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Atlanta Braves vs. Miami Marlins, at Turner Field, August 31, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Start Time:

5:10et (local)

Venue:

Turner Field

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Turner Field

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

85° (based on last ten years)

Marlins

Manager:

Mike Redmond

Game #:

136

On This Date:

6-13

Braves

Manager:

Fredi Gonzalez

Game #:

137

On This Date:

67-55

Season Series
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 ATL  4  MIA  2 (10)
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 MIA  1 @ATL  0     
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 ATL  3  MIA  1     
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 MIA  9  ATL  0     
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 MIA  9  ATL  3     
Thu, May 01, 2014 MIA  5  ATL  4     
Fri, May 30, 2014 ATL  3 @MIA  2     
Sat, May 31, 2014 ATL  9 @MIA  5     
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 ATL  4 @MIA  2     
Mon, Jul 21, 2014 MIA  3 @ATL  1 (10)
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 MIA  6 @ATL  5     
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 ATL  6  MIA  1     
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 MIA  3 @ATL  2     
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 ATL  5  MIA  2     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 MIA  4 @ATL  0     

Sun, Aug 31, 2014 MIA    @ATL  5:10pm
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 ATL    @MIA  7:10pm
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 ATL    @MIA  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 ATL    @MIA  1:10pm

                         All times ET

Miami Marlins

66-68, 3rd, 11 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   37-31   Road:   29-37   ExtrInn: 9-10
 vsRHP:  47-57   vsLHP:  19-11   1-Run:  32-20
 vsEast: 24-28   vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest: 17-17 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Sat, Aug 30  @ATL  W   4-0       66-68  3rd 11.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 29  @ATL  L   2-5       65-68  3rd 11.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @LAA  L   1-6       65-67  3rd 10.0 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @LAA  L   2-8       65-66  3rd 10.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 25  @LAA  W   7-1       65-65  3rd 10.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24  @COL  L   4-7       64-65  3rd 11.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23  @COL  L   4-5 (13)  64-64  3rd 10.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22  @COL  W  13-5       64-63  3rd  9.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   TEX  L   4-5       63-63  3rd  9.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   TEX  W   4-3 (10)  63-62  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Atlanta Braves

71-65, 2nd, 7 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   38-29   Road:   33-36   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  54-55   vsLHP:  17-10   1-Run:  22-22
 vsEast: 33-24   vsCntrl:19-10   vsWest: 12-21 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sat, Aug 30   MIA  L   0-4       71-65  2nd  7.0 gb
135 Fri, Aug 29   MIA  W   5-2       71-64  2nd  6.0 gb
134 Thu, Aug 28  @NYM  W   6-1       70-64  2nd  6.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27  @NYM  W   3-2       69-64  2nd  6.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26  @NYM  L   2-3       68-64  2nd  7.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 24  @CIN  L   3-5       68-63  2nd  8.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 23  @CIN  L   0-1       68-62  2nd  7.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 22  @CIN  W   3-1 (12)  68-61  2nd  6.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 21  @CIN  W   8-0       67-61  2nd  7.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @PIT  L   2-3       66-61  2nd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 MIA  4 @ATL  0        W:Jarred Cosart (12-8), L: Aaron Harang (10-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 ATL  5  MIA  2        W:David Carpenter (5-3), L: Chris Hatcher (0-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (40)
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 MIA  3 @ATL  2        W:Henderson Alvarez (7-5), L: Craig Kimbrel (0-2), S: Steve Cishek (24)
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 ATL  6  MIA  1        W:Ervin Santana (9-6), L: Nathan Eovaldi (5-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 MIA  6 @ATL  5        W:Jacob Turner (3-6), L: Mike Minor (3-6), S: Steve Cishek (23)
Mon, Jul 21, 2014 MIA  3 @ATL  1 (10)   W:Bryan Morris (7-0), L: Shae Simmons (1-2), S: Steve Cishek (22)
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 ATL  4 @MIA  2        W:Alex Wood (5-5), L: Steve Cishek (4-2), S: Shae Simmons (1)
Sat, May 31, 2014 ATL  9 @MIA  5        W:Ervin Santana (5-2), L: Jacob Turner (1-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (15)
Fri, May 30, 2014 ATL  3 @MIA  2        W:Julio Teheran (5-3), L: Tom Koehler (4-5), S: Craig Kimbrel (14)
Thu, May 01, 2014 MIA  5  ATL  4        W:Mike Dunn (3-3), L: Ian Thomas (1-1), S: Steve Cishek (6)
Season Series: 2014 - MIA over 8-7; 2013 - ATL won 13-6; 2012 - ATL won 14-4; All-Time - ATL leads 206-148

