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Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves, at Minute Maid Park, June 25, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
77
On This Date:
72-59
Astros
Manager:
Bo Porter
Game #:
79
On This Date:
22-33
Season Series
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 ATL  3 @HOU  2     

Wed, Jun 25, 2014 ATL    @HOU  8:10pm
Thu, Jun 26, 2014 ATL    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Atlanta Braves
39-37, 2nd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-18   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  31-31   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:  15-10
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:13-6    vsWest:  6-10 IL: 3-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Tue, Jun 24  @HOU  W   3-2       39-37  2nd  2.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22  @WSN  L   1-4       38-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21  @WSN  L   0-3       38-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20  @WSN  W   6-4 (13)  38-35  1st  0.5 up
 72 Thu, Jun 19  @WSN  W   3-0       37-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 18   PHI  L   5-10      36-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 17   PHI  L   2-5       36-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 16   PHI  L   1-6 (13)  36-33  1st  0.5 up
 68 Sun, Jun 15   LAA  W   7-3       36-32  1st  1.0 up
 67 Sat, Jun 14   LAA  L   6-11(13)  35-32  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Houston Astros
33-45, 5th, 14½ GB, 10½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-21   Road:   16-24   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  23-29   vsLHP:  10-16   1-Run:   9-14
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest: 14-19 IL: 3-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Tue, Jun 24   ATL  L   2-3       33-45  5th 14.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22  @TBR  L   2-5       33-44  5th 14.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 21  @TBR  L   0-8       33-43  5th 14.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 20  @TBR  W   3-1       33-42  5th 13.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 19  @TBR  L   0-5       32-42  5th 13.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 18  @WSN  L   5-6       32-41  5th 12.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17  @WSN  L   5-6       32-40  5th 11.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 15   TBR  L   3-4       32-39  5th 11.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 14   TBR  W   7-3       32-38  5th 10.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 13   TBR  L   1-6       31-38  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 ATL  3 @HOU  2        W:Aaron Harang (6-6), L: Scott Feldman (3-5), S: Craig Kimbrel (22)

Sun, Aug 05, 2012 ATL  6  HOU  1        W:Jonny Venters (4-3), L: Bud Norris (5-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2012 HOU  3 @ATL  2        W:Lucas Harrell (9-7), L: Paul Maholm (9-7), S: Wilton Lopez (1)
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 ATL  4  HOU  1        W:Tim Hudson (11-4), L: Armando Galarraga (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (31)
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 ATL  6 @HOU  3        W:Randall Delgado (1-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (2)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 ATL  6 @HOU  4        W:Tommy Hanson (1-1), L: Kyle Weiland (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (1)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 HOU  8  ATL  3        W:J.A. Happ (1-0), L: Brandon Beachy (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 HOU  8  ATL  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-3), L: Derek Lowe (3-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 ATL  4 @HOU  1        W:Tommy Hanson (8-4), L: Brett Myers (2-6), S: Jonny Venters (3)
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 ATL  6 @HOU  3 (10)   W:Scott Linebrink (2-1), L: Brandon Lyon (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - ATL over 1-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - ATL leads 380-321

SP: Alex Wood (23, LHP, 5-6, 3.43)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-6) 60.1 63 23 23 15 63 7 3.43
2013 (3-3) 77.2 76 29 27 27 77 3 3.13
Last 7 GS 2-5 45.0 44 15 15 9 44 5 3.00 58
2014-05-04 SFG L 5.0 7 2 2 1 7 1 104 51
2014-04-29 @MIA L 5.0 10 7 7 1 2 1 85 20
2014-04-22 MIA L 8.0 4 1 1 0 11 0 101 81
2014-04-17 @PHI L 8.0 8 1 1 1 7 0 103 68
2014-04-12 WSN W 5.0 6 1 1 3 8 1 103 56
2014-04-06 @WSN L 7.0 4 2 2 0 4 1 107 65
2014-04-01 @MIL W 7.0 5 1 1 3 5 1 93 65
Has never faced HOU as starter.

SP: Collin McHugh (27, RHP, 4-5, 2.76)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-5) 65.1 46 24 20 25 72 4 2.76
2013 (0-4) 26.0 45 29 29 5 11 6 10.04
2012 (0-4) 21.1 27 21 18 8 17 5 7.59
Last 7 GS 2-4 39.2 26 15 12 19 45 3 2.72 59
2014-06-19 @TBR L 6.0 4 2 0 3 6 0 104 63
2014-06-13 TBR L 5.0 5 4 3 3 6 0 100 46
2014-06-08 @MIN ND 4.1 3 3 3 5 6 1 101 46
2014-06-03 LAA W 5.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 97 65
2014-05-27 @KCR W 7.0 5 0 0 0 9 0 102 76
2014-05-21 @LAA L 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 1 112 66
2014-05-16 CHW L 5.1 3 4 4 4 7 1 92 49
Has never faced ATL as starter.

