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Boston Red Sox vs. Atlanta Braves, at Fenway Park, May 28, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Fenway Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Fenway Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
70° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
52
On This Date:
59-53
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
52
On This Date:
54-45
Season Series
Mon, May 26, 2014 BOS  8 @ATL  6     
Tue, May 27, 2014 BOS  6 @ATL  3     

Wed, May 28, 2014 ATL    @BOS  7:10pm
Thu, May 29, 2014 ATL    @BOS  7:10pm

                         All times ET
Atlanta Braves
28-23, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-12   Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  22-20   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:  12-7 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:13-6    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Tue, May 27   BOS  L   3-6       28-23  1st  1.5 up
 50 Mon, May 26   BOS  L   6-8       28-22  1st  2.0 up
 49 Sun, May 25   COL  W   7-0       28-21  1st  3.0 up
 48 Sat, May 24   COL  L   1-3       27-21  1st  2.0 up
 47 Fri, May 23   COL  W   3-2       27-20  1st  3.0 up
 46 Thu, May 22   MIL  W   5-4       26-20  1st  2.0 up
 45 Wed, May 21   MIL  L   1-6       25-20  1st  1.5 up
 44 Tue, May 20   MIL  W   5-0       25-19  1st  1.5 up
 43 Mon, May 19   MIL  W   9-3       24-19  1st  1.5 up
 42 Sun, May 18  @STL  W   6-5       23-19  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Boston Red Sox
22-29, 4th, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-17   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  12-22   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   5-12
 vsEast:  9-17   vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Tue, May 27  @ATL  W   6-3       22-29  4th  8.0 gb
 50 Mon, May 26  @ATL  W   8-6       21-29  5th  8.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 25  @TBR  L   5-8       20-29  5th  8.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 24  @TBR  L   5-6 (15)  20-28  5th  7.0 gb
 47 Fri, May 23  @TBR  L   0-1       20-27  4th  6.0 gb
 46 Thu, May 22   TOR  L   2-7       20-26  4th  5.0 gb
 45 Wed, May 21   TOR  L   4-6       20-25  4th  4.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 20   TOR  L   4-7       20-24  4th  3.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18   DET  L   2-6       20-23  4th  3.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 17   DET  L   1-6       20-22  4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 27, 2014 BOS  6 @ATL  3        W:Jon Lester (5-6), L: Anthony Varvaro (1-1), S: Koji Uehara (11)
Mon, May 26, 2014 BOS  8 @ATL  6        W:Edward Mujica (2-1), L: Ian Thomas (1-2), S: Koji Uehara (10)

Sun, Jun 24, 2012 BOS  9  ATL  4        W:Aaron Cook (1-1), L: Mike Minor (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 23, 2012 BOS  8  ATL  4        W:Franklin Morales (1-1), L: Randall Delgado (4-8), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2012 ATL  4 @BOS  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (1-2), L: Jon Lester (4-5), S: Craig Kimbrel (21)
Sun, Jun 28, 2009 ATL  2  BOS  1        W:Tommy Hanson (4-0), L: Brad Penny (6-3), S: Mike Gonzalez (9)
Sat, Jun 27, 2009 BOS  1 @ATL  0        W:Tim Wakefield (10-3), L: Javier Vazquez (5-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (18)
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 BOS  4 @ATL  1        W:Josh Beckett (9-3), L: Jair Jurrjens (5-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 BOS  6  ATL  5        W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-1), L: Jeff Bennett (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 BOS  3  ATL  0        W:Josh Beckett (8-3), L: Derek Lowe (7-5), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - BOS over 2-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - BOS won 2-1; All-Time - Tied 28-28

