Game Preview: Atlanta Braves Vs. Houston Astros (Game 2)
By Editorial Staff
Tuesday, August 10th – 8:05 pm (SportSouth)
Atlanta Braves (64-48) Vs. Houston Astros (48-63)
What to Watch For:
The Braves will look to shore up a defense that has seen them commit 15 errors in the last 10 games. Mixed into that is an assortment or passed balls and wild pitches as well. In short they need to snap back to doing the things that winning ball clubs do, which is playing sound defense. Jair Jurrjens is on the mound tonight and is opposed by former Philly J.A. Happ. The Braves will be trying to improve their road record of 25-33 tonight.
Pitching Matchup
| Year | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP | H/9 | BB/9 | SO/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.48 | 12 | 12 | 68.1 | 62 | 36 | 34 | 7 | 26 | 50 | 1.288 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 6.6 |
Astros Batters against Jurrjens
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Feliz | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .316 | .412 | .728 |
| Nelson Figueroa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Anderson Hernandez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
| Jason Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| Geoff Blum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Michael Bourn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Carlos Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Hunter Pence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
Braves Batters against Happ
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipper Jones | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 |
| Brian McCann | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .231 | .250 | .481 |
| Martin Prado | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .385 | .600 | .985 |
| Omar Infante | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 |
| Matt Diaz | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .714 | .750 | 1.286 | 2.036 |
| Rick Ankiel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 |
| Gregor Blanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Jair Jurrjens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Troy Glaus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 |
| Melky Cabrera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Nate McLouth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Diory Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Hudson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |