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Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves, at Nationals Park, June 20, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, June 20, 2014
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
Nationals Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Nationals Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
73
On This Date:
65-63
Nationals
Manager:
Matt Williams
Game #:
73
On This Date:
22-21
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  3 @WSN  0     

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
37-35, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-18   Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  29-29   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:13-6    vsWest:  6-10 IL: 2-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Washington Nationals
37-34, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-16   Road:   16-18   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  26-27   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast: 15-12   vsCntrl: 4-10   vsWest: 11-6  IL: 7-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Thu, Jun 19   ATL  L   0-3       37-34  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 ATL  3 @WSN  0        W:Gavin Floyd (2-2), L: Jordan Zimmermann (5-4), S: Craig Kimbrel (21)
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
Season Series: 2014 - ATL over 6-1; 2013 - ATL won 13-6; 2012 - WSN won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 333-294

SP: Mike Minor (26, LHP, 2-4, 4.42)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-4) 53.0 64 26 26 16 49 9 4.42
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 2-2 42.2 46 18 18 14 39 6 3.80 52
2014-06-15 LAA ND 5.0 11 3 3 1 6 2 103 38
2014-06-10 @COL ND 4.0 11 8 8 3 3 1 92 8
2014-06-04 SEA L 7.0 5 1 1 3 10 0 109 70
2014-05-29 @BOS ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 3 0 113 62
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
Last 5 v.WSN 2-0 24.2 25 14 14 18 13 0 5.11 45
2013-09-17 @WSN ND 6.0 3 3 3 4 3 0 95 53
2013-08-17 WSN ND 1.2 4 4 4 4 2 0 67 29
2013-08-05 @WSN ND 6.0 8 2 2 3 3 0 98 48
2012-09-16 WSN W 6.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 86 59
2012-06-30 WSN W 5.0 5 4 4 5 2 0 85 38

SP: Stephen Strasburg (25, RHP, 6-5, 3.06)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (6-5) 94.0 94 42 32 20 113 7 3.06
2013 (8-9) 183.0 136 71 61 56 191 16 3.00
2012 (15-6) 159.1 136 62 56 48 197 15 3.16
Last 7 GS 3-3 46.2 45 18 14 5 49 3 2.70 59
2014-06-14 @STL L 6.2 7 3 3 1 5 1 95 52
2014-06-09 @SFG W 6.0 4 1 1 0 7 0 88 67
2014-06-04 PHI W 7.0 7 4 2 0 11 1 109 62
2014-05-30 TEX W 6.0 6 2 0 1 9 0 88 64
2014-05-24 @PIT L 7.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 110 56
2014-05-19 CIN ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 96 60
2014-05-13 @ARI L 7.0 8 3 3 0 6 0 98 55
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 20.1 23 13 10 10 26 2 4.43 49
2014-04-05 ATL L 4.1 8 6 3 3 6 0 96 32
2013-08-17 @ATL ND 1.0 2 2 2 2 1 1 27 40
2013-08-05 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 112 67
2013-05-31 @ATL ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 37 50
2013-04-29 @ATL ND 6.0 6 2 2 4 8 0 93 56

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Braves Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
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/.666 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 6/1.500 4/.500 3/.666 82/70 .218/.244/.321/.564 .583/.560 .365 31/.512 1/0 2/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 24/1.147 ··· 4/1.500 14/1.121 22/.668 3/.666 8/1.000 7/.000 319/223 .282/.373/.495/.868 .941/.835 .889 117/.803 0/2 11/4
24.Gattis G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 1/2.000 4/2.750 4/.000 3/.666 4/.500 2/.000 216/177 .296/.347/.583/.930 1.194/.870 .864 85/1.163 0/0 16/5
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 26/1.027 ··· 2/.000 11/1.602 23/.681 3/1.666 10/.400 8/.393 319/235 .260/.345/.391/.736 .449/.842 .738 117/.853 9/3 8/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 18/.556 1/2.000 3/1.334 9/.500 9/.778 1/.000 13/.481 7/1.286 284/234 .278/.297/.359/.656 1.025/.579 .688 107/.700 1/0 3/4
11.Laird G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 84/65 .230/.321/.284/.605 .541/.624 .663 25/.733 0/0 0/1
7.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 84/70 .333/.398/.360/.758 .665/.777 .776 84/.758 1/0 0/1
14.Pena# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 3/1.167 94/75 .212/.272/.353/.625 .833/.570 .851 30/.586 0/0 3/3
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 9/.756 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 59/49 .212/.281/.288/.569 .619/.560 .644 26/.801 8/0 0/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 12/.083 3/.333 ··· 4/.583 12/1.333 3/.666 8/.000 6/.666 264/218 .254/.292/.375/.667 .925/.610 .681 95/.596 1/3 5/5
26.Uggla G/S/vP 33/1.122 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 11/.182 0/0 2/9
2.Upton G/S/vP 15/.498 ··· 8/.375 4/.250 12/.606 6/.533 10/.400 3/.000 288/208 .208/.279/.340/.619 .482/.664 .563 109/.584 11/2 6/5
8.Upton G/S/vP 20/.628 2/.500 3/1.167 9/1.569 16/.599 5/.400 12/.367 5/.450 278/219 .276/.350/.508/.858 1.274/.754 .643 90/.678 6/0 14/5
IP 94.0 24.2 25.0 31.0 29.0 28.0 34.2 22.1 TOTAL .245/.307/.383/.689 .770/.666 .672 .712 38/10 70/47
ERA-K/9 3.06/10.8 1.82/10.6 4.32/9.7 2.32/11.6 4.97/5.6 1.29/8.0 2.86/7.3 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 393/.258 105/.227 106/.223 128/.207 137/.308 105/.179 141/.239 86/.177 .248  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Doumit
 Schafer
0/0/70/6
0/67/0/4
64/0/0/3
6/0/3/0
12/8/2/0
OPS .671 .600 .614 .615 .874 .531 .600 .501 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.598 37/.716 49/.369 65/.645 40/.585 52/.636 67/.659 34/.412 .639
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.726 68/.537 57/.826 63/.581 97/.999 53/.430 74/.546 52/.561 .695
Home 216/.611 59/.593 74/.604 79/.710 77/1.000 59/.374 82/.411 54/.526
Last 28d days 131/.667 33/.832 27/.569 39/.768 30/.674 33/.567 38/.748 28/.675
HR/SB/CS 7/4/2 0/1/1 1/1/0 2/1/1 4/3/1 1/1/1 1/2/1 1/0/0 46/21/18
Usage ·····X·· ooo····X X····o·· ·oX····· ·X··X··· ·Xo·o··· X·o····X ··X··o··
Nationals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
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 23/.637 5/.200 2/2.500 13/.000 ··· 9/.111 7/.715 293/225 .235/.297/.429/.726 .665/.744 .738 90/.793 5/2 13/13
33.Dobbs* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 ··· 10/.200 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 39/37 .189/.205/.216/.421 1.000/.389 .572 13/.558 0/0 0/0
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 13/.846 4/1.167 ··· 9/.778 ··· 5/.200 6/.834 236/172 .228/.292/.367/.660 .809/.604 .658 77/.646 5/0 6/4
19.Frandsen G/S/vP 8/.750 5/.800 3/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 127/90 .241/.296/.310/.606 .520/.644 .444 39/.552 0/0 1/1
7.Hairston G/S/vP 16/1.171 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 31/8 .370/.387/.556/.943 .935/.964 1.217 10/1.025 0/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 15/.900 7/.000 2/.500 14/.445 ··· 6/.334 4/1.000 225/174 .297/.413/.481/.894 .769/.931 .951 92/.847 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 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 128/99 .233/.305/.336/.641 .427/.705 .675 36/.618 0/0 2/1
15.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 132/110 .179/.290/.241/.531 .452/.546 .569 37/.606 4/0 1/2
6.Rendon G/S/vP 7/.679 1/.000 2/.000 6/.500 ··· 2/2.000 6/.666 297/229 .270/.331/.461/.792 .954/.743 .855 90/.933 5/0 10/8
2.Span* G/S/vP 5/1.100 6/.000 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 4/.500 8/.572 290/215 .269/.313/.388/.701 .630/.724 .757 103/.700 12/2 1/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 13/1.189 3/.333 2/1.000 11/.495 ··· 2/1.500 4/.250 302/240 .280/.361/.399/.760 .870/.732 .722 96/.708 5/0 6/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 25/.650 5/.600 2/1.500 12/.258 ··· 7/.572 5/3.750 103/83 .258/.320/.419/.740 .794/.727 .813 66/.573 0/0 2/2
IP 53.0 23.0 48.1 28.1 8.1 27.0 17.1 TOTAL .247/.316/.382/.698 .752/.681 .706 .699 37/6 61/52
ERA-K/9 4.42/8.3 4.70/5.9 3.17/4.1 1.91/16.5 1.08/8.7 2.67/10.0 3.63/11.4 3.36/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (2-4-1)
 Lobaton (11-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.296 105/.295 208/.236 116/.149 34/.258 108/.218 74/.206 .252  Werth
 Span
 Frandsen
 Zimmerman
 Hairston
 McLouth
0/0/66/5
0/63/0/3
16/0/0/1
15/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
28/8/7/0
OPS .828 .757 .657 .440 .617 .605 .597 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.716 60/.587 98/.729 57/.486 15/.067 29/.831 38/.748 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.855 45/.986 110/.593 59/.396 19/1.029 79/.523 36/.439 .658
Road 78/.797 49/.721 88/.764 53/.419 16/.464 46/.951 24/.653
Last 28d days 136/.843 39/.785 68/.848 40/.396 34/.617 49/.619 23/.669
HR/SB/CS 9/1/0 1/3/0 2/6/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 54/45/16
Usage ····X··· ··Xo·o·· ·X·X·Xo· X···oXo· ·Xoo·oX· o··oXo·X o··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  5.16

NYY  4.10

SDP  2.96

 RA/G

OAK  3.33

BAL  4.20

ARI  4.91

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .356

D. Pedroia  .266

B. Hicks  .172

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .445

A. Rendon  .331

Y. Alonso  .250

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .653

B. Lawrie  .406

W. Venable  .288

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.097

C. Granderson  .747

W. Venable  .562

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.92

J. Weaver  3.67

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.