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Game Preview: ATL @ STL, 1:05pm, Thursday, March 13, 2014 @Busch Stadium III

Braves, 96-66, 96-66

SP: Freddy Garcia (36, RHP, 4-7, 4.37)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-7) 80.1 83 40 39 17 46 18 4.37
2012 (7-6) 107.1 112 64 62 35 89 18 5.20
2011 (12-8) 146.2 152 63 59 45 96 16 3.62
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.1 46 24 24 10 25 10 5.94 44
2013-09-24 MIL ND 6.2 6 2 2 1 7 1 81 60
2013-09-17 @WSN L 7.0 7 1 1 2 6 0 84 63
2013-09-12 @MIA W 6.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 81 60
2013-06-23 @TOR L 2.1 7 7 7 2 1 1 61 14
2013-06-15 BOS L 5.1 8 5 5 1 3 2 83 34
2013-06-10 LAA W 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 2 83 54
2013-06-05 @HOU L 3.0 7 6 6 2 2 4 63 21
Last 5 v.STL 1-0 8.0 4 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 75
2006-06-22 STL W 8.0 4 0 0 1 2 0 99 75
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
Cardinals, 97-65, 97-65

SP: Lance Lynn (26, RHP, 15-10, 3.97)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (15-10) 201.2 189 92 89 76 198 14 3.97
2012 (18-7) 176.0 168 76 74 64 180 16 3.78
2011 (1-1) 34.2 25 12 12 11 40 3 3.12
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.2 45 19 18 15 45 5 3.98 52
2013-09-27 CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 0 9 0 98 73
2013-09-21 @MIL W 6.1 4 1 1 4 7 0 109 64
2013-09-16 @COL ND 6.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 97 56
2013-09-11 MIL ND 6.0 5 1 0 2 10 0 93 68
2013-09-05 @CIN L 5.0 7 4 4 4 6 3 102 39
2013-08-31 @PIT L 4.0 10 7 7 3 4 1 94 15
2013-08-25 ATL L 7.0 9 4 4 1 5 1 105 47
Last 5 v.ATL 1-2 20.0 18 9 9 5 20 1 4.05 56
2013-08-25 ATL L 7.0 9 4 4 1 5 1 105 47
2012-05-28 @ATL W 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 0 107 66
2012-05-13 ATL L 6.0 4 3 3 3 7 0 121 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   54-27   Road:   43-38   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  78-42   vsLHP:  19-23   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast: 23-10   vsCntrl:46-30   vsWest: 18-15 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   CHC  W   4-0       97-65  1st  3.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28   CHC  W   6-2       96-65  1st  3.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27   CHC  W   7-0       95-65  1st  3.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 25   WSN  W   4-1       94-65  1st  3.0 up
158 Tue, Sep 24   WSN  W   2-0       93-65  1st  2.0 up
157 Mon, Sep 23   WSN  W   4-3       92-65  1st  2.0 up
156 Sun, Sep 22  @MIL  L   4-6       91-65  1st  2.0 up
155 Sat, Sep 21  @MIL  W   7-2       91-64  1st  2.0 up
154 Fri, Sep 20  @MIL  W   7-6 (10)  90-64  1st  2.0 up
153 Thu, Sep 19  @COL  L   6-7 (15)  89-64  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 25, 2013 ATL  5 @STL  2        W:Mike Minor (13-5), L: Lance Lynn (13-8), S: Craig Kimbrel (41)
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 STL  6  ATL  2        W:Shelby Miller (12-8), L: Julio Teheran (10-7), S: Edward Mujica (34)
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 STL  3  ATL  1        W:Adam Wainwright (15-7), L: Kris Medlen (10-12), S: none
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
Season Series: 2013 - ATL over 4-3; 2012 - ATL won 5-1; 2011 - STL won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 1063-958

