, 1-1, 1.95)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 60.0 46 15 13 35 33 3 1.95
Last 7 GS 0-1 39.0 33 12 11 24 26 3 2.54 54
2013-09-09 @SEA ND 5.0 2 1 0 6 3 0 91 58
2013-09-03 MIN ND 4.0 5 4 4 3 5 2 90 38
2013-08-28 @CHW ND 6.0 7 1 1 5 4 0 113 53
2013-08-20 @TEX L 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 112 52
2013-08-14 @OAK ND 6.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 99 69
2013-08-07 BOS ND 5.0 7 2 2 5 3 0 100 43
2013-08-02 @MIN ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 99 66
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-57   Road:   27-54   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  38-78   vsLHP:  13-33   1-Run:  18-36
 vsEast:  9-24   vsCntrl: 9-24   vsWest: 25-51 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   NYY  L   1-5 (14)  51-111 5th 45.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   NYY  L   1-2       51-110 5th 44.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   NYY  L   2-3       51-109 5th 44.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25  @TEX  L   3-7       51-108 5th 43.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24  @TEX  L   2-3       51-107 5th 43.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23  @TEX  L   0-12      51-106 5th 43.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22  @CLE  L   2-9       51-105 5th 42.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21  @CLE  L   1-4       51-104 5th 41.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20  @CLE  L   1-2  (7)  51-103 5th 40.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19  @CLE  L   1-2 (11)  51-102 5th 39.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 7-23

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 05, 2012 ATL  6  HOU  1        W:Jonny Venters (4-3), L: Bud Norris (5-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2012 HOU  3 @ATL  2        W:Lucas Harrell (9-7), L: Paul Maholm (9-7), S: Wilton Lopez (1)
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 ATL  4  HOU  1        W:Tim Hudson (11-4), L: Armando Galarraga (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (31)
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 ATL  6 @HOU  3        W:Randall Delgado (1-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (2)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 ATL  6 @HOU  4        W:Tommy Hanson (1-1), L: Kyle Weiland (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (1)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 HOU  8  ATL  3        W:J.A. Happ (1-0), L: Brandon Beachy (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 HOU  8  ATL  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-3), L: Derek Lowe (3-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 ATL  4 @HOU  1        W:Tommy Hanson (8-4), L: Brett Myers (2-6), S: Jonny Venters (3)
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 ATL  6 @HOU  3 (10)   W:Scott Linebrink (2-1), L: Brandon Lyon (3-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 ATL 11 @HOU  4        W:Tim Hudson (5-5), L: Aneury Rodriguez (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - ATL won 4-2; 2011 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - ATL leads 379-321

