Pads took two out of three in Atlanta. Very nice. Only the Astros and Dodgers have higher winning percentages in the NL.

Brian Lawrence pitched seven strong innings, striking out eight against a depleted Braves lineup. Khalil Greene, batting leadoff, opened the game with a homer to right. Jay Payton homered. Another multihit game for Brian Giles. Ditto Mark Loretta.

Greene, for those scoring at home, now has 42 hits in the big leagues. Of those, 19 are for extra bases. That’s a little over 45%, about the same percentage as Richie Sexson had last year. Small sample, small sample, small sample. But nice anyway.

Hit Charts

Once again, my readers come through in the clutch. Turns out there are hit charts at MLB.com, although they’re kind of a pain to access. From the top navigation bar (the one in red, not the one in white; don’t get me started) go to Players > Stats > Hit Chart. Here is a direct link to Sean Burroughs’ hit chart (thanks to Jonny and Jeff for the info!).

I can’t get this thing to work for Petco, but a look at how Burroughs fared last year at the Q is interesting. His singles were pretty well distributed across all fields. His doubles and triples primarily went to left and right center, with a few down the lines or off the right field wall. Burroughs also hit very few fly ball outs to right or right center at home last year. Almost everything that made it out of the infield and landed in someone’s glove went to left or center.

Geez, I could spend hours looking at this stuff. Anyway, thanks again to Jonny and Jeff for passing that along, and to Anthony for asking the question that got the machine moving.

Fish

Pads in Miami tonight for the start of a three-game series against the Marlins. Jake Peavy vs Carl Pavano. Once again, no television.

Ismael Valdez vs Darren Oliver Saturday night (blecch). Adam Eaton and Josh Beckett lock up in the Sunday finale, which could be a fun one.

That’s all for now. More as it happens…

Pads took two out of three in Atlanta. Very nice. Only the Astros and Dodgers have higher winning percentages in the NL.

Brian Lawrence pitched seven strong innings, striking out eight against a depleted Braves lineup. Khalil Greene, batting leadoff, opened the game with a homer to right. Jay Payton homered. Another multihit game for Brian Giles. Ditto Mark Loretta.

Greene, for those scoring at home, now has 42 hits in the big leagues. Of those, 19 are for extra bases. That’s a little over 45%, about the same percentage as Richie Sexson had last year. Small sample, small sample, small sample. But nice anyway.

Hit Charts

Once again, my readers come through in the clutch. Turns out there are hit charts at MLB.com, although they’re kind of a pain to access. From the top navigation bar (the one in red, not the one in white; don’t get me started) go to Players > Stats > Hit Chart. Here is a direct link to Sean Burroughs’ hit chart (thanks to Jonny and Jeff for the info!).

I can’t get this thing to work for Petco, but a look at how Burroughs fared last year at the Q is interesting. His singles were pretty well distributed across all fields. His doubles and triples primarily went to left and right center, with a few down the lines or off the right field wall. Burroughs also hit very few fly ball outs to right or right center at home last year. Almost everything that made it out of the infield and landed in someone’s glove went to left or center.

Geez, I could spend hours looking at this stuff. Anyway, thanks again to Jonny and Jeff for passing that along, and to Anthony for asking the question that got the machine moving.

Fish

Pads in Miami tonight for the start of a three-game series against the Marlins. Jake Peavy vs Carl Pavano. Once again, no television.

Ismael Valdez vs Darren Oliver Saturday night (blecch). Adam Eaton and Josh Beckett lock up in the Sunday finale, which could be a fun one.

That’s all for now. More as it happens…