SP: Gavin Floyd (31, RHP, 0-1, 2.49)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 25.1 27 11 7 5 24 2 2.49
2013 (0-4) 24.1 27 15 14 12 25 4 5.18
2012 (12-11) 168.0 166 84 80 63 144 22 4.29
Last 7 GS 0-3 38.1 41 18 14 13 37 5 3.29 52
2014-05-23 COL ND 6.2 7 2 2 0 7 1 102 59
2014-05-18 @STL ND 5.1 7 4 1 3 4 0 95 45
2014-05-12 @SFG L 6.1 7 4 3 0 8 1 92 53
2014-05-06 STL ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 104 64
2013-04-27 TBR L 2.2 2 2 2 2 1 1 46 45
2013-04-21 MIN ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 96 65
2013-04-15 @TOR L 4.1 9 4 4 3 6 2 99 32
Last 5 v.BOS 5-0 34.1 23 8 8 6 32 3 2.10 65
2012-04-29 BOS W 6.2 3 1 1 1 9 0 111 72
2011-07-29 BOS W 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 105 71
2011-06-01 @BOS W 6.2 9 4 4 1 1 1 97 40
2010-09-04 @BOS W 6.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 115 61
2009-09-05 BOS W 8.0 3 1 1 0 11 1 106 83

SP: John Lackey (35, RHP, 5-3, 3.58)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-3) 65.1 67 28 26 14 59 7 3.58
2013 (10-13) 189.1 179 80 74 40 161 26 3.52
2011 (12-12) 160.0 203 119 114 56 108 20 6.41
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.2 49 19 18 11 42 2 3.47 55
2014-05-23 @TBR ND 7.0 5 0 0 1 3 0 108 69
2014-05-17 DET L 5.1 9 6 5 2 4 1 96 30
2014-05-11 @TEX W 7.0 7 2 2 0 9 1 105 64
2014-05-04 OAK ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 107 55
2014-04-29 TBR W 8.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 112 66
2014-04-23 NYY W 8.0 7 1 1 0 11 0 111 75
2014-04-18 BAL L 5.1 10 6 6 4 6 0 100 26
Last 5 v.ATL 0-0 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 1 3.00 55
2005-06-06 @ATL ND 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 1 92 55

