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Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves, at Nationals Park, June 21, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Start Time:
7:15et (local)
Venue:
Nationals Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Nationals Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
74
On This Date:
57-62
Nationals
Manager:
Matt Williams
Game #:
74
On This Date:
20-20
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  6 @WSN  4 (13)

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
38-35, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-18   Road:   18-17   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  30-29   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 17-12   vsCntrl:13-6    vsWest:  6-10 IL: 2-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Washington Nationals
37-35, 2nd, ½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-17   Road:   16-18   ExtrInn: 1-7 
 vsRHP:  26-27   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast: 15-13   vsCntrl: 4-10   vsWest: 11-6  IL: 7-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Fri, Jun 20   ATL  L   4-6 (13)  37-35  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 ATL  6 @WSN  4 (13)   W:Ryan Buchter (1-0), L: Jerry Blevins (2-3), S: Jordan Walden (2)
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
Season Series: 2014 - ATL over 7-1; 2013 - ATL won 13-6; 2012 - WSN won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 334-294

SP: Julio Teheran (23, RHP, 6-4, 2.31)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (6-4) 105.0 77 31 27 21 84 11 2.31
2013 (14-8) 185.2 173 69 66 45 170 22 3.20
2012 (0-0) 6.1 5 4 4 1 5 0 5.68
Last 7 GS 4-2 47.0 41 17 16 10 42 4 3.06 59
2014-06-16 PHI ND 8.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 96 76
2014-06-11 @COL L 6.1 10 7 7 0 5 0 93 30
2014-06-06 @ARI W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 97 65
2014-05-30 @MIA W 7.1 5 2 2 1 5 1 106 64
2014-05-25 COL W 6.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 93 70
2014-05-20 MIL W 9.0 6 0 0 2 8 0 128 81
2014-05-14 @SFG L 3.1 7 5 4 5 4 1 84 27
Last 5 v.WSN 3-1 31.2 29 11 8 11 25 3 2.27 57
2014-04-11 WSN ND 6.0 10 5 2 1 1 1 84 38
2014-04-05 @WSN W 7.0 3 2 2 4 6 1 111 65
2013-08-18 WSN W 6.0 5 0 0 3 5 0 105 64
2013-08-06 @WSN W 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 90 62
2013-05-31 WSN L 6.2 7 3 3 1 9 0 96 56

SP: Doug Fister (30, RHP, 5-2, 3.08)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-2) 49.2 49 19 17 5 33 8 3.08
2013 (14-9) 208.2 229 91 85 44 159 14 3.67
2012 (10-10) 161.2 156 73 62 37 137 15 3.45
Last 7 GS 5-1 45.1 40 12 12 5 31 5 2.38 60
2014-06-15 @STL L 6.0 7 4 4 2 2 2 101 42
2014-06-10 @SFG W 7.0 8 0 0 1 3 0 97 63
2014-06-05 PHI W 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 1 93 66
2014-05-31 TEX W 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 0 104 61
2014-05-25 @PIT W 5.1 6 1 1 0 4 1 83 56
2014-05-20 CIN W 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 109 61
2014-05-14 @ARI ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 1 100 69
Last 5 v.ATL 1-0 7.0 6 3 3 0 8 0 3.86 61
2013-04-28 ATL W 7.0 6 3 3 0 8 0 105 61

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

Braves Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
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 16/1.018 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 6/1.500 5/.400 3/.666 83/71 .215/.241/.316/.557 .583/.552 .357 32/.495 1/0 2/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 5/1.600 14/1.121 22/.668 4/.500 8/1.000 8/.000 325/228 .286/.375/.505/.881 .953/.849 .915 119/.819 0/2 12/4
24.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 4/2.750 4/.000 4/.500 4/.500 3/.000 222/182 .298/.347/.576/.922 1.214/.857 .853 87/1.162 0/0 16/5
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 12/1.445 23/.681 3/1.666 11/.364 8/.393 325/240 .261/.345/.394/.738 .444/.846 .742 119/.870 9/3 8/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/2.000 4/1.417 10/.443 9/.778 1/.000 14/.445 7/1.286 290/239 .281/.301/.363/.664 1.036/.588 .704 109/.747 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 25/.733 0/0 0/1
7.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 88/74 .329/.391/.367/.758 .665/.776 .775 88/.758 1/0 0/1
14.Pena# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 3/1.167 96/76 .207/.266/.345/.611 .789/.562 .790 28/.630 0/0 3/3
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.800 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.200 3/.000 65/53 .190/.254/.259/.513 .495/.515 .530 31/.667 10/0 0/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 5/.450 12/1.333 3/.666 9/.000 6/.666 270/223 .256/.293/.374/.667 .905/.615 .680 97/.626 1/3 5/5
26.Uggla G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 19/.576 18/.278 16/1.375 26/.519 13/1.308 137/108 .163/.241/.236/.477 .422/.491 .560 12/.167 0/0 2/9
2.Upton G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 9/.444 4/.250 12/.606 7/.453 10/.400 4/.000 294/213 .205/.276/.333/.610 .490/.648 .548 111/.547 11/2 6/5
8.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.167 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 86/.669 6/0 14/5
IP 49.2 24.2 27.0 32.0 29.0 29.0 36.2 23.1 TOTAL .245/.306/.382/.688 .768/.665 .670 .717 40/10 71/47
ERA-K/9 3.08/6.0 1.82/10.6 4.67/9.7 2.25/11.8 4.97/5.6 1.24/8.1 2.70/7.4 1.16/8.5 3.11/8.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.258 105/.227 116/.225 131/.202 137/.308 108/.173 147/.229 90/.181 .248  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Doumit
0/0/71/6
0/68/0/4
64/0/0/3
13/8/2/0
6/0/3/0
OPS .718 .600 .618 .599 .874 .515 .575 .513 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.806 37/.716 53/.380 66/.634 40/.585 53/.623 71/.621 36/.472 .640
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.633 68/.537 63/.823 65/.562 97/.999 55/.414 76/.531 54/.538 .692
Home 77/.565 59/.593 84/.611 82/.682 77/1.000 62/.355 88/.382 58/.543
Last 28d days 125/.701 33/.832 36/.610 42/.710 30/.674 36/.518 44/.644 28/.667
HR/SB/CS 8/0/1 0/1/1 1/1/0 2/1/1 4/3/1 1/1/1 1/2/1 1/0/0 47/23/18
Usage ·····X·· ·ooo···· XX····o· X·oX···· ··X··X·· X·Xo·o·· XX·o···· o··X··o·
Nationals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Teheran
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 21/.781 6/.167 2/2.500 13/.000 ··· 10/.311 8/.625 299/227 .237/.298/.438/.736 .701/.747 .756 92/.781 5/2 14/13
33.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.182 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 40/38 .184/.200/.211/.411 1.000/.379 .541 10/.311 0/0 0/0
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 10/.400 5/.900 ··· 9/.778 ··· 6/.167 7/.714 242/174 .232/.298/.373/.670 .859/.597 .677 79/.715 6/0 6/4
19.Frandsen G/S/vP 4/1.500 5/.800 3/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 128/91 .239/.294/.308/.601 .520/.637 .435 40/.538 0/0 1/1
7.Hairston G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 32/8 .357/.375/.536/.911 .893/.964 1.130 11/.919 0/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 21/1.142 7/.000 2/.500 15/.414 ··· 7/.286 4/1.000 231/176 .300/.416/.479/.895 .814/.919 .949 98/.850 0/0 8/3
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 58/36 .170/.241/.245/.487 .558/.441 .235 9/.222 0/0 1/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 131/99 .227/.298/.328/.625 .385/.705 .646 39/.568 0/0 2/1
15.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.667 133/111 .179/.295/.241/.537 .452/.553 .579 34/.624 4/0 1/2
6.Rendon G/S/vP 11/.495 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.571 ··· 2/2.000 6/.666 303/231 .267/.328/.465/.793 .898/.760 .855 92/.931 5/0 11/8
2.Span* G/S/vP 23/.848 6/.000 3/.000 8/.250 ··· 4/.500 8/.572 296/217 .271/.316/.399/.716 .692/.724 .782 104/.778 12/2 1/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 18/.466 3/.333 2/1.000 12/.555 ··· 3/1.000 4/.250 308/242 .276/.360/.393/.754 .836/.731 .712 98/.708 5/0 6/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 14/.500 6/.500 2/1.500 12/.258 ··· 8/.750 5/3.750 109/84 .253/.312/.404/.716 .628/.742 .743 72/.552 0/0 2/2
IP 105.0 24.0 48.1 29.1 8.1 28.0 18.1 TOTAL .246/.315/.383/.699 .751/.681 .707 .707 38/6 63/52
ERA-K/9 2.31/7.2 4.50/6.0 3.17/4.1 2.45/16.0 1.08/8.7 2.57/10.0 3.44/11.3 3.35/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (2-4-1)
 Lobaton (13-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 408/.204 108/.286 208/.236 122/.152 34/.258 113/.226 77/.197 .251  Werth
 Span
 Frandsen
 McLouth
 Zimmerman
 Hairston
0/0/67/5
0/64/0/3
16/0/0/1
28/8/7/0
16/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .575 .734 .657 .484 .617 .614 .571 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.514 60/.587 98/.729 61/.472 15/.067 31/.775 40/.707 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.631 48/.918 110/.593 61/.493 19/1.029 82/.553 37/.427 .658
Road 186/.643 52/.676 88/.764 59/.511 16/.464 51/.935 27/.571
Last 28d days 134/.581 42/.719 61/.884 46/.517 34/.617 53/.649 26/.584
HR/SB/CS 11/8/2 1/3/0 2/6/3 1/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 56/46/16
Usage ····X··· o··Xo·o· ··X·X·Xo XX···oXo ··Xoo·oX Xo··oXo· oo··XXX·

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  5.15

NYY  4.11

SDP  3.00

 RA/G

OAK  3.32

LAA  4.22

COL  5.01

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .363

T. Hunter  .266

C. Carter  .185

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .451

D. Wright  .330

Y. Alonso  .250

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .658

M. Reynolds  .407

W. Venable  .295

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.109

P. Sandoval  .749

E. Cabrera  .559

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.92

J. Weaver  3.67

E. Stults  5.76

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  10.89

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.