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Atlanta Braves vs. Boston Red Sox, at Turner Field & Fort Bragg Park, April 26, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Turner Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

74° (based on last ten years)

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

On This Date:

43-48

Braves

Manager:

Fredi Gonzalez

Game #:

On This Date:

54-43

Season Series
Mon, Apr 25, 2016 BOS  1 @ATL  0     

Tue, Apr 26, 2016 BOS    @ATL  7:10pm
Wed, Apr 27, 2016 ATL    @BOS  7:10pm
Thu, Apr 28, 2016 ATL    @BOS  7:10pm

                         All times ET

Boston Red Sox

10-9, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    4-6    Road:    6-3    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-7    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 25  @ATL  W   1-0       10-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 24  @HOU  W   7-5 (12)   9-9   2nd  2.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 23  @HOU  L   3-8        8-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 22  @HOU  W   6-2        8-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 21   TBR  L   8-12       7-8   2nd  3.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 20   TBR  W   7-3        7-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 19   TBR  L   0-3 (10)   6-7   3rd  2.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 18   TOR  L   3-4        6-6   2nd  2.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 17   TOR  L   3-5        6-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 16   TOR  W   4-2        6-4   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-9    Last 30:10-9

Atlanta Braves

4-15, 5th, 10½ GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    1-11   Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   2-11   vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   1-5 
 vsEast:  3-9    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 25   BOS  L   0-1        4-15  5th 10.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 24   NYM  L   2-3        4-14  5th 10.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 23   NYM  L   2-8        4-13  5th  9.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 22   NYM  L   3-6        4-12  5th  8.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 21   LAD  L   1-2 (10)   4-11  5th  7.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 20   LAD  L   3-5 (10)   4-10  5th  7.0 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 19   LAD  W   8-1        4-9   5th  6.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 17  @MIA  W   6-5 (10)   3-9   5th  6.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 16  @MIA  W   6-4        2-9   5th  7.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 15  @MIA  W   6-3        1-9   5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-15   Last 30: 4-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 25, 2016 BOS  1 @ATL  0        W:Rick Porcello (4-0), L: Julio Teheran (0-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (6)

Thu, Jun 18, 2015 BOS  5 @ATL  2        W:Clay Buchholz (4-6), L: Shelby Miller (5-3), S: Koji Uehara (14)
Wed, Jun 17, 2015 ATL  5  BOS  2        W:Nick Masset (2-1), L: Junichi Tazawa (0-3), S: Jason Grilli (18)
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 BOS  9  ATL  4        W:Wade Miley (6-6), L: Julio Teheran (4-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 15, 2015 ATL  4 @BOS  2        W:Williams Perez (3-0), L: Rick Porcello (4-7), S: Jason Grilli (17)
Thu, May 29, 2014 BOS  4  ATL  3        W:Koji Uehara (1-1), L: Craig Kimbrel (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2014 BOS  4  ATL  0        W:John Lackey (6-3), L: Gavin Floyd (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2014 BOS  6 @ATL  3        W:Jon Lester (5-6), L: Anthony Varvaro (1-1), S: Koji Uehara (11)
Mon, May 26, 2014 BOS  8 @ATL  6        W:Edward Mujica (2-1), L: Ian Thomas (1-2), S: Koji Uehara (10)
Sun, Jun 24, 2012 BOS  9  ATL  4        W:Aaron Cook (1-1), L: Mike Minor (3-6), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - BOS over 1-0; 2015 - Tied 2-2; 2014 - BOS won 4-0; All-Time - BOS leads 33-30

SP: David Price (30, LHP, 2-0, 7.06)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (2-0)			21.2	24	17	17	6	32	3	7.06
2015 (18-5)			220.1	190	70	60	47	225	17	2.45
2014 (15-12)			248.1	230	100	90	38	271	25	3.26

Last 7 GS		5-0	40.2	38	23	22	11	54	4	4.87	54
2016-04-21	TBR	ND	3.2	8	8	8	2	5	2	87	16
2016-04-16	TOR	W	7.0	6	2	2	0	9	0	107	66
2016-04-11	BAL	ND	5.0	5	5	5	2	8	1	104	43
2016-04-05	@CLE	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	10	0	103	62
2015-09-26	TBR	W	5.0	6	5	4	1	6	1	95	42
2015-09-21	NYY	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	114	79
2015-09-16	@ATL	W	7.0	6	1	1	3	9	0	105	67

