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Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves, at Nationals Park, May 8, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 8, 2015
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
Nationals Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Nationals Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
72° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
29
On This Date:
58-47
Nationals
Manager:
Matt Williams
Game #:
30
On This Date:
18-17
Season Series
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 ATL  8  WSN  4     
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 WSN 13 @ATL 12     
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 WSN 13 @ATL  4     

Fri, May 08, 2015 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Sat, May 09, 2015 ATL    @WSN  4:05pm
Sun, May 10, 2015 ATL    @WSN  1:35pm
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Wed, Jun 24, 2015 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Thu, Jun 25, 2015 ATL    @WSN  4:05pm
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Thu, Jul 02, 2015 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Fri, Sep 04, 2015 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 ATL    @WSN  1:35pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm
Thu, Oct 01, 2015 WSN    @ATL  7:10pm

                         All times ET
Atlanta Braves
14-14, 2nd, 4 GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-8    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  12-13   vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Wed, May  6   PHI  W   7-5       14-14  2nd  4.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  5   PHI  W   9-0       13-14  2nd  4.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  4   PHI  L   2-5       12-14  3rd  4.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  3   CIN  W   5-0       12-13  2nd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, May  2   CIN  L   4-8       11-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 23 Fri, May  1   CIN  W   4-3       11-12  2nd  4.5 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 30   CIN  L   1-5       10-12  2nd  4.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 29   WSN  L   4-13      10-11  2nd  4.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28   WSN  L  12-13      10-10  2nd  4.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   WSN  W   8-4       10-9   2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-14
Washington Nationals
14-15, 3rd, 4½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-6    Road:    7-9    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  10-13   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast: 12-11   vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Wed, May  6   MIA  W   7-5       14-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 28 Tue, May  5   MIA  L   1-2       13-15  4th  4.5 gb
 27 Mon, May  4   MIA  W   6-4       13-14  2nd  3.5 gb
 26 Sun, May  3  @NYM  W   1-0       12-14  4th  4.0 gb
 25 Sat, May  2  @NYM  W   1-0       11-14  4th  5.0 gb
 24 Fri, May  1  @NYM  L   0-4       10-14  4th  6.0 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 30  @NYM  W   8-2       10-13  4th  5.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @ATL  W  13-4        9-13  4th  6.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @ATL  W  13-12       8-13  4th  7.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @ATL  L   4-8        7-13  5th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 WSN 13 @ATL  4        W:Jordan Zimmermann (2-2), L: Alex Wood (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 WSN 13 @ATL 12        W:Blake Treinen (1-2), L: Jason Grilli (0-1), S: Drew Storen (5)
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 ATL  8  WSN  4        W:Eric Stults (1-1), L: Doug Fister (1-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 17, 2014 ATL  3  WSN  1        W:Alex Wood (11-10), L: Ross Detwiler (2-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (44)
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 WSN  3 @ATL  0        W:Tanner Roark (14-10), L: Aaron Harang (11-11), S: Drew Storen (7)
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 WSN  4 @ATL  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (12-11), L: Ervin Santana (14-9), S: Drew Storen (6)
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 ATL  6 @WSN  2        W:Aaron Harang (11-10), L: Stephen Strasburg (11-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 WSN  6  ATL  4        W:Jordan Zimmermann (11-5), L: Ervin Santana (14-8), S: Drew Storen (4)
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 WSN  2  ATL  1        W:Doug Fister (13-6), L: Mike Minor (6-10), S: Drew Storen (3)
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 ATL  3  WSN  1        W:Alex Wood (8-9), L: Gio Gonzalez (6-9), S: Craig Kimbrel (34)
Season Series: 2015 - WSN over 2-1; 2014 - ATL won 11-8; 2013 - ATL won 13-6; All-Time - ATL leads 339-303

SP: Eric Stults (35, LHP, 1-2, 4.91)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-2) 29.1 31 16 16 7 15 5 4.91
2014 (8-17) 176.0 197 93 84 45 111 26 4.30
2013 (11-13) 203.2 219 97 89 40 131 18 3.93
Last 7 GS 2-2 42.2 44 17 17 8 25 5 3.59 52
2015-05-02 CIN L 7.0 11 6 6 1 2 2 102 32
2015-04-27 WSN W 6.1 4 2 2 3 3 0 96 57
2015-04-22 @NYM ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 103 65
2015-04-15 MIA L 5.0 5 4 4 2 2 1 85 41
2015-04-10 NYM ND 5.0 7 3 3 1 3 2 86 43
2014-09-27 @SFG ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 98 66
2014-09-22 COL W 6.1 7 0 0 1 5 0 93 63
Last 5 v.WSN 2-1 22.0 26 11 11 5 13 2 4.50 48
2015-04-27 WSN W 6.1 4 2 2 3 3 0 96 57
2014-06-08 WSN L 2.1 8 6 6 0 2 1 48 19
2014-04-24 @WSN ND 5.1 10 2 2 0 3 1 90 43
2013-05-18 WSN W 8.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 89 73

