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Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves, at Nationals Park, June 19, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
Nationals Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Nationals Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
85° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
72
On This Date:
55-60
Nationals
Manager:
Matt Williams
Game #:
72
On This Date:
23-19
Season Series
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 ATL  2 @WSN  1     
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 ATL  6 @WSN  2     
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 WSN  2  ATL  1     
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 ATL  7  WSN  6 (10)
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 ATL  6  WSN  3     
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 ATL 10  WSN  2     

Thu, Jun 19, 2014 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 ATL    @WSN  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 ATL    @WSN  1:35pm
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:35pm
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 WSN    @ATL  1:35pm
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 ATL    @WSN  4:05pm
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm

                         All times ET
Atlanta Braves
36-35, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-18   Road:   16-17   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  28-29   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 15-12   vsCntrl:13-6    vsWest:  6-10 IL: 2-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 66 Fri, Jun 13   LAA  W   4-3       35-31  1st    Tied
 65 Thu, Jun 12  @COL  L   3-10      34-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 11  @COL  L   2-8       34-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 10  @COL  W  13-10      34-29  1st    Tied
 62 Mon, Jun  9  @COL  W   3-1       33-29  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Washington Nationals
37-33, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-15   Road:   16-18   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  26-26   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl: 4-10   vsWest: 11-6  IL: 7-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Wed, Jun 18   HOU  W   6-5       37-33  1st  1.5 up
 69 Tue, Jun 17   HOU  W   6-5       36-33  1st  0.5 up
 68 Sun, Jun 15  @STL  L   2-5       35-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 14  @STL  L   1-4       35-32  1st    Tied
 66 Fri, Jun 13  @STL  L   0-1       35-31  1st    Tied
 65 Thu, Jun 12  @SFG  L   1-7       35-30  1st  1.0 up
 64 Wed, Jun 11  @SFG  W   6-2       35-29  1st  1.0 up
 63 Tue, Jun 10  @SFG  W   2-1       34-29  1st    Tied
 62 Mon, Jun  9  @SFG  W   9-2       33-29  1st    Tied
 61 Sun, Jun  8  @SDP  W   6-0       32-29  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 ATL 10  WSN  2        W:Aaron Harang (2-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (2-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 ATL  6  WSN  3        W:Alex Wood (2-1), L: Taylor Jordan (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (5)
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 ATL  7  WSN  6 (10)   W:Luis Avilan (2-1), L: Jerry Blevins (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 WSN  2  ATL  1        W:Jerry Blevins (1-0), L: Alex Wood (1-1), S: Rafael Soriano (1)
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 ATL  6 @WSN  2        W:Julio Teheran (1-1), L: Stephen Strasburg (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 ATL  2 @WSN  1        W:Luis Avilan (1-0), L: Tyler Clippard (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (3)

Wed, Sep 18, 2013 ATL  5 @WSN  2        W:Kameron Loe (2-3), L: Ross Ohlendorf (4-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (48)
Tue, Sep 17, 2013 WSN  4  ATL  0        W:Tanner Roark (7-0), L: Freddy Garcia (4-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 17, 2013 WSN  6  ATL  5        W:Ian Krol (2-1), L: Craig Kimbrel (3-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 18, 2013 ATL  2  WSN  1        W:Julio Teheran (10-6), L: Gio Gonzalez (7-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (39)
Season Series: 2014 - ATL over 5-1; 2013 - ATL won 13-6; 2012 - WSN won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 332-294

SP: Gavin Floyd (31, RHP, 1-2, 2.98)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 48.1 53 23 16 12 39 6 2.98
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 1-2 41.1 47 22 15 10 34 6 3.27 50
2014-06-14 LAA ND 6.1 7 4 4 0 4 2 87 47
2014-06-09 @COL W 6.2 3 1 1 3 4 1 95 65
2014-06-03 SEA ND 5.0 10 5 3 1 4 1 86 34
2014-05-28 @BOS L 5.0 6 2 1 3 3 0 106 49
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
Last 5 v.WSN 0-2 25.1 28 15 14 6 21 4 4.97 49
2013-04-10 @WSN L 5.1 9 5 5 3 7 1 84 34
2010-06-18 @WSN ND 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 106 74
2006-04-19 WSN ND 6.0 9 6 5 1 3 2 98 34
2005-09-04 @WSN L 6.0 6 3 3 1 6 1 89 53

