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Atlanta Braves vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Turner Field, September 25, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Turner Field
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Turner Field
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
76° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
159
On This Date:
49-56
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
159
On This Date:
63-58
Season Series
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 ATL  7 @PIT  3     
Tue, Aug 19, 2014 ATL 11 @PIT  3     
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 PIT  3  ATL  2     
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 PIT  1 @ATL  0     
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 PIT  3 @ATL  2     
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 ATL  6  PIT  2     

Thu, Sep 25, 2014 PIT    @ATL  7:10pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
86-72, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   51-30   Road:   35-42   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  66-59   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  31-29
 vsEast: 20-13   vsCntrl:35-38   vsWest: 20-12 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
158 Wed, Sep 24  @ATL  L   2-6       86-72  2nd  1.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 23  @ATL  W   3-2       86-71  2nd  1.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 22  @ATL  W   1-0       85-71  2nd  2.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 21   MIL  W   1-0       84-71  2nd  2.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 20   MIL  L   0-1       83-71  2nd  3.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19   MIL  W   4-2       83-70  2nd  2.5 gb
152 Thu, Sep 18   BOS  W   3-2       82-70  2nd  2.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 17   BOS  W   9-1       81-70  2nd  2.5 gb
150 Tue, Sep 16   BOS  W   4-0       80-70  2nd  2.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14   CHC  W   7-3       79-70  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Atlanta Braves
77-81, 2nd, 16 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-38   Road:   35-43   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  59-66   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  24-27
 vsEast: 38-35   vsCntrl:20-12   vsWest: 12-21 IL: 7-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
158 Wed, Sep 24   PIT  W   6-2       77-81  2nd 16.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 23   PIT  L   2-3       76-81  2nd 16.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 22   PIT  L   0-1       76-80  2nd 15.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 21   NYM  L   2-10      76-79  2nd 15.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 20   NYM  L   2-4       76-78  2nd 14.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19   NYM  L   0-5       76-77  2nd 13.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 17   WSN  W   3-1       76-76  2nd 11.5 gb
151 Tue, Sep 16   WSN  L   0-3       75-76  2nd 12.5 gb
150 Mon, Sep 15   WSN  L   2-4       75-75  2nd 11.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14  @TEX  L   3-10      75-74  2nd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 ATL  6  PIT  2        W:Julio Teheran (14-13), L: Jeff Locke (7-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (45)
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 PIT  3 @ATL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (11-5), L: Alex Wood (11-11), S: Tony Watson (2)
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 PIT  1 @ATL  0        W:Francisco Liriano (7-10), L: Aaron Harang (11-12), S: Mark Melancon (32)
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 PIT  3  ATL  2        W:Mark Melancon (2-3), L: David Carpenter (4-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 19, 2014 ATL 11 @PIT  3        W:Aaron Harang (10-7), L: Francisco Liriano (3-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 ATL  7 @PIT  3        W:Ervin Santana (13-6), L: Vance Worley (5-3), S: none

Wed, Jun 05, 2013 ATL  5  PIT  0        W:Julio Teheran (4-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 ATL  5  PIT  4 (10)   W:Anthony Varvaro (3-0), L: Mark Melancon (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 03, 2013 ATL  7  PIT  2        W:Kris Medlen (2-6), L: A.J. Burnett (3-6), S: none
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 PIT  4  ATL  2        W:Justin Wilson (1-0), L: Kris Medlen (1-2), S: Jason Grilli (7)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 3-3; 2013 - ATL won 4-3; 2012 - PIT won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1092-1018

SP: (2014, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced ATL as starter.

SP: (2014, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced PIT as starter.

