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M. Diaz
G. M. Blanco

M. Kotsay
G. M. Blanco

J. Francoeur
G. M. Blanco

C. Jones
R. Gotay

Y. Escobar
O. Infante
M. Prado

Rotation
1. T. Hudson
2. T. Glavine
3. J. Jurrjens
4. J. Reyes
5. M. Hampton

K. Johnson
O. Infante
R. Gotay

M. Teixeira
G. Norton

B. McCann
C. Miller
B. Pena

	Bullpen
	M. Acosta (CL) W. Ohman R. Ring C. Resop B. Boyer J. Campillo B. Carlyle J. Bennett R. Soriano J. Smoltz M. Gonzalez A. Lerew P. Moylan

Last Updated: 5/8/2008

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Last Five Games

5/10 vs. PIT
Infante	2B
Escobar	SS
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
Francoeur	RF
McCann	C
Diaz	LF
Kotsay	CF
James	P

5/9 vs. PIT
Johnson	2B
Escobar	SS
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
McCann	C
Francoeur	RF
Kotsay	CF
Blanco	LF
Glavine	P

5/8 vs. SD
Infante	2B
Escobar	SS
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
Francoeur	RF
Diaz	LF
Kotsay	CF
Miller	C
Reyes	P

5/7 vs. SD
Johnson	2B
Escobar	SS
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
Francoeur	RF
McCann	C
Diaz	LF
Kotsay	CF
Hudson	P

5/6 vs. SD
Johnson	2B
Escobar	SS
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
McCann	C
Francoeur	RF
Kotsay	CF
Blanco	LF
Jurrjens	P

Most Frequent Lineup
		Avg	HR	RBI
Johnson	2B	.257	4	15
Escobar	SS	.320	3	14
Jones	3B	.413	10	29
Teixeira	1B	.256	4	19
Francoeur	RF	.263	3	22
McCann	C	.317	6	17
Diaz	LF	.290	2	14
Kotsay	CF	.297	3	15

Notes

15 different lineups used this season.

Most frequent lineup used in 9 games.

Other Frequent Lineups

7 Game(s)
Johnson	2B
Escobar	SS
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
McCann	C
Francoeur	RF
Kotsay	CF
Blanco	LF

6 Game(s)
Johnson	2B
Escobar	SS
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
McCann	C
Francoeur	RF
Kotsay	CF
Diaz	LF

2 Game(s)
Johnson	2B
Escobar	SS
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
McCann	C
Francoeur	RF
Diaz	LF
Blanco	CF

2 Game(s)
Escobar	SS
Kotsay	CF
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
McCann	C
Francoeur	RF
Diaz	LF
Prado	2B

1 Game(s)
Prado	2B
Escobar	SS
Jones	3B
Teixeira	1B
Francoeur	RF
McCann	C
Diaz	LF
Blanco	CF

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	Yunel Escobar, #19
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	34	.317	24	3	14	2

Position Breakdown
SS - 33

	Brayan Pena, #5
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	14	.286	3	0	0	0

Injuries
Back - 15-day DL. Out until at least late May (Updated - 5/8/08)
News
The Braves activated infielder Omar Infante from the DL to start Thursday and placed catcher Brayan Pena on the 15-day DL with a sprained back. The move with Pena was made retroactive to Monday. Pena was unavailable to play or pinch hit the last three days due to the sore back and wasn't at Turner Field for Wednesday night's game, according to Braves manager Bobby Cox.

	Greg Norton, #20
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	11	.450	2	0	7	0

Position Breakdown
1B - 1, OF - 2, DH - 3
News
Greg Norton was brought to Atlanta to provide some punch in a pinch. On Wednesday night, it was job well done for the Braves' new addition. Norton broke a seventh-inning tie with a bases-loaded, pinch-hit single, and Atlanta beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 for its fifth straight win. "It was big," Norton said. "I know that's my role, to try to help the team coming off the bench. To actually do it, it was a big moment for me."

	Jair Jurrjens, #49
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	4	2	44.1	2.84	14	36

News
The Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates will play a doubleheader Monday after their game Sunday was postponed by rain. The doubleheader will begin at 12:35 p.m. Jair Jurrjens will start the first game for Atlanta against Zach Duke, and Pittsburgh's John Van Benschoten will face Tim Hudson in the nightcap. Duke and Jurrjens had been the scheduled starters Sunday. Hudson was scheduled to pitch Monday for the Braves, but Phil Dumatrait has been bumped by Pittsburgh from Monday's game.

	Rafael Soriano, #39
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	SV	K
	0	0	4.0	2.25	1	5

Injuries
Elbow - 15-day DL. Out until at least mid-May (Updated - 5/4/08)
News
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Rafael Soriano is expected to throw a bullpen session this weekend, the first big test of the closer's right elbow since an MRI and bone scan Wednesday revealed no structural damage. Soriano played catch Friday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. He did not report any problems.

	Chipper Jones, #10
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	33	.400	25	10	29	0

Position Breakdown
3B - 33
News
Atlanta slugger Chipper Jones, the major league's leading hitter with a .413 average, went 0-for-2 with two walks. Jones was held without a hit for the fourth time in 32 games this season.

	Mark Kotsay, #11
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	33	.298	16	3	15	2

Position Breakdown
OF - 32

	Buddy Carlyle, #38
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	SV	K
	0	0	8.0	3.38	0	7

Injuries
Head - 15-day DL. Out until at least late May (Updated - 5/10/08)
News
The Atlanta Braves recalled Chuck James from Triple-A Richmond to start Saturday night's game against the Pirates and placed reliever Buddy Carlyle on the 15-day disabled list with a strained neck. James was 2-1 with a 7.62 ERA in three starts with Atlanta earlier this season.

	Matt Diaz, #23
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	30	.282	9	2	14	4

Position Breakdown
OF - 27
News
The Atlanta Braves finally won a one-run game when Matt Diaz hit a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning to beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Thursday. Diaz lined a 2-2 pitch to left to drive in Yunel Escobar. MLB.com notes that Diaz will be in the Braves lineup at least four times in the next six days. That doesn't mean, however, that Atlanta manager Bobby Cox has abandoned his left-field platoon of rookie Gregor Blanco and the veteran Diaz. The Braves are in a stretch where almost all they will see are left-handed starters, giving the right-handed-hitting Diaz plenty of playing time after a couple of weeks where he hardly started at all.

	Ruben Gotay, #8
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	23	.250	2	0	0	1

Position Breakdown
2B - 1

	Peter Moylan, #58
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	SV	K
	0	1	5.2	1.59	1	5

Injuries
Elbow - 60-day DL. Out for the season (Updated - 5/8/08)
News
Braves RP Peter Moylan will miss the rest of the season after having elbow-ligament replacement surgery Thursday. Dr. James Andrews operated on Moylan's right elbow in Birmingham, Ala., after finding a bone spur had broken off and compromised the ligament, Braves spokesman Brad Hainje said.

	Corky Miller, #27
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	7	.083	0	0	1	0

Position Breakdown
C - 6

	Jo-Jo Reyes, #37
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	1	0	8.0	2.25	5	6

Injuries
Blister - Questionable for May 13 start at Philadelphia (Updated - 5/8/08)
News
The Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates will play a doubleheader Monday after their game Sunday was postponed by rain. The doubleheader will begin at 12:35 p.m. Jair Jurrjens will start the first game for Atlanta against Zach Duke, and Pittsburgh's John Van Benschoten will face Tim Hudson in the nightcap. Duke and Jurrjens had been the scheduled starters Sunday. Hudson was scheduled to pitch Monday for the Braves, but Phil Dumatrait has been bumped by Pittsburgh from Monday's game.

	Gregor M. Blanco, #18
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	23	.309	6	0	3	1

Position Breakdown
OF - 18
News
MLB.com reports that Matt Diaz will be in the Braves lineup at least five times in the next seven days. He started his second straight game against San Diego Thursday afternoon. That doesn't mean, however, that Atlanta manager Bobby Cox has abandoned his left-field platoon of rookie Gregor Blanco and the veteran Diaz. The Braves are in a stretch where almost all they will see are left-handed starters, giving the right-handed-hitting Diaz plenty of playing time after a couple of weeks where he hardly started at all.

	Manny Acosta, #46
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	SV	K
	1	1	16.0	3.38	2	11

News
Manny Acosta (1-1) earned the win against the Padres Thursday on the same day he lost a save because of an official scorer's error. Acosta was mistakenly awarded his third save for recording two outs in Atlanta's 5-2 win over San Diego on Wednesday. The save was removed following a review by the commissioner's office and the Elias Sports Bureau, baseball's statistician.

	Martin Prado, #14
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	18	.282	10	0	6	1

Position Breakdown
1B - 2, 2B - 5, SS - 2, 3B - 5
Injuries
Thumb - 15-day DL. Out until at least early June (Updated - 5/5/08)
News
The Sports Xchange reports that Braves INF Martin Prado's sprained left thumb will be evaluated again in 15 days. The hand is currently in a cast to keep it immobilized.

	Jeff Francoeur, #7
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	35	.257	18	3	22	0

Position Breakdown
OF - 35
News
Braves OF Jeff Francoeur went 0-for-3 with a walk Saturday at Pittsburgh, lowering his batting average to .257. He is batting .158 (6-for-38) with two doubles over his last 10 games.

	Brian McCann, #16
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	34	.309	18	6	17	0

Position Breakdown
C - 33
News
Brian McCann went 3-for-3 at Pittsburgh Friday. He is batting over .500 lifetime against Pittsburgh SP Ian Snell.

	Kelly Johnson, #2
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	30	.257	18	4	15	4

Position Breakdown
2B - 29

	John Smoltz, #29
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	SV	K
	3	2	27.0	2.00	0	36

Injuries
Shoulder/biceps - 15-day DL. Out until at least late May (Updated - 4/29/08)
News
Braves P John Smoltz hopes to persuade the Braves' medical staff to allow him to resume throwing as early as Sunday. Smoltz has been sidelined for two weeks because of biceps and rotator cuff problems in his right arm. A starter when the season began, Smoltz will go into the bullpen once he returns. He anticipates having some pain when he starts throwing, but is optimistic it will be minimal and the discomfort will go away sometime this season. "I don't want to keep losing so much ground," Smoltz said Saturday. "Tomorrow will be two weeks without picking up a ball. I hope that it's not much longer, so I can start getting into a routine."

	Mark Teixeira, #24
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	35	.265	20	5	21	0

Position Breakdown
1B - 35
News
Braves 1B Mark Teixeira broke out of a 4-for-23 slump with a 2-for-3 day at the plate Saturday at Pittsburgh. He also connected for his fifth home run -- his first since April 20 -- finishing with one walk and two RBI.

	Tim Hudson, #15
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	5	2	49.2	2.90	8	30

News
The Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates will play a doubleheader Monday after their game Sunday was postponed by rain. The doubleheader will begin at 12:35 p.m. Jair Jurrjens will start the first game for Atlanta against Zach Duke, and Pittsburgh's John Van Benschoten will face Tim Hudson in the nightcap. Duke and Jurrjens had been the scheduled starters Sunday. Hudson was scheduled to pitch Monday for the Braves, but Phil Dumatrait has been bumped by Pittsburgh from Monday's game.

	Tom Glavine, #47
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	0	1	29.0	4.03	16	14

News
Braves SP Tom Glavine allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings Friday at Pittsburgh but didn't factor in the decision. He walked four and struck out three. The left-hander is winless in six starts this season. In four of those starts, he's pitched at least five innings and allowed two

Will Ohman, #13

Year-to-date Stats