ATLANTA BRAVES (21-25) vs. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (20-30) RHP Mike Foltynewicz (3-4, 3.86) vs. LHP Ty Blach (2-2, 4.10) Game No. 47 Road Game No. 26 May 27, 2017 AT&T Park San Francisco, Calif. FSSO Braves vs. Giants 2016 2017 All-Time Overall (since 1900) 3-4 1-0 941-1127-18 Atlanta Era (since 1966) --- --- 326-335-1 at Atlanta 2-2 --- 180-151-1 at Turner Field ( 97) -- --- 45-29-1 at SF (since 1966) 1-2 1-0 147-185 at AT&T Park ( 00) --- --- 24-33 Braves Breakdown Overall... 21-25 Home... 10-12 Road... 11-13 Day... 4-10 Night... 17-15 Current Streak...W1 Last 5 Games... 3-2 Last 10 Games... 6-4 April... 10-13 May... 11-12 Vs. LHSP... 2-1 Vs. RHSP... 19-24 Series Opener... 9-8 Series Opener at Home... 4-3 Series Opener on Road... 5-5 By Series...6-7-3 By Home Series...2-3-2 By Road Series...4-4-1 Rubber Games... 0-2 Sweeps/Were Swept... 3-5 Scored First... 12-7 Opponent Scored First... 9-18 1-run games... 3-7 Comeback Wins... 11-11 Last AB Wins... 6-5 Walkoff Wins... 2-2 Extra Innings... 1-4 Led After 6... 14-3 Led After 7... 17-2 Led After 8... 17-2 Tied After 6... 3-2 Tied After 7... 2-1 Tied After 8... 4-1 Behind After 6... 4-20 Behind After 7... 2-22 Behind After 8... 0-22 Division Games... 9-13 Vs. Other Divisions... 12-12 Vs. A.L. Teams... 3-3 Vs. N.L. Teams... 18-22 Hit 0 HR... 4-13 Hit 1+ HR... 17-12 Scored 3 or Fewer Runs... 3-15 Scored 4 or More Runs... 18-10 Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs... 10-4 Allowed 4 or More Runs... 11-21 More Hits than Opponent... 16-7 Fewer Hits than Opponent... 4-17 Committed No Errors... 13-8 Committed 1 or More Errors... 8-17 Upcoming Milestones Needs For Bartolo Colón 101 Ks 2,500 15 Wins 250 8 Wins 243 (tie J. Marichal for most by DR player) 10 Wins 245 (tie D. Martinez for most by Latin player) R.A. Dickey 62.1 IP 2,000 131 Ks 1,500 Freddie Freeman 5 Hits 1,000 54 Games 1,000 Jaime García 48.2 IP 1,000 Ender Inciarte 16 Hits 500 Matt Kemp 38 Games 1,500 2 2B 300 2 HR 250 Nick Markakis 58 Hits 2,000 Julio Teheran 123.1 IP 1,000 Upcoming Birthdays Player/Coach Date Turns Jim Johnson 6/27/83 34 Brandon Phillips 6/28/84 33 Jaime García 7/8/86 31 TONIGHT S GAME: Tonight s contest is the second game of a three-game set between the Braves and Giants and the second of seven meetings between the clubs this season...the Giants will visit SunTrust Park from June 19-June 22 for a four-game set. The Giants won the 2016 season series, 4-3, including taking two of three here...the Braves have not won the season series with San Francisco since 2011. The Braves won a series-opening game in San Francisco for the first time since 2013 last night... They have lost nine of 14 games here. The Braves face a left-handed starting pitcher for just the fourth time this season...they have faced the fewest lefty starters in baseball this season (3 total)...they are 2-1 in those games and are hitting.281 against lefties, the third-best mark in baseball, while reaching at a.341 clip, the sixth-highest in the majors. RECENT BRAVES: The Braves have won 10 of their last 15 games, scoring 5.0 runs/game over that stretch... They have won or tied each of their previous five series, going 3-0-2...After winning their sixth straight series opener last night, they go for the series win tonight. The Braves have 49 extra-base hits over the 15 games, while hitting.289 (151-for-522) with a.363 on-base percentage. The Braves have won nine of their last 13 games away from SunTrust Park, dating to April 26 in New York. HOME RUNS: The Braves have not hit a home run in three straight games, which is their longest homerless drought this season...despite the drought, the team is still on pace to hit 165 home runs this season, which would be the club s most since hitting 181 in 2013. Last season s team went a season-long 15 games in April without a homer on their way to a MLB-few 122 homers...by this calendar date last season, the 2016 team already had four homerless droughts of at least three games. SHUT OUT: The Braves collected their first shutout of the season last night, as LHP Jaime