MLB Baseball Matchup of Tuesday, July 03, 2012 Turner Field

Match Up: Chicago Cubs VS Atlanta Braves

CHICAGOCUBS (29-40)

ATLANTABRAVES (42-30)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
CHC	29-40	-$671	10-13	19-27	8-10	21-30	32-34-3
ATL	42-30	$624	14-8	28-22	31-19	11-11	36-32-4

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CHC	TEAM	ATL
4.01	RUNS	4.22
4.20	RUNS AGAINST	3.46
-0.19	DIFF	0.76
-$671	MONEY	$624
3.87	TEAM ERA	3.25
8.20	OFF HITS	8.06
2.54	OFF WALKS	3.51
7.42	OFF Ks	8.96
7.97	DEF HIT	7.99
3.07	DEF WALKS	2.53
7.75	DEF Ks	7.22

INJURIES

CHICAGO CUBS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Scott Baker	P	60-Day Disabled List
Steve Clevenger	3B	60-Day Disabled List
David DeJesus	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Rafael Dolis	P	15-Day Disabled List
Kyuji Fujikawa	P	60-Day Disabled List
Zach Putnam	P	15-Day Disabled List
Arodys Vizcaino	P	60-Day Disabled List

ATLANTA BRAVES

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Luis Ayala	P	15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Beachy	P	15-Day Disabled List
Blake DeWitt	3B	15-Day Disabled List
Evan Gattis	C	15-Day Disabled List
Cristhian Martinez	P	15-Day Disabled List
Eric O'Flaherty	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jonny Venters	P	15-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

CHICAGO	ATLANTA
Chicago Tribune	Atlanta Journal Constitution

BETTING TRENDS

CHICAGO CUBS

No trends to report

ATLANTA BRAVES

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

CHRIS VOLSTAD (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
10/02/2012	HOU	L	0-3	U	7	-131
09/27/2012	COL	L	5-7	O	3	-100
09/21/2012	STL	W	5-4	U	5	163

JAIR JURRJENS (R) ERA: 7.20 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/18/2013	TB	L	6-10	O	5	-100
07/22/2012	WSH	L	2-9	O	2⅓	-100
07/17/2012	SF	L	0-9	O	3⅓	-153

Chicago Cubs's relievers have pitched 7 innings in the last 3 games.
Atlanta Braves's relievers have pitched 9 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
07/02/2012	Mon	CHC	4	ATL	1	CHC	-205	8	U	J Samardzija	T Hanson
05/09/2012	Wed	ATL	0	CHC	1	CHC	-102	6½	U	T Hudson	P Maholm
05/08/2012	Tue	ATL	3	CHC	1	ATL	-104	7½	U	R Delgado	R Dempster
05/07/2012	Mon	ATL	1	CHC	5	CHC	109	7	U	T Hanson	J Samardzija
08/25/2011	Thu	ATL	8	CHC	3	ATL	101	7	O	B Beachy	M Garza
08/24/2011	Wed	ATL	2	CHC	3	CHC	111	8½	U	D Lowe	R Wells
08/23/2011	Tue	ATL	5	CHC	4	ATL	132	11	U	M Minor	C Coleman
08/22/2011	Mon	ATL	3	CHC	0	ATL	100	8	U	J Jurrjens	R Dempster
08/14/2011	Sun	CHC	6	ATL	5	CHC	-157	7½	O	M Garza	B Beachy
08/13/2011	Sat	CHC	8	ATL	4	CHC	-168	8½	O	R Wells	D Lowe

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

CUBS

Cubs have the third-lowest base on balls in the league at 2.5 per game.

Cubs are second best in the league in giving up hits, allowing 8.0 per game.

BRAVES

Braves are second in the league in free passes at 3.5 per game.

Braves strike out more than any team in the league with 9.0 per game.

Braves are the toughest team to score on in the league, allowing just 3.5 runs per game.

Braves allow the third least hits in the league at 8.0 per game.

Braves are second best in walks allowed in the league at 2.5 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

CHICAGO CUBS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/02/2012	Mon	4	at ATL	1	W	-205	8	J Samardzija	7	T Hanson
07/01/2012	Sun	3	HOU	0	W	-114	8	T Wood	7⅔	Wandy Rodriguez
06/30/2012	Sat	3	HOU	2	W	-143	7½	M Garza	5⅓	J Happ
06/29/2012	Fri	4	HOU	0	W	-133	8	P Maholm	8⅓	B Norris
06/27/2012	Wed	1	NYM	17	L	106	11½	J Samardzija	4⅓	J Niese

ATLANTA BRAVES

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/02/2012	Mon	1	CHC	4	L	-205	8	T Hanson	7	J Samardzija
07/01/2012	Sun	4	WSH	8	L	-113	8	T Hudson	6	G Gonzalez
06/30/2012	Sat	7	WSH	5	W	128	8	M Minor	5	S Strasburg
06/29/2012	Fri	4	WSH	5	L	-117	9	R Delgado	4	R Detwiler
06/28/2012	Thu	2	ARI	3	L	-117	8½	J Jurrjens	5⅔	T Bauer

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Chi Cubs's Overall Scoring vs Atlanta's Overall Defense	4.0	9	3.5	1
Chi Cubs's Away Scoring vs Atlanta's Home Defense	3.4	12	2.8	1
Chi Cubs's Road ERA vs Atlanta's Home ERA Allowed	3.3	2	4.3	5
Atlanta's Overall Scoring vs Chi Cubs's Overall Defense	4.2	7	4.2	7
Atlanta's Home Scoring vs Chi Cubs's Road Defense	4.4	5	3.6	2
Atlanta's Home ERA vs Chi Cubs's Road ERA Allowed	2.4	1	3.0	13

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

CHICAGO CUBS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	29-40	15-21	14-19	8-10	21-30	32-34-3	10-13	19-27
vs Div	9-22	4-10	5-12	1-3	8-19	15-16	2-6	7-16
Last 10	5-5	2-3	3-2	0-0	5-5	4-5-1	2-1	3-4
vs AL	6-2	4-1	2-1	1-0	5-2	3-3-2	3-1	3-1
vs NL	23-38	11-20	12-18	7-10	16-28	29-31-1	7-12	16-26

ATLANTA BRAVES

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	42-30	24-10	18-20	31-19	11-11	36-32-4	14-8	28-22
vs Div	16-8	8-7	8-1	11-8	5-0	10-12-2	7-1	9-7
Last 10	4-6	3-3	1-3	4-6	0-0	3-4-3	0-1	4-5
vs AL	6-6	5-2	1-4	5-2	1-4	9-3	0-1	6-5
vs NL	36-24	19-8	17-16	26-17	10-7	27-29-4	14-7	22-17

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

CHRIS VOLSTAD VS. ATLANTA BRAVES

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
07/03/2012	10-3	ATL	4⅓	7	6	6	2	3	L
09/12/2011	5-4	FLA	5	7	2	2	1	4	ND
06/09/2011	3-2	ATL	6⅔	6	3	3	2	7	L
04/12/2011	5-0	ATL	4⅔	8	5	5	2	3	L
08/27/2010	7-1	FLA	8	6	1	1	0	3	W

JAIR JURRJENS VS. CHICAGO CUBS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
07/03/2012	10-3	ATL	5	9	3	0	0	2	W
08/22/2011	3-0	ATL	6⅓	8	0	0	5	1	W
08/20/2010	5-3	ATL	7	9	3	3	1	2	ND
04/07/2010	3-2	ATL	5	3	2	0	2	2	ND
07/06/2009	4-2	CHC	6	7	4	4	3	1	L