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. Cardinals Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 62.Martinez
G/S/vB		 40.Miller
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 52.Wacha
G/S/vB		 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
58.Bethancourt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
13.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 86/74 .250/.321/.276/.598 .364/.635 .505 / 5/2 0/0
20.Cunningham# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /
4.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/.501 528/361 .275/.320/.461/.781 .690/.823 .791 / 0/0 18/5
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 7/.286 ··· 6/1.500 6/.750 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.166 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.473 620/363 .259/.340/.456/.796 .714/.855 .735 / 2/0 23/12
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 / /// / / / /
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· 4/.250 ··· 9/.222 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 5/.200 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 12/.750 651/394 .269/.335/.479/.814 .635/.934 .875 / 21/8 27/5
23.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 3/.666 ··· 17/.996 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 7/.286 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 18/.777 528/377 .281/.326/.451/.777 .672/.819 .743 / 5/1 15/19
11.Laird G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 / 0/0 2/4
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 188/125 .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 7/1.262 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.222 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .544 / 27/9 4/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.000 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .651 / 1/0 3/3
25.Terdoslavich# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / / / /
26.Uggla G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/.917 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/.610 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .803 / 4/3 19/12
2.Upton G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.167 633/454 .246/.298/.454/.752 .792/.737 .687 / 31/6 28/3
8.Upton G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.167 9/1.222 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 7/.572 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 13/.000 628/439 .280/.355/.430/.785 .830/.766 .670 / 18/8 17/5
IP 176.0 38.2 20.0 121.2 107.0 13.2 72.0 22.2 198.2 TOTAL .249/.321/.402/.723 .701/.731 .694 64/31 181/85
ERA-K/9 3.78/9.2 /0.0 3.03/8.8 5.40/8.1 3.92/7.2 3.53/6.3 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 1.32/10.5 2.75/10.8 2.78/9.9 /0.0 /0.0 3.94/8.3 3.43/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 744/.253 / 168/.206 86/.230 515/.289 457/.271 / / / 54/.184 279/.191 89/.175 / / 831/.259 .249  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 .728 .569 .654 .730 .740 .463 .576 .513 .701 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.841 / 116/.461 39/.808 102/.649 200/.917 / / / 22/.485 134/.381 36/.395 / / 390/.724 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 374/.624 / 52/.821 47/.534 413/.750 257/.607 / / / 32/.445 145/.756 53/.597 / / 441/.681 .667
Home 314/.655 / 84/.517 30/.553 248/.668 288/.736 / / / 28/.259 160/.556 36/.473 / / 452/.705
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 16/9/9 // 1/2/0 2/1/0 7/4/5 10/8/5 // // // 0/0/0 9/3/2 2/1/1 // // 15/2/3 112/39/26
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.

Cardinals Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 37.Beachy
G/S/vB		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 32.Floyd
G/S/vB		 53.Gearrin
G/S/vB		 57.Hale
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 54.Medlen
G/S/vB		 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 30.Santana
G/S/vB		 49.Teheran
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
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 91/70 .244/.286/.384/.669 .440/.739 .759 / 0/0 2/3
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 9/.778 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 195/117 .220/.291/.315/.606 .606/.607 .613 / 3/1 3/1
56.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.167 8/1.625 4/2.417 7/1.000 3/.666 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .890 / 1/1 6/9
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.833 4/1.417 3/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.000 8/1.125 3/.333 6/.500 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· ··· 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .933 / 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .563 / 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .620 / 6/3 4/15
3.Ellis G/S/vP 19/.646 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.000 14/.214 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 12/.500 54/.514 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 6/.833 ··· 464/317 .258/.333/.364/.697 .877/.612 .770 / 5/0 7/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 6/.167 4/1.750 11/.727 2/1.500 ··· 5/.400 9/.722 9/1.111 9/1.666 6/.500 2/.000 7/1.381 1/.000 ··· 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .884 / 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/.200 3/.833 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 7/1.000 6/1.000 3/.000 5/.900 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .948 / 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 1.009 / 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.200 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 7/.572 10/1.200 10/.700 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .881 / 12/3 22/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 25/.760 1/.000 ··· ··· 41/.918 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 3/.000 28/.299 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .729 / 1/2 13/7
63.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .597 / 1/0 3/2
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 107.1 36.0 81.0 32.1 168.0 20.0 62.2 138.0 179.1 178.0 6.1 16.2 58.2 39.0 TOTAL .269/.332/.401/.733 .672/.755 .739 45/22 125/75
ERA-K/9 5.20/7.5 2.00/8.2 2.00/7.6 8.07/8.6 4.29/7.7 1.80/9.0 /0.0 1.01/16.7 1.57/7.8 4.12/7.3 5.16/6.7 5.68/7.1 5.40/11.3 3.22/10.6 3.46/11.1 /0.0 3.18/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (18-8-3)
 Molina (38-35-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 461/.270 142/.211 319/.171 163/.357 724/.259 80/.233 / 231/.126 520/.208 728/.232 764/.239 24/.217 76/.250 262/.270 172/.229 / .244  Holliday
 Robinson
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
 Jay
 Craig
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
0/90/0/2
7/0/15/1
0/116/0/1
8/0/23/1
OPS .784 .547 .507 .953 .755 .642 .358 .529 .702 .774 .467 .766 .739 .674 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 252/.822 58/.528 141/.446 65/1.123 378/.871 32/.992 / 122/.331 263/.519 179/.724 419/.867 8/.250 39/.869 94/.646 87/.606 / .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 209/.739 84/.559 178/.553 98/.842 346/.633 48/.411 / 109/.387 257/.539 549/.694 345/.664 16/.579 37/.656 168/.791 85/.743 / .671
Road 263/.749 74/.654 177/.571 99/.958 320/.726 30/.633 / 105/.334 227/.496 345/.801 401/.887 6/.333 23/.961 133/.615 82/.717 /
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 18/15/3 1/2/0 6/6/3 5/3/0 22/8/4 1/1/0 // 3/8/1 6/5/2 26/10/2 39/16/2 0/0/0 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.