García, RHP Jose Ramirez, RHP Arodys Vizcaíno and RHP Jim Johnson combined to four-hit the Giants. García also drove in the game-winning run with a seventh-inning single The last Braves pitcher to not allow a run while accounting for all the RBI in a game was Tim Hudson in a 2-0 win on June 20, 2011 vs. Toronto Hudson tossed 8.0 shutout innings while also hitting a two-run home run that night. García s RBI was the sixth by a Braves pitcher this season, tied for the third most in the majors, and the second game-winner, tied for the second most...r.a. Dickey has the other five RBI Upcoming Schedule and Probable Pitchers MOTTE AND VIZCAÍNO SCORELESS: RHP Jason Motte and RHP Arodys Vizcaíno have both made 12 consecutive scoreless appearances...motte was scored upon last in his Braves debut, April 28, 11.0 innings ago, while Vizcaíno has not allowed a run over 11.1 innings since April 23. The two streaks are tied for second-longest active runs by appearances in the NL and one off the lead of Cincinnati s Raisel Iglesias. DATE OPP. PROBABLE PITCHERS TV TIME Sun., May 28 at SF RHP R.A. Dickey (3-3, 4.17) vs. RHP Johnny Cueto (4-3, 4.50) FSSO 4:05 Mon., May 29 at LAA RHP Julio Teheran (3-4, 4.88) vs. RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-4, 4.37) FSSE 9:07 Tues., May 30 at LAA RHP Bartolo Colón (2-5, 6.96) vs. RHP Daniel Wright (0-1, 5.19) FSSE 10:07 Wed., May 31 at LAA LHP Jaime García (2-3, 3.58) vs. RHP Jesse Chavez (4-6, 5.09) FSSE 10:07 All times listed are Eastern; All games broadcast on 680 The Fan and the Braves Radio Network FSSE-Fox Sports Southeast; FSSO-Fox Sports South Motte and Vizcaíno s streaks are the longest in a single-season by a Braves right-hander since 2015, when Vizcaíno went 16 straight, July 20-September 2. INCIARTE HITS: OF Ender Inciarte has 34 hits this month, the second most in the NL and four behind the lead of Colorado s Charlie Blackmon...His.337 average this month is the eighth best in the NL, and has raised his overall season average 54 points to.284. Inciarte already has the most May hits for the Braves since 2013, when Freddie Freeman finished the season s second month with 36 hits...the franchise record for the moden era is 47 by Hank Aaron (1959) and Ralph Garr (1974). CATCHERS: C Tyler Flowers went 2-for-4 last night, while also scoring the go-ahead run in the seventh inning...among NL players with at least 75 plate appearances, Flowers leads with a.465 on-base percentage, while his.351 batting average ranks second. Braves catchers are hitting a combined.316 (50-for- 158) while reaching at a.424 clip, which both rank as tops in the majors...by position, only Arizona and Atlanta first basemen, Washington right-fielders and Los Angeles (AL) center-fielders reach at a higher percentage than the Braves catchers. MATT KEMP: OF Matt Kemp has hit safely in 20 of 23 games this month, and his.344 May batting average is the fifth-best mark in the NL...Overall, he is hitting.336, eighth best in the league. Kemp has batted fourth in all of his 90 starts with the Braves, hitting 20 home runs for the club From the start of 2015 until Kemp joined the team on July 31, 2016, Braves cleanup hitters combined for 27 home runs in 266 games. MATT ADAMS: 1B Matt Adams reached twice last night, going 1-for-3 with a single and a walk...since joining the Braves on last Saturday, May 20, Adams is hitting.320 (8-for-25) with two doubles, one triple, two home runs and four RBI. Braves first baseman have hit 16 home runs this season, tied for the most at that position in the majors with Colorado. AT AT&T PARK: OF Matt Kemp and 2B Brandon Phillips have eight home runs each at AT&T Park, tied for fourth all-time among visiting players at the ballpark...only Troy Tulowitzki (10), Nolan Arenado (9) and Dan Uggla (9) have more.
