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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Atlanta Braves, at PNC Park, June 26, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, June 26, 2015
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
79° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
74
On This Date:
55-67
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
73
On This Date:
70-49
Season Series
Fri, Jun 05, 2015 PIT 10 @ATL  8     
Sat, Jun 06, 2015 ATL  5  PIT  4     
Sun, Jun 07, 2015 PIT  3 @ATL  0     

Fri, Jun 26, 2015 ATL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 ATL    @PIT  4:05pm
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 ATL    @PIT  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Atlanta Braves
35-38, 3rd, 5 GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-15   Road:   16-23   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  31-33   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 17-19   vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  6-8  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Thu, Jun 25  @WSN  L   0-7       35-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 24  @WSN  L   1-2 (11)  35-37  3rd  4.0 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 23  @WSN  L   1-3       35-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 21   NYM  W   1-0       35-35  3rd  2.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 20   NYM  W   6-4       34-35  3rd  2.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 19   NYM  W   2-1       33-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 18   BOS  L   2-5       32-35  3rd  3.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 17   BOS  W   5-2       32-34  3rd  3.5 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 16  @BOS  L   4-9       31-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 64 Mon, Jun 15  @BOS  W   4-2       31-33  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Pittsburgh Pirates
40-32, 2nd, 8 GB, 1 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-13   Road:   18-19   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  32-27   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 13-6    vsCntrl:14-20   vsWest:  8-2  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Thu, Jun 25   CIN  L   4-5 (13)  40-32  2nd  8.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CIN  L   2-5       40-31  2nd  7.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   CIN  W   7-6       40-30  2nd  6.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @WSN  L   2-9       39-30  2nd  6.0 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @WSN  L   0-6       39-29  2nd  6.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @WSN  L   1-4       39-28  2nd  5.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @CHW  W   3-2       39-27  2nd  4.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @CHW  W   3-2       38-27  2nd  5.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 16   CHW  W   3-0       37-27  2nd  6.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 15   CHW  W  11-0       36-27  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 07, 2015 PIT  3 @ATL  0        W:Gerrit Cole (9-2), L: Alex Wood (4-3), S: Mark Melancon (18)
Sat, Jun 06, 2015 ATL  5  PIT  4        W:Jason Grilli (1-2), L: Vance Worley (2-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2015 PIT 10 @ATL  8        W:Charlie Morton (3-0), L: Luis Avilan (2-1), S: Mark Melancon (17)

Thu, Sep 25, 2014 PIT 10 @ATL  1        W:Edinson Volquez (13-7), L: David Hale (4-5), S: none
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 ATL  6  PIT  2        W:Julio Teheran (14-13), L: Jeff Locke (7-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (45)
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 PIT  3 @ATL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (11-5), L: Alex Wood (11-11), S: Tony Watson (2)
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 PIT  1 @ATL  0        W:Francisco Liriano (7-10), L: Aaron Harang (11-12), S: Mark Melancon (32)
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 PIT  3  ATL  2        W:Mark Melancon (2-3), L: David Carpenter (4-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 19, 2014 ATL 11 @PIT  3        W:Aaron Harang (10-7), L: Francisco Liriano (3-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 ATL  7 @PIT  3        W:Ervin Santana (13-6), L: Vance Worley (5-3), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - PIT over 2-1; 2014 - PIT won 4-3; 2013 - ATL won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1095-1019

SP: Williams Perez (24, RHP, 4-0, 2.78)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-0) 45.1 41 15 14 21 36 4 2.78
Last 7 GS 4-0 42.0 36 11 10 17 34 3 2.14 58
2015-06-20 NYM W 6.0 5 4 4 2 5 2 100 49
2015-06-15 @BOS W 6.0 5 0 0 2 2 0 79 62
2015-06-10 SDP W 7.0 4 1 0 2 5 0 98 70
2015-06-05 PIT ND 5.0 5 4 4 5 5 1 101 41
2015-05-30 @SFG W 7.0 4 0 0 4 3 0 105 68
2015-05-25 @LAD ND 6.0 7 1 1 1 7 0 106 60
2015-05-20 TBR ND 5.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 79 57
Last 5 v.PIT 0-0 5.0 5 4 4 5 5 1 7.20 41
2015-06-05 PIT ND 5.0 5 4 4 5 5 1 101 41

