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Atlanta Braves vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Turner Field, September 23, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Turner Field
Tickets:
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
77° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Game #:
157
On This Date:
51-63
Braves
Manager:
Game #:
157
On This Date:
61-48
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    @ATL  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 PIT    @ATL  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 PIT    @ATL  7:10pm

                         All times ET
85-71, 2nd, 2½ GB, tied for WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   51-30   Road:   34-41   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  66-58   vsLHP:  19-13   1-Run:  30-29
 vsEast: 19-12   vsCntrl:35-38   vsWest: 20-12 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
148 Sat, Sep 13   CHC  L   4-6       78-70  2nd  3.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 12   CHC  W   7-3       78-69  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 
76-80, 2nd, 15½ GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-37   Road:   35-43   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  59-65   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  24-26
 vsEast: 38-35   vsCntrl:19-11   vsWest: 12-21 IL: 7-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
148 Sat, Sep 13  @TEX  L   2-3       75-73  2nd  9.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 12  @TEX  L   1-2       75-72  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 PIT  3  ATL  1        W:James McDonald (2-2), L: Paul Maholm (3-1), S: Jason Grilli (6)
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 PIT  6  ATL  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-0), L: Tim Hudson (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 2-2; 2013 - ATL won 4-3; 2012 - PIT won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1091-1017

SP: Gerrit Cole (23, RHP, 10-5, 3.85)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-5) 124.0 119 55 53 38 118 11 3.85
2013 (10-7) 117.1 109 43 42 28 100 7 3.22
Last 7 GS 4-1 43.1 37 18 17 10 45 3 3.53 57
2014-09-18 BOS W 7.0 6 2 2 0 7 0 98 64
2014-09-12 CHC W 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 2 103 55
2014-09-07 @CHC W 6.0 9 4 3 0 8 0 106 48
2014-09-01 @STL L 6.1 8 5 5 3 4 1 94 38
2014-08-26 STL ND 6.0 3 2 2 1 9 0 108 66
2014-08-20 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 97 61
2014-07-04 PHI W 5.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 80 69
Last 5 v.ATL 0-0 7.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 2.57 61
2014-08-20 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 97 61