Tonight s Starting Pitcher #26 Mike Foltynewicz RHP 6-4 200 25 yrs 2017: 3-4, 3.86 ERA 2016 Record: 9-5, 4.31 ERA vs. RHB:.252 (26-103), 4 HR vs. LHB:.313 (25-80), 3 HR Tonight s Game Set to make his ninth start of the season...also made one relief appearance...tonight will be his 66th career appearance, 46th start. The Braves lost his first six appearances, but have won his last three...they went.500 (11-11) in his 22 starts last season. Faces the Giants for the first time this season after going 2-0 with a 1.32 ERA (2 ER/13.2 IP) in two starts against them in 2016...Went 7.2 innings, allowing one run to win his start, 3-1, here last season on 8/27. For his career, Foltynewicz is 1-1 with a 1.88 ERA (3 ER/14.1 IP) in two starts at AT&T Park. Is 1-2 with a 2.55 ERA (7 ER/24.2 IP) in five games, four starts, on the road this season, compared to 2-2 with a 5.32 ERA (13 ER/22.0 IP) in four starts at SunTrust Park. 2017 Recap Lefties are hitting.313 (25-for-80) with a.389 on-base percentage against him... For his career, lefties hit him at a.294 (150-for-511) rate. Has allowed one run and five hits total in the first inning this season. In his first time through the lineup, holds the opposition to a.208 average...in subsequent trips through, the opposition is hitting.333 (35-for-105) with six of his seven home runs allowed. Won his third consecutive start in his last turn, allowing two runs, one earned, over 5.0 innings to beat Pittsburgh, 5-2 on 5/22. Snapped a career high-tying four-game losing streak by beating Miami 8-4 at Marlins Park on 5/12...Went 6.0 innings, allowing one run, earned and no walks... Marked his 10th career start, and second this season, with no walks. Gave up seven hits, including four doubles and one home run, in 16 at-bats to righties during a 10-0 loss on 5/5 vs. STL...Allowed a career high-tying seven runs over 4.0 innings. Righties are hitting.252 (26-for-103) against him this season...without his start against St. Louis, righties are 19-for-87 (.218) against him. Dropped his third decision of the season, 4-3 on 4/30 at MIL...Allowed two home runs to Domingo Santana, including a two-run, go-ahead shot in the sixth inning following a two-out error. Went a season-best 7.0 innings in consecutive starts, 4/18 and 4/23, allowing three total runs with 12 strikeouts. Went 3.2 innings to lose his season debut, 5-4 on 4/7 at PIT...Allowed six hits and three walks while striking out only one...the defeat stopped his career-best fivegame winning streak, which dated to 8/7/16. Made his first relief appearance sine 7/11/15 at COL on 4/11 at MIA...Tossed 2.0 innings and allowed a two-run home run to Marcell Ozuna while striking out four in a no-decision. 2016 Recap Spent the majority of the season with Atlanta after beginning the year at Triple-A Gwinnett Also missed 28 games on the 15-day disabled list, 6/4-6/30, with right elbow discomfort. Set career-high totals for wins (nine), starts (22), innings (123.1) and strikeouts (111) His nine wins led the club, while his starts, innings and strikeouts all ranked third. Went 2-2 with a 3.51 ERA (13 ER/33.1 IP) in six starts before going to the DL Went 7-3 with a 4.60 ERA (46 ER/90.0 IP) in 16 games after returning. Equaled his career high by allowing four homers in a 5-1 loss at PHI on 7/5... Allowed 18 home runs total, but only seven over his final 14 turns. Went a career-long 20.2 consecutive innings without issuing a base-on-balls from the third inning of his season debut on 5/2 to the second inning on 5/25. Faced five batters over the minimum in 8.0 shutout innings to beat KC, 5-0, on 5/14 at Kauffman Stadium and snap a career-high four-game losing streak...the 8.0 innings set a new career high. Began the season with Triple-A Gwinnett, but Atlanta recalled him on 5/2...Went 1-2 in four starts with the G-Braves prior to his promotion, compiling a 2.05 ERA (5 ER/22.0 IP) with 20 strikeouts and 14 walks. Career Recap Was diagnosed with costochondritis on 9/2/15 and sidelined for the remainder of the season...underwent surgery on 9/21/15, to remove the anterior half of his first rib...the procedure was performed by Dr. William Mayfield at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga. Acquired by the Atlanta Braves along with RHP Andrew Thurman and INF Rio Ruiz from the Houston Astros in exchange for C/OF Evan Gattis and RHP James Hoyt on January 14, 