SP: Francisco Liriano (31, LHP, 4-6, 3.26)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-6) 88.1 59 33 32 28 105 8 3.26
2014 (7-10) 162.1 130 68 61 81 175 13 3.38
2013 (16-8) 161.0 134 54 54 63 163 9 3.02
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.2 32 17 17 9 55 4 3.59 61
2015-06-20 @WSN L 5.2 7 5 5 1 6 1 93 40
2015-06-15 CHW W 8.0 2 0 0 1 12 0 100 89
2015-06-09 MIL L 8.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 105 65
2015-06-03 @SFG W 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 102 70
2015-05-29 @SDP ND 6.0 3 0 0 1 11 0 96 76
2015-05-24 NYM W 6.0 6 1 1 2 12 0 112 66
2015-05-19 MIN L 2.0 5 7 7 2 2 2 55 18
Last 5 v.ATL 2-1 18.0 18 10 8 7 22 1 4.00 53
2014-09-22 @ATL W 6.0 3 0 0 4 7 0 101 69
2014-08-19 ATL L 4.0 10 9 7 3 4 1 88 11
2010-06-11 ATL W 8.0 5 1 1 0 11 0 105 79

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

Braves Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 52.Scahill
G/S/vB		 38.Volstad
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 46.Worley
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 53/37 .300/.302/.420/.722 .579/.783 .828 24/.938 1/0 0/0
7.Gomes G/S/vP 12/.650 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 143/98 .202/.294/.315/.608 .816/.520 .619 46/.611 1/0 3/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.000 6/.900 2/1.000 6/1.833 4/.000 1/.000 6/.666 3/.333 6/1.167 89/61 .232/.281/.329/.610 1.021/.413 .558 35/.552 1/1 1/3
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 17/1.220 ··· 4/1.000 136/123 .273/.309/.445/.754 .462/.787 .789 49/.625 0/1 6/3
30.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/27 .121/.216/.182/.398 .650/.308 .248 5/.600 0/0 0/1
22.Markakis* G/S/vP 18/.742 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.833 316/237 .301/.389/.359/.748 .627/.790 .809 113/.741 1/0 0/1
25.Maybin G/S/vP 5/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 3/2.000 3/.000 250/199 .288/.361/.401/.762 .868/.738 .658 108/.744 13/4 6/2
14.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/23 .273/.273/.318/.591 /.591 .556 23/.591 0/0 0/0
8.Peterson* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 279/237 .269/.348/.368/.716 .684/.721 .652 109/.861 8/8 2/3
15.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 27/.616 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 6/.900 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 190/164 .263/.305/.400/.705 .612/.719 .700 73/.721 0/1 4/1
19.Simmons G/S/vP 5/.650 4/.000 3/2.000 5/.650 4/1.250 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 6/1.333 292/248 .274/.329/.374/.703 .395/.759 .657 95/.691 1/1 3/3
28.Terdoslavich# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/13 .250/.308/.500/.808 /.808 .583 13/.808 0/0 1/0
2.Uribe G/S/vP 5/.650 2/1.000 3/.666 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 183/149 .268/.322/.357/.680 .775/.658 .851 87/.798 2/0 3/5
IP 88.1 20.1 33.2 30.2 35.2 26.0 2.0 37.1 56.1 TOTAL .257/.320/.366/.686 .632/.699 .678 .718 38/18 42/42
ERA-K/9 3.26/10.7 3.54/8.9 3.48/10.1 2.93/7.3 1.77/5.8 2.08/7.6 0.00/0.0 1.69/8.2 3.36/5.9 2.92/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lavarnway (3-3-1)
 Pierzynski (32-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 349/.185 89/.259 137/.203 128/.289 137/.221 119/.260 7/.286 141/.189 239/.280 .244  Gomes
 Markakis
 Maybin
 Johnson
 Perez
40/0/2/4
0/0/71/3
0/64/0/3
23/0/4/2
6/0/0/0
OPS .547 .701 .603 .696 .546 .704 .571 .499 .730 .648
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.637 24/.655 54/.639 51/.695 60/.376 55/.680 4/.500 35/.767 99/.711 .638
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 270/.520 65/.718 83/.580 77/.697 77/.677 64/.726 3/.667 106/.414 140/.742 .654
Home 166/.616 52/.914 69/.722 65/.618 70/.619 56/.676 7/.571 71/.336 95/.731
Last 28d days 106/.462 30/.407 49/.706 31/.563 49/.350 29/.863 7/.571 44/.618 52/.561
HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 2/7/0 3/4/0 1/1/2 2/0/2 2/3/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/2/2 46/66/29
Usage ·····X·· oX··X··· o·X·o··o ·Xo···o· X·o····o o·X··o·· ·X······ o·o····· X···XX··
Pirates Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Perez
G/S/vB		 32.Aardsma
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 50.Cunniff
G/S/vB		 56.Eveland*
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 53.Johnson
G/S/vB		 51.Masset
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 235/211 .234/.311/.431/.741 .341/.789 .770 69/.593 0/0 10/9
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 217/177 .302/.377/.401/.778 .978/.732 .786 77/.743 1/1 3/2
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 287/231 .285/.320/.393/.714 .853/.681 .740 102/.718 7/4 4/10
27.Kang G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 196/152 .274/.347/.394/.741 .925/.688 .839 76/.607 4/0 4/7
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/.667 1/3.000 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 292/239 .272/.321/.459/.780 1.006/.728 .911 98/.658 14/5 12/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.666 2/5.000 3/.333 1/.000 7/.572 1/.000 1/.000 10/1.367 301/249 .292/.379/.486/.865 .839/.871 .949 99/.944 3/2 9/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 223/178 .216/.268/.289/.557 .589/.549 .556 85/.724 2/0 2/4
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 268/232 .237/.299/.343/.641 .310/.695 .617 89/.621 17/6 3/4
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 99/51 .255/.271/.383/.654 .678/.633 .682 37/.593 2/0 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 75/62 .275/.311/.362/.673 .558/.697 .635 23/.841 0/0 0/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 41/25 .289/.341/.289/.631 .708/.581 .664 30/.619 0/1 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· 8/.625 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 265/226 .250/.317/.371/.688 .425/.734 .611 74/.634 2/0 4/4
IP 45.1 7.0 28.2 27.2 2.2 27.1 34.1 22.0 TOTAL .253/.312/.377/.688 .683/.690 .716 .673 52/19 56/51
ERA-K/9 2.78/7.2 1.29/5.1 3.45/7.2 4.23/9.7 6.75/13.3 2.63/11.2 2.62/7.1 2.86/6.1 4.02/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (48-19-4)
 Stewart (16-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.247 29/.136 116/.229 115/.202 16/.385 115/.226 145/.250 94/.265 .261  Marte
 McCutchen
 Polanco
 Harrison
 Tabata
 Rodriguez
65/10/0/4
0/67/0/3
6/2/61/2
2/0/7/0
3/0/5/0
5/0/10/0
OPS .681 .513 .615 .648 1.423 .637 .661 .764 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.793 11/.543 54/.699 37/.975 9/1.194 52/.696 63/.550 38/.683 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.589 18/.489 62/.542 78/.488 7/1.771 63/.588 82/.744 56/.817 .713
Road 92/.671 19/.463 54/.648 67/.858 13/1.629 49/.579 81/.803 57/.918
Last 28d days 132/.642 29/.513 39/.729 55/.813 16/1.423 44/.490 46/.615 36/.504
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 0/2/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/6/0 3/1/1 71/42/13
Usage ·····X·· Xo·····X ·o···o·o X·o····X ·oo·o··o ·X···XX· ·X··oo·· ·o··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 2015 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

TOR  5.47

BOS  4.11

PHI  3.30

 RA/G

STL  2.88

MIA  4.14

COL  5.07

 BA

J. Kipnis  .354

G. Stanton  .269

C. Utley  .179

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .473

B. Lawrie  .326

O. Infante  .243

 SLG

B. Harper  .719

M. Trumbo  .426

C. Utley  .275

 OPS

B. Harper  1.185

A. LaRoche  .748

C. Utley  .532

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.70

G. Richards  3.66

K. Lohse  6.30

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.18

J. Nelson  7.39

J. Guthrie  4.25

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.