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Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals, at Turner Field & Fort Bragg Park, August 21, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Start Time:
1:35et (local)
Venue:
Turner Field
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Nationals
Manager:
Dusty Baker
Game #:
124
On This Date:
21-25
Braves
Manager:
Brian Snitker
Game #:
125
On This Date:
71-53
Season Series
Mon, Apr 04, 2016 WSN  4 @ATL  3 (10)
Wed, Apr 06, 2016 WSN  3 @ATL  1     
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 WSN  6  ATL  4     
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 WSN  2  ATL  1     
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 WSN  3  ATL  0     
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 WSN  6  ATL  2     
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 ATL  8 @WSN  5     
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 WSN  7  ATL  6     
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 WSN  9  ATL  1     
Thu, Aug 18, 2016 WSN  8 @ATL  2     
Fri, Aug 19, 2016 WSN  7 @ATL  6     
Sat, Aug 20, 2016 WSN 11 @ATL  9     

Sun, Aug 21, 2016 WSN    @ATL  1:35pm
Mon, Sep 05, 2016 ATL    @WSN  4:05pm
Tue, Sep 06, 2016 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 07, 2016 ATL    @WSN  7:05pm
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 WSN    @ATL  7:35pm
Sat, Sep 17, 2016 WSN    @ATL  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 18, 2016 WSN    @ATL  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Washington Nationals
73-49, 1st, 9½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-23   Road:   37-26   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  57-38   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  19-13
 vsEast: 35-15   vsCntrl:15-15   vsWest: 12-14 IL:11-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Sat, Aug 20  @ATL  W  11-9       73-49  1st  9.5 up
121 Fri, Aug 19  @ATL  W   7-6       72-49  1st  9.5 up
120 Thu, Aug 18  @ATL  W   8-2       71-49  1st  9.5 up
119 Wed, Aug 17  @COL  L  10-12      70-49  1st  8.5 up
118 Tue, Aug 16  @COL  L   2-6       70-48  1st  8.5 up
117 Mon, Aug 15  @COL  W   5-4       70-47  1st  8.5 up
116 Sun, Aug 14   ATL  W   9-1       69-47  1st  8.5 up
115 Sat, Aug 13   ATL  W   7-6       68-47  1st  8.5 up
114 Fri, Aug 12   ATL  L   5-8       67-47  1st  7.5 up
113 Wed, Aug 10   CLE  W   7-4       67-46  1st  7.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Atlanta Braves
44-79, 5th, 29½ GB, 23½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-44   Road:   26-35   ExtrInn: 8-9 
 vsRHP:  32-52   vsLHP:  12-27   1-Run:  14-19
 vsEast: 20-30   vsCntrl:13-20   vsWest:  5-18 IL: 6-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 20   WSN  L   9-11      44-79  5th 29.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 19   WSN  L   6-7       44-78  5th 28.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 18   WSN  L   2-8       44-77  5th 27.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17   MIN  L   3-10      44-76  5th 26.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16   MIN  L   2-4       44-75  5th 26.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 14  @WSN  L   1-9       44-74  5th 26.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 13  @WSN  L   6-7       44-73  5th 25.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 12  @WSN  W   8-5       44-72  5th 24.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug 11  @MIL  L   3-11      43-72  5th 25.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 10  @MIL  L   3-4       43-71  5th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 20, 2016 WSN 11 @ATL  9        W:Max Scherzer (13-7), L: Tyrell Jenkins (2-4), S: Mark Melancon (36)
Fri, Aug 19, 2016 WSN  7 @ATL  6        W:Koda Glover (1-0), L: Jim Johnson (2-6), S: Mark Melancon (35)
Thu, Aug 18, 2016 WSN  8 @ATL  2        W:Reynaldo Lopez (2-1), L: Robert Whalen (1-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 WSN  9  ATL  1        W:Tanner Roark (13-6), L: Tyrell Jenkins (2-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 WSN  7  ATL  6        W:Reynaldo Lopez (1-1), L: Robert Whalen (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (33)
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 ATL  8 @WSN  5        W:Mike Foltynewicz (6-5), L: Stephen Strasburg (15-3), S: Jim Johnson (10)
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 WSN  6  ATL  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (2-0), L: Julio Teheran (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 WSN  3  ATL  0        W:Tanner Roark (1-1), L: Matt Wisler (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (5)
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 WSN  2  ATL  1        W:Blake Treinen (2-0), L: Jim Johnson (0-2), S: Felipe Rivero (1)
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 WSN  6  ATL  4        W:Max Scherzer (1-0), L: Bud Norris (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (4)
Season Series: 2016 - WSN over 11-1; 2015 - WSN won 14-5; 2014 - ATL won 11-8; All-Time - ATL leads 344-326