2015. Foltynewicz s Wisler s Game Game Log Log DATE OPP. DECISION IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Spring Totals (6) 1-1, 2.66 ERA 23.2 26 7 7 5 18 2 --- 4/7 at PIT L, 5-4 3.2 6 2 2 3 1 0 91 4/11 at MIA^ ND, L, 8-4 2.0 3 2 2 0 4 1 34 4/18 WSH L, 3-1 7.0 5 2 2 4 3 0 106 4/23 at PHI ND, L, 5-2 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 0 98 4/30 at MIL L, 4-3 6.0 4 4 1 0 6 2 82 April Totals (5) 0-3, 2.81 ERA 25.2 22 11 8 9 23 3 82* 5/5 STL L, 10-0 4.0 9 7 7 2 4 2 77 5/12 at MIA W, 8-4 6.0 6 1 1 0 4 1 97 5/17 TOR W, 8-4 6.0 6 3 3 1 1 1 102 5/22 PIT W, 5-2 5.0 8 2 1 2 5 0 103 *Average Pitches; ^Relief Appearance MIKE FOLTYNEWICZ - SEASON & CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017 3-4 3.86 9 8 46.2 51 24 20 14 37 Career 16-16 4.74 65 45 275.1 311 159 145 85 239 FOLTYNEWICZ vs. SAN FRANCISCO W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2016 2-0 1.32 2 2 13.2 8 2 2 3 10 Career 2-1 3.42 4 4 26.1 22 10 10 5 18 Last Win vs. SF: 7-5 on 8/27/16, at San Francisco (7.2 IP, 1 R, 6 K) FOLTYNEWICZ S MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER HIGHS Most Innings Pitched... 8.0, 5/14/16 at KC Most Strikeouts... 10, 7/10/16 at CWS Most Runs Allowed... 7, three times, last: 5/5/17 vs. STL Most Home Runs Allowed...4, two times, last: 7/5/16 at PHI Longest Winning Streak... 5, 8/7/16-9/28/16 Longest Losing Streak....4, 2x, last: 4/7/17-5/5/17 10+ Strikeout Games...1, 7/10/16 at CWS (10) Career Complete Games....None Low-Hit Complete Game...None FOLTYNEWICZ S BATTING AVG G AB H R HR RBI BB SO SAC 2017.000 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 Career.092 49 76 7 3 0 4 1 44 8 Last HR: None Tomorrow s Starting Pitcher R.A. DICKEY - SEASON & CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017 3-3 4.17 9 9 54.0 60 31 25 24 28 Career 113-111 4.02 378 278 1937.2 1900 947 865 620 1369 DICKEY vs. SAN FRANCISCO W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2016 Did Not Face Career 2-1 2.88 5 5 34.1 27 11 11 6 23 Last Win vs. PIT: 6-5 on 9/27/12, NYM vs. PIT (7.2 IP, 3 R, 13 K) 2017 Starting Pitcher Stats Quality Team Run Pitcher Starts Starts W-L Record* IP (Avg) Support^ Julio Teheran 10 6 3-4 3-7 55.1 (5.1) 31 (3.1) Bartolo Colón 10 2 2-5 5-5 53.0 (5.1) 35 (3.5) R.A. Dickey 9 5 3-3 5-4 54.0 (6.0) 30 (3.3) Jaime García 9 5 2-3 5-4 55.1 (6.0) 29 (3.2) Mike Foltynewicz 8 5 3-4 3-5 44.2 (5.1) 24 (3.0) Team Totals 46 22 13-19 21-25 262.1 (5.2) 148 (3.2) *Braves record in his starts; ^Runs scored while he is in the game (avg.) 2017 Backstop Breakdown Errors Pick-offs Catcher F-T-C PB CCS-SB (Attempts) 1B-2B-3B Inn./ER ERA Record Flowers 0-0-0 4 4-15 (19) 0-0-0 224.1/124 4.97 13-13 Suzuki 0-0-0 4 3-7 (10) 0-0-0 175.1/73 3.75 8-11 Recker 0-1-0 1 0-1 (1) 0-0-0 13.0/14 9.69 0-1 Pitchers --- --- --- 4-0-0 --- --- --- Totals 0-1-0 9 7-23 (30) 4-0-0 412.2/211 4.60 21-25
Braves Bullpen Briefs Sam Freeman LHP 5-11 180 29 yrs #39 Saves/Opp: 0/0 Holds: 0 1st Batter/retired: 7/5 Inherited Runners/Scored: 2/2 Opened his Braves career with six consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run, including going a career-best 3.0 innings on 5/18 vs. TOR before allowing two runs, both earned, 5/25 vs. PIT...Tied Josh Collmenter for the longest scoreless outing by a Braves reliever this season. Lefties are 1-for-15 (.067) against him. The Braves selected his contract from Triple-A Gwinnett, 5/4...Went 3-1 with one save and a 0.87 ERA (1 ER/10.1 IP) in nine games out of the bullpen for GWN...Went unscored upon over his final eight appearances. Last appeared in the majors with Milwaukee last season, going 0-0 with a 12.91 ERA (11 ER/7.2 IP) in seven games...entered this season with a 3.87 career ERA (50 ER/116.1 IP) in 142 games all out of the bullpen. Luke Jackson RHP 6-2 210 25 yrs #58 Saves/Opp: 0/0 Holds: 0 1st Batter/retired: 6/5 Inherited Runners/Scored: 8/1 Earned his first Major League win after retiring the only batter he faced on one pitch, 5/23 vs. PIT...Became the first Braves pitcher to earn a win while only throwing one pitch since LHP Hunter Cervenka on 8/4/16 