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Boston Red Sox vs. Atlanta Braves, at Fenway Park, May 29, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Fenway Park

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Fenway Park

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

69° (based on last ten years)

Braves

Manager:

Fredi Gonzalez

Game #:

On This Date:

49-54

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

On This Date:

46-59

Season Series
Mon, May 26, 2014 BOS  8 @ATL  6     
Tue, May 27, 2014 BOS  6 @ATL  3     
Wed, May 28, 2014 BOS  4  ATL  0     

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

                         All times ET

Atlanta Braves

28-24, 1st, ½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-12   Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  22-21   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:  12-7 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:13-6    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Wed, May 28  @BOS  L   0-4       28-24  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Boston Red Sox

23-29, 4th, 8 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   11-17   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  13-22   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   5-12
 vsEast:  9-17   vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 5-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Wed, May 28   ATL  W   4-0       23-29  4th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 28, 2014 BOS  4  ATL  0        W:John Lackey (6-3), L: Gavin Floyd (0-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2014 - BOS over 3-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - BOS won 2-1; All-Time - BOS leads 29-28

SP: Mike Minor (26, LHP, 2-3, 3.90)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (2-3)			30.0	30	13	13	9	27	6	3.90
2013 (13-9)			204.2	177	79	73	46	181	22	3.21
2012 (11-10)			179.1	151	88	82	56	145	26	4.12

Last 7 GS		2-5	43.0	43	18	18	12	39	8	3.77	53
2014-05-24	COL	L	6.1	4	3	3	3	6	2	103	56
2014-05-19	MIL	W	6.2	5	2	2	2	5	1	112	59
2014-05-13	@SFG	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	6	0	110	72
2014-05-07	STL	L	4.1	11	6	6	2	6	1	91	21
2014-05-02	SFG	L	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	2	80	54
2013-09-28	PHI	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	104	57
2013-09-23	MIL	L	7.0	8	3	3	0	6	2	96	55

Last 5 v.BOS		0-1	4.2	6	7	4	3	4	3	7.71	31
2012-06-24	@BOS	L	4.2	6	7	4	3	4	3	94	31

SP: Jake Peavy (33, RHP, 1-2, 4.65)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (1-2)			60.0	62	31	31	28	48	9	4.65
2013 (12-5)			144.2	130	70	67	36	121	20	4.17
2012 (11-12)			219.0	191	88	82	49	194	27	3.37

Last 7 GS		1-2	41.1	50	27	27	18	28	6	5.88	43
2014-05-24	@TBR	ND	6.0	8	5	5	1	5	0	99	40
2014-05-18	DET	L	6.0	11	5	5	0	2	1	92	32
2014-05-13	@MIN	ND	4.1	9	6	6	2	1	1	91	20
2014-05-07	CIN	ND	6.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	97	52
2014-05-01	TBR	L	6.1	3	2	2	5	4	1	113	58
2014-04-25	@TOR	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	113	68
2014-04-20	BAL	ND	5.2	10	5	5	4	5	1	102	30

Last 5 v.ATL		2-3	33.0	27	15	13	9	41	5	3.55	59
2013-07-20	ATL	W	6.0	7	4	2	0	3	1	96	49
2008-07-11	ATL	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	104	75
2006-07-16	ATL	L	6.0	9	7	7	5	7	2	95	28
2006-05-22	ATL	L	7.0	3	2	2	1	16	1	114	78
2006-04-15	@ATL	L	7.0	4	2	2	2	8	1	111	67

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

Braves Batters (3.37 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Peavy
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 52.Wilson
G/S/vB 67.Workman
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Doumit# G/S/vP 15/.467 2/.000 2/.000 10/.311 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 57/45 .214/.228/.304/.532 .583/.517 .407 26/.654 0/0 1/1

5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 18/.222 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 224/156 .304/.393/.526/.919 .943/.906 .990 105/.915 0/2 9/3

24.Gattis G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 143/122 .248/.294/.519/.813 1.323/.727 .746 63/.681 0/0 10/5

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 9/.365 4/.500 11/.182 8/.833 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 225/167 .239/.329/.335/.664 .593/.688 .618 105/.738 8/2 4/1

23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 20/1.117 5/.650 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 198/165 .263/.283/.347/.630 .988/.561 .759 98/.619 1/0 2/3

11.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 67/49 .217/.299/.267/.565 .572/.562 .483 38/.595 0/0 0/0

14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 79/64 .183/.256/.310/.566 .786/.513 .675 55/.506 0/0 2/1

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/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 185/154 .266/.286/.407/.693 .968/.636 .666 87/.609 0/2 4/2

26.Uggla G/S/vP 16/.956 4/.500 2/.000 29/.476 ··· 7/.000 1/no AB 5/1.400 ··· ··· 126/106 .177/.254/.257/.511 .618/.489 .626 25/.380 0/0 2/7

