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Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals, at Turner Field, August 8, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, August 8, 2014
Start Time:
7:35et (local)
Venue:
Turner Field
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Turner Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
89° (based on last ten years)
Nationals
Manager:
Matt Williams
Game #:
116
On This Date:
19-21
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
115
On This Date:
68-51
Season Series
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 ATL  2 @WSN  1     
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 ATL  6 @WSN  2     
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 WSN  2  ATL  1     
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 ATL  7  WSN  6 (10)
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 ATL  6  WSN  3     
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 ATL 10  WSN  2     
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 ATL  3 @WSN  0     
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 ATL  6 @WSN  4 (13)
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 WSN  3  ATL  0     
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 WSN  4  ATL  1     

Fri, Aug 08, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:35pm
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 WSN    @ATL  8:05pm
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 ATL    @WSN  4:05pm
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm

                         All times ET
Washington Nationals
62-51, 1st, 4½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-24   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  42-39   vsLHP:  20-12   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast: 24-19   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 16-7  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Thu, Aug  7   NYM  W   5-3 (13)  62-51  1st  4.5 up
112 Wed, Aug  6   NYM  W   7-1       61-51  1st  4.0 up
111 Tue, Aug  5   NYM  L   1-6       60-51  1st  3.0 up
110 Mon, Aug  4   BAL  L   3-7       60-50  1st  3.0 up
109 Sun, Aug  3   PHI  W   4-0       60-49  1st  3.5 up
108 Sat, Aug  2   PHI  W  11-0       59-49  1st  2.5 up
107 Fri, Aug  1   PHI  L   1-2       58-49  1st  1.5 up
106 Thu, Jul 31   PHI  L   4-10      58-48  1st  1.5 up
105 Wed, Jul 30  @MIA  W   4-3       58-47  1st  1.5 up
104 Tue, Jul 29  @MIA  L   0-3       57-47  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Atlanta Braves
58-56, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-24   Road:   27-32   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  47-46   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 28-21   vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 11-18 IL: 4-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug  6  @SEA  L   3-7       58-56  2nd  4.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @SEA  L   2-4       58-55  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3  @SDP  L   3-4 (10)  58-54  2nd  3.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2  @SDP  L   2-3 (12)  58-53  2nd  2.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  1  @SDP  L   1-10      58-52  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Thu, Jul 31  @LAD  L   1-2       58-51  2nd  1.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30  @LAD  L   2-3 (10)  58-50  2nd  1.5 gb
107 Tue, Jul 29  @LAD  L   4-8       58-49  2nd  0.5 gb
106 Mon, Jul 28   SDP  W   2-0       58-48  2nd  0.5 gb
105 Sun, Jul 27   SDP  W   8-3       57-48  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 WSN  4  ATL  1        W:Tanner Roark (7-4), L: Ervin Santana (5-5), S: Rafael Soriano (17)
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 WSN  3  ATL  0        W:Doug Fister (6-2), L: Julio Teheran (6-5), S: Rafael Soriano (16)
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 ATL  6 @WSN  4 (13)   W:Ryan Buchter (1-0), L: Jerry Blevins (2-3), S: Jordan Walden (2)
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 ATL  3 @WSN  0        W:Gavin Floyd (2-2), L: Jordan Zimmermann (5-4), S: Craig Kimbrel (21)
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 ATL 10  WSN  2        W:Aaron Harang (2-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (2-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 ATL  6  WSN  3        W:Alex Wood (2-1), L: Taylor Jordan (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (5)
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 ATL  7  WSN  6 (10)   W:Luis Avilan (2-1), L: Jerry Blevins (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 WSN  2  ATL  1        W:Jerry Blevins (1-0), L: Alex Wood (1-1), S: Rafael Soriano (1)
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 ATL  6 @WSN  2        W:Julio Teheran (1-1), L: Stephen Strasburg (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 ATL  2 @WSN  1        W:Luis Avilan (1-0), L: Tyler Clippard (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (3)
Season Series: 2014 - ATL over 7-3; 2013 - ATL won 13-6; 2012 - WSN won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 334-296

SP: Stephen Strasburg (25, RHP, 8-9, 3.39)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-9) 151.1 150 67 57 33 177 14 3.39
2013 (8-9) 183.0 136 71 61 56 191 16 3.00
2012 (15-6) 159.1 136 62 56 48 197 15 3.16
Last 7 GS 2-3 46.2 39 14 14 10 54 4 2.70 62
2014-08-03 PHI W 7.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 99 80
2014-07-29 @MIA L 7.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 108 67
2014-07-23 @COL L 5.1 9 4 4 3 5 0 100 36
2014-07-18 MIL L 7.0 7 4 4 1 9 2 98 55
2014-07-12 @PHI ND 5.2 7 2 2 2 9 0 111 54
2014-07-07 BAL ND 7.0 4 2 2 0 9 1 104 70
2014-07-01 COL W 7.2 5 1 1 1 8 1 111 72
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 20.1 26 15 12 6 26 3 5.31 47
2014-06-20 ATL ND 6.0 9 4 4 0 8 1 107 46
2014-04-05 ATL L 4.1 8 6 3 3 6 0 96 32
2013-08-17 @ATL ND 1.0 2 2 2 2 1 1 27 40
2013-08-05 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 112 67
2013-05-31 @ATL ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 37 50

