Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > ATL @ WSN, Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 7, 2013 @Nationals Park

Braves, 69-45, 69-45 1st, 14½ up

SP: Kris Medlen (27, RHP, 8-10, 3.85)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-10) 131.0 145 65 56 35 102 15 3.85
2012 (10-1) 138.0 103 26 24 23 120 6 1.57
2011 (0-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 4-3 39.2 54 27 26 10 31 6 5.90 43
2013-08-02 @PHI W 6.0 6 4 4 1 8 3 96 51
2013-07-28 STL W 6.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 95 51
2013-07-23 @NYM L 5.1 7 4 4 1 4 0 87 41
2013-07-12 CIN L 4.0 9 4 4 1 4 0 90 31
2013-07-07 @PHI L 5.1 8 7 6 3 5 1 90 28
2013-07-02 MIA W 6.0 9 3 3 2 1 1 89 41
2013-06-25 @KCR W 7.0 7 3 3 1 5 1 93 55
Last 5 v.WSN 1-1 21.0 19 4 4 5 28 1 1.71 67
2013-05-02 WSN L 7.0 7 3 3 3 8 0 104 56
2012-09-14 WSN ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 13 1 96 75
2012-08-22 @WSN W 7.0 7 0 0 1 7 0 103 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-15   Road:   31-30   ExtrInn: 9-4 
 vsRHP:  50-33   vsLHP:  19-12   1-Run:  18-12
 vsEast: 28-16   vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest: 18-12 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Tue, Aug  6  @WSN  W   2-1       69-45  1st 14.5 up
113 Mon, Aug  5  @WSN  W   3-2       68-45  1st 13.5 up
112 Sun, Aug  4  @PHI  W   4-1       67-45  1st 12.5 up
111 Sat, Aug  3  @PHI  W   5-4 (12)  66-45  1st 11.5 up
110 Fri, Aug  2  @PHI  W   6-4       65-45  1st 11.5 up
109 Thu, Aug  1   COL  W  11-2       64-45  1st 11.5 up
108 Wed, Jul 31   COL  W   9-0       63-45  1st 11.0 up
107 Tue, Jul 30   COL  W  11-3       62-45  1st 10.0 up
106 Mon, Jul 29   COL  W   9-8 (10)  61-45  1st  9.0 up
105 Sun, Jul 28   STL  W   5-2       60-45  1st  8.5 up
 Last 10:10-0    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Nationals, 54-59, 54-59 2nd, 14½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (27, RHP, 13-6, 3.06)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-6) 147.0 128 54 50 27 109 14 3.06
2012 (12-8) 195.2 186 69 64 43 153 18 2.94
2011 (8-11) 161.1 154 62 57 31 124 12 3.18
Last 7 GS 3-3 39.1 43 23 23 12 33 6 5.26 48
2013-08-02 @MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 4 5 0 100 65
2013-07-26 NYM L 6.2 6 5 5 3 8 2 118 47
2013-07-21 LAD L 2.0 8 7 7 2 1 2 58 11
2013-07-11 @PHI L 6.1 8 2 2 0 6 0 79 55
2013-07-06 SDP ND 5.1 5 3 3 1 4 0 101 49
2013-07-01 MIL W 6.0 9 4 4 0 5 2 88 43
2013-06-26 ARI W 7.0 3 2 2 2 4 0 102 65
Last 5 v.ATL 2-1 30.1 22 11 10 8 28 3 2.97 59
2013-05-01 @ATL W 8.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 107 86
2012-08-20 ATL ND 5.0 8 4 4 2 2 1 102 35
2011-05-12 @ATL ND 6.1 5 3 3 2 11 1 103 60
2011-04-03 ATL L 6.0 4 3 2 3 2 0 84 53
2010-09-24 ATL W 5.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 83 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-27   Road:   23-32   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  39-44   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 20-23   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest: 13-13 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug  6   ATL  L   1-2       54-59  2nd 14.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  5   ATL  L   2-3       54-58  2nd 13.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  4  @MIL  L   5-8       54-57  2nd 12.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  3  @MIL  W   3-0       54-56  2nd 11.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  2  @MIL  W   4-1       53-56  2nd 11.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 31  @DET  L   1-11      52-56  2nd 11.0 gb
107 Tue, Jul 30  @DET  L   1-5       52-55  2nd 10.0 gb
106 Sun, Jul 28   NYM  W  14-1       52-54  2nd  8.5 gb
105 Sat, Jul 27   NYM  W   4-1       51-54  2nd  8.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 26   NYM  W   2-1       50-54  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 ATL  2 @WSN  1        W:Julio Teheran (9-5), L: Gio Gonzalez (7-5), S: Craig Kimbrel (35)
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 ATL  3 @WSN  2        W:David Carpenter (3-0), L: Tyler Clippard (6-2), S: Jordan Walden (1)