vs. PIT. The Braves recalled him for the second time this season from Triple-A Gwinnett, 5/20, to replace LHP Eric O Flaherty...Also up from 4/14-4/19. Made his Braves debut, 4/17 vs. SD, and retired the only batter he faced to strand two runners...also pitched the next two nights, 4/18 vs. WSH (retired all four batters faced) and 4/19 vs. WSH (allowed two runs and four hits) before returning to the G-Braves. Worked in both the rotation and out of the bullpen for the G-Braves...Began as a starter, going 0-3 with a 7.36 ERA (15 ER/18.1 IP) in four starts...moved to the bullpen on 5/12 and collected one save and a 2.08 ERA (1 ER/4.1 IP) in three games. Appeared in eight games with Texas last season, compiling a 10.80 ERA (14 ER/11.2 IP) and no decisions. Jim Johnson RHP 6-6 250 33 yrs #53 Saves/Opp: 10/13 Holds: 0 1st Batter/retired: 21/20 Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 Tossed a perfect inning last night, 5/26 at SF, to collect his 10th save of the season...marked his sixth double-digit saves season of his career...he is one of six active major leaguers with that many double-digit saves seasons. Since joining Atlanta in 2015, has converted 39-of-49 saves (80%) for the Braves. Has allowed one leadoff batter to reach. Picked up his ninth save of the season with a hitless inning, 5/22 vs. PIT, and retired 28 of 32 batters (one single, one walk, one home run, one hit by pitch) faced over an 11-outing span from 4/28-5/22, earning a save in six of the appearances. Recorded his third 20-save season in 2016, converting 20 of 23 opportunities while compiling a career-best 68 strikeouts Was one of 18 National League relievers to strike out better than a batter per inning pitched (min. 64.0 IP). Led the AL in saves in back-to-back seasons, collecting 51 saves in 2012 and 50 during the 2013 season... Became just the second pitcher in MLB history to record back-to-back 50-save seasons, joining LAD s Eric Gagne (2002-03). Ian Krol LHP 6-1 205 26 yrs #46 Saves/Opp: 0/0 Holds: 1 1st Batter/retired: 18/10 Inherited Runners/Scored: 6/1 Earned his first hold of the season after tossing 1.0 scoreless inning, 5/24 vs. PIT...Stranded both of the runners he inherited, and has stranded five of six inherited runners this season. Issued a career-most three walks, 5/15 at TOR, allowing one run in 1.2 innings...has issued 12 walks in 18.0 innings this season for a career-high rate of 6.0 walks per 9.0 innings...allowed just 2.3 walks per 9.0 innings last season. Has limited lefties to a.185 (5-for-27) average. Allowed a career high-tying five runs, 4/19 vs. WSH...Also allowed three runs, earned, on Opening Day, 4/3 at NYM...Allowed three runs in an outing once last season (8/24/16 at ARI). Has allowed eight of 17 first batters to reach, including three consecutive, 4/11-19, via walk. Jason Motte RHP 6-0 225 34 yrs #30 Saves/Opp: 0/0 Holds: 3 1st Batter/retired: 13/9 Inherited Runners/Scored: 6/1 Has made 12 consecutive scoreless appearances (11.0 IP) after allowing two runs in his Braves debut. Entered with runners on first and third, 5/22 vs. PIT and stranded both to earn his second hold of the season. Made his season debut with Atlanta on 4/28 at MIL (1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER) after his contract was selected from Triple-A Gwinnett on 4/27...Signed by the Braves to a minor-league contract on 4/11 and was assigned to GWN, where he did not allow a run in five appearaces (5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 6 SO). Prior to joining the Braves, made 398 total appearances in an eight-year major league career (all in the National League), going 26-15 with a 3.28 ERA with 348 strikeouts and 60 saves. Tied for the National League lead with a career-most 42 saves in 2012 with St. Louis...Became the first Cardinals pitcher in franchise history to record every save for the team in a season, and the first St. Louis pitcher to lead the league in saves since Jason Isringhausen in 2004 (47). Jose Ramirez RHP 6-1 215 27 yrs #52 Saves/Opp: 0/3 Holds: 8 1st Batter/retired: 22/17 Inherited Runners/Scored: 