SP: Gio Gonzalez (29, LHP, 2-2, 3.86)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-2) 30.1 35 14 13 13 31 1 3.86
2014 (10-10) 158.2 134 66 63 56 162 10 3.57
2013 (11-8) 195.2 169 79 73 76 192 17 3.36
Last 7 GS 4-2 44.1 42 16 15 15 48 1 3.05 57
2015-05-02 @NYM W 7.0 6 0 0 2 9 0 111 72
2015-04-26 @MIA L 5.0 10 6 6 1 8 0 94 30
2015-04-21 STL ND 6.0 8 0 0 4 4 0 107 56
2015-04-15 @BOS W 6.0 6 5 4 2 6 1 104 46
2015-04-10 @PHI L 6.1 5 3 3 4 4 0 95 51
2014-09-25 NYM W 7.0 1 0 0 2 12 0 103 85
2014-09-18 @MIA W 7.0 6 2 2 0 5 0 96 62
Last 5 v.ATL 0-4 31.2 29 13 13 14 35 3 3.69 56
2014-08-10 @ATL L 4.2 6 2 2 4 8 1 111 48
2014-04-13 @ATL L 6.0 9 6 6 4 6 2 103 32
2013-08-18 @ATL L 7.0 5 2 2 4 9 0 120 64
2013-08-06 ATL L 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 96 61
2013-06-01 @ATL ND 7.0 3 1 1 1 7 0 105 73