SP: Ervin Santana (31, RHP, 10-6, 3.59)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-6) 138.0 131 58 55 41 124 9 3.59
2013 (9-10) 211.0 190 85 76 51 161 26 3.24
2012 (9-13) 178.0 165 109 102 61 133 39 5.16
Last 7 GS 5-1 49.0 42 15 14 14 43 1 2.57 60
2014-08-02 @SDP ND 6.2 6 2 2 4 6 0 105 56
2014-07-28 SDP W 8.0 5 0 0 0 11 0 102 83
2014-07-23 MIA W 7.1 6 1 1 3 10 0 110 69
2014-07-18 PHI W 6.0 6 4 3 3 1 0 104 44
2014-07-09 @NYM L 7.0 6 4 4 2 4 1 88 51
2014-07-04 ARI W 7.1 6 2 2 1 6 0 108 63
2014-06-28 @PHI W 6.2 7 2 2 1 5 0 97 56
Last 5 v.WSN 0-1 33.0 30 14 14 11 36 6 3.82 56
2014-06-22 @WSN L 6.0 6 3 3 1 9 0 92 56
2013-08-25 WSN ND 6.2 11 4 4 0 7 3 99 43
2011-06-27 WSN ND 8.0 5 2 2 1 5 2 93 68
2008-06-25 @WSN ND 6.0 4 4 4 5 8 1 100 51
2005-06-14 WSN ND 6.1 4 1 1 4 7 0 102 64

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Nationals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Santana
G/S/vB		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 57.Hale
G/S/vB		 58.Jaime
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 51.Russell*
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Cabrera# G/S/vP 38/.682 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 442/301 .244/.303/.381/.684 .648/.700 .643 62/.497 7/2 9/14
20.Desmond G/S/vP 9/.778 5/.600 2/2.500 1/.000 13/.000 3/.666 10/.311 8/.625 466/345 .247/.300/.423/.724 .769/.708 .736 94/.730 12/3 18/17
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 9/.778 3/.000 6/.167 7/.714 312/218 .221/.285/.361/.647 .907/.537 .587 35/.888 7/1 7/4
19.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/.000 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 164/114 .238/.290/.298/.588 .606/.580 .657 14/.500 0/0 1/2
7.Hairston G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 4/.000 1/.000 59/15 .241/.271/.352/.623 .668/.490 .544 17/.485 0/0 1/2
34.Harper* G/S/vP 4/1.750 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 5/.600 3/3.000 5/.400 3/2.000 215/153 .253/.336/.374/.710 .793/.675 .772 83/.736 1/2 4/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/.000 2/.500 1/.000 15/.414 3/1.000 7/.286 4/1.000 407/295 .275/.376/.456/.832 .629/.912 .764 96/.710 1/0 15/4
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 183/135 .213/.273/.290/.563 .382/.630 .478 32/.572 0/0 2/2
40.Ramos G/S/vP 6/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 207/160 .295/.343/.400/.743 .681/.762 .694 57/.709 0/0 4/3
6.Rendon G/S/vP 6/.733 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.571 ··· 2/2.000 6/.666 490/364 .278/.333/.464/.797 .874/.771 .762 103/.696 11/1 14/11
21.Souza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/9 .091/.167/.091/.258 .667/.111 .250 3/.000 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 29/.935 2/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB 8/.250 2/.000 4/.500 8/.572 477/337 .300/.356/.400/.755 .695/.779 .673 103/.938 23/3 1/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 13/.693 6/1.267 2/1.000 ··· 12/.555 2/.500 3/1.000 4/.250 474/361 .280/.365/.431/.796 .910/.761 .843 91/.852 5/0 12/4
IP 138.0 40.1 66.2 7.1 44.0 36.2 43.2 33.0 TOTAL .250/.317/.383/.700 .728/.690 .677 .709 64/11 93/66
ERA-K/9 3.59/8.1 3.79/11.2 3.24/4.2 2.45/14.8 2.05/15.3 3.44/6.6 2.89/8.9 2.45/12.5 3.40/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (21-9-1)
 Ramos (18-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 562/.259 180/.301 289/.263 30/.192 179/.142 157/.220 177/.229 137/.202 .254  Werth
 Span
 Harper
 Frandsen
 Souza
 Hairston
0/0/105/7
0/104/0/6
50/4/3/6
16/0/0/1
1/1/4/0
11/0/0/0
OPS .696 .750 .684 .622 .436 .652 .632 .560 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 303/.796 82/.694 136/.760 15/.690 96/.419 79/.897 64/.491 69/.621 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.577 98/.795 153/.617 15/.557 83/.455 78/.382 113/.711 68/.498 .664
Home 274/.651 87/.633 149/.582 / 92/.378 85/.613 84/.353 78/.483
Last 28d days 114/.560 38/.434 50/.912 16/.785 31/.460 48/.753 28/.786 25/.507
HR/SB/CS 9/3/5 3/1/1 2/9/3 1/1/0 1/4/1 3/4/1 4/1/0 1/7/0 87/72/23
Usage ·····X·· ··o··XX· ····X·X· ·o··X·X· ·····X·· ·Xo·oo·· ·o··XX·· ·····o··
Braves Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 46.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 12/.300 1/.000 13/.408 4/.000 3/.000 14/.819 4/.250 ··· 313/234 .277/.319/.367/.686 1.025/.573 .795 52/.880 16/6 2/5
4.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 6/1.500 5/.400 3/.666 8/.250 121/99 .202/.240/.298/.538 .591/.525 .670 23/.451 1/0 3/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 27/1.319 5/1.600 15/1.043 22/.668 4/.500 8/1.000 8/.000 ··· 505/367 .283/.370/.472/.842 .811/.854 .804 93/.624 0/2 15/5
24.Gattis G/S/vP 7/1.000 2/2.000 5/1.933 4/.000 4/.500 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 297/247 .279/.337/.522/.859 1.191/.789 .992 54/.669 0/0 17/5
15.Gosselin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 11/2 .182/.182/.182/.364 .444/.000 .400 11/.364 0/1 0/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 29/1.098 3/.000 13/1.315 23/.681 4/1.250 11/.364 8/.393 ··· 470/359 .271/.357/.395/.752 .463/.844 .725 65/1.021 13/4 9/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 21/.714 4/1.417 10/.443 9/.778 2/.000 15/.414 7/1.286 ··· 445/367 .276/.300/.386/.686 1.080/.605 .625 82/.886 3/0 8/4
11.Laird G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 134/102 .225/.306/.292/.598 .592/.599 .659 26/.530 0/0 0/1
7.La Stella* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 256/203 .284/.362/.351/.713 .985/.642 .760 89/.707 2/1 0/4
14.Pena# G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 125/102 .207/.279/.315/.594 .714/.566 .528 16/.564 1/0 3/4
19.Simmons G/S/vP 15/.343 1/.000 5/.450 12/1.333 4/.500 10/.000 6/.666 ··· 425/352 .249/.297/.340/.637 .735/.617 .658 71/.507 3/4 5/10
2.Upton G/S/vP 18/.410 9/.444 4/.250 12/.606 7/.453 11/.364 4/.000 9/.730 462/352 .212/.281/.327/.608 .516/.632 .671 88/.537 18/7 7/6
8.Upton G/S/vP 20/.628 3/1.167 9/1.569 16/.599 7/.286 12/.367 5/.450 ··· 453/362 .281/.350/.496/.846 1.009/.806 .996 89/.890 7/2 19/5
IP 151.1 41.0 48.0 46.0 44.1 58.1 36.2 26.1 TOTAL .245/.309/.369/.678 .734/.663 .696 .670 65/25 89/60
ERA-K/9 3.39/10.5 5.05/9.4 1.69/11.6 3.52/5.5 1.83/8.7 3.86/6.9 1.72/7.4 2.39/7.2 3.12/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Gattis (37-12-3)
 Laird (22-10-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 627/.258 172/.230 191/.188 197/.269 168/.178 240/.262 150/.231 113/.242 .247  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Bonifacio
 Doumit
0/0/107/7
0/105/0/4
104/0/0/4
1/49/1/1
6/0/8/0
OPS .689 .629 .523 .726 .526 .685 .607 .599 .658
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.635 82/.390 97/.609 62/.512 77/.492 110/.731 62/.611 68/.553 .640
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 360/.730 90/.849 94/.434 135/.827 91/.555 130/.647 88/.601 45/.670 .671
Road 279/.789 61/.682 80/.435 101/.540 74/.759 88/.879 62/.551 48/.588
Last 28d days 130/.688 36/.639 31/.229 28/.500 36/.785 47/.747 37/.841 21/.381
HR/SB/CS 14/11/5 2/3/1 2/2/1 4/3/2 1/1/2 4/3/1 2/1/0 0/4/2 71/42/28
Usage ····X··· o··o·o·X o···o·o· ·o·o···o o···o·o· X··X···X o·X····· oX·o··o·

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. 		OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2014 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

OAK  4.89

MIA  4.04

SDP  3.21

 RA/G

SEA  3.29

PIT  4.12

COL  5.19

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .340

B. Phillips  .272

C. Davis  .198

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .432

P. Sandoval  .331

E. Cabrera  .267

 SLG

J. Abreu  .616

B. Holt  .414

E. Cabrera  .294

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.035

J. Heyward  .752

E. Cabrera  .562

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.82

J. Niese  3.51

E. Jackson  5.66

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.23

T. Wood  7.44

K. Correia  4.25

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.