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

Pirates Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Avilan*
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		 50.Schlosser
G/S/vB		 61.Shreve*
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 17/.782 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 445/358 .231/.312/.405/.717 .504/.770 .716 1/.000 8/3 18/25
12.Barmes G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 116/94 .245/.328/.294/.622 .558/.637 .477 12/.871 1/1 0/2
39.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/1 0/0
15.Davis* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 8/1.000 5/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 421/386 .232/.344/.373/.717 .265/.761 .582 62/.573 0/4 11/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 532/415 .316/.347/.493/.840 .854/.836 .854 101/.856 17/7 13/6
57.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/36 .278/.278/.389/.667 /.667 .722 36/.667 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 527/434 .291/.359/.455/.814 .763/.825 .867 89/.947 28/10 13/5
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/1.000 453/355 .295/.406/.437/.843 .693/.879 .754 85/.877 4/4 11/5
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/2.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 630/512 .313/.408/.545/.953 .915/.961 .924 108/1.016 17/3 25/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 538/412 .257/.306/.385/.691 .807/.654 .701 90/.778 4/1 11/11
59.Morel G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 40/16 .184/.225/.237/.462 .390/.563 .483 18/.572 0/0 0/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 310/220 .236/.309/.345/.655 .472/.731 .590 31/.630 13/5 7/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 7/1.381 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 278/133 .231/.295/.382/.677 .748/.601 .730 37/.537 2/0 6/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/66 .270/.304/.365/.669 .160/.768 .642 3/.000 0/0 2/5
23.Snider* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 343/297 .257/.333/.420/.754 1.008/.715 .638 61/.772 1/1 12/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 145/108 .291/.364/.315/.679 1.072/.537 .669 17/.706 0/1 0/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 183/137 .287/.319/.339/.658 .814/.603 .716 26/.731 1/2 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 1/no AB 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 9/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.333 553/434 .270/.341/.456/.796 .733/.813 .786 101/.767 2/2 21/5
IP 40.0 59.0 82.2 12.0 59.2 52.1 16.1 11.2 52.2 49.0 TOTAL .259/.330/.403/.733 .690/.745 .713 .759 99/45 151/108
ERA-K/9 4.05/4.7 3.51/10.2 3.27/4.4 6.00/13.5 1.66/13.7 3.27/6.5 6.06/4.4 0.77/10.8 2.73/8.0 2.76/11.4 3.35/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (59-37-3)
 Sanchez (18-3-1)
 Stewart (30-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 177/.280 251/.255 361/.263 61/.286 234/.137 218/.216 72/.295 48/.227 212/.235 200/.185 .249  Snider
 Polanco
 Harrison
 Marte
 Tabata
 McCutchen
 Lambo
 Sanchez
 Mercer
36/0/60/8
0/0/79/5
26/0/26/4
110/27/0/4
17/1/37/3
0/142/0/1
0/0/6/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .754 .663 .698 .815 .424 .594 .783 .549 .651 .533 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.706 112/.639 168/.714 28/.842 126/.430 92/.817 31/.939 23/.714 78/.501 96/.584 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 81/.812 139/.683 193/.684 33/.792 108/.418 126/.429 41/.669 25/.408 134/.737 104/.486 .664
Home 90/.791 130/.584 188/.609 25/.912 131/.352 116/.570 29/1.179 40/.479 107/.519 121/.479
Last 28d days 31/.643 38/.608 38/.799 26/1.110 25/.410 35/.597 25/1.129 26/.439 13/.503 27/.476
HR/SB/CS 2/3/1 5/1/1 4/12/3 1/1/0 2/4/1 3/4/1 1/3/0 0/1/1 5/1/0 2/8/1 118/95/29
Usage ···X·o·· ·X··o··o ····X··· o··oX··· o·o····o o···X··· ···X···· oX··XX·· o······· o·o··X·o
Braves Batters (3.56 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 53.Axford
G/S/vB		 58.Cumpton
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 43.Holdzkom
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 60.LaFromboise*
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 200.Roe
G/S/vB		 65.Sadler
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Bethancourt G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/84 .252/.280/.282/.562 .889/.473 .640 54/.580 1/1 0/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 8/.125 2/.000 ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/1.250 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 414/306 .264/.311/.346/.657 .965/.550 .707 53/.419 26/8 2/6
13.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
4.Doumit# G/S/vP 15/1.000 9/.722 ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 161/134 .197/.236/.322/.558 .481/.574 .495 27/.607 1/0 5/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.666 2/.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 693/486 .288/.387/.464/.850 .766/.886 .825 99/.764 3/3 18/5
24.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 394/325 .268/.322/.503/.825 1.028/.780 .873 33/.630 0/0 22/5
15.Gosselin G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 124/73 .274/.309/.333/.642 .693/.606 .641 72/.594 1/2 1/3
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 9/1.194 4/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 637/478 .268/.349/.382/.730 .477/.815 .679 80/.657 19/4 11/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 13/.641 3/.000 2/.000 5/.600 ··· 6/1.833 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 599/478 .265/.295/.360/.654 1.005/.569 .635 73/.513 6/0 9/6
11.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.750 ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 165/120 .207/.279/.260/.539 .506/.551 .564 9/.000 0/0 0/2
7.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 355/290 .252/.330/.318/.648 .839/.605 .656 43/.372 2/1 1/6
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 157/127 .243/.307/.343/.650 .679/.642 .641 16/.904 1/0 3/7
19.Simmons G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 569/463 .245/.286/.333/.619 .686/.604 .636 90/.514 4/5 7/13
17.Terdoslavich# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/2 .333/.333/.500/.833 1.250/.000 .400 6/.833 0/0 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 6/.834 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 8/1.071 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 574/441 .207/.284/.326/.609 .566/.619 .660 58/.656 20/7 11/7
8.Upton G/S/vP 15/1.457 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 629/491 .271/.344/.489/.833 .989/.791 .952 90/.570 8/4 28/8
IP 185.2 54.1 70.0 62.0 8.0 62.2 2.1 70.0 32.2 2.0 9.1 75.0 58.1 TOTAL .241/.306/.360/.666 .721/.650 .670 .566 93/32 119/84
ERA-K/9 3.15/6.3 3.48/10.4 4.89/5.9 3.19/5.5 0.00/13.5 2.01/5.0 0.00/11.7 1.93/9.0 5.23/10.5 9.00/18.0 7.71/5.8 1.44/9.4 4.17/9.1 3.48/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bethancourt (10-5-6)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Gattis (48-13-5)
 Laird (30-11-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 783/.238 239/.214 309/.295 270/.292 27/.080 250/.229 7/.000 274/.198 148/.264 13/.333 44/.289 295/.229 248/.221 .247  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Bonifacio
 Terdoslavich
 Gosselin
 Constanza
 Doumit
0/0/146/9
0/137/0/8
147/0/0/4
4/63/6/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
8/0/9/0
OPS .685 .683 .731 .810 .228 .611 .000 .478 .785 1.239 .785 .606 .632 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 337/.746 114/.630 129/.783 109/1.065 15/.267 109/.610 4/.000 128/.418 69/.766 4/1.500 19/.526 89/.537 85/.689 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 446/.640 125/.728 180/.694 161/.646 12/.167 141/.611 3/.000 146/.532 79/.796 9/1.111 25/1.006 206/.635 163/.600 .687
Road 340/.756 127/.709 152/.798 127/.735 17/.301 114/.488 6/.000 120/.506 55/1.067 5/.800 / 141/.679 111/.617
Last 28d days 135/.545 26/.626 23/.648 15/.641 27/.228 30/.519 7/.000 56/.426 4/.500 13/1.239 / 48/.601 29/.599
HR/SB/CS 17/9/7 6/6/1 2/6/2 6/6/4 0/0/1 4/4/6 0/0/0 2/1/1 5/4/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 5/4/2 3/7/1 125/107/47
Usage ····X··· X······o ········ o······o ··o··X·· ·oo····· o······· ··X·Xoo· o······· ········ ········ ·o·Xo·o· o······X

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

LAA  4.83

MIA  3.97

SDP  3.28

 RA/G

WSN  3.41

MIL  4.05

COL  5.00

 BA

J. Altuve  .343

J. Upton  .271

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

J. Bautista  .409

K. Calhoun  .330

M. Dominguez  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .580

B. McCann  .410

Z. Cozart  .305

 OPS

V. Martinez  .970

C. Utley  .745

Z. Cozart  .576

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.77

J. Collmenter  3.57

C. Lewis  5.34

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.85

V. Nuno  7.18

K. Gibson  5.28

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.