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Game Preview: ATL @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, August 23, 2013 @Busch Stadium III

Braves, 77-50, 77-50 1st, 14 up

SP: Kris Medlen (27, RHP, 10-11, 3.71)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-11) 148.0 157 70 61 38 115 17 3.71
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 4-3 40.2 46 25 24 9 36 5 5.31 48
2013-08-13 PHI W 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 93 67
2013-08-07 @WSN W 7.0 3 3 3 1 6 1 96 64
2013-08-02 @PHI W 6.0 6 4 4 1 8 3 96 51
2013-07-28 STL W 6.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 95 51
2013-07-23 @NYM L 5.1 7 4 4 1 4 0 87 41
2013-07-12 CIN L 4.0 9 4 4 1 4 0 90 31
2013-07-07 @PHI L 5.1 8 7 6 3 5 1 90 28
Last 5 v.STL 1-0 6.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 3.00 51
2013-07-28 STL W 6.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 95 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   44-18   Road:   33-32   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  55-37   vsLHP:  22-13   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 36-20   vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest: 18-12 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Thu, Aug 22  @STL  L   2-6       77-50  1st 14.0 up
126 Wed, Aug 21  @NYM  W   4-1 (10)  77-49  1st 15.0 up
125 Tue, Aug 20  @NYM  L   3-5       76-49  1st 15.0 up
124 Sun, Aug 18   WSN  W   2-1       76-48  1st 15.5 up
123 Sat, Aug 17   WSN  L   7-8 (15)  75-48  1st 14.5 up
122 Fri, Aug 16   WSN  W   3-2 (10)  75-47  1st 15.5 up
121 Wed, Aug 14   PHI  W   6-3       74-47  1st 14.0 up
120 Tue, Aug 13   PHI  W   3-1       73-47  1st 14.0 up
119 Mon, Aug 12   PHI  L   1-5       72-47  1st 14.0 up
118 Sun, Aug 11   MIA  W   9-4       72-46  1st 14.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8
Cardinals, 74-53, 74-53 2nd, 1 GB, 8½ up in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (31, RHP, 14-7, 2.66)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (14-7) 189.2 173 60 56 25 173 10 2.66
2012 (14-13) 198.2 196 96 87 52 184 15 3.94
2010 (20-11) 230.1 186 68 62 56 213 15 2.42
Last 7 GS 2-2 49.0 48 21 20 11 47 5 3.67 57
2013-08-18 @CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 1 11 0 106 73
2013-08-13 PIT ND 7.0 5 3 3 3 6 2 122 58
2013-08-05 LAD L 7.0 7 3 3 2 5 0 105 54
2013-07-31 @PIT ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 108 50
2013-07-26 @ATL L 7.0 7 4 3 1 8 1 119 56
2013-07-21 SDP W 8.0 8 2 2 2 7 0 103 63
2013-07-14 @CHC ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 4 1 111 43
Last 5 v.ATL 3-2 31.1 36 18 16 13 26 2 4.60 48
2013-07-26 @ATL L 7.0 7 4 3 1 8 1 119 56
2012-05-12 ATL L 4.1 9 5 5 5 5 0 108 25
2010-09-09 @ATL W 8.0 7 3 3 0 7 1 105 63
2010-04-29 ATL W 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 78 50
2009-04-29 @ATL W 6.0 7 3 2 5 2 0 110 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-23   Road:   37-30   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  59-34   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 18-9    vsCntrl:32-22   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Thu, Aug 22   ATL  W   6-2       74-53  2nd  1.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 21  @MIL  W   8-6       73-53  2nd  1.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 20  @MIL  L   3-6       72-53  2nd  2.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 19  @MIL  W   8-5       72-52  2nd  1.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 18  @CHC  W   6-1       71-52  2nd  1.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 17  @CHC  W   4-0       70-52  2nd  2.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 16  @CHC  L   0-7       69-52  2nd  3.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 15   PIT  W   6-5 (12)  69-51  2nd  2.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 14   PIT  L   1-5       68-51  2nd  3.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 13   PIT  W   4-3 (14)  68-50  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 STL  6  ATL  2        W:Joe Kelly (5-3), L: Paul Maholm (9-10), S: none
Sun, Jul 28, 2013 ATL  5  STL  2        W:Kris Medlen (7-10), L: Shelby Miller (10-7), S: Craig Kimbrel (31)
Sat, Jul 27, 2013 ATL  2  STL  0        W:Luis Avilan (3-0), L: Randy Choate (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (30)
Fri, Jul 26, 2013 ATL  4  STL  1        W:Mike Minor (10-5), L: Adam Wainwright (13-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (29)

Wed, May 30, 2012 ATL 10  STL  7        W:Jonny Venters (3-2), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (15)
Tue, May 29, 2012 ATL  5  STL  4        W:Randall Delgado (3-5), L: Jake Westbrook (4-4), S: Craig Kimbrel (14)
Mon, May 28, 2012 STL  8 @ATL  2        W:Lance Lynn (8-1), L: Tommy Hanson (5-4), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 ATL  7 @STL  4        W:Tommy Hanson (4-3), L: Lance Lynn (6-1), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2012 ATL  7 @STL  2        W:Brandon Beachy (4-1), L: Adam Wainwright (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 11, 2012 ATL  9 @STL  7 (12)   W:Livan Hernandez (1-0), L: Kyle McClellan (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (11)
Season Series: 2013 - ATL over 3-1; 2012 - ATL won 5-1; 2011 - STL won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 1061-957

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.06

NYM  4.03

MIA  3.23

 RA/G

ATL  3.43

NYM  4.24

HOU  5.33

 BA

M. Cabrera  .354

M. Bourn  .271

D. Uggla  .186

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .447

C. Denorfia  .332

J. Arencibia  .248

 SLG

C. Davis  .689

J. Heyward  .423

P. Kozma  .277

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.123

I. Kinsler  .755

P. Kozma  .551

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.72

J. Quintana  3.67

J. Blanton  6.12

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.96

D. Price  7.27

B. Colon  4.84

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Braves Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 52.Wacha
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 7/.143 5/.200 6/.750 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 491/337 .314/.391/.478/.869 .756/.922 .744 111/.943 1/0 15/8
24.Gattis G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 280/204 .239/.296/.471/.767 .842/.739 .757 62/.433 0/0 15/5
4.Janish G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .115/.200/.154/.354 .154/.485 .422 25/.430 0/0 0/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP 14/.715 2/1.000 6/.900 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 423/306 .330/.366/.471/.837 .902/.813 .822 102/.873 0/0 10/13
30.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 177/131 .187/.224/.247/.471 .455/.477 .644 24/.221 14/0 2/3
11.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 102/59 .276/.370/.379/.749 .702/.784 .576 14/.536 1/0 1/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 21/.636 5/.800 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 311/221 .274/.347/.509/.856 .620/.958 .789 77/.732 0/1 18/3
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 176/155 .276/.364/.401/.765 .243/.842 .802 30/.311 13/3 3/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 530/398 .248/.296/.365/.661 .700/.648 .651 94/.770 5/4 11/10
25.Terdoslavich# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 61/42 .250/.361/.327/.688 .955/.575 .582 33/.878 1/0 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 368/263 .183/.265/.294/.559 .462/.599 .561 50/.521 11/4 8/4
8.Upton G/S/vP 10/.000 1/no AB 9/1.222 ··· 1/.000 14/1.738 ··· 2/.500 ··· 513/374 .270/.363/.492/.855 1.056/.787 .929 97/1.176 7/1 24/4
IP 189.2 28.0 83.2 40.2 48.2 56.0 60.1 27.0 27.2 TOTAL .253/.325/.410/.735 .715/.743 .706 .754 44/22 151/68
ERA-K/9 2.66/8.2 2.25/7.4 3.01/6.2 5.09/6.2 2.03/4.8 1.77/6.8 2.54/12.8 0.67/12.3 4.55/8.8 3.51/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gattis (15-7-2)
 Laird (12-8-1)
 McCann (35-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 743/.246 113/.208 357/.261 173/.253 197/.287 213/.204 255/.239 104/.102 116/.252 .250  Gattis
 Upton
 Schafer
 Upton
 Terdoslavich
 Johnson
26/0/0/2
0/94/0/2
13/20/12/2
91/0/28/1