7/1 Allowed three hits, one walk and two runs over 1.0 inning to blow his third save opportunity of the season, 5/24 vs. PIT...Owns a 12.00 ERA (4 ER/3.0 IP) in four games against PIT this season, and a 0.47 ERA (1 ER/19.0 IP) in 18 appearances against everyone else. Since returning to the majors on 7/28 of last season, has compiled a 2.05 ERA (12 ER/52.2 IP) in 53 games Allowed an earned run in only seven of those 53 games. Earned his first win of the season with 1.0 scoreless inning, 4/28 at MIL...The victory was his first since earning wins in back-to-back appearances on 8/21 and 8/23 of last season. Logged his seventh hold of the season with a perfect seventh inning, 5/22 vs. PIT...The seven holds establish a career best, surpassing the three he tallied last season. Arodys Vizcaíno RHP 6-0 230 26 yrs #38 Saves/Opp: 0/1 Holds: 10 1st Batter/retired: 22/17 Inherited Runners/Scored: 2/0 Has made 12 consecutive scoreless appearances (11.1 IP) since allowing a career-high two home runs, 4/23, striking out 13 and allowing just three hits. For his career, has a 7.02 ERA (33 ER/42.1 IP) in appearances that he issues a walk and a 1.11 ERA (9 ER/72.2 IP) in games that he does not. Tossed a scoreless inning, 5/26 at SF, to earn his team-high 10th hold of the season. Appeared in a career-best 43 games in 2016 despite making two trips to the disabled list Missed 61 total games after going to the 15-day disabled list from 7/16-8/18 with a right oblique strain and then again from 8/28 through the end of the season with right shoulder inflammation. Struck out at least one batter in 20 consecutive appearances, 4/14-6/5...Became the second Braves reliever with as long a streak since the franchise moved to Atlanta in 1966...Craig Kimbrel compiled three such runs (26 games, 20 twice), with the last (20 games) coming 7/19-9/17/12. Matt Wisler RHP 6-3 205 24 yrs #45 Saves/Opp: 0/0 Holds: 0 1st Batter/retired: 5/3 Inherited Runners/Scored: 1/1 Recalled for the second time this season, 5/25...Also up from 4/23-5/3...Went 1-2 with a 6.87 ERA (14 ER/18.1 IP) in three starts with Gwinnett since being optioned. Allowed seven runs over 2.0 innings in his last two appearances with Atlanta, 5/2 and 5/3 vs. NYM...Touched for four runs in 0.2 innings on 5/2 before allowing three runs in 1.0 inning the next night...optioned to GWN following the game on 5/3. Has pitched primarily as a starter, making 45 starts at the ML level over the last two seasons (15-21, 4.93 ERA) Opened the season with GWN and pitched at a 3.50 ERA over three starts prior to his recall, 4/23...Had 11 strikeouts and four walks in 18.0 innings...his record was 0-1. Team Bullpen Totals W-L: 8-6 SV-OPP: 10-17 ERA: 4.49 IP: 150.1 R: 83 ER: 75 HITS/HR: 134/21 BB: 57 SO: 135 1st Batter Faced/Retired: 147/106 (72%) Inherited Runners/Scored: 44/10 (23%) Braves Bullpen By Month Month W-L ERA SV-OP IP H R ER BB SO HR April 4-4 4.66 4-8 67.2 64 39 35 24 61 10 May 4-2 4.35 6-9 82.2 70 44 40 33 74 11 Most Recent Appearances SAM FREEMAN 5/7 STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/9 at HOU ND 2.1 1 0 0 2 2 0 5/14 at MIA ND 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5/18 TOR ND 3.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 5/23 PIT ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5/25 PIT ND 2.0 3 2 2 1 4 1 LUKE JACKSON 4/19 WSH ND 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 4/26 at ROC^! ND 4.0 3 1 1 3 3 0 5/2 DUR^! L, 0-2 4.2 7 5 5 4 4 0 5/7 at CHA^! L, 0-3 5.1 8 6 6 2 5 1 5/12 COL^ ND 1.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 5/15 at NOR^ S, 1 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5/18 at DUR^ ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5/21 WSH ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5/23 PIT W, 1-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/24 PIT H,1 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 JIM JOHNSON 4/28 at MIL S, 4 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/2 NYM S, 5 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5/6 STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5/7 STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5/12 at MIA ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5/13 at MIA S, 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5/16 at TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5/17 TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/19 WSH S, 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/20 WSH S, 8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/22 PIT S, 9 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/23 PIT BS,3 0.