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (28, RHP, 5-3, 2.98)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-3) 84.2 84 32 28 15 71 6 2.98
2013 (19-9) 213.1 192 81 77 40 161 19 3.25
2012 (12-8) 195.2 186 69 64 43 153 18 2.94
Last 7 GS 3-2 47.2 43 17 16 7 33 3 3.02 58
2014-06-13 @STL L 8.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 76 76
2014-06-08 @SDP W 9.0 2 0 0 0 12 0 114 95
2014-06-03 PHI W 8.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 102 75
2014-05-28 MIA ND 5.0 8 4 3 1 3 0 80 39
2014-05-23 @PIT L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 104 44
2014-05-18 NYM W 6.0 8 3 3 2 1 0 92 43
2014-05-12 @ARI ND 5.2 10 5 5 0 4 1 92 33
Last 5 v.ATL 1-0 28.1 26 10 10 7 35 3 3.18 57
2014-04-04 ATL ND 5.0 4 1 1 1 9 1 81 63
2013-08-07 ATL ND 4.0 7 2 2 2 5 0 88 43
2013-05-01 @ATL W 8.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 107 86
2012-08-20 ATL ND 5.0 8 4 4 2 2 1 102 35
2011-05-12 @ATL ND 6.1 5 3 3 2 11 1 103 60

