Thursday, April 18, 2013 Game Previews

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Game Preview: ATL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 18, 2013 @PNC Park

Braves, 12-2, 12-2 1st, 3½ up

SP: Julio Teheran (22, RHP, 0-0, 7.36)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (0-0)			11.0	14	9	9	4	8	3	7.36
2012 (0-0)			6.1	5	4	4	1	5	0	5.68
2011 (1-1)			19.2	21	11	11	8	10	4	5.03

Last 7 GS		1-1	29.1	33	19	19	11	18	5	5.83	44
2013-04-12	@WSN	ND	6.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	97	47
2013-04-06	CHC	ND	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	2	88	32
2012-06-10	TOR	ND	4.1	4	4	4	1	5	0	74	43
2011-09-08	@NYM	W	5.1	5	1	1	2	3	0	90	55
2011-05-18	@ARI	ND	4.0	6	2	2	2	1	1	83	41
2011-05-07	@PHI	L	4.2	4	3	3	2	1	1	86	43

Has never faced PIT as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    6-2    Road:    6-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-1    vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  8-1    vsCntrl: 3-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
  8 Tue, Apr  9  @MIA  W   3-2        7-1   1st  1.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr  8  @MIA  W   2-0        6-1   1st  1.0 up
  6 Sun, Apr  7   CHC  W   5-1        5-1   1st  1.0 up
  5 Sat, Apr  6   CHC  W   6-5        4-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:12-2    Last 30:12-2

Pirates, 7-7, 7-7 3rd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Locke (25, LHP, 1-1, 4.09)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (1-1)			11.0	12	5	5	5	3	1	4.09
2012 (1-3)			34.1	36	21	21	11	34	6	5.50
2011 (0-3)			16.2	21	12	12	10	5	3	6.48

Last 7 GS		2-3	36.0	40	21	21	15	30	6	5.25	46
2013-04-13	CIN	W	5.0	4	1	1	4	0	1	87	51
2013-04-07	@LAD	L	6.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	86	42
2012-10-01	ATL	W	6.0	2	1	1	5	6	0	104	65
2012-09-26	@NYM	L	3.2	9	5	5	1	5	0	70	27
2012-09-21	@HOU	L	5.0	3	3	3	3	8	1	83	54
2012-09-16	@CHC	ND	4.1	7	5	5	1	2	2	74	30
2012-09-09	CHC	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	6	2	89	56

Last 5 v.ATL		1-0	6.0	2	1	1	5	6	0	1.50	65
2012-10-01	ATL	W	6.0	2	1	1	5	6	0	104	65

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    5-3    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   7-3    vsLHP:   0-4    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Wed, Apr 17   STL  W   5-0        7-7   3rd  1.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 15   STL  L   6-10       6-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 14   CIN  W  10-7        6-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 13   CIN  W   3-1        5-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 12   CIN  W   6-5        4-6   3rd  2.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 10  @ARI  L   2-10       3-6   4th  2.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  9  @ARI  W   6-5        3-5   3rd  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  8  @ARI  W   5-3        2-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7  @LAD  L   2-6        1-5   4th  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6  @LAD  L   0-1        1-4   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-7    Last 30: 7-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Oct 03, 2012 ATL  4 @PIT  0        W:Luis Avilan (1-0), L: A.J. Burnett (16-10), S: none
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 PIT  5  ATL  1        W:Kevin Correia (12-11), L: Tommy Hanson (13-10), S: none
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 PIT  2  ATL  1        W:Jeff Locke (1-3), L: Paul Maholm (13-11), S: Jared Hughes (2)
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 PIT  9 @ATL  3        W:James McDonald (1-1), L: Mike Minor (2-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 ATL  4  PIT  3        W:Tim Hudson (1-0), L: Kevin Correia (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (8)
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 PIT  4 @ATL  2        W:Erik Bedard (1-4), L: Randall Delgado (2-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (4)
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 ATL  6  PIT  1        W:Tommy Hanson (3-2), L: A.J. Burnett (1-1), S: Kris Medlen (1)
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 PIT  5 @ATL  2        W:Kevin Correia (12-8), L: Derek Lowe (6-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (30)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 ATL  2  PIT  1 (10)   W:Scott Linebrink (4-2), L: Chris Leroux (1-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 ATL  4  PIT  3 (19)   W:Scott Proctor (2-3), L: Daniel McCutchen (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - PIT won 4-3; 2011 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - PIT leads 1086-1011

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

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

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

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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 (4.86 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Locke*
G/S/vB 30.Gomez
G/S/vB 39.Grilli
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 35.Melancon
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 30/30 .138/.133/.172/.306 /.306 .400 3/1.500 0/0 0/0

25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 205/165 .234/.278/.432/.710 .468/.768 .580 41/.930 1/1 9/6

24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 47/.914 / /

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 651/394 .269/.335/.479/.814 .635/.934 .875 57/.579 21/8 27/5

23.Johnson G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.000 4/1.250 2/4.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 528/377 .281/.326/.451/.777 .672/.819 .743 46/.980 5/1 15/19

7.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 288/127 .290/.337/.398/.735 .798/.654 .827 11/.382 2/2 3/2

11.Laird G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 4/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 14/.929 0/0 2/4

14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 24/.962 0/0 0/0

17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .544 8/1.125 27/9 4/2

19.Simmons G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .651 49/.534 1/0 3/3

26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .803 58/.640 4/3 19/12

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 6/1.100 6/1.467 ··· ··· 633/454 .246/.298/.454/.752 .792/.737 .687 56/.472 31/6 28/3

8.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.750 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 628/439 .280/.355/.430/.785 .830/.766 .670 61/1.245 18/8 17/5

IP 34.1 90.2 58.2 75.2 44.0 45.0 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .254/.324/.458/.781 .707/.817 .787 .781 9/2 25/11

ERA-K/9

5.50/8.9

5.96/4.7

2.91/13.8

2.85/5.9

5.73/5.3

6.20/8.2

3.38/8.9

1.93/13.4

3.69/7.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 148/.267 395/.273 244/.207 316/.226 198/.318 194/.256 215/.198 26/.455 .217 Heyward
Upton
Upton
Schafer
Johnson
DeWitt
Johnson 0/2/154/11
0/142/0/10
0/0/149/6
0/87/0/4
37/32/29/3
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .749 .810 .635 .677 .795 .754 .623 1.111 .661

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.836 179/.822 117/.485 145/.734 88/.908 87/.875 103/.554 12/1.053 .726

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.716 216/.800 127/.767 171/.629 110/.714 107/.655 112/.691 14/1.161 .618

Home 85/.600 207/.825 127/.674 157/.713 81/.875 119/.736 92/.526 3/3.000

Last 28d days 48/.833 28/.571 24/.393 28/.661 / 30/.300 25/.689 35/.457

HR/SB/CS 6/4/2 15/5/2 7/3/0 7/17/0 3/12/2 8/0/1 5/9/1 0/2/0 11/12/2

Usage ····X··· ···X···· o···XX·· ···Xo··X o··ooo·· o·o··X·· ··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.

Pirates Batters (3.64 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (1.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Teheran
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 586/434 .244/.317/.467/.784 .648/.833 .792 50/.269 1/0 30/27

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.750 ··· ··· 493/383 .229/.272/.321/.593 .741/.551 .629 40/.325 0/2 8/16

46.Jones* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 515/434 .274/.317/.516/.832 .532/.888 .776 43/.822 2/0 27/9

6.Marte G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 182/132 .257/.300/.437/.737 1.042/.627 .675 61/.928 12/5 5/3

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 485/336 .211/.311/.403/.713 .880/.643 .699 44/.358 6/1 21/6

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 673/522 .327/.400/.553/.953 1.140/.900 .960 57/.824 20/12 31/1

17.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 213/141 .249/.295/.386/.681 .897/.572 .676 10/.425 0/1 6/1

19.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 275/212 .233/.320/.442/.762 .815/.746 .660 12/1.417 0/0 12/3

7.Presley* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 370/306 .237/.279/.405/.683 .690/.682 .591 1/2.000 9/7 10/3

14.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 6/1.100 3/.666 1/.000 326/215 .217/.279/.341/.620 .729/.566 .572 29/.528 1/0 7/3

23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.750 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 185/151 .250/.319/.378/.697 1.110/.595 .800 35/.759 2/0 4/1

31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 374/281 .243/.315/.348/.664 .706/.650 .607 19/.541 8/12 3/3

18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 530/392 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.824 .722 58/.667 7/5 14/9

IP 6.1 36.0 75.0 20.0 62.2 57.1 16.2 39.0 TOTAL .222/.291/.326/.617 .463/.668 .724 .617 9/4 7/8

ERA-K/9

5.68/7.1

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

1.77/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (63-20-9)
McKenry (61-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.217 142/.211 320/.272 80/.233 231/.126 230/.229 76/.250 172/.229 .206 Tabata
Jones
Marte
McCutchen
Presley
Snider 32/0/77/6
0/0/66/3
43/4/0/3
0/156/0/3
81/4/8/2
15/0/33/1

OPS .467 .547 .717 .642 .358 .602 .766 .674 .540

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/.250 58/.528 144/.759 32/.992 122/.331 78/.305 39/.869 87/.606 .569

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 16/.579 84/.559 176/.683 48/.411 109/.387 152/.759 37/.656 85/.743 .514

Road 6/.333 74/.654 153/.739 30/.633 105/.334 135/.597 23/.961 82/.717

Last 28d days 52/.885 19/.551 20/.700 18/.347 23/.269 29/.472 24/.467 16/.688

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/2/0 7/5/0 1/1/0 3/8/1 3/1/2 2/0/0 3/5/2 7/11/2

Usage ·····X·· ·o·o···· X····o·· X··o···X ·o··oo·· ·X··oo·· ·······X ·····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.