SP: Gio Gonzalez (30, LHP, 8-9, 4.28)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-9) 136.2 133 72 65 47 129 16 4.28
2015 (11-8) 175.2 181 79 74 69 169 8 3.79
2014 (10-10) 158.2 134 66 63 56 162 10 3.57
Last 7 GS 4-1 39.0 31 15 13 12 28 5 3.00 55
2016-08-16 @COL ND 3.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 60 45
2016-08-10 CLE W 5.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 103 41
2016-08-05 SFG W 7.0 2 1 1 1 7 1 104 75
2016-07-31 @SFG L 6.0 6 2 1 2 1 0 89 53
2016-07-26 @CLE ND 6.1 5 3 2 2 4 0 105 55
2016-07-20 LAD W 6.0 3 1 1 2 6 0 97 66
2016-07-10 @NYM W 5.2 4 2 2 4 3 2 108 52
Last 5 v.ATL 2-2 29.2 25 10 10 14 36 3 3.03 58
2016-04-12 ATL ND 6.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 95 69
2015-09-05 ATL W 6.0 2 0 0 4 10 0 106 74
2015-05-08 ATL W 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 0 103 66
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

SP: Joel De La Cruz (27, RHP, 0-6, 3.72)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (0-6) 38.2 38 19 16 14 20 5 3.72
Last 7 GS 0-5 31.1 32 16 13 12 13 4 3.73 48
2016-08-16 MIN L 5.2 4 1 1 2 4 0 97 59
2016-08-10 @MIL L 4.0 7 4 4 2 2 1 69 32
2016-08-05 @STL L 5.1 2 1 1 5 2 0 81 57
2016-07-31 PHI ND 4.1 3 0 0 2 0 0 62 55
2016-07-04 @PHI L 6.0 9 7 4 0 4 2 83 36
2016-06-29 CLE L 6.0 7 3 3 1 1 1 85 46
Has never faced WSN as starter.