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

Braves Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB		 30.Barrett
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 6/1.500 4/.500 3/.666 79/67 .227/.253/.333/.586 .583/.586 .394 29/.549 1/0 2/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 16/.683 ··· 3/1.000 14/1.121 22/.668 3/.666 7/.714 7/.000 314/219 .276/.369/.485/.855 .917/.827 .862 116/.753 0/2 11/4
24.Gattis G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/2.750 4/.000 3/.666 3/.666 2/.000 211/173 .294/.346/.588/.934 1.173/.880 .868 80/1.188 0/0 16/5
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 15/.983 ··· 1/.000 11/1.602 23/.681 3/1.666 10/.400 8/.393 315/232 .255/.340/.388/.728 .455/.829 .720 117/.840 9/3 8/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 9/.555 1/2.000 2/1.000 9/.500 9/.778 1/.000 13/.481 7/1.286 280/231 .275/.294/.357/.651 1.005/.578 .678 104/.681 1/0 3/4
11.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 84/65 .230/.321/.284/.605 .541/.624 .663 29/.814 0/0 0/1
7.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/65 .343/.410/.371/.782 .665/.808 .823 79/.782 1/0 0/1
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 3/1.167 94/75 .212/.272/.353/.625 .833/.570 .851 33/.625 0/0 3/3
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 58/49 .216/.286/.294/.580 .708/.560 .668 25/.835 7/0 0/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 ··· 4/.583 12/1.333 3/.666 8/.000 6/.666 260/214 .253/.288/.376/.664 .925/.606 .676 95/.560 1/3 5/5
26.Uggla G/S/vP 21/.449 2/.000 1/.000 19/.576 18/.278 16/1.375 26/.519 13/1.308 136/108 .164/.243/.238/.480 .438/.491 .569 15/.200 0/0 2/9
2.Upton G/S/vP 11/.500 ··· 8/.375 4/.250 12/.606 6/.533 9/.444 3/.000 283/203 .213/.284/.346/.630 .482/.681 .585 108/.651 11/2 6/5
8.Upton G/S/vP 16/.795 1/no AB 3/1.167 9/1.569 16/.599 5/.400 12/.367 5/.450 277/218 .278/.351/.510/.862 1.274/.758 .649 93/.678 6/0 14/5
IP 84.2 24.1 24.1 31.0 29.0 28.0 33.2 22.1 TOTAL .244/.306/.383/.690 .764/.668 .672 .714 37/10 70/47
ERA-K/9 2.98/7.5 1.85/10.7 4.07/10.0 2.32/11.6 4.97/5.6 1.29/8.0 2.94/7.2 1.21/8.5 3.09/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Gattis (29-8-2)
 Laird (9-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 343/.259 103/.230 101/.202 128/.207 137/.308 105/.179 137/.238 86/.177 .248  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Doumit
 Schafer
0/0/69/6
0/66/0/4
64/0/0/3
5/0/3/0
11/8/2/0
OPS .674 .599 .572 .615 .874 .531 .595 .501 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.657 37/.716 46/.324 65/.645 40/.585 52/.636 65/.632 34/.412 .635
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 166/.691 66/.535 55/.780 63/.581 97/.999 53/.430 72/.562 52/.561 .698
Home 179/.732 57/.592 69/.542 79/.710 77/1.000 59/.374 78/.393 54/.526
Last 28d days 134/.513 31/.842 22/.349 42/.710 30/.674 33/.567 34/.747 31/.603
HR/SB/CS 6/3/2 0/0/1 1/1/0 2/1/1 4/3/1 1/1/1 1/2/1 1/0/0 46/20/18
Usage ·····X·· oo····X· ····o··o oX·····X X··X···· Xo·o···· ·o····X· ·X··o··o
Nationals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Floyd
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 51.Beato
G/S/vB		 57.Hale
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
20.Desmond G/S/vP 6/2.000 5/.200 3/.666 2/2.500 13/.000 ··· 8/.125 7/.715 290/222 .238/.300/.434/.734 .665/.755 .754 92/.831 5/2 13/13
33.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.200 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 39/37 .189/.205/.216/.421 1.000/.389 .572 16/.464 0/0 0/0
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/1.167 3/1.334 ··· 9/.778 ··· 5/.200 5/1.000 233/169 .226/.292/.368/.660 .809/.603 .658 75/.654 5/0 6/4
19.Frandsen G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 127/90 .241/.296/.310/.606 .520/.644 .444 40/.589 0/0 1/1
7.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 31/8 .370/.387/.556/.943 .935/.964 1.217 11/.989 0/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 14/.902 7/.000 2/1.500 2/.500 13/.481 ··· 5/.400 4/1.000 221/170 .302/.416/.489/.905 .769/.946 .973 88/.873 0/0 8/3
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 56/34 .176/.250/.255/.505 .558/.469 .255 7/.286 0/0 1/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 125/96 .239/.312/.345/.657 .427/.729 .706 33/.678 0/0 2/1
15.McLouth* G/S/vP 10/.686 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 131/109 .180/.292/.243/.536 .452/.552 .578 39/.606 4/0 1/2
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 6/.666 293/225 .273/.332/.466/.798 .954/.751 .868 91/.933 5/0 10/8
2.Span* G/S/vP 41/1.015 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.500 8/.572 286/211 .269/.313/.386/.700 .630/.724 .758 104/.713 12/2 1/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 2/1.500 2/1.000 10/.550 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 298/236 .280/.362/.398/.760 .870/.731 .721 97/.718 5/0 6/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 9/.444 5/.600 3/2.000 2/1.500 12/.258 ··· 6/.666 5/3.750 100/80 .267/.330/.433/.763 .794/.756 .888 63/.602 0/0 2/2
IP 48.1 23.0 4.1 48.1 27.1 8.1 26.0 16.1 TOTAL .249/.317/.385/.702 .752/.686 .715 .712 37/6 61/52
ERA-K/9 2.98/7.3 4.70/5.9 0.00/6.3 3.17/4.1 1.98/16.5 1.08/8.7 2.77/10.4 3.86/12.1 3.41/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (2-4-1)
 Lobaton (10-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.280 105/.295 19/.188 208/.236 112/.153 34/.258 104/.216 71/.217 .253  Werth
 Span
 Frandsen
 Zimmerman
 Hairston
 McLouth
0/0/65/5
0/62/0/3
16/0/0/1
14/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
28/8/7/0
OPS .738 .757 .503 .657 .446 .617 .599 .624 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.778 60/.587 11/.384 98/.729 55/.505 15/.067 28/.863 35/.820 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.694 45/.986 8/.661 110/.593 57/.389 19/1.029 76/.503 36/.439 .661
Road 103/.700 49/.721 / 88/.764 49/.431 16/.464 42/.971 21/.762
Last 28d days 128/.768 40/.761 13/.585 68/.848 39/.377 34/.617 45/.606 20/.783
HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/3/0 0/1/0 2/6/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 54/45/16
Usage ····X··· ·Xo·o··· oX······ X·X·Xo·· ···oXo·· Xoo·oX·· ··oXo·XX ··XXX·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  5.18

WSN  4.13

SDP  2.94

 RA/G

OAK  3.35

BAL  4.20

ARI  4.92

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .356

P. Sandoval  .265

B. Hicks  .172

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .445

G. Jones  .330

Y. Alonso  .250

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .653

Y. Molina  .407

W. Venable  .289

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.097

M. Joyce  .741

B. Miller  .559

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.92

G. Cole  3.64

J. Nicasio  5.92

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  10.86

T. Wood  7.37

K. Correia  4.60

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.