2.Upton G/S/vP 9/.708 5/.400 5/.650 5/.650 10/1.400 5/.000 1/.000 12/.417 ··· ··· 201/145 .207/.285/.341/.626 .584/.635 .565 92/.633 8/2 4/2

8.Upton G/S/vP 9/1.889 8/1.625 ··· 18/.980 11/.582 15/1.767 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 209/166 .309/.389/.602/.992 1.603/.853 .637 100/.949 5/0 13/4

IP 60.0 29.2 18.0 27.2 23.2 19.0 24.0 20.2 1.0 11.1 TOTAL .237/.300/.379/.679 .850/.631 .652 .662 25/8 51/30

ERA-K/9

4.65/7.2

2.12/4.5

5.00/6.5

1.95/8.1

2.66/14.1

6.63/5.7

2.25/8.2

0.87/13.5

0.00/0.0

3.18/8.0

3.91/8.2

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 262/.270 123/.286 83/.310 114/.198 97/.193 84/.312 98/.242 78/.203 4/.000 47/.214 .266 Heyward
Upton
Upton
Doumit
Schafer 0/0/50/4
49/0/0/2
0/49/0/1
3/0/3/0
7/6/1/0

OPS .823 .756 .797 .558 .519 .895 .637 .545 .250 .610 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.708 48/.814 34/.757 42/.538 34/.555 33/.925 39/.686 37/.197 / 15/.624 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 139/.925 75/.719 49/.824 72/.568 63/.500 51/.873 59/.605 41/.854 4/.250 32/.603 .762

Home 160/.852 84/.652 45/.791 58/.678 47/.358 53/1.131 52/.631 47/.586 / 20/.361

Last 28d days 101/.950 49/.632 53/.747 59/.744 51/.491 38/.845 46/.608 35/.393 4/.250 23/.798

HR/SB/CS 9/2/3 1/1/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 4/4/1 2/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 49/28/11

Usage ····X··· ··X·Xoo· oo·XX·X· o·o·X··X ·oo·oo·X ··oXX··· oXo·XoX· ·oo·o··o ···o···· ···X····

Red Sox Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Minor*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 209/146 .287/.383/.414/.797 .919/.746 .833 94/.831 1/2 3/6

25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 172/111 .209/.291/.301/.591 .602/.585 .651 75/.486 4/0 0/0

37.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 2/1.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 134/69 .248/.343/.425/.768 .950/.605 .857 56/.815 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 2/.000 77/47 .290/.329/.377/.706 .928/.574 .746 49/.619 2/0 0/4

20.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

29.Nava# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 84/60 .133/.226/.240/.466 .212/.574 .400 9/.111 1/0 2/3

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 217/142 .270/.369/.508/.877 .967/.831 .746 99/.972 0/0 12/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.167 1/2.000 240/168 .276/.350/.388/.738 .864/.686 .736 110/.829 2/4 2/1

40.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 161/114 .273/.306/.393/.700 .479/.787 .721 74/.714 0/0 4/2

3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/29 .172/.238/.310/.548 .708/.379 .500 30/.519 0/1 2/3

38.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 160/117 .231/.306/.364/.670 .489/.737 .617 75/.688 4/0 2/0

IP 30.0 16.2 22.1 38.2 18.1 10.2 18.1 55.2 TOTAL .244/.327/.373/.701 .733/.686 .722 .686 16/11 40/32

ERA-K/9

3.90/8.1

4.86/6.5

2.42/10.9

1.40/4.4

1.96/17.7

4.22/10.9

2.95/11.3

3.40/9.4

2.96/8.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 128/.256 76/.313 94/.250 156/.203 76/.167 48/.250 71/.221 232/.279 .240 Bradley
Sizemore
Nava
Gomes
Carp 1/42/6/4
24/16/5/3
3/0/17/1
31/0/9/1
11/0/0/0

OPS .788 .760 .650 .548 .464 .615 .577 .731 .649

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 16/.785 38/.651 38/.661 74/.626 40/.560 26/.748 16/.688 64/.806 .683

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.788 38/.874 56/.643 82/.481 36/.356 22/.452 55/.542 168/.702 .625

Road 25/.461 37/.773 42/.736 71/.696 23/.499 21/.619 24/.917 142/.772

Last 28d days 128/.788 35/.575 42/.623 50/.466 30/.311 22/.714 39/.520 75/.885

HR/SB/CS 6/1/0 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· oo·oo··o X·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 5.02

BOS 4.10

SDP 3.24

RA/G

OAK 3.11

DET 4.27

ARI 5.04

T. Tulowitzki .369

N. Aoki .264

C. Santana .159

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .471

C. Yelich .330

J. Gyorko .218

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .702

J. Smoak .406

W. Venable .263

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.174

D. Pedroia .738

J. Gyorko .506

ERA

A. Wainwright 1.67

T. Milone 3.50

K. Correia 6.34

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 10.67

P. Hughes 7.34

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.