Game Preview: Atlanta Braves Vs. Houston Astros (Game 3)
By Editorial Staff
Wednesday August 11th – 2:05 PM (SportSouth)
Atlanta Braves (65-48) Vs. Houston Astros (48-64)
What to Watch For:
The Braves will be trying to win their second straight series against red hot left hander in Wandy Rodriguez. The Houston hurler comes into today’s start having allowed one earned run in his last twenty one and a third innings. Given the team’s struggles against left handed pitching, the Braves will have to hope for an equally strong performance from Tommy Hanson today. Hanson will need to be on his game as far as location goes as leaving the ball up in this ball park could prove costly. Also will be looking for news on the Chipper Jones MRI and the possibility of a DL move.
Pitching Match Up
| Year | Age | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP | H/9 | BB/9 | SO/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.69 | 23 | 23 | 134.0 | 132 | 62 | 55 | 8 | 40 | 130 | 1.284 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 8.7 |
| Year | Age | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP | H/9 | BB/9 | SO/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 31 | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.34 | 22 | 22 | 128.2 | 136 | 73 | 62 | 11 | 44 | 102 | 1.399 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 7.1 |
Astros’ Batters Against Hanson
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bourn | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Pedro Feliz | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 |
| Anderson Hernandez | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| Carlos Lee | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 |
| Hunter Pence | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| Geoff Blum | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| Jeff Keppinger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Chris Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Humberto Quintero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| Jason Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Braves Batters Against Rodriguez
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipper Jones | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .389 | .800 | 1.189 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 |
| Matt Diaz | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .357 | .438 | .429 | .866 |
| Troy Glaus | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .688 | 1.063 |
| David Ross | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .375 | .400 | .775 |
| Martin Prado | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 |
| Omar Infante | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .500 | .900 |
| Rick Ankiel | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Brian McCann | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 |
| Jason Heyward | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 |
| Eric Hinske | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Melky Cabrera | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |