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Game Preview: ATL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, April 20, 2013 @PNC Park

Braves, 13-3, 13-3 1st, 4 up

SP: Paul Maholm (31, LHP, 3-0, 0.00)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-0) 20.1 11 0 0 5 20 0 0.00
2012 (13-11) 189.0 178 80 77 53 140 20 3.67
2011 (6-14) 162.1 160 72 66 50 97 11 3.66
Last 7 GS 4-2 45.0 34 12 10 11 41 2 2.00 62
2013-04-14 @WSN W 7.2 4 0 0 1 7 0 113 77
2013-04-08 @MIA W 7.0 1 0 0 3 7 0 98 79
2013-04-03 PHI W 5.2 6 0 0 1 6 0 97 62
2012-10-01 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 3 8 1 105 64
2012-09-26 MIA W 6.2 5 0 0 0 6 0 104 70
2012-09-18 @MIA ND 6.2 4 2 2 1 5 0 103 62
2012-09-12 @MIL L 4.1 9 8 6 2 2 1 86 17
Last 5 v.PIT 1-1 20.0 13 5 5 9 17 2 2.25 63
2012-10-01 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 3 8 1 105 64
2012-07-24 @PIT W 8.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 110 76
2012-05-26 @PIT ND 5.0 4 2 2 5 2 0 94 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-2    Road:    7-1    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-1    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  8-1    vsCntrl: 4-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
  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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-3    Last 30:13-3
Pirates, 8-8, 8-8 3rd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (28, RHP, 1-2, 5.27)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 13.2 14 13 8 8 9 1 5.27
2012 (12-8) 171.0 147 85 80 69 151 21 4.21
2011 (9-9) 171.0 176 86 80 78 142 24 4.21
Last 7 GS 2-4 32.2 34 28 22 16 25 6 6.06 44
2013-04-15 STL L 1.2 8 8 3 2 0 0 46 15
2013-04-09 @ARI W 5.0 4 4 4 4 5 1 87 44
2013-04-04 CHC L 7.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 97 71
2012-09-14 @CHC L 3.2 5 4 4 4 2 0 83 33
2012-09-08 CHC ND 5.2 7 3 3 2 2 1 90 43
2012-09-02 @MIL L 2.2 6 8 7 1 6 4 63 21
2012-08-28 STL W 7.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 97 78
Last 5 v.ATL 3-0 26.0 26 5 5 6 28 2 1.73 62
2012-04-30 @ATL W 7.2 7 3 3 2 10 1 114 61
2011-07-25 @ATL W 5.1 8 0 0 0 9 0 92 61
2011-05-25 ATL ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 99 57
2010-09-07 ATL W 7.0 5 0 0 3 3 0 108 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-4    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   0-4    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Fri, Apr 19   ATL  W   6-0        8-8   3rd  1.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 18   ATL  L   4-6        7-8   3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-8    Last 30: 8-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 18, 2013 ATL  6 @PIT  4        W:Anthony Varvaro (1-0), L: Jared Hughes (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (7)

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
Season Series: 2013 - ATL over 1-0; 2012 - PIT won 4-3; 2011 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - PIT leads 1086-1012

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 (4.63 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.DeWitt* G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 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 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 205/165 .234/.278/.432/.710 .468/.768 .580 46/.871 1/1 9/6
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 48/1.008 / /
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 651/394 .269/.335/.479/.814 .635/.934 .875 62/.527 21/8 27/5
23.Johnson G/S/vP 7/.572 3/1.000 4/1.250 3/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 528/377 .281/.326/.451/.777 .672/.819 .743 51/1.096 5/1 15/19
7.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 288/127 .290/.337/.398/.735 .798/.654 .827 12/.348 2/2 3/2
11.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.400 4/1.167 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 18/.899 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 20/.821 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .651 54/.530 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 13/.693 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .803 63/.664 4/3 19/12
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/3.000 6/1.100 6/1.467 ··· 1/no AB 633/454 .246/.298/.454/.752 .792/.737 .687 61/.596 31/6 28/3
8.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 8/.750 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 628/439 .280/.355/.430/.785 .830/.766 .670 66/1.256 18/8 17/5
IP 171.0 90.2 58.2 75.2 44.0 45.0 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .257/.332/.473/.805 .756/.833 .834 .805 9/3 29/11
ERA-K/9 4.21/7.9 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 3.85/7.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 713/.233 395/.273 244/.207 316/.226 198/.318 194/.256 215/.198 26/.455 .223  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 .715 .810 .635 .677 .795 .754 .623 1.111 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 368/.653 179/.822 117/.485 145/.734 88/.908 87/.875 103/.554 12/1.053 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.780 216/.800 127/.767 171/.629 110/.714 107/.655 112/.691 14/1.161 .691
Home 357/.583 207/.825 127/.674 157/.713 81/.875 119/.736 92/.526 3/3.000
Last 28d days 63/.791 28/.571 24/.393 36/.860 5/.800 30/.300 26/.661 41/.457
HR/SB/CS 21/12/4 15/5/2 7/3/0 7/17/0 3/12/2 8/0/1 5/9/1 0/2/0 15/12/3
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ··o···XX ·X···Xo· ·X······ ··o··ooo ·oo·o··X ·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 (3.81 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (2.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 586/434 .244/.317/.467/.784 .648/.833 .792 54/.370 1/0 30/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP 38/1.265 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 7/.629 ··· ··· 493/383 .229/.272/.321/.593 .741/.551 .629 44/.293 0/2 8/16
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 515/434 .274/.317/.516/.832 .532/.888 .776 47/.859 2/0 27/9
6.Marte G/S/vP 4/2.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 182/132 .257/.300/.437/.737 1.042/.627 .675 66/.856 12/5 5/3
55.Martin G/S/vP 13/.762 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 485/336 .211/.311/.403/.713 .880/.643 .699 48/.512 6/1 21/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 9/1.056 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.453 2/.000 ··· 673/522 .327/.400/.553/.953 1.140/.900 .960 61/.819 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 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 370/306 .237/.279/.405/.683 .690/.682 .591 2/1.000 9/7 10/3
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· 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 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 185/151 .250/.319/.378/.697 1.110/.595 .800 40/.857 2/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 374/281 .243/.315/.348/.664 .706/.650 .607 20/.513 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 6/.367 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· 530/392 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.824 .722 62/.643 7/5 14/9
IP 189.0 36.0 75.0 20.0 62.2 57.1 16.2 39.0 TOTAL .223/.294/.340/.634 .451/.691 .740 .634 9/4 9/9
ERA-K/9 3.67/6.7 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 1.92/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 786/.250 142/.211 320/.272 80/.233 231/.126 230/.229 76/.250 172/.229 .208  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 .714 .547 .717 .642 .358 .602 .766 .674 .561
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 176/.703 58/.528 144/.759 32/.992 122/.331 78/.305 39/.869 87/.606 .606
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 610/.718 84/.559 176/.683 48/.411 109/.387 152/.759 37/.656 85/.743 .522
Road 405/.771 74/.654 153/.739 30/.633 105/.334 135/.597 23/.961 82/.717
Last 28d days 79/.395 19/.551 20/.700 18/.347 26/.237 32/.426 30/.372 16/.688
HR/SB/CS 20/6/6 1/2/0 7/5/0 1/1/0 3/8/1 3/1/2 2/0/0 3/5/2 9/11/2
Usage ·····X·· ···o·o·· ··X····o ··X··o·· ·X·o··oo ·o·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.