Last 5 v.ATL		2-1	19.0	20	6	4	9	23	1	1.89	58
2015-09-16	@ATL	W	7.0	6	1	1	3	9	0	105	67
2012-05-20	ATL	L	7.0	6	2	1	3	7	1	123	63
2010-06-15	@ATL	W	5.0	8	3	2	3	7	0	113	45

SP: Matt Wisler (23, RHP, 0-1, 3.10)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (0-1)			20.1	15	8	7	4	16	3	3.10
2015 (8-8)			109.0	119	59	57	40	72	16	4.71

Last 7 GS		3-2	48.0	38	15	14	10	34	7	2.63	60
2016-04-21	LAD	ND	6.2	4	1	0	2	6	0	115	68
2016-04-13	@WSN	L	6.0	4	3	3	1	4	2	74	55
2016-04-08	STL	ND	6.2	7	4	4	1	6	1	91	49
2015-10-04	STL	W	8.2	4	0	0	1	3	0	102	78
2015-09-29	WSN	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	99	65
2015-09-22	@NYM	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	8	1	98	66
2015-09-17	TOR	L	6.0	9	4	4	2	3	2	105	39

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Red Sox Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Wisler
G/S/vB 54.Cervenka*
G/S/vB 39.Grilli
G/S/vB 53.Johnson
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 40.Ogando
G/S/vB 38.Vizcaino
G/S/vB 48.Weber
G/S/vB 51.Withrow
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 654/493 .291/.341/.479/.820 .843/.813 .756 91/.797 21/6 18/5

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 654/482 .320/.355/.421/.776 .892/.735 .702 80/.730 10/2 7/11

25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 255/172 .249/.335/.498/.832 .918/.791 .678 69/.650 3/0 10/1

10.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 201/151 .247/.337/.328/.664 .895/.587 .470 24/.583 0/0 2/3

12.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.583 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 509/381 .280/.349/.379/.727 .807/.701 .729 63/.802 8/1 2/9

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.429 16/.938 7/.762 10/.967 1/.000 ··· ··· 614/430 .273/.360/.553/.913 .703/1.008 .873 74/.970 0/1 37/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 22/.838 4/.250 12/.531 ··· ··· 1/2.000 425/319 .291/.356/.441/.797 .834/.785 .722 87/.788 2/2 12/6

13.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.858 3/.000 2/.500 5/1.467 ··· ··· ··· 430/307 .249/.291/.426/.717 .710/.720 .727 79/.670 6/3 19/4

32.Rutledge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 85/59 .284/.333/.338/.671 .748/.637 .528 9/1.222 0/0 1/4

47.Shaw* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 248/163 .270/.327/.487/.813 .975/.723 .660 74/.862 0/1 13/3

7.Vazquez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 27/.539 / /

30.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 5/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 356/181 .252/.320/.453/.773 .972/.585 .794 23/.455 3/1 14/1

IP 109.0 33.2 66.2 30.0 65.1 33.2 28.1 TOTAL .272/.334/.424/.758 .606/.783 .785 .758 16/2 14/8

ERA-K/9

4.71/5.9

/0.0

2.94/12.0

4.46/6.7

8.10/6.3

3.99/7.3

1.60/9.9

4.76/6.0

/0.0

4.53/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (24-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 478/.280 / 140/.217 291/.296 159/.343 277/.242 139/.218 109/.248 / .256 Betts
Young
Bradley
Ramirez
Holt
Shaw 0/133/11/10
55/15/76/4
17/27/32/4
92/0/0/3
14/2/21/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .819 .620 .743 .909 .776 .615 .699 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.986 / 60/.598 124/.675 82/.677 107/.611 64/.583 61/.855 / .884

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 241/.664 / 80/.636 167/.793 77/1.162 170/.883 75/.641 48/.510 / .607

Home 240/.686 / 75/.593 130/.625 76/.911 147/.867 81/.642 74/.523 /

Last 28d days 82/.582 19/.330 36/.802 40/.500 18/1.433 49/.655 31/.483 27/1.063 23/.415