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 ATL  6  WSN  3        W:Paul Maholm (7-4), L: Nate Karns (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (17)
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 ATL  2  WSN  1 (10)   W:Jordan Walden (2-1), L: Henry Rodriguez (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 31, 2013 WSN  3 @ATL  2        W:Craig Stammen (3-1), L: Julio Teheran (3-2), S: Rafael Soriano (15)
Thu, May 02, 2013 WSN  3 @ATL  1        W:Dan Haren (3-3), L: Kris Medlen (1-4), S: Rafael Soriano (9)
Wed, May 01, 2013 WSN  2 @ATL  0        W:Jordan Zimmermann (5-1), L: Paul Maholm (3-3), S: Rafael Soriano (8)
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 ATL  8  WSN  1        W:Tim Hudson (3-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (2-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 29, 2013 ATL  3  WSN  2        W:Jordan Walden (1-0), L: Tyler Clippard (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (9)
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 ATL  9 @WSN  0        W:Paul Maholm (3-0), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - ATL over 9-3; 2012 - WSN won 10-8; 2011 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - ATL leads 323-290

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 2013 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
Braves Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB
58.Abad*
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
38.Jordan
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
52.Mattheus
G/S/vB
29.Soriano
G/S/vB
35.Stammen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 25/17 .160/.160/.160/.320 .000/.471 .200 25/.320 0/1 0/0
30.Cunningham# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 .667/.667 .000 6/.667 0/0 0/0
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 11/.614 1/.000 11/.637 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 2/.000 3/.000 432/300 .309/.387/.474/.860 .743/.913 .719 92/.868 1/0 13/8
24.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 254/182 .246/.299/.491/.791 .892/.751 .800 71/.543 0/0 15/5
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 9/.958 ··· 10/1.575 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 7/.572 353/256 .234/.339/.386/.725 .703/.734 .661 66/.872 2/4 10/0
4.Janish G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 3/.333 6/3 .000/.167/.000/.167 .333/.000 .333 4/.250 0/0 0/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 7/.000 370/267 .338/.378/.468/.847 .933/.813 .835 97/.805 0/0 7/13
16.McCann* G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 13/.237 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.000 9/.000 273/194 .280/.363/.523/.886 .577/1.020 .826 79/.878 0/1 16/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/.000 483/362 .243/.285/.364/.649 .671/.642 .616 101/.748 5/4 11/8
25.Terdoslavich# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/35 .286/.348/.381/.729 1.101/.619 .564 41/.771 1/0 0/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 17/.364 1/no AB 18/.611 ··· ··· 4/.500 15/1.471 22/.618 440/336 .193/.309/.404/.713 .680/.723 .783 96/.618 1/0 21/10
2.Upton G/S/vP 6/.000 1/5.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.334 6/.533 6/.334 336/244 .188/.275/.307/.583 .518/.608 .544 22/.714 10/4 8/4
8.Upton G/S/vP 11/.855 2/.000 5/1.850 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 3/.000 8/.583 468/342 .267/.358/.473/.830 .972/.782 .887 89/.930 7/1 20/4
IP 147.0 25.0 49.2 40.2 20.0 20.2 46.1 59.2 TOTAL .253/.326/.412/.738 .709/.749 .704 .748 38/21 137/63
ERA-K/9 3.06/6.7 2.16/8.3 1.99/9.6 3.76/5.1 2.25/7.2 5.23/6.1 2.91/6.8 3.47/7.8 3.71/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gattis (15-7-2)
 McCann (30-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 592/.231 108/.272 193/.144 171/.283 78/.222 94/.317 192/.250 253/.274 .251  Heyward
 Upton
 Gattis
 Upton
 Constanza
 Cunningham
 Terdoslavich
0/12/71/4
0/86/0/2
23/0/0/2
82/0/27/1
8/2/0/0
5/0/0/0
6/0/2/0
