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Cincinnati Reds vs. Atlanta Braves, at Great American Ball Park, August 24, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Start Time:

1:10et (local)

Venue:

Great American Ball Park

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Great American Ball Park

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

85° (based on last ten years)

Braves

Manager:

Fredi Gonzalez

Game #:

131

On This Date:

60-64

Reds

Manager:

Bryan Price

Game #:

132

On This Date:

64-62

Season Series
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 ATL  5  CIN  4     
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 ATL  4  CIN  1     
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 ATL  1  CIN  0 (10)
Thu, Aug 21, 2014 ATL  8 @CIN  0     
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 ATL  3 @CIN  1 (12)
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 CIN  1  ATL  0     

Sun, Aug 24, 2014 ATL    @CIN  1:10pm

                         All times ET

Atlanta Braves

68-62, 2nd, 7 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   37-28   Road:   31-34   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  52-52   vsLHP:  16-10   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 30-22   vsCntrl:19-9    vsWest: 12-21 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sat, Aug 23  @CIN  L   0-1       68-62  2nd  7.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 22  @CIN  W   3-1 (12)  68-61  2nd  6.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 21  @CIN  W   8-0       67-61  2nd  7.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @PIT  L   2-3       66-61  2nd  7.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @PIT  W  11-3       66-60  2nd  6.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @PIT  W   7-3       65-60  2nd  6.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   OAK  W   4-3       64-60  2nd  6.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   OAK  W   4-3       63-60  2nd  6.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   OAK  W   7-2       62-60  2nd  6.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   LAD  L   4-6       61-60  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Cincinnati Reds

62-68, 4th, 9½ GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-31   Road:   29-37   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  47-53   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  19-31
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl:28-23   vsWest: 16-18 IL: 6-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sat, Aug 23   ATL  W   1-0       62-68  4th  9.5 gb
129 Fri, Aug 22   ATL  L   1-3 (12)  61-68  4th 10.5 gb
128 Thu, Aug 21   ATL  L   0-8       61-67  4th 10.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @STL  L   3-7       61-66  4th 10.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @STL  L   4-5       61-65  4th 10.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @STL  L   5-6 (10)  61-64  4th  9.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17  @COL  L   5-10      61-63  4th  8.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17  @COL  L   9-10      61-62  4th  8.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15  @COL  W   3-2       61-61  4th  6.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14  @COL  L   3-7       60-61  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 CIN  1  ATL  0        W:Mike Leake (10-11), L: Ervin Santana (13-7), S: Aroldis Chapman (27)
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 ATL  3 @CIN  1 (12)   W:David Hale (4-4), L: Manny Parra (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (38)
Thu, Aug 21, 2014 ATL  8 @CIN  0        W:Julio Teheran (12-9), L: David Holmberg (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 ATL  1  CIN  0 (10)   W:Ian Thomas (1-0), L: J.J. Hoover (1-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 ATL  4  CIN  1        W:David Hale (1-0), L: Mike Leake (2-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (8)
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 ATL  5  CIN  4        W:Ervin Santana (3-0), L: Homer Bailey (1-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (7)

Sun, Jul 14, 2013 CIN  8 @ATL  4        W:Logan Ondrusek (3-0), L: Julio Teheran (7-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 ATL  5  CIN  2        W:Mike Minor (9-4), L: Homer Bailey (5-8), S: Craig Kimbrel (26)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 CIN  4 @ATL  2        W:Bronson Arroyo (8-7), L: Kris Medlen (6-9), S: Aroldis Chapman (21)
Thu, Jul 11, 2013 ATL  6  CIN  5        W:Tim Hudson (6-7), L: Mat Latos (8-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (25)
Season Series: 2014 - ATL over 5-1; 2013 - ATL won 4-3; 2012 - CIN won 5-1; All-Time - CIN leads 1145-1062

SP: Aaron Harang (36, RHP, 10-7, 3.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (10-7)			162.0	167	68	63	59	119	11	3.50
2013 (5-12)			143.1	153	91	86	40	113	26	5.40
2012 (10-10)			179.2	167	85	72	85	131	14	3.61

Last 7 GS		1-1	44.2	49	17	17	15	24	3	3.43	51
2014-08-19	@PIT	W	8.1	9	3	3	0	4	0	114	57
2014-08-14	LAD	L	4.1	7	5	5	3	3	1	81	29
2014-08-09	WSN	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	2	1	103	59
2014-08-03	@SDP	ND	6.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	118	53
2014-07-29	@LAD	ND	6.0	9	4	4	1	3	1	112	40
2014-07-24	MIA	ND	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	102	58
2014-07-19	PHI	ND	6.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	103	63