8/0/3/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .629 .544 .703 .755 .707 .548 .647 .411 .714 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 376/.604 80/.536 161/.670 40/.799 67/.709 92/.470 112/.548 52/.322 60/.492 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 367/.655 33/.563 196/.731 133/.741 130/.706 121/.609 143/.728 52/.500 56/.969 .675
Home 314/.571 54/.539 175/.704 37/.932 109/.696 111/.380 133/.629 56/.380 81/.666
Last 28d days 110/.683 24/.432 148/.642 36/.848 62/.616 45/.622 54/.805 53/.488 43/.764
HR/SB/CS 10/2/3 0/0/0 8/1/1 4/2/0 2/1/0 6/1/0 4/0/2 1/0/0 4/1/0 86/29/18
Usage ····X··· ·····o·o X····X·· ··X····· ·X·o·X·X ·X·X···X oX··X··X XX·oX··X o··X·X··
Cardinals Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.43 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		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 32.Downs*
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 58.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 214/178 .281/.341/.474/.816 .639/.853 .896 43/.638 0/1 9/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 9/1.111 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 473/336 .309/.343/.525/.868 .792/.900 .855 102/.928 2/1 22/5
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 559/386 .312/.383/.473/.857 .793/.885 1.005 119/.703 2/3 9/11
21.Craig G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 518/397 .309/.369/.453/.822 .767/.838 .790 107/.655 2/0 12/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 262/209 .254/.307/.396/.702 .542/.742 .616 69/.584 5/2 5/11
23.Freese G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 412/301 .266/.342/.380/.723 .730/.720 .669 92/.673 1/2 6/8
7.Holliday G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 6/.500 2/2.000 4/.250 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 469/358 .285/.369/.462/.831 .798/.841 .922 116/.927 6/1 16/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.833 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 496/383 .270/.344/.379/.723 .620/.753 .687 107/.911 4/1 7/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 30/20 .179/.233/.286/.519 .100/.721 .267 27/.422 0/0 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 397/274 .219/.275/.277/.551 .591/.534 .473 65/.358 2/1 1/7
4.Molina G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 417/327 .332/.374/.500/.874 .925/.860 .783 39/.897 3/2 10/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 112/47 .275/.384/.374/.758 .638/.928 .762 16/.795 4/0 2/2
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 19/18 .263/.263/.316/.579 .000/.611 .000 19/.579 3/0 0/0
IP 148.0 53.0 22.2 48.2 37.1 51.1 57.1 43.2 57.2 TOTAL .272/.334/.408/.742 .681/.763 .738 .705 35/15 101/58
ERA-K/9 3.71/7.0 1.19/5.1 3.18/6.7 1.85/10.7 1.69/7.5 1.05/13.7 3.14/5.2 2.47/10.7 2.50/9.5 3.20/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Johnson (1-0-1)
 Molina (19-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 635/.272 207/.153 97/.300 191/.198 154/.239 200/.172 239/.239 175/.194 229/.221 .240  Beltran
 Jay
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Robinson
0/0/107/3
0/121/0/3
105/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/20/1
18/21/22/0
OPS .758 .428 .784 .556 .623 .511 .625 .540 .566 .669
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 331/.757 94/.376 35/.771 72/.633 69/.485 100/.595 107/.575 81/.416 69/.521 .662
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 304/.759 113/.473 62/.789 119/.510 85/.741 100/.423 132/.665 94/.646 160/.584 .674
Road 320/.763 102/.465 50/.913 101/.577 63/.950 100/.597 111/.752 82/.564 104/.600
Last 28d days 112/.710 52/.422 42/.783 45/.368 36/.791 49/.396 44/.636 39/.496 118/.533
HR/SB/CS 17/8/4 0/1/1 2/2/1 3/3/4 1/1/0 3/2/2 2/4/0 2/8/0 2/2/3 98/62/28
Usage ·····X·· ·X···Xo· o·X··Xo· ··o·oXo· o·X·ooo· ·X··ooX· X····X·· ·X··oX·· ·X····X·

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.