SP: Alex Wood (23, LHP, 11-10, 2.78)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (11-10) 165.0 144 55 51 43 164 15 2.78
2013 (3-3) 77.2 76 29 27 27 77 3 3.13
Last 7 GS 3-1 48.0 33 11 11 10 45 3 2.06 66
2014-09-17 WSN W 6.0 5 1 1 1 8 1 93 65
2014-09-12 @TEX ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 0 102 72
2014-09-06 @MIA ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 5 0 107 60
2014-08-31 MIA W 8.0 5 0 0 0 12 0 101 84
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
Last 5 v.PIT 0-0 7.0 4 2 2 1 4 0 2.57 64
2014-08-20 @PIT ND 7.0 4 2 2 1 4 0 98 64
Pirates Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.68 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
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 1/no AB 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 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/91 .253/.330/.303/.633 .586/.644 .493 8/1.125 1/1 0/2
39.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
15.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 8/1.000 5/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 418/383 .231/.344/.370/.715 .265/.758 .575 63/.622 0/4 11/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 523/410 .318/.349/.498/.847 .867/.842 .869 96/.901 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 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 518/428 .288/.355/.452/.807 .731/.824 .854 84/.876 26/10 13/5
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/1.000 447/352 .297/.409/.441/.850 .718/.881 .767 83/.946 4/4 11/5
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/2.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 621/506 .310/.404/.537/.941 .879/.955 .900 103/.936 17/3 24/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 530/408 .258/.307/.388/.695 .817/.658 .710 86/.774 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/.000 308/219 .238/.311/.348/.659 .477/.734 .598 29/.678 13/5 7/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 6/1.833 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 273/133 .235/.297/.389/.685 .766/.601 .746 33/.565 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 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 335/293 .257/.332/.413/.746 .980/.713 .617 55/.733 1/1 11/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 143/107 .288/.362/.312/.674 1.045/.543 .657 15/.667 0/1 0/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 181/136 .284/.317/.337/.654 .787/.608 .709 26/.654 1/2 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 9/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.333 549/433 .272/.343/.459/.802 .754/.815 .798 101/.788 2/2 21/5
IP 165.0 40.0 57.2 82.2 11.1 59.0 51.1 16.1 10.1 51.2 48.2 TOTAL .260/.330/.403/.733 .689/.745 .713 .764 97/44 149/108
ERA-K/9 2.78/8.9 4.05/4.7 3.59/10.1 3.27/4.4 6.35/14.3 1.68/13.6 3.33/6.5 6.06/4.4 0.87/10.5 2.79/8.2 2.77/11.3 3.37/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (57-36-3)
 Sanchez (18-3-1)
 Stewart (30-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 666/.237 177/.280 246/.260 361/.263 58/.283 232/.139 214/.215 72/.295 44/.225 209/.237 197/.182 .249  Snider
 Polanco
 Marte
 Harrison
 Tabata
 McCutchen
 Lambo
 Sanchez
 Mercer
36/0/58/7
0/0/78/5
108/27/0/4
26/0/26/4
17/1/37/3
0/140/0/1
0/0/6/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .645 .754 .671 .698 .824 .428 .596 .783 .554 .654 .531 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.649 96/.706 111/.645 168/.714 28/.842 125/.433 92/.817 31/.939 21/.789 78/.501 95/.591 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 488/.644 81/.812 135/.693 193/.684 30/.807 107/.422 122/.427 41/.669 23/.356 131/.743 102/.475 .663
Home 300/.657 90/.791 125/.597 188/.609 22/.952 129/.357 112/.573 29/1.179 36/.476 104/.522 118/.474
Last 28d days 107/.517 31/.643 39/.592 38/.799 23/1.179 28/.502 31/.610 25/1.129 22/.427 13/.404 29/.561
HR/SB/CS 15/6/4 2/3/1 5/1/1 4/12/3 1/1/0 2/4/1 3/4/1 1/3/0 0/1/0 5/1/0 2/8/1 116/93/28
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o···X ··o··oo· ··X····· ·oX····o o····o·· ··X····X ·X·····o ··XX···o ········ o··X·oX·
Braves Batters (3.55 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cole
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
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/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/80 .240/.270/.250/.520 .871/.433 .574 47/.494 1/1 0/2
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/1.250 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 405/301 .267/.311/.349/.660 .985/.550 .716 49/.581 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 ··· 8/.821 ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 160/133 .199/.238/.325/.562 .481/.579 .502 27/.798 1/0 5/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.666 2/.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 684/482 .290/.387/.466/.853 .772/.887 .830 99/.772 3/3 18/5
24.Gattis G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 393/324 .269/.323/.504/.827 1.028/.783 .878 36/.632 0/0 22/5
15.Gosselin G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 119/70 .277/.314/.339/.653 .680/.633 .661 71/.603 1/2 1/2
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 4/1.167 4/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 629/474 .272/.351/.387/.738 .490/.820 .693 81/.738 19/4 11/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 5/.600 ··· 5/2.200 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 593/475 .262/.293/.355/.647 .978/.568 .621 71/.468 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 13/.154 0/0 0/2
7.La Stella* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 354/289 .252/.330/.319/.650 .839/.608 .660 50/.449 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 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 561/458 .243/.284/.333/.617 .707/.597 .633 90/.461 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 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 8/1.071 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 570/439 .207/.282/.327/.609 .556/.622 .660 57/.644 19/7 11/7
8.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 621/487 .269/.342/.484/.826 .950/.793 .941 90/.450 7/3 27/8
IP 124.0 53.1 70.0 61.1 8.0 61.2 2.0 70.0 31.2 9.1 74.0 57.1 TOTAL .241/.305/.360/.665 .714/.651 .668 .566 91/31 118/82
ERA-K/9 3.85/8.6 3.54/10.6 4.89/5.9 3.23/5.4 0.00/13.5 2.04/5.1 0.00/13.5 1.93/9.0 5.40/10.5 7.71/5.8 1.46/9.4 4.24/9.1 3.48/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bethancourt (8-4-5)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Gattis (48-13-5)
 Laird (30-11-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.255 235/.214 309/.295 266/.291 27/.080 247/.228 6/.000 274/.198 144/.264 44/.289 292/.228 245/.224 .247  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Bonifacio
 Doumit
 Terdoslavich
 Gosselin
 Constanza
0/0/144/9
0/136/0/8
145/0/0/4
4/62/6/2
8/0/9/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .721 .681 .731 .809 .228 .610 .000 .478 .794 .785 .605 .640 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 260/.733 112/.643 129/.783 107/1.071 15/.267 109/.610 3/.000 128/.418 67/.792 19/.526 88/.544 84/.698 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.708 123/.713 180/.694 159/.641 12/.167 138/.610 3/.000 146/.532 77/.791 25/1.006 204/.631 161/.608 .684
Road 241/.793 123/.707 152/.798 123/.732 17/.301 111/.482 5/.000 120/.506 51/1.116 / 138/.679 108/.635
Last 28d days 107/.766 22/.596 23/.648 11/.573 27/.228 27/.502 6/.000 60/.431 / / 47/.569 26/.669
HR/SB/CS 11/21/3 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 5/4/2 3/7/1 124/105/46
Usage ····X··· ·····o·· ········ ·····o·· o··X··X· o·····o· ······o· X·Xoo·X· ········ ········ ·Xo·o·X· ·····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

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.