Last 5 v.CIN		3-0	25.0	19	7	6	10	16	2	2.16	59
2013-09-23	@CIN	ND	6.0	5	2	2	6	1	0	104	49
2013-07-05	@CIN	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	91	55
2012-07-04	CIN	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	84	71
2002-06-21	@CIN	W	6.0	5	2	1	2	6	0	93	60

SP: Alfredo Simon (33, RHP, 12-8, 3.35)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (12-8)			153.1	142	62	57	42	94	19	3.35
2013 (6-4)			87.2	68	31	28	26	63	8	2.87
2012 (3-2)			61.0	65	22	18	22	52	2	2.66

Last 7 GS		0-5	36.2	48	26	22	14	19	5	5.40	41
2014-08-19	@STL	ND	5.1	8	3	3	1	2	1	109	41
2014-08-14	@COL	L	5.0	10	7	5	1	2	1	83	24
2014-08-09	MIA	ND	5.0	4	2	2	5	5	0	91	51
2014-08-04	@CLE	L	5.0	6	5	5	3	1	1	70	33
2014-07-30	ARI	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	105	58
2014-07-25	WSN	L	4.1	9	3	3	2	3	0	89	34
2014-07-19	@NYY	L	5.0	5	4	2	1	4	1	80	48

Has never faced ATL as starter.

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Braves Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Simon
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 70.Diaz
G/S/vB 63.LeCure
G/S/vB 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB 43.Parra*
G/S/vB 62.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 7/.762 5/.900 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 4/1.500 11/.819 ··· 351/265 .273/.313/.356/.669 .961/.575 .575 65/.722 17/8 2/6

4.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 9/.222 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 10/.200 ··· 131/109 .195/.237/.285/.521 .591/.506 .448 22/.377 1/0 3/1

5.Freeman* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 2/.500 576/411 .294/.389/.484/.873 .809/.898 .881 111/.947 2/2 17/5

24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 349/286 .272/.327/.506/.833 1.129/.765 .755 87/.683 0/0 19/5

15.Gosselin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 43/16 .286/.302/.381/.683 .566/.875 .513 41/.717 1/1 1/2

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.929 1/2.000 539/404 .270/.353/.388/.741 .467/.834 .798 88/.794 14/4 10/1

23.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 10/.650 ··· 7/.143 10/.744 7/.953 2/.000 514/416 .272/.297/.378/.675 1.049/.590 .715 103/.654 4/0 9/4

11.Laird G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 152/116 .219/.296/.277/.573 .581/.571 .537 27/.264 0/0 0/2

7.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 297/236 .267/.346/.336/.682 .898/.626 .656 80/.582 2/1 1/5

14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 141/113 .224/.292/.328/.620 .654/.610 .711 29/.704 1/0 3/7

19.Simmons G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 468/383 .251/.296/.352/.648 .755/.624 .639 67/.644 4/4 7/10

2.Upton G/S/vP 14/.547 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 509/387 .206/.281/.327/.607 .546/.623 .557 81/.523 18/7 9/7

8.Upton G/S/vP 4/.500 11/.455 7/.000 1/.000 8/.750 4/.500 16/.677 2/1.500 522/408 .290/.365/.527/.892 1.118/.832 .759 108/1.050 7/2 25/7

IP 153.1 46.0 42.1 22.1 45.2 34.1 32.2 2.1 TOTAL .245/.311/.372/.682 .740/.666 .669 .682 72/27 107/71

ERA-K/9

3.35/5.5

1.37/7.0

2.55/17.7

2.82/9.7

3.74/7.7

4.19/8.4

4.41/9.4

7.71/7.8

3.53/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (7-0-0)
Gattis (42-12-4)
Laird (28-10-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 641/.245 174/.161 159/.130 86/.179 202/.298 155/.283 144/.262 13/.333 .237 Heyward
Upton
Upton
Bonifacio
Gosselin
Doumit 0/0/122/8
0/118/0/7
120/0/0/4
3/53/3/1
1/0/0/0
6/0/8/0

OPS .691 .496 .430 .590 .809 .730 .758 .906 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 332/.723 68/.529 36/.356 42/.671 94/.731 62/.649 82/.651 3/1.167 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.655 106/.475 123/.451 44/.515 108/.873 93/.779 62/.903 10/.829 .672

