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Game Preview: ATL @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, April 21, 2013 @PNC Park

Braves, 13-4, 13-4 1st, 3 up

SP: Kris Medlen (27, RHP, 1-1, 1.42)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 19.0 15 5 3 6 9 1 1.42
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 3-1 47.0 32 10 7 9 40 4 1.34 66
2013-04-16 KCR ND 7.0 6 2 1 0 5 1 98 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
2012-09-14 WSN ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 13 1 96 75
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 11.2 16 5 5 4 6 1 3.86 46
2010-05-29 PIT W 6.0 9 3 3 2 4 1 89 44
2010-05-23 @PIT ND 5.2 7 2 2 2 2 0 97 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-2    Road:    7-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-2    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  8-1    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
  8 Tue, Apr  9  @MIA  W   3-2        7-1   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-4    Last 30:13-4 
Pirates, 9-8, 9-8 3rd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jonathan Sanchez (30, LHP, 0-2, 12.96)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-2) 8.1 14 12 12 5 6 3 12.96
2012 (1-9) 64.2 82 60 58 53 45 11 8.07
2011 (4-7) 101.1 80 54 48 66 102 9 4.26
Last 7 GS 0-7 26.2 44 36 35 18 19 9 11.81 29
2013-04-10 @ARI L 3.1 8 9 9 4 2 2 93 6
2013-04-05 @LAD L 5.0 6 3 3 1 4 1 88 46
2012-08-03 SFG L 3.0 3 2 1 3 1 0 67 45
2012-07-29 CIN L 4.1 8 6 6 2 3 2 84 24
2012-07-23 @ARI L 4.0 6 5 5 4 5 1 82 31
2012-07-16 SEA L 1.1 7 7 7 1 2 2 50 13
2012-07-06 @DET L 5.2 6 4 4 3 2 1 101 40
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 22.0 19 13 13 10 23 4 5.32 49
2011-08-16 @ATL ND 2.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 34 51
2011-04-24 ATL ND 5.0 2 2 2 3 5 0 86 57
2010-08-08 @ATL L 4.0 5 4 4 3 4 2 89 37
2010-04-09 ATL ND 4.1 7 3 3 2 6 0 86 41
2009-07-20 @ATL ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 8 2 86 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-4    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sat, Apr 20   ATL  W   3-1        9-8   3rd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-8    Last 30: 9-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 PIT  3  ATL  1        W:James McDonald (2-2), L: Paul Maholm (3-1), S: Jason Grilli (6)
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 PIT  6  ATL  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-0), L: Tim Hudson (2-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 2-1; 2012 - PIT won 4-3; 2011 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - PIT leads 1088-1012

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

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 (4.41 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Sanchez*
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
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 205/165 .234/.278/.432/.710 .468/.768 .580 50/.799 1/1 9/6
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 55/.901 / /
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 651/394 .269/.335/.479/.814 .635/.934 .875 69/.519 21/8 27/5
23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.000 4/1.250 3/3.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 528/377 .281/.326/.451/.777 .672/.819 .743 58/1.048 5/1 15/19
7.Johnson G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 288/127 .290/.337/.398/.735 .798/.654 .827 13/.321 2/2 3/2
11.Laird G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.400 4/1.167 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 21/.743 0/0 2/4
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 27/.850 0/0 0/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .544 9/1.000 27/9 4/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .651 61/.522 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 10/.686 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .803 68/.630 4/3 19/12
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/3.000 6/1.100 6/1.467 1/2.000 1/no AB 633/454 .246/.298/.454/.752 .792/.737 .687 68/.561 31/6 28/3
8.Upton G/S/vP 37/1.018 ··· 8/.750 4/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 628/439 .280/.355/.430/.785 .830/.766 .670 73/1.180 18/8 17/5
IP 64.2 90.2 58.2 75.2 44.0 45.0 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .242/.316/.437/.753 .685/.791 .734 .753 9/3 29/11
ERA-K/9 8.07/6.3 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 3.44/7.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 327/.314 395/.273 244/.207 316/.226 198/.318 194/.256 215/.198 26/.455 .210  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 .986 .810 .635 .677 .795 .754 .623 1.111 .652
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.857 179/.822 117/.485 145/.734 88/.908 87/.875 103/.554 12/1.053 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/1.030 216/.800 127/.767 171/.629 110/.714 107/.655 112/.691 14/1.161 .650
Home 158/1.120 207/.825 127/.674 157/.713 81/.875 119/.736 92/.526 3/3.000
Last 28d days 45/1.191 28/.571 27/.347 36/.860 8/.750 37/.297 30/.637 41/.457
HR/SB/CS 11/11/4 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· o··o···X ··X···Xo ·oX····· oo·o··oo o·oo·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 (3.76 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (2.35 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
61.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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 586/434 .244/.317/.467/.784 .648/.833 .792 59/.451 1/0 30/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP 8/1.125 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.629 ··· ··· 493/383 .229/.272/.321/.593 .741/.551 .629 47/.273 0/2 8/16
46.Jones* G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 515/434 .274/.317/.516/.832 .532/.888 .776 51/.829 2/0 27/9
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 182/132 .257/.300/.437/.737 1.042/.627 .675 70/.848 12/5 5/3
55.Martin G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 4/1.000 485/336 .211/.311/.403/.713 .880/.643 .699 56/.641 6/1 21/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 8/1.375 ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 7/.453 2/.000 1/.000 673/522 .327/.400/.553/.953 1.140/.900 .960 69/.833 20/12 31/1
17.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 213/141 .249/.295/.386/.681 .897/.572 .676 14/.298 0/1 6/1
19.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 275/212 .233/.320/.442/.762 .815/.746 .660 15/1.329 0/0 12/3
7.Presley* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 370/306 .237/.279/.405/.683 .690/.682 .591 3/.667 9/7 10/3
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 6/1.100 3/.666 2/1.000 326/215 .217/.279/.341/.620 .729/.566 .572 33/.704 1/0 7/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/2.800 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 185/151 .250/.319/.378/.697 1.110/.595 .800 45/.909 2/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 374/281 .243/.315/.348/.664 .706/.650 .607 29/.519 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 530/392 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.824 .722 70/.708 7/5 14/9
IP 138.0 36.0 75.0 32.1 20.0 62.2 57.1 16.2 39.0 TOTAL .228/.303/.358/.661 .506/.712 .763 .661 10/4 11/9
ERA-K/9 1.57/7.8 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 2.25/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 520/.208 142/.211 320/.272 163/.357 80/.233 231/.126 230/.229 76/.250 172/.229 .214  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 .529 .547 .717 .953 .642 .358 .602 .766 .674 .595
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.519 58/.528 144/.759 65/1.123 32/.992 122/.331 78/.305 39/.869 87/.606 .633
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.539 84/.559 176/.683 98/.842 48/.411 109/.387 152/.759 37/.656 85/.743 .564
Road 227/.496 74/.654 153/.739 99/.958 30/.633 105/.334 135/.597 23/.961 82/.717
Last 28d days 80/.562 19/.551 26/.644 / 26/.405 26/.237 32/.426 35/.352 22/.682
HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 1/2/0 7/5/0 5/3/0 1/1/0 3/8/1 3/1/2 2/0/0 3/5/2 11/12/2
Usage ····X··· ····o·o· ·X·X···· XX·X··o· ··X·o··o ··o·X··o ·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.