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 5/26 at SF S, 10 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 IAN KROL 4/19 WSH ND 0.1 4 5 5 2 1 1 4/21 at PHI ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4/23 at PHI ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4/29 at MIL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 NYM ND 1.2 1 1 1 1 2 1 5/3 NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5/6 STL ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5/7 STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/12 at MIA ND 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 5/15 at TOR ND 1.2 0 1 1 3 1 0 5/18 TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5/20 WSH W, 1-1 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5/24 PIT H,1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 JASON MOTTE 5/7 STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5/10 at HOU ND 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5/14 at MIA ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/15 at TOR ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5/17 TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/19 WSH ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/20 WSH H, 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5/22 PIT H, 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/24 PIT H, 3 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 JOSE RAMIREZ 4/20 WSH ND 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4/22 at PHI ND 1.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 4/27 at NYM H, 4 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/28 at MIL W, 1-1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/2 NYM H, 5 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/6 STL ND 1.0 1 1 0 0 2 2 5/7 STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/12 at MIA ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5/16 at TOR BS, 2; W, 2-1 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 5/19 WSH ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/20 WSH H, 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5/22 WSH H, 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/24 PIT BS, 3 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 5/26 at SF H, 8 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARODYS VIZCAÍNO 4/22 at PHI ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4/23 at PHI L, 1-1 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 2 4/27 at NYM H, 4 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5/1 NYM ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/5 STL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5/7 STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/10 at HOU ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5/13 at MIA H, 5 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5/16 at TOR H, 6 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5/19 WSH W, 2-1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/20 WSH H, 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/22 PIT H, 8 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5/23 PIT H, 9 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/26 at SF H, 10 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 MATT WISLER 4/29 at MIL ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5/2 NYM ND 0.2 4 4 4 0 0 1 5/3 NYM ND 1.1 4 3 3 2 1 0 5/9 TOL^! L, 0-2 5.2 8 7 6 3 4 0 5/15 at NOR^! W. 1-2 7.1 6 3 2 2 4 0 5/20 at DUR^! L, 1-3 5.1 12 6 6 0 6 1 5/25 PIT ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ^Triple-A Gwinnett;!As Starter