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

Braves Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 30.Barrett
G/S/vB		 60.Grace*
G/S/vB		 57.Roark
G/S/vB		 36.Solis*
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 46.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 64.Treinen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Bethancourt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 46/34 .159/.196/.227/.423 .167/.517 .293 33/.401 1/0 0/0
1.Callaspo# G/S/vP 24/.939 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 7/1.738 1/.000 79/68 .246/.329/.319/.648 .091/.741 .669 70/.576 0/0 1/3
13.Ciriaco G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 28/.946 1/.000 1/.000 18/1.032 ··· 10/.000 2/2.000 4/1.500 117/88 .318/.376/.561/.937 .863/.961 .875 100/.958 1/0 5/3
7.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 61/47 .192/.295/.404/.699 1.446/.531 .767 52/.691 0/0 3/0
11.Gosselin G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 23/11 .227/.261/.273/.534 .523/.545 .452 18/.572 1/0 0/1
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 73/67 .250/.301/.544/.845 .667/.863 .701 66/.890 0/0 6/2
22.Markakis* G/S/vP 21/.714 1/3.000 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 15/1.159 2/.500 118/88 .301/.390/.340/.730 .550/.794 .876 100/.778 1/0 0/0
25.Maybin G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.667 66/50 .232/.338/.446/.785 1.150/.684 .425 55/.815 3/2 4/0
8.Peterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 90/79 .286/.360/.312/.671 .664/.672 .511 77/.692 2/2 0/2
15.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.900 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/2.000 4/.000 1/2.000 69/62 .344/.377/.541/.918 .629/.942 1.141 65/.845 0/1 3/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 22/1.288 5/.200 1/.000 11/.182 ··· 8/.500 ··· 6/.533 117/103 .292/.359/.462/.821 .742/.832 .729 100/.874 0/1 2/1
4.Young# G/S/vP 17/.236 ··· ··· 14/.742 ··· 8/.417 1/.000 1/.000 73/66 .167/.236/.288/.524 .429/.534 .558 61/.524 3/0 0/0
IP 30.1 12.1 4.0 15.0 5.0 12.0 8.0 13.0 TOTAL .257/.326/.396/.722 .679/.732 .684 .726 13/7 24/15
ERA-K/9 3.86/9.2 1.46/13.9 0.00/9.0 3.00/2.4 0.00/3.6 1.50/9.8 3.38/6.8 5.54/9.0 3.42/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bethancourt (3-3-1)
 Pierzynski (14-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 133/.297 47/.182 18/.250 62/.316 17/.118 47/.209 35/.161 63/.269 .268  Gomes
 Johnson
 Markakis
 Maybin
 Young
17/0/1/2
13/0/3/1
0/0/26/0
0/21/0/0
10/14/0/0
OPS .809 .529 .583 .783 .235 .486 .418 .762 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/.737 15/.467 10/.400 28/1.118 6/.333 27/.741 19/.316 30/1.027 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.841 32/.557 8/.833 34/.500 11/.182 20/.153 16/.542 33/.519 .623
Home 28/.804 25/.671 8/.833 22/.511 10/.200 20/.666 18/.333 23/.824
Last 28d days 107/.828 40/.541 18/.583 56/.834 17/.235 44/.520 34/.431 57/.812
HR/SB/CS 1/0/2 0/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 0/1/0 0/4/0 14/16/6
Usage ·····X·· ··X·oo·o ···X·o·· ·X·Xo··· ··X····X ·X··oo·o ··o·X·o· ··XX··o·
Nationals Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Stults*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 34.Cahill
G/S/vB		 50.Cunniff
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 53.Johnson
G/S/vB		 57.Martin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP 11/.637 6/.167 11/.495 ··· 3/.000 5/1.467 1/no AB 124/102 .237/.298/.377/.676 .527/.707 .864 109/.683 0/1 2/9
5.Escobar G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 15/.564 ··· 105/86 .302/.352/.396/.748 .708/.757 .843 89/.774 0/1 2/1
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 10/1.600 7/1.096 9/.583 ··· 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 78/63 .239/.338/.388/.726 .928/.677 .477 78/.726 0/0 2/1
34.Harper* G/S/vP 6/.533 13/.496 10/.550 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 125/94 .265/.416/.561/.977 .738/1.046 1.260 109/.988 0/3 8/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 24/22 .211/.375/.368/.743 /.687 .258 20/.838 0/0 1/0
12.Moore G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 27/20 .208/.296/.375/.671 1.229/.513 .523 17/1.012 0/0 1/0
40.Ramos G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 8/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 95/75 .319/.337/.396/.732 1.100/.631 .693 83/.779 0/0 1/1
25.Robinson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 37/37 .229/.270/.314/.585 /.585 .259 33/.658 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 12/.697 10/.100 17/.775 ··· 3/3.000 5/.600 1/no AB 65/51 .305/.354/.525/.879 .220/1.064 .710 65/.879 1/0 2/1
3.Taylor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/57 .262/.314/.446/.760 .808/.750 .767 53/.717 2/1 2/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP 16/.650 1/4.000 11/.864 ··· 5/1.400 3/.000 1/4.000 57/47 .192/.263/.365/.629 .744/.604 .451 43/.723 0/1 1/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 8/.929 4/.250 13/1.601 ··· 3/1.666 5/.400 1/.000 85/65 .176/.247/.203/.450 .472/.443 .630 85/.450 0/0 0/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 8/.625 8/.375 5/1.400 ··· 8/.375 5/1.400 1/.000 125/101 .212/.272/.354/.626 .770/.590 .631 109/.629 0/0 2/1
IP 29.1 13.0 15.0 9.0 10.0 14.1 16.2 TOTAL .239/.308/.376/.684 .718/.676 .678 .706 3/7 24/26
ERA-K/9 4.91/4.6 3.46/6.2 9.00/3.0 2.00/9.0 4.50/14.4 3.77/7.6 2.16/11.3 4.11/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (6-0-0)
 Ramos (10-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 122/.277 51/.208 77/.354 33/.038 42/.211 62/.286 66/.220 .252  Harper
 Span
 Werth
 Robinson
 Moore
 Taylor
0/1/28/3
0/14/0/2
18/0/0/1
4/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
2/15/0/0
OPS .828 .547 .888 .251 .628 .780 .633 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.660 26/.549 36/.993 6/.533 19/.754 28/.478 20/.367 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.893 25/.544 41/.793 27/.185 23/.522 34/1.007 46/.750 .742
Road 23/.478 20/.563 45/.710 22/.234 15/.000 34/1.089 27/.603
Last 28d days 101/.784 47/.551 77/.888 22/.335 32/.792 50/.898 56/.717
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 2/0/0 27/17/5
Usage ·····X·· ·X·oo·o· ···o···· ········ ·X····X· ·o·X··o· ·o··X·X·

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  5.34

CLE  4.41

PHI  2.83

 RA/G

STL  2.82

WSN  4.21

COL  5.73

 BA

D. Gordon  .437

X. Bogaerts  .269

C. Utley  .103

 OBP

M. Holliday  .474

I. Suzuki  .330

C. Utley  .182

 SLG

N. Cruz  .757

J. Kipnis  .402

C. Utley  .207

 OPS

A. Gonzalez  1.153

M. Betts  .742

C. Utley  .389

 ERA

D. Keuchel  .80

L. Lynn  3.82

K. Kendrick  8.73

 K/9IP

M. Fiers  12.73

E. Volquez  7.24

K. Gibson  2.73

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.