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 (4.25 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Cosart
G/S/vB		 37.Albers
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 63.Lo
G/S/vB		 54.Martinez
G/S/vB		 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 44.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 43.White
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
58.Bethancourt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 1/.000 / /
13.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 86/74 .250/.321/.276/.598 .364/.635 .505 4/1.500 5/2 0/0
20.Cunningham# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
4.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 8/.375 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 528/361 .275/.320/.461/.781 .690/.823 .791 75/.847 0/0 18/5
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 6/.833 2/.500 ··· 620/363 .259/.340/.456/.796 .714/.855 .735 95/1.080 2/0 23/12
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 97/.711 / /
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 8/.375 2/.000 ··· 651/394 .269/.335/.479/.814 .635/.934 .875 35/.838 21/8 27/5
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 528/377 .281/.326/.451/.777 .672/.819 .743 84/.715 5/1 15/19
11.Laird G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· ··· 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 28/.677 0/0 2/4
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 188/125 .243/.287/.325/.613 .536/.651 .626 / 2/0 2/7
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 / 0/0 0/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3.000 ··· 9/.750 ··· 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .544 43/.368 27/9 4/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.800 3/1.000 ··· ··· 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .651 87/.799 1/0 3/3
25.Terdoslavich# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.188 / /
26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· 7/1.857 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.697 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .803 49/.486 4/3 19/12
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 20/.950 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.572 5/.200 ··· ··· 633/454 .246/.298/.454/.752 .792/.737 .687 42/.171 31/6 28/3
8.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.500 6/.750 5/2.000 ··· 628/439 .280/.355/.430/.785 .830/.766 .670 93/.750 18/8 17/5
IP 60.1 97.0 48.0 20.2 52.1 31.0 98.0 TOTAL .249/.321/.402/.723 .701/.731 .694 .662 64/31 181/85
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.39/6.6 4.73/7.4 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 2.44/11.2 3.48/8.7 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 5.33/4.6 2.90/10.2 5.51/5.9 /0.0 4.79/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (31-8-2)
 Laird (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 241/.215 411/.243 / / / 194/.171 86/.237 / / / / / 231/.297 113/.168 459/.288 / .272  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Constanza
 Johnson
 Doumit
0/2/154/11
0/142/0/10
0/0/149/6
0/87/0/4
21/5/0/2
0/0/1/0
16/0/6/0
OPS .642 .719 .561 .655 .809 .467 .854 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 101/.702 201/.756 / / / 77/.717 38/.408 / / / / / 98/.988 49/.443 249/.833 / .805
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 140/.600 210/.683 / / / 117/.456 48/.859 / / / / / 133/.679 64/.484 210/.880 / .782
Home / 132/.694 212/.667 / / / 109/.626 63/.690 / / / / / 134/.883 69/.383 226/.903 /
Last 28d days 22/.551 34/.301 29/.941 44/.548 / 73/.773 / 9/.111 34/.535 28/.472 31/1.225 99/.659 100/.621 32/.540 / / 45/.614
HR/SB/CS // 9/6/2 10/15/3 // // // 5/6/2 1/3/1 // // // // // 7/12/1 3/0/1 13/13/4 // 191/98/37
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

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

Astros Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Hale
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 53.Gearrin
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 40.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 630/461 .290/.340/.399/.740 .911/.676 .725 107/.807 33/11 7/11
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .831 87/.762 0/0 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 295/238 .257/.334/.401/.735 .361/.831 .805 9/.000 0/0 6/6
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 85/66 .269/.310/.449/.758 .433/.855 .848 44/.380 0/1 4/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 113/88 .284/.310/.477/.787 .655/.824 .608 88/.738 0/0 5/1
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 6/.200 2/2.000 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.667 3/.333 3/.333 530/363 .300/.389/.474/.863 .857/.866 .984 14/.742 12/5 13/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 219/164 .234/.280/.327/.607 .296/.713 .612 6/.667 3/3 2/5
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 321/179 .247/.319/.418/.737 .942/.580 .726 45/.559 3/3 9/2
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 54/.812 0/0 0/0
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 64/.765 / /
12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 1/.000 / /
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 112/.566 / /
IP 36.0 32.1 20.0 62.2 16.2 58.2 39.0 TOTAL .240/.299/.375/.674 .687/.669 .668 .628 110/61 148/125
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.00/8.2 8.07/8.6 1.80/9.0 1.01/16.7 5.40/11.3 3.22/10.6 3.46/11.1 /0.0 3.18/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (57-13-8)
 Corporan (14-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 142/.211 163/.357 80/.233 231/.126 76/.250 262/.270 172/.229 / .244  Fowler
 Guzman
 Hoes
0/131/0/4
52/0/7/4
1/0/0/0
OPS .547 .953 .642 .358 .766 .739 .674 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 58/.528 65/1.123 32/.992 122/.331 39/.869 94/.646 87/.606 / .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 84/.559 98/.842 48/.411 109/.387 37/.656 168/.791 85/.743 / .671
Road / 74/.654 99/.958 30/.633 105/.334 23/.961 133/.615 82/.717 /
Last 28d days 46/.572 27/.696 39/.323 / 37/.594 48/.759 / 18/1.382 56/.867
HR/SB/CS // 1/2/0 5/3/0 1/1/0 3/8/1 2/0/0 6/5/0 3/5/2 // 127/79/32
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

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.