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

Nationals Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.De La Cruz
G/S/vB		 62.Cabrera
G/S/vB		 53.Johnson
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 40.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 50.Roe
G/S/vB		 38.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 48.Weber
G/S/vB		 54.Younginer
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Difo# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 31/24 .310/.355/.379/.734 .762/.725 .911 31/.734 1/0 0/2
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 9/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 457/351 .218/.319/.390/.708 .719/.702 .684 86/.521 8/1 18/11
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.600 5/1.200 1/.000 482/349 .244/.386/.451/.837 .747/.873 .855 77/.767 16/7 21/2
14.Heisey G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 126/80 .207/.294/.441/.735 .779/.710 .734 28/.772 0/1 7/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/68 .194/.301/.361/.662 .419/.718 .432 / 0/0 3/0
20.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 471/327 .348/.391/.613/1.003 .915/1.042 1.048 83/.961 3/3 23/8
40.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 3/3.334 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 412/316 .324/.371/.531/.902 1.022/.867 .877 83/.821 0/0 19/3
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.300 ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 3/.333 5/.800 1/2.000 499/397 .273/.355/.454/.809 .817/.806 .818 100/1.048 12/6 15/6
9.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 331/272 .215/.261/.300/.561 .573/.558 .525 71/.545 11/5 2/2
25.Robinson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 3/1.666 2/2.000 172/143 .235/.304/.362/.667 .535/.695 .755 38/.718 0/0 5/0
7.Turner G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 2/.000 148/110 .319/.338/.546/.884 .587/.989 .907 107/.924 13/1 4/1
28.Werth G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 4/2.000 4/.500 ··· 464/345 .253/.343/.435/.778 1.087/.670 .800 89/.872 4/1 16/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 340/263 .229/.288/.408/.697 .752/.682 .720 27/.813 2/1 13/4
IP 38.2 24.1 45.1 39.0 14.0 16.0 37.0 18.2 6.0 TOTAL .256/.328/.433/.761 .791/.752 .776 .801 83/29 162/51
ERA-K/9 3.72/4.7 2.96/7.8 3.57/8.7 2.77/9.7 5.14/10.3 2.25/10.7 3.65/11.7 6.27/6.3 7.50/6.0 4.50/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (11-4-5)
 Ramos (28-17-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 167/.253 101/.227 190/.244 161/.240 64/.269 71/.226 171/.222 88/.365 32/.393 .256  Harper
 Werth
 Revere
 Robinson
 Heisey
 Turner
0/0/109/5
100/0/2/4
20/68/0/2
3/0/0/0
20/3/13/0
0/9/0/0
OPS .759 .564 .683 .635 .871 .711 .647 .975 .952 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.772 40/.631 93/.707 64/.586 19/1.088 34/.963 83/.586 41/1.181 13/.916 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.748 61/.519 97/.662 97/.668 45/.783 37/.486 88/.703 47/.797 19/.974 .716
Home 71/.615 39/.509 101/.602 91/.586 40/.988 27/.459 104/.618 84/.961 8/1.071
Last 28d days 84/.609 51/.561 42/.422 39/.315 49/.692 44/.643 8/.875 34/.777 32/.952
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 0/2/0 3/3/0 3/4/2 2/3/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 3/0/0 0/0/0 135/96/22
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··· ·XX····· ·X·XX··· X·o·X··· ·X·Xo··X X·X····· X··o··o· ·X··o·X·
Braves Batters (3.61 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 18.Belisle
G/S/vB		 32.Glover
G/S/vB		 27.Kelley
G/S/vB		 43.Melancon
G/S/vB		 46.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Petit
G/S/vB		 45.Treinen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Beckham G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· ··· 7/.429 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 215/148 .212/.302/.339/.641 .735/.598 .640 57/.391 1/0 4/3
23.d'Arnaud G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 238/151 .255/.319/.347/.667 .694/.651 .610 37/.585 9/3 1/2
25.Flowers G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 210/117 .254/.343/.422/.764 .724/.795 .826 12/.697 0/0 7/1
18.Francoeur G/S/vP 28/1.000 10/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 32/.849 9/.444 3/.000 269/141 .252/.294/.388/.682 .753/.618 .698 29/.863 2/0 7/3
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 37/.964 4/.250 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.267 1/.000 6/1.267 531/352 .287/.382/.539/.922 .907/.929 .841 108/1.155 4/0 24/5
13.Garcia G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.334 389/279 .265/.307/.393/.700 .703/.699 .689 90/.788 2/2 9/16
11.Inciarte* G/S/vP 9/.583 6/.800 ··· 3/1.333 6/.334 1/.000 7/1.286 3/1.334 403/296 .270/.328/.355/.683 .621/.706 .706 108/.817 11/5 3/4
27.Kemp G/S/vP 12/1.117 28/1.208 2/.000 2/1.500 5/.000 26/1.119 25/.920 8/1.196 506/397 .259/.291/.474/.764 1.011/.697 .684 94/.755 0/0 24/3
22.Markakis* G/S/vP 30/.559 2/.000 2/.500 8/1.417 2/.000 8/.393 3/.000 5/.400 523/361 .268/.342/.390/.732 .644/.773 .703 101/.830 0/1 9/3
8.Peterson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.500 4/.250 4/.917 6/.667 5/.000 284/245 .250/.340/.373/.713 .492/.750 .746 82/.637 2/4 6/10
20.Recker G/S/vP 10/.200 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 63/50 .288/.377/.442/.819 1.007/.769 .716 40/.754 1/0 1/1
2.Swanson G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .333/.333/.417/.750 /.750 .750 12/.750 0/0 0/1
IP 136.2 35.0 4.2 45.2 51.0 33.2 53.2 51.0 TOTAL .244/.308/.364/.673 .650/.682 .664 .759 56/28 83/86
ERA-K/9 4.28/8.5 2.06/6.7 5.79/1.9 2.56/13.4 1.41/8.5 5.61/10.1 3.19/6.7 1.94/8.1 3.39/9.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (38-2-5)
 Recker (16-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 588/.255 143/.261 22/.211 180/.218 196/.201 154/.248 218/.245 197/.219 .233  Inciarte
 Kemp
 Francoeur
 Markakis
 d'Arnaud
 Peterson
 Garcia
10/82/0/13
17/0/97/9
52/0/9/8
0/0/114/4
8/4/1/1
14/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .727 .661 .687 .691 .501 .763 .693 .638 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.588 64/.470 8/1.214 67/.839 91/.527 82/.698 96/.840 69/.710 .690
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 470/.762 79/.818 14/.381 113/.604 105/.479 72/.836 122/.581 128/.601 .654
Road 290/.750 74/.622 15/.817 81/.782 91/.559 68/.914 139/.731 102/.742
Last 28d days 111/.693 42/.808 15/.817 31/.459 33/.424 31/1.167 36/.816 42/.498
HR/SB/CS 16/8/4 2/1/2 0/0/0 7/1/0 2/2/0 4/2/0 7/2/0 4/1/1 113/41/22
Usage ····X··· oo·X·Xo· XX·X···· o·Xo·X·o oXX··o·o ···Xo·o· ···oX··o oo··Xo··

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.51

SFG  4.52

ATL  3.61

 RA/G

CHC  3.38

BOS  4.52

ARI  5.54

 BA

J. Altuve  .366

R. Odor  .274

T. Frazier  .207

 OBP

J. Votto  .433

L. Forsythe  .341

F. Galvis  .267

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .637

S. Perez  .452

E. Aybar  .309

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.050

D. Freese  .801

E. Aybar  .597

 ERA

K. Hendricks  2.16

T. Bauer  3.88

J. Shields  5.98

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.96

J. Eickhoff  7.70

J. Weaver  4.49

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.