HR/SB/CS 16/2/1 // 2/0/0 5/7/0 2/2/0 12/3/3 1/0/0 3/0/3 // 21/15/5

Usage ····X··· ·X···Xo· ·X·o·X·· o···Xo·· ···ooo·· ·X··XoX· o···oX·· ··X···X· ··X··oo·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Braves Batters (3.21 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 24.Price*
G/S/vB 68.Barnes
G/S/vB 37.Hembree
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 59.Layne*
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Aybar# G/S/vP 32/.623 1/5.000 2/2.000 3/.000 1/4.000 6/.500 7/1.286 7/.143 638/460 .270/.301/.338/.639 .597/.657 .629 71/.336 15/6 3/17

14.Castro G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 100/57 .240/.263/.344/.606 .749/.500 .712 40/.658 0/0 2/1

25.Flowers G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 361/288 .239/.295/.356/.652 .751/.627 .632 29/.760 0/1 9/5

18.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 2/.000 343/202 .258/.286/.433/.718 .645/.769 .833 32/.646 0/2 13/7

5.Freeman* G/S/vP 6/.367 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 481/343 .276/.370/.471/.841 .656/.912 .810 78/.610 3/1 18/4

13.Garcia G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 198/137 .277/.293/.497/.790 .982/.706 .909 75/.760 0/0 10/10

24.Johnson* G/S/vP 17/.529 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 5/.000 335/300 .265/.314/.435/.750 .678/.758 .707 42/.499 2/1 14/11

22.Markakis* G/S/vP 55/.662 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 5/1.000 7/.715 8/.536 686/483 .296/.370/.376/.746 .635/.795 .692 82/.841 2/1 3/1

8.Peterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 597/483 .239/.314/.335/.649 .510/.682 .721 41/.475 12/10 6/9

15.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 22/.638 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.500 6/.666 12/.750 6/.833 436/345 .300/.339/.430/.769 .655/.799 .761 51/.509 0/2 9/2

17.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 49/.429 / /

2.Stubbs G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· 8/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/1.500 3/.000 140/76 .195/.283/.382/.665 .562/.750 1.108 30/.633 5/1 5/0

IP 220.1 43.0 25.1 59.1 47.2 60.2 58.2 40.1 TOTAL .227/.300/.283/.583 .519/.617 .592 .583 8/4 3/18

ERA-K/9

2.45/9.2

5.44/8.2

3.55/5.3

2.58/13.2

3.97/8.5

3.86/7.9

4.14/8.6

2.23/10.5

4.50/10.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (53-18-15)
Pierzynski (67-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 888/.230 199/.311 106/.258 239/.185 207/.234 259/.254 247/.280 160/.188 .245 Francoeur
Markakis
Johnson
Stubbs
Garcia 20/0/85/5
0/0/153/4
29/0/8/2
21/42/4/2
10/0/0/1

OPS .621 .887 .795 .569 .684 .729 .751 .562 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.661 92/.800 46/.862 122/.629 102/.418 97/.649 102/.808 79/.507 .696

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 663/.608 107/.959 60/.741 117/.508 105/.950 162/.775 145/.710 81/.614 .768

Road 447/.610 100/.810 53/1.035 106/.560 104/.531 121/.813 105/.752 65/.657

Last 28d days 97/.800 47/.895 29/.351 41/.611 12/.633 41/.652 32/.394 35/.339

HR/SB/CS 17/0/2 9/7/1 5/2/2 6/8/1 3/4/2 7/0/0 5/7/1 3/0/0 22/8/4

Usage ····X··· ·X··X·X· ·X·X··X· oX·o··oX ··o···X· o··X··X· ·X···oXo oo·····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 2016 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

For the 2015 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.50

CHC 4.25

ATL 3.54

RA/G

STL 3.24

NYY 4.31

COL 5.21

M. Cabrera .338

E. Longoria .270

J. Pederson .210

OBP

B. Harper .460

M. Duffy .334

W. Ramos .258

SLG

B. Harper .649

E. Longoria .435

A. Escobar .320

OPS

B. Harper 1.109

J. Pederson .763

C. Owings .587

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.66

J. Zimmermann 3.66

A. Simon 5.05

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.82

J. Teheran 7.67

M. Buehrle 4.12

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.