Home 282/.731 94/.522 91/.363 45/.564 101/.770 80/.534 60/.630 13/.906

Last 28d days 125/.840 41/.716 41/.390 40/.553 36/1.041 12/.523 32/.839 13/.906

HR/SB/CS 19/11/5 3/3/0 1/3/2 3/0/0 5/4/2 2/0/1 4/1/2 0/0/0 125/56/24

Usage ····X··· Xo····X· oXo···X· oX··Xoo· ·o·oo·X· ··Xo·o·· ·X··oXX· ··X·····

Reds Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Harang
G/S/vB 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB 57.Hale
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 51.Russell*
G/S/vB 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB 52.Walden
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Bruce* G/S/vP 9/.111 2/.000 3/1.667 3/.667 6/.333 21/1.131 2/2.500 3/.333 446/330 .219/.294/.379/.674 .594/.702 .667 98/.638 11/2 14/5

2.Cozart G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 5/.200 4/1.750 3/.666 2/2.500 461/357 .220/.270/.293/.562 .685/.527 .583 94/.555 4/0 3/8

21.Frazier G/S/vP 9/.833 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.619 2/2.000 2/.000 536/414 .277/.341/.453/.795 .801/.793 .863 101/.666 17/6 21/13

6.Hamilton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 507/378 .267/.299/.386/.684 .696/.680 .636 113/.568 49/18 6/1

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 2/.500 3/1.667 24/23 .130/.167/.174/.341 .000/.356 .200 20/.411 0/0 0/0

28.Heisey G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 246/171 .222/.272/.356/.627 .573/.651 .629 51/.491 9/2 4/0

48.Ludwick G/S/vP 39/.974 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/.500 5/2.200 1/.000 1/.000 345/256 .252/.311/.394/.704 .825/.663 .651 71/.668 0/1 8/0

39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 5/1.850 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/3.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 345/261 .276/.348/.539/.887 .862/.894 .882 89/.734 1/3 20/3

17.Negron G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 88/61 .284/.333/.494/.827 1.215/.645 .906 75/.815 2/0 4/0

29.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 306/238 .259/.291/.376/.667 .512/.711 .592 75/.645 2/3 5/2

4.Phillips G/S/vP 9/.347 1/2.000 7/.286 4/.500 3/1.167 11/.586 3/1.000 3/1.667 387/284 .269/.306/.384/.690 .657/.701 .776 25/.541 2/3 7/1

7.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 173/130 .243/.341/.306/.647 .856/.578 .737 56/.622 1/1 1/5

25.Schumaker* G/S/vP 40/.721 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.750 14/.487 ··· ··· 246/198 .232/.284/.308/.592 .542/.603 .531 59/.554 2/1 2/4

IP 162.0 32.1 47.1 72.2 51.0 44.0 48.0 40.2 TOTAL .241/.299/.370/.669 .683/.664 .686 .625 104/42 104/59

ERA-K/9

3.50/6.6

4.73/5.3

3.61/11.0

2.97/4.0

1.76/14.8

3.27/6.1

2.81/8.6

2.21/11.5

3.31/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mesoraco (38-12-8)
Pena (15-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 694/.269 146/.296 205/.280 314/.260 204/.136 183/.204 196/.242 165/.186 .250 Bruce
Hamilton
Schumaker
Heisey
Santiago
Ludwick
Negron 0/0/103/8
0/117/0/8
27/8/13/3
44/10/12/0
1/0/0/0
80/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .718 .778 .694 .671 .418 .594 .670 .534 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 327/.799 81/.736 94/.623 146/.744 111/.419 87/.851 72/.545 81/.625 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 367/.647 65/.829 111/.753 168/.609 93/.416 96/.351 124/.741 84/.449 .654

Road 326/.714 75/.752 100/.822 150/.766 91/.488 88/.584 96/.861 64/.629

Last 28d days 140/.776 11/1.010 39/.342 43/.959 36/.424 50/.489 35/1.167 36/.500

HR/SB/CS 11/17/5 2/3/0 3/1/1 2/10/3 1/4/1 3/4/1 5/1/0 2/8/0 100/83/23

Usage ····X··· ··o··o·· ·X·o···o ·X··oo·· ·X····oX X·X··Xo· ·X····X· ·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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 4.80

HOU 4.00

SDP 3.29

RA/G

SEA 3.18

CHC 4.17

COL 5.26

J. Altuve .333

M. Prado .271

C. Davis .190

OBP

G. Stanton .405

N. Aoki .333

G. Beckham .261

SLG

J. Abreu .600

A. Ramirez .414

Z. Cozart .293

OPS

G. Stanton .969

T. Hunter .755

Z. Cozart .562

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.82

C. Tillman 3.55

E. Jackson 6.09

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

M. Estrada 7.46

K. Correia 4.62

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.