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

Braves Batters (3.57 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.McHugh
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 44.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 8/.375 2/.000 4/1.750 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 83/71 .215/.241/.316/.557 .583/.552 .357 26/.617 1/0 2/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.833 ··· ··· 337/239 .286/.374/.497/.870 .942/.840 .892 113/.776 0/2 12/4
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 234/193 .288/.342/.553/.895 1.184/.832 .809 91/1.027 0/0 16/5
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 6/.533 2/.000 ··· ··· 337/251 .256/.341/.391/.732 .438/.835 .729 112/.866 9/3 8/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 301/250 .284/.303/.367/.670 1.036/.598 .713 103/.747 1/0 3/4
11.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 5/1.100 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 87/68 .221/.310/.273/.583 .541/.595 .606 20/.644 0/0 0/1
7.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 100/85 .289/.354/.322/.676 .619/.686 .644 96/.661 1/0 0/1
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 97/77 .205/.263/.341/.604 .789/.554 .762 18/.765 0/0 3/4
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 66/54 .186/.250/.254/.504 .495/.505 .515 32/.646 10/0 0/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 1/4.000 ··· ··· 6/.800 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 280/233 .254/.289/.367/.657 .905/.605 .660 95/.582 1/3 5/5
26.Uggla G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 12/.697 2/3.000 4/1.750 ··· 137/108 .163/.241/.236/.477 .422/.491 .560 11/.091 0/0 2/9
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/1.178 8/.572 4/.000 6/.167 1/.000 306/225 .203/.272/.337/.609 .490/.645 .551 105/.578 11/2 7/5
8.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 9/.444 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 290/231 .271/.343/.504/.846 1.274/.745 .638 81/.495 6/0 15/5
IP 65.1 17.1 28.1 26.1 19.0 43.2 12.2 TOTAL .241/.302/.377/.679 .763/.657 .654 .681 40/10 73/49
ERA-K/9 2.76/9.9 2.60/6.8 4.13/5.7 2.05/8.9 1.89/11.8 5.56/7.0 4.26/8.5 4.15/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Gattis (30-9-3)
 Laird (11-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 269/.192 69/.234 126/.290 107/.243 71/.149 199/.292 53/.313 .256  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Doumit
0/0/74/6
0/71/0/4
67/0/0/3
13/8/2/0
6/0/3/0
OPS .580 .587 .804 .611 .443 .816 .949 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.578 35/.493 51/.801 46/.973 37/.283 102/.835 16/1.205 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.583 34/.686 75/.806 61/.347 34/.617 97/.797 37/.837 .742
Home 121/.650 35/.441 63/.888 52/.622 31/.367 105/.874 27/.583
Last 28d days 91/.653 36/.572 38/.888 42/.429 40/.723 67/.760 23/.864
HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 0/1/1 2/2/1 2/5/1 2/0/0 6/2/0 3/1/0 65/48/16
Usage ·····X·· ······oo ······oX o···Xo·· o·····oo ···X···o o·····oo
Astros Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 250.Wood*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 57.Hale
G/S/vB		 58.Jaime
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 59.Simmons
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 338/249 .337/.379/.442/.821 .991/.759 .802 89/.903 27/3 2/2
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 251/159 .193/.279/.426/.705 .701/.707 .783 70/.670 0/1 13/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 263/202 .222/.300/.359/.659 .656/.661 .695 72/.543 0/0 6/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 91/41 .210/.267/.407/.674 .635/.725 .762 27/.671 0/0 5/1
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 313/218 .238/.291/.385/.675 .731/.651 .706 99/.624 0/1 10/6
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 326/239 .273/.380/.399/.780 .930/.724 .875 106/.854 6/3 6/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/84 .264/.330/.374/.704 .665/.712 .602 36/.628 0/2 2/2
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 133/94 .158/.273/.263/.536 .415/.585 .429 64/.508 3/0 2/1
14.Guzman G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/45 .209/.295/.287/.582 .522/.698 .694 22/.586 2/0 2/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 181/164 .234/.282/.317/.599 .912/.566 .624 41/.494 3/0 3/0
28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 78/55 .188/.269/.391/.661 1.058/.512 .729 78/.661 1/2 4/3
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 263/189 .240/.342/.467/.809 .713/.842 .621 97/.697 1/2 14/7
2.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 236/161 .208/.262/.356/.618 .675/.592 .801 67/.591 14/4 6/11
IP 60.1 24.0 48.2 2.0 30.1 10.0 29.0 19.1 TOTAL .235/.311/.380/.691 .740/.670 .709 .665 57/18 81/49
ERA-K/9 3.43/9.4 4.50/6.0 3.14/4.1 0.00/13.5 2.37/15.7 1.80/7.2 2.48/10.2 3.26/11.7 3.34/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (37-13-4)
 Corporan (11-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.272 109/.293 209/.235 7/.000 126/.147 40/.270 118/.227 82/.200 .251  Springer
 Presley
 Fowler
 Grossman
 Sipp
 Guzman
 Gonzalez
0/0/59/5
36/9/12/3
0/73/0/1
31/2/1/0
1/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .719 .747 .653 .143 .467 .678 .616 .576 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.768 61/.613 98/.729 3/.333 63/.456 19/.223 34/.749 43/.654 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.699 48/.918 111/.587 4/.000 63/.476 21/1.076 84/.564 39/.490 .657
Road 152/.742 53/.703 89/.755 7/.143 63/.476 22/.623 56/.913 32/.584
Last 28d days 18/.575 33/.715 53/.971 7/.143 50/.473 40/.678 47/.676 31/.595
HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 1/3/0 2/6/3 0/0/0 1/3/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/3/0 57/48/17
Usage ········ ··o·o··X ··o···X· ···oX··· X···XX·· ··X···Xo X···Xo·· X···oo··

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

SEA  4.12

SDP  3.05

 RA/G

STL  3.41

BOS  4.21

COL  5.12

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .354

T. Hunter  .266

C. Carter  .193

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .447

L. Martin  .330

Y. Alonso  .250

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .634

C. Santana  .408

W. Venable  .283

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.081

E. Aybar  .740

W. Venable  .549

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.86

J. Quintana  3.69

R. Nolasco  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.03

T. Wood  7.38

C. Young  4.48

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.