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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Atlanta Braves, at PNC Park, May 19, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
67° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
41
On This Date:
59-51
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
42
On This Date:
52-57
Season Series
Mon, May 16, 2016 PIT  8  ATL  5     
Tue, May 17, 2016 PIT 12  ATL  9     
Wed, May 18, 2016 ATL  3 @PIT  1     

Thu, May 19, 2016 ATL    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Aug 02, 2016 PIT    @ATL  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 03, 2016 PIT    @ATL  7:10pm
Thu, Aug 04, 2016 PIT    @ATL  7:10pm

                         All times ET
Atlanta Braves
10-29, 5th, 13½ GB, 13 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-17   Road:    8-12   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:   7-18   vsLHP:   3-11   1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl: 2-6    vsWest:  1-5  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Wed, May 18  @PIT  W   3-1       10-29  5th 13.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 17  @PIT  L   9-12       9-29  5th 13.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 16  @PIT  L   5-8        9-28  5th 13.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 15  @KCR  L   2-4 (13)   9-27  5th 13.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 14  @KCR  W   5-0        9-26  5th 13.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 13  @KCR  L   1-5        8-26  5th 13.5 gb
 33 Thu, May 12   PHI  L   4-7 (10)   8-25  5th 12.5 gb
 32 Wed, May 11   PHI  W   5-1        8-24  5th 12.5 gb
 31 Tue, May 10   PHI  L   2-3        7-24  5th 12.5 gb
 30 Sun, May  8   ARI  L   3-5 (11)   7-23  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Pittsburgh Pirates
21-18, 2nd, 7½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-8    Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  17-16   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Wed, May 18   ATL  L   1-3       21-18  2nd  7.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 17   ATL  W  12-9       21-17  2nd  6.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 16   ATL  W   8-5       20-17  2nd  7.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 15  @CHC  W   2-1       19-17  2nd  8.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 14  @CHC  L   2-8       18-17  2nd  9.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 13  @CHC  L   4-9       18-16  2nd  8.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 11  @CIN  W   5-4       18-15  2nd  7.0 gb
 32 Mon, May  9  @CIN  L   2-3       17-15  2nd  8.0 gb
 31 Sun, May  8  @STL  W  10-5       17-14  2nd  7.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  7  @STL  L   4-6       16-14  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 18, 2016 ATL  3 @PIT  1        W:Julio Teheran (1-4), L: Francisco Liriano (3-3), S: Arodys Vizcaino (4)
Tue, May 17, 2016 PIT 12  ATL  9        W:Juan Nicasio (4-3), L: Aaron Blair (0-3), S: Mark Melancon (13)
Mon, May 16, 2016 PIT  8  ATL  5        W:Jon Niese (4-2), L: Williams Perez (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (12)

Sun, Jun 28, 2015 ATL  2 @PIT  1        W:Alex Wood (5-5), L: Jeff Locke (4-4), S: Jason Grilli (21)
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 PIT  8  ATL  4        W:Charlie Morton (6-1), L: Julio Teheran (5-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 PIT  3  ATL  2 (10)   W:Mark Melancon (1-1), L: Jason Grilli (2-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2016 - PIT over 2-1; 2015 - PIT won 4-2; 2014 - PIT won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 1099-1021

SP: Mike Foltynewicz (24, RHP, 1-1, 2.89)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-1) 18.2 20 6 6 2 16 4 2.89
2015 (4-6) 86.2 112 63 55 29 77 17 5.71
2014 (0-1) 18.2 23 11 11 7 14 3 5.30
Last 7 GS 2-4 38.2 47 25 21 10 33 7 4.89 46
2016-05-14 @KCR W 8.0 7 0 0 0 4 0 103 72
2016-05-08 ARI ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 8 1 101 67
2016-05-02 @NYM L 3.2 8 4 4 2 4 3 98 31
2015-08-25 COL L 5.0 5 4 0 1 3 0 94 51
2015-08-20 @CHC L 4.2 8 7 7 2 6 2 97 24
2015-08-15 ARI L 4.2 9 6 6 1 5 1 80 26
2015-08-08 MIA W 5.2 5 2 2 4 3 0 104 50
Has never faced PIT as starter.

SP: Jeff Locke (28, LHP, 1-3, 5.45)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-3) 38.0 42 24 23 21 25 5 5.45
2015 (8-11) 168.1 179 95 84 60 129 15 4.49
2014 (7-6) 131.1 127 63 57 40 89 16 3.91
Last 7 GS 1-3 38.0 42 24 23 21 25 5 5.45 44
2016-05-14 @CHC L 5.1 6 6 6 2 3 2 96 33
2016-05-07 @STL ND 6.0 4 3 3 2 1 1 89 51
2016-05-01 CIN ND 7.0 4 3 3 2 6 0 102 61
2016-04-25 @COL W 6.0 5 0 0 2 8 0 106 68
2016-04-20 @SDP L 3.0 11 8 8 4 2 1 85 3
2016-04-15 MIL L 4.2 5 3 2 7 4 0 98 41
2016-04-10 @CIN ND 6.0 7 1 1 2 1 1 80 53
Last 5 v.ATL 0-2 25.2 32 18 18 16 22 5 6.31 41
2015-06-28 ATL L 5.0 5 1 1 3 5 0 94 55
2015-06-06 @ATL ND 6.1 7 4 4 2 4 1 95 45
2014-09-24 @ATL L 4.0 8 6 6 5 3 1 86 20
2013-06-04 @ATL ND 5.2 6 3 3 2 7 0 103 50
2013-04-18 ATL ND 4.2 6 4 4 4 3 3 95 35

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

Braves Batters (3.23 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 26.Luebke*
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 14.Vogelsong
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/.376 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.417 ··· 143/94 .174/.207/.205/.412 .330/.456 .317 82/.425 2/1 0/3
7.Beckham G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.750 ··· 57/36 .340/.421/.480/.901 .714/1.007 .917 29/1.083 0/0 0/1
4.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 22/20 .273/.273/.364/.636 1.000/.600 .769 22/.636 0/0 0/1
14.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 92/59 .207/.242/.218/.460 .492/.441 .409 70/.416 1/1 0/0
23.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/11 .320/.393/.480/.873 .610/1.303 .978 28/.873 1/0 0/1
25.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 72/29 .277/.347/.338/.686 .592/.821 .631 47/.623 0/0 1/0
18.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 89/41 .226/.258/.286/.544 .682/.390 .371 68/.542 0/0 1/2
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 12/.929 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 6/.833 1/2.000 17/1.177 7/.629 164/98 .275/.372/.458/.830 .817/.838 .854 103/.968 1/0 6/4
11.Inciarte* G/S/vP 8/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 17/.368 2/2.000 62/39 .232/.295/.250/.545 .545/.543 .678 52/.525 0/2 0/1
24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 3/.000 5/1.000 5/.600 3/.333 ··· 86/69 .244/.314/.346/.660 .794/.625 .677 53/.787 1/0 1/3
22.Markakis* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 172/112 .264/.372/.347/.719 .671/.747 .812 109/.623 0/0 0/2
15.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 6/.900 4/.250 3/1.000 93/77 .207/.247/.253/.500 .125/.581 .597 54/.491 1/0 0/3
17.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 103/76 .247/.290/.441/.731 .321/.874 .882 65/.899 6/5 3/1
IP 38.0 15.2 13.2 8.0 3.2 17.0 19.2 17.2 TOTAL .235/.298/.316/.615 .552/.649 .635 .631 17/10 14/33
ERA-K/9 5.45/5.9 5.74/7.5 3.95/11.8 2.25/4.5 14.73/4.9 2.65/6.9 4.12/6.4 2.55/7.1 4.49/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (14-1-0)
 Pierzynski (18-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.288 78/.328 54/.200 40/.300 23/.412 69/.238 86/.267 71/.183 .264  Inciarte
 Markakis
 Smith
 Francoeur
 d'Arnaud
 Johnson
7/7/0/4
0/0/35/3
0/26/0/2
19/0/4/2
0/0/1/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .847 1.035 .659 .903 1.345 .607 .854 .675 .793
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.865 35/1.110 23/.267 17/.983 5/2.400 31/.521 36/1.024 19/.794 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.841 43/.961 31/.962 23/.856 18/.944 38/.668 50/.737 52/.633 .789
Home 52/.653 49/1.038 19/.544 21/.838 14/1.643 28/.509 44/.926 34/.633
Last 28d days 101/.654 38/1.053 28/.917 40/.903 4/2.500 46/.692 48/1.060 45/.642
HR/SB/CS 5/6/1 3/0/2 2/2/0 0/0/2 2/0/0 1/2/0 3/2/1 3/2/0 51/22/10
Usage ····X··· Xo···X·· ·oo····· o·o·Xo·X ··o····· ·ooX···X ·X···X·· ·o·····o
Pirates Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Foltynewicz
G/S/vB		 54.Cervenka*
G/S/vB		 52.Gant
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 40.Ogando
G/S/vB		 38.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 8/.750 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 149/122 .280/.383/.328/.711 .845/.681 .755 87/.600 2/2 0/4
24.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 12/8 .083/.083/.083/.167 .500/.000 .286 3/.667 0/0 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 26/1.103 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 141/122 .280/.362/.384/.746 .980/.706 .805 72/.793 0/0 2/3
59.Hanson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 1.000 2/1.000 0/0 0/
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 152/122 .310/.338/.423/.760 .969/.709 .734 83/.806 6/0 2/6
28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 11/2.080 ··· 8/1.750 ··· 144/140 .287/.354/.434/.788 .833/.787 .771 79/.680 0/1 3/1
17.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 17/.856 2/.500 10/1.600 1/.000 63/54 .360/.492/.700/1.192 1.127/1.202 1.438 37/1.347 0/1 5/0
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 37/28 .281/.351/.813/1.164 1.778/.930 .958 37/1.164 0/0 5/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 2/2.000 36/.688 8/.393 2/.000 3/.666 178/151 .248/.337/.471/.808 .912/.787 .786 105/.845 1/2 8/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 162/129 .284/.380/.343/.723 .832/.695 .704 95/.752 1/0 1/4
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 169/137 .305/.405/.518/.922 .805/.950 .919 101/.943 5/3 4/1
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 62/41 .308/.410/.615/1.025 1.198/.934 1.395 46/.905 0/0 4/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 32/26 .241/.313/.414/.726 .167/.846 .348 19/.498 0/0 1/1
IP 18.2 12.1 7.2 12.1 4.0 35.1 10.2 17.2 17.2 TOTAL .280/.359/.430/.789 .843/.778 .795 .789 27/12 38/26
ERA-K/9 2.89/7.7 2.19/11.7 7.04/12.9 7.30/11.0 4.50/15.8 6.11/6.9 4.22/7.6 3.57/8.6 1.53/12.2 4.61/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (17-8-4)
 Stewart (5-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 76/.270 50/.163 34/.290 61/.300 20/.353 162/.307 47/.295 84/.313 75/.206 .260  Polanco
 McCutchen
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
5/1/34/3
0/38/0/2
3/0/7/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .803 .489 1.030 .930 .862 .867 .840 .823 .545 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/1.000 30/.385 15/1.395 26/1.100 8/.393 64/1.127 28/.730 27/1.023 34/.538 .836
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 46/.670 20/.650 19/.734 35/.810 12/1.183 98/.712 19/1.009 57/.740 41/.544 .679
Road 50/.923 30/.713 19/.691 27/.917 12/.900 101/.939 23/.729 43/.866 38/.549
Last 28d days 76/.803 35/.507 19/.691 32/.964 20/.862 82/.878 33/.554 41/.980 47/.544
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 0/4/1 2/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 6/5/1 2/0/0 1/4/1 1/1/0 41/32/7
Usage ····X··· ·X·o·oo· ········ ·o·oo·o· ·X·oo·o· ·X·X··X· ··Xo··X· ·oX··X·· o··X··XX

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  5.85

LAD  4.22

ATL  3.23

 RA/G

CHC  2.89

SFG  4.29

CIN  5.98

 BA

D. Murphy  .395

A. Escobar  .263

R. Howard  .168

 OBP

B. Harper  .455

C. Rasmus  .335

E. Aybar  .207

 SLG

Y. Cespedes  .656

P. Goldschmidt  .441

E. Aybar  .205

 OPS

J. Altuve  1.058

S. Castro  .775

E. Aybar  .412

 ERA

J. Arrieta  1.29

B. Colon  3.75

J. Peavy  7.43

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.02

J. Hammel  7.96

M. Latos  4.40

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.