SP: Nathan Eovaldi (24, RHP, 6-9, 4.30)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-9)			165.1	177	89	79	34	117	11	4.30
2013 (4-6)			106.1	100	44	40	40	78	7	3.39
2012 (4-13)			119.1	133	59	57	47	78	10	4.30

Last 7 GS		1-4	41.2	46	26	23	10	29	1	4.97	47
2014-08-26	@LAA	L	3.1	10	6	6	1	4	0	65	19
2014-08-20	TEX	L	5.0	9	5	4	1	4	0	81	34
2014-08-13	STL	L	6.0	8	4	2	1	4	0	107	47
2014-08-08	@CIN	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	112	77
2014-08-02	CIN	ND	7.0	2	1	1	2	6	0	97	73
2014-07-28	WSN	ND	5.1	6	5	5	2	3	0	96	37
2014-07-23	@ATL	L	7.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	93	45

Last 5 v.ATL		2-1	36.0	27	9	8	6	24	1	2.00	64
2014-07-23	@ATL	L	7.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	93	45
2014-06-01	ATL	ND	8.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	98	66
2014-04-30	ATL	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	94	71
2014-04-23	@ATL	ND	6.0	5	1	0	1	7	0	104	66
2013-09-01	@ATL	W	8.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	102	72

SP: Alex Wood (23, LHP, 9-10, 3.09)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (9-10)			137.0	124	51	47	38	130	14	3.09
2013 (3-3)			77.2	76	29	27	27	77	3	3.13

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.1	41	18	14	15	40	4	2.78	57
2014-08-26	@NYM	L	7.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	114	60
2014-08-20	@PIT	ND	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	98	64
2014-08-15	OAK	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	1	1	96	54
2014-08-10	WSN	W	7.1	5	1	1	3	12	1	124	73
2014-08-05	@SEA	L	6.0	5	4	1	4	5	0	104	53
2014-07-30	@LAD	ND	7.0	6	1	1	2	8	1	114	67
2014-07-25	SDP	L	5.0	12	5	4	1	4	0	97	28

Last 5 v.MIA		0-3	21.1	24	15	15	4	22	2	6.33	47
2014-04-29	@MIA	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	2	1	85	20
2014-04-22	MIA	L	8.0	4	1	1	0	11	0	101	81
2013-09-01	MIA	L	2.1	8	7	7	2	2	1	67	13
2013-08-10	MIA	ND	6.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	87	74

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

Marlins Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Wood*
G/S/vB 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB 57.Hale
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 51.Russell*
G/S/vB 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB 52.Walden
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Baker G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 197/88 .260/.305/.403/.708 .813/.579 .735 39/.954 1/0 3/3

3.Hechavarria G/S/vP 11/.364 3/.666 5/.400 4/1.750 10/.000 ··· 8/.875 3/1.333 473/385 .274/.305/.361/.665 .710/.655 .601 93/.719 7/4 1/12

5.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 164/105 .222/.259/.327/.586 .691/.525 .642 22/.282 0/1 2/0

46.Jones* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 4/.500 10/.700 4/.500 1/.000 476/407 .244/.313/.403/.716 .511/.752 .718 74/.597 0/1 13/13