OPS .643 .626 .486 .688 .593 .761 .660 .718 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 313/.650 41/.659 100/.424 70/.755 36/.465 42/.989 78/.794 96/.825 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.635 67/.604 93/.554 101/.638 42/.703 52/.564 114/.573 157/.651 .695
Home 344/.608 53/.454 99/.467 79/.607 43/.593 49/.716 109/.668 127/.875
Last 28d days 97/.967 37/.817 39/.457 102/.696 30/.968 21/.961 36/.821 49/.554
HR/SB/CS 14/11/4 0/2/0 5/2/0 2/3/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 3/6/1 99/75/10
Usage ····X··· ··o····X ·X·oX··· ··X····· o·····X· ·X··o·o· ···oo··· o·X···X·
Nationals Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Medlen
G/S/vB
43.Avilan*
G/S/vB
20.Ayala
G/S/vB
48.Carpenter
G/S/vB
32.Downs*
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
38.Varvaro
G/S/vB
52.Walden
G/S/vB
58.Wood*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
33.Bernadina* G/S/vP 7/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 163/145 .181/.247/.275/.522 .284/.552 .645 13/.397 3/0 2/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP 12/.916 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/no AB 10/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 457/354 .273/.330/.466/.796 .783/.799 .824 87/.678 15/3 16/12
7.Hairston G/S/vP 9/.555 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 136/29 .174/.235/.405/.640 .726/.326 .853 18/.472 2/0 8/1
34.Harper* G/S/vP 11/.773 7/.453 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 312/219 .271/.365/.526/.891 .559/1.033 .978 89/.837 6/4 17/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 15/.762 6/.000 6/.367 ··· 3/.000 8/.375 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 419/313 .235/.315/.418/.733 .552/.796 .764 80/.576 3/1 16/7
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP 6/.900 6/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 223/158 .249/.259/.315/.574 .531/.591 .610 35/.714 2/3 0/2
40.Ramos G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 134/103 .283/.321/.496/.817 .789/.826 .749 62/.714 0/1 7/5
6.Rendon G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 242/176 .265/.311/.399/.710 .808/.675 .666 77/.488 1/0 5/12
2.Span* G/S/vP 4/2.083 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.750 1/.000 2/.000 6/.800 ··· 454/339 .263/.315/.363/.678 .390/.775 .773 83/.694 10/5 2/0
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 9/.222 2/.000 2/1.000 7/1.000 ··· 263/212 .218/.276/.311/.587 .573/.590 .590 23/.364 2/0 3/5
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 8/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 106/99 .176/.208/.294/.502 1.000/.466 .391 21/.762 0/2 3/2
28.Werth G/S/vP 16/.583 3/.333 7/.286 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.536 ··· ··· ··· 326/252 .314/.387/.505/.892 1.118/.824 .842 84/1.087 5/0 15/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 12/.334 4/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 1/3.000 8/.393 5/.800 2/2.500 ··· 416/301 .272/.344/.431/.775 .820/.758 .764 93/.603 5/0 12/17
IP 131.0 46.2 17.0 42.2 33.0 44.1 49.2 39.0 39.1 TOTAL .241/.300/.385/.685 .627/.705 .718 .668 54/22 106/77
ERA-K/9 3.85/7.0 1.16/5.0 3.18/6.9 1.90/10.1 1.64/7.1 1.22/14.2 3.08/5.1 2.31/10.6 3.20/9.4 3.25/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramos (20-4-3)
 Suzuki (49-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 572/.280 182/.161 74/.294 170/.203 136/.244 171/.163 205/.220 158/.201 158/.230 .243  Harper
 Werth
 Bernadina
 Span
 Hairston
 Lombardozzi
57/4/13/6
0/0/81/5
29/6/25/4
0/106/0/4
7/0/30/2
23/0/0/1
OPS .779 .434 .748 .556 .634 .506 .606 .531 .585 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 304/.763 83/.413 29/.699 64/.643 60/.464 88/.549 97/.523 77/.439 49/.496 .650
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.797 99/.452 45/.775 106/.504 76/.780 83/.460 108/.681 81/.618 109/.623 .694
Road 295/.795 96/.436 43/.869 95/.579 59/.956 90/.578 101/.733 76/.611 79/.551
Last 28d days 95/.913 37/.506 32/.654 54/.461 33/.804 40/.258 32/.675 39/.525 82/.559
HR/SB/CS 15/8/4 0/1/1 1/2/1 2/3/3 1/1/0 3/2/2 2/2/0 1/8/0 1/1/2 89/56/26
Usage ····X··· Xo·X·o·· ··Xo··X· ·X·ooo·· ··oo·o·· X·XoX··· ·····o·X Xo·oo··· ··X····X

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.