Matt Adams INF/OF 6-3 245 28 yrs #18 SF Series:.333 (1-3) Last HR: 5/22 vs. PIT (Glasnow) Road Trip:.333 (1-3) Current Streak: 5 games (8-21,.381, 2 HR) Season Long Streak: 5 games, 5/22-present (8-21,.381, 2 HR) Doubled in Thursday s 7th inning vs. PIT giving him an extra-base hit in a career-high tying four consecutive games...it was his third such streak, first since June 2014. Five of his eight hits as a Brave have gone for extra bases (2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR). Tripled in Wednesday s, 5/24 vs. PIT, fourth inning, his first triple since the 2014 season. Made his Atlanta debut Sunday, 5/21, starting at 1B (0-for-4) after being acquired Sat., 5/20, along with cash considerations from the StL in exchange for minor-league INF Juan Yepez...Batting 8-for-25 (.320) since joining ATL. Drove in the winning run in Tuesday s, 5/22 vs. PIT, 9th inning with a one-out RBI-single...It was his fourth career game-ending RBI and first since 7/22/16. Has hit three HR this season, all at SunTrust Park (two as a Brave and one off J. Teheran). Made nine starts with StL, including five in left field, two at first base and two as the DH. Was a 23rd-round draft selection by StL in 2009...Made his big-league debut in 2012. Emilio Bonifacio OF 5-10 195 31 yrs #64 SF Series: DNP Last HR: 9/28/14 at PHI (Hamels) Road Trip: DNP Current Streak: 0-9 Season Long Streak: 2 games, 5/2-5/3 (2-2, 1.000) Is 2-for-23 (.087) as a PH this season, and a career.203 hitter (24-for-118) in that role. Made his second start of the season, 5/10 at HOU...Has hit in both his starts (2-for-5, BB). Recorded his second hit as a pinch-hitter, 5/3 vs. NYM, a two-run triple...the triple was the first in SunTrust Park history, and his first since 8/28/14. Has been a member of eight different organizations over his 14-year career. Tyler Flowers C 6-3 260 30 yrs #25 SF Series:.500 (2-4) Last HR: 5/20 vs. WSH (Albers) Road Trip:.500 (2-4) Current Streak: 1 game (2-4,.500) Season Long Streak: 5 games, twice, last: 5/15-22 (7-18,.389, 1 HR) Went 2-for-4 in his 26th start last night, 5/26 at SF...Has reached safely in 25 of his 26 starts...is batting.356 (32-for-90) with 2 HR, 14 RBI and a.458 OPB when he starts. Has a.479 OBP,.367 BAvg.,.979 OPS and 10 RBI in his last 17 games, dating to 4/26. Among MLB players with at least 75 plate appearances, his.465 OBP is the secon best mark in MLB, tops in the NL...His OBP as a pinch-hitter is.571 (three walks, one hit). Braves catchers lead MLB with a.424 OBP and a.316 batting average...their 28 RBI are second most in the NL. Has caught 5 of 19 base runners attempting to steal this season...was 2-for-62 last season. Signed by ATL as a free agent to a two-year contract on 12/17/15 (option for 2018). Ender Inciarte OF 5-10 190 26 yrs #11 SF Series:.000 (0-4) Last HR: 5/1 vs. NYM (Gsellman) Road Trip:.000 (0-4) Current Streak: 0-4 Season Long Streak: 7 games, 4/26-5/2 (12-32,.375, 1 HR) Is batting.373 (22-for-59) in his last 13 games (since 5/14). Is tied for third in MLB with 34 hits this month...his.337 (34-for-101) average in May is the eighth best mark in the NL. Collected a career-high five hits (5-for-5) in Monday s, 5/22 contest vs. PIT...Became the second NL player this season with a 5-for-5 day or better this season (WSH s Anthony Rendon, 6-for-6 at NYM on 4/30). Seven of his last 13 games and 13 of his last 26 games have been of the multi-hit variety...leads the team and ranks tied for fourth in the NL with 18 total multi-hit games...has 61 such games since making his Braves debut last season, the most on the club. Batting.331 (41-for-124) with a.385 OBP and 20 runs over his last 28 games (since 4/26)...Hit.208 (16-for-77) in 18 games prior, 4/3-23. Hitting.362 (34-for-94) in wins, and.215 (23-for-107) in losses. Signed a five-year contract extension with Atlanta on 12/23/16. Matt Kemp OF 6-4 210 32 yrs #27 SF Series:.250 (1-4) Last HR: 5/20 vs. WSH (Scherzer) Road Trip:.250 (1-4) Current Streak: 4 games (5-17,.294) Season Long Streak: 13 games, 4/28-5/