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

Braves Batters (3.43 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 55.Capuano*
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 54.Mujica
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 67.Workman
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 10/.311 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 53/41 .231/.245/.327/.572 .583/.568 .478 22/.773 0/0 1/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 17/.236 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 220/153 .305/.395/.526/.922 .958/.904 1.001 106/.874 0/2 9/3
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/118 .248/.295/.527/.822 1.323/.735 .762 63/.792 0/0 10/5
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 9/.365 3/.666 10/.200 8/.833 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 220/164 .240/.332/.339/.670 .615/.688 .631 105/.738 8/2 4/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 20/1.117 5/.650 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 194/162 .263/.284/.349/.633 .955/.572 .772 98/.675 1/0 2/3
11.Laird G/S/vP 32/.256 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 67/49 .217/.299/.267/.565 .572/.562 .483 38/.595 0/0 0/0
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/20 .200/.300/.257/.557 .873/.217 .583 32/.505 1/0 0/1
14.Pena# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 75/61 .164/.243/.299/.542 .846/.470 .584 52/.455 0/0 2/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/27 .103/.188/.172/.360 1.000/.235 .497 16/.143 3/0 0/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 185/154 .266/.286/.407/.693 .968/.636 .666 91/.597 0/2 4/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 29/.476 ··· 7/.000 1/no AB 5/1.400 ··· 126/106 .177/.254/.257/.511 .618/.489 .626 29/.325 0/0 2/7
2.Upton G/S/vP 30/.681 5/.400 5/.650 4/.500 10/1.400 5/.000 1/.000 12/.417 ··· 197/142 .210/.286/.347/.632 .573/.649 .578 93/.685 8/2 4/2
8.Upton G/S/vP 6/.500 8/1.625 ··· 18/.980 11/.582 15/1.767 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 205/162 .311/.392/.605/.997 1.603/.856 .631 100/.949 5/0 13/4
IP 65.1 29.2 17.0 27.0 23.2 19.0 23.0 20.2 11.1 TOTAL .237/.300/.381/.681 .857/.631 .656 .671 25/8 51/29
ERA-K/9 3.58/8.1 2.12/4.5 5.29/6.9 2.00/8.3 2.66/14.1 6.63/5.7 2.35/7.8 0.87/13.5 3.18/8.0 3.99/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Gattis (19-7-1)
 Laird (6-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 273/.263 123/.286 79/.313 111/.202 97/.193 84/.312 95/.250 78/.203 47/.214 .266  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Doumit
 Schafer
0/0/49/4
48/0/0/2
0/48/0/1
3/0/3/0
7/6/1/0
OPS .713 .756 .813 .562 .519 .895 .658 .545 .610 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.643 48/.814 32/.808 40/.566 34/.555 33/.925 38/.705 37/.197 15/.624 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.802 75/.719 47/.816 71/.558 63/.500 51/.873 57/.627 41/.854 32/.603 .766
Home 170/.711 84/.652 41/.821 55/.692 47/.358 53/1.131 49/.672 47/.586 20/.361
Last 28d days 107/.702 54/.610 49/.769 58/.758 55/.491 38/.845 50/.664 39/.542 23/.798
HR/SB/CS 7/8/1 1/1/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 4/4/1 2/0/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 49/28/11
Usage ····X··· ·X·Xoo·X o·XX·X·o ·o·X··X· oo·oo·X· ·oXX···X Xo·XoX·X oo·o··o· ··X·····
Red Sox Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Floyd
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 57.Hale
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 58.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 40.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 204/142 .277/.373/.401/.774 .935/.705 .788 98/.782 1/2 3/6
25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 168/109 .201/.286/.289/.574 .569/.576 .619 78/.415 4/0 0/0
37.Carp* G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 74/59 .231/.324/.308/.632 .481/.672 .705 39/.627 0/1 0/0
5.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 130/67 .236/.331/.418/.749 .923/.593 .825 57/.762 0/0 5/2
10.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 50/36 .171/.277/.171/.447 .322/.494 .618 11/.347 0/2 0/1
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 72/44 .313/.352/.406/.758 1.003/.614 .836 44/.693 2/0 0/4
20.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 0/0 0/
29.Nava# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 82/58 .137/.232/.247/.478 .212/.596 .425 7/.143 1/0 2/3
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 26/1.106 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 213/139 .269/.366/.511/.877 .982/.824 .743 105/.959 0/0 12/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 24/.542 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 235/164 .278/.353/.392/.746 .847/.704 .750 115/.821 2/4 2/1
40.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 157/111 .267/.301/.390/.692 .444/.790 .707 76/.677 0/0 4/2
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/29 .172/.238/.310/.548 .708/.379 .500 32/.485 0/1 2/3
38.Sizemore* G/S/vP 24/.565 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 156/115 .227/.295/.362/.657 .432/.738 .590 76/.678 4/0 2/0
IP 25.1 16.2 22.1 38.2 18.1 10.1 18.0 53.0 TOTAL .242/.325/.373/.698 .727/.684 .718 .676 16/11 40/32
ERA-K/9 2.49/8.5 4.86/6.5 2.42/10.9 1.40/4.4 1.96/17.7 4.35/11.4 3.00/11.5 3.23/9.3 2.95/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (16-8-3)
 Ross (12-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 108/.273 76/.313 94/.250 156/.203 76/.167 48/.250 69/.212 218/.271 .238  Bradley
 Sizemore
 Nava
 Gomes
 Carp
1/41/6/4
24/16/4/3
3/0/17/1
30/0/9/1
11/0/0/0
OPS .691 .760 .650 .548 .464 .615 .565 .714 .646
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.853 38/.651 38/.661 74/.626 40/.560 26/.748 16/.688 56/.769 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.543 38/.874 56/.643 82/.481 36/.356 22/.452 53/.524 162/.695 .620
Road 54/.769 37/.773 42/.736 71/.696 23/.499 21/.619 22/.909 128/.748
Last 28d days 108/.691 36/.558 46/.656 50/.466 30/.311 25/.811 40/.507 61/.859
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/2/0 2/1/0 0/4/3 0/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 6/2/2 35/32/11
Usage ····X··· Xoo·o·o· ·X··oo·· XX·X···· ····oX·· oX···o·· o·oo··o· ·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  5.06

BOS  4.10

SDP  3.19

 RA/G

OAK  3.15

DET  4.29

ARI  5.02

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .373

E. Encarnacion  .263

B. Miller  .151

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .476

J. Kubel  .331

J. Gyorko  .214

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .711

H. Kendrick  .405

B. Miller  .247

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.187

D. Wright  .739

B. Miller  .476

 ERA

A. Wainwright  1.67

T. Roark  3.47

K. Correia  6.34

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

A. Cashner  7.38

C. Young  3.77

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.