59.Lucas G/S/vP 9/.888 2/1.000 5/.400 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 6/.000 2/.500 169/105 .245/.281/.283/.564 .737/.456 .492 4/1.000 1/0 1/3

6.Mathis G/S/vP 4/2.500 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 165/126 .201/.265/.282/.547 .729/.486 .570 21/.429 0/0 2/1

9.McGehee G/S/vP 7/.453 1/no AB 9/1.333 3/1.167 6/.167 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.000 576/464 .294/.363/.368/.731 .615/.758 .712 98/.654 4/0 3/6

13.Ozuna G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.000 5/.650 3/.000 4/.250 1/.000 9/.111 3/.333 526/423 .263/.314/.439/.753 .762/.750 .652 96/.749 3/0 19/4

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 3/2.334 4/1.833 1/.000 369/287 .228/.339/.389/.728 .627/.758 .666 73/.748 0/1 11/13

17.Solano G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 6/.900 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 226/174 .244/.299/.332/.630 .609/.637 .711 77/.642 1/2 3/1

27.Stanton G/S/vP 10/.800 3/.333 11/.920 3/.333 8/.542 2/3.000 11/.473 5/.000 590/473 .294/.403/.554/.958 1.109/.921 .863 107/1.065 10/1 33/6

1.Valdespin* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 3/.333 91/84 .228/.282/.392/.675 1.000/.649 .739 36/.531 0/0 3/3

21.Yelich* G/S/vP 12/1.167 10/.311 3/1.667 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/2.000 534/411 .289/.371/.424/.795 .805/.792 .788 109/.915 16/6 9/2

IP 137.0 32.2 50.2 76.2 53.0 45.0 49.0 43.2 TOTAL .252/.319/.381/.700 .714/.696 .673 .720 49/16 108/88

ERA-K/9

3.09/8.5

4.68/5.2

3.55/10.7

2.93/4.3

1.70/14.3

3.20/6.2

2.76/8.6

2.27/11.1

3.28/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (33-15-2)
Saltalamacchia (55-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 559/.244 147/.294 217/.270 332/.255 212/.142 188/.210 199/.238 176/.187 .249 Ozuna
Stanton
Yelich
Johnson
Lucas
Valdespin 11/119/4/8
0/0/132/6
111/10/0/4
21/1/5/2
4/0/1/0
0/2/3/0

OPS .670 .772 .684 .672 .429 .600 .660 .530 .677

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.677 82/.726 97/.673 153/.707 114/.418 87/.851 74/.530 87/.619 .706

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.667 65/.829 120/.694 179/.643 98/.442 101/.376 125/.735 89/.446 .656

Home 249/.683 72/.792 109/.599 173/.561 116/.371 100/.614 100/.488 104/.461

Last 28d days 133/.606 12/.917 40/.339 43/.595 33/.393 38/.480 24/.883 39/.427

HR/SB/CS 14/6/3 2/3/0 4/1/1 3/11/3 1/4/1 3/4/1 5/1/0 2/8/0 105/85/24

Usage ····X··· o······· ·ooo··o· X·····X· ·o·X···· X······X ··o····· ·o·oo···

Braves Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 24.Eovaldi
G/S/vB 31.Cishek
G/S/vB 40.Dunn*
G/S/vB 36.Dyson
G/S/vB 41.Hatcher
G/S/vB 57.Morris
G/S/vB 33.Penny
G/S/vB 44.Ramos
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.000 2/.000 365/274 .279/.318/.365/.682 .998/.578 .737 61/.628 19/8 2/6

4.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.286 2/2.000 136/114 .195/.235/.305/.540 .591/.529 .583 15/.557 1/0 4/1

5.Freeman* G/S/vP 29/.549 12/.258 19/.564 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 602/429 .289/.384/.474/.858 .781/.889 .851 105/.936 2/2 17/5

24.Gattis G/S/vP 9/.111 2/3.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 7/1.371 369/306 .272/.328/.506/.834 1.129/.771 .897 80/.706 0/0 20/5

15.Gosselin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/24 .300/.327/.380/.707 .618/.812 .826 41/.802 1/1 1/2

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 26/1.062 8/1.000 9/.583 1/2.000 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 6/.333 565/424 .275/.356/.396/.751 .469/.847 .706 103/.768 14/4 11/1

23.Johnson G/S/vP 12/.000 8/1.196 5/.900 3/1.000 5/.400 2/.000 2/.000 8/.536 534/433 .273/.299/.375/.673 1.058/.587 .636 96/.584 5/0 9/5

11.Laird G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/1.000 156/117 .220/.295/.277/.571 .588/.566 .612 25/.367 0/0 0/2

7.La Stella* G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 320/256 .268/.343/.338/.681 .853/.638 .702 73/.562 2/1 1/6

14.Pena# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 143/115 .230/.302/.333/.635 .654/.630 .586 24/.772 1/0 3/7

19.Simmons G/S/vP 18/.862 8/1.100 3/.000 3/.333 5/.000 2/1.500 ··· 10/.888 487/399 .245/.291/.342/.633 .745/.608 .643 63/.592 4/4 7/11

2.Upton G/S/vP 16/.517 8/.250 5/.600 1/2.000 ··· 3/.667 10/.311 7/1.171 519/397 .205/.281/.323/.604 .546/.619 .660 61/.609 19/7 9/7

8.Upton G/S/vP 19/.387 4/.000 5/2.550 2/.000 4/.750 1/.000 17/.529 6/1.000 547/430 .288/.361/.522/.883 1.086/.830 1.036 102/1.006 7/2 26/7

IP 165.1 56.1 49.2 30.2 44.1 61.1 13.1 55.0 TOTAL .246/.311/.372/.682 .740/.666 .694 .694 76/27 111/74

ERA-K/9

4.30/6.4

3.67/11.3

3.26/10.0

2.35/7.6

3.45/10.0

1.76/7.0

5.40/4.7

1.96/10.1

3.85/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (7-0-0)
Gattis (44-13-5)
Laird (28-10-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 699/.274 241/.248 211/.212 134/.263 184/.264 256/.248 63/.278 233/.164 .263 Heyward
Upton
Upton
Bonifacio
Doumit
Gosselin 0/0/128/9
0/121/0/7
126/0/0/4
3/56/3/1
6/0/8/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .712 .682 .632 .646 .686 .667 .862 .547 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 397/.790 134/.603 100/.545 59/.771 88/.719 109/.730 30/.926 102/.543 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.608 107/.782 111/.712 75/.549 96/.657 147/.621 33/.795 131/.548 .719

Road 310/.691 111/.706 117/.589 66/.608 98/.809 117/.710 40/.871 120/.461

Last 28d days 100/.753 45/.973 36/.434 61/.683 46/.566 29/.604 63/.862 48/.450

HR/SB/CS 11/1/4 3/5/4 4/3/0 0/2/1 3/0/1 5/1/0 1/5/0 1/7/3 98/92/31

Usage ····X··· X··X···X oX··X·oo ·o··X··X ·o···X·X ·······o ·o····X· o··X··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 4.72

TEX 4.00

SDP 3.29

RA/G

SEA 3.27

PIT 4.11

COL 5.15

J. Altuve .332

A. Gonzalez .273

C. Davis .188

OBP

G. Stanton .403

N. Aoki .331

G. Beckham .263

SLG

J. Abreu .605

B. Dozier .417

A. Callaspo .302

OPS

J. Abreu .985

J. Heyward .751

Z. Cozart .578

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.73

M. Buehrle 3.50

E. Jackson 6.09

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

C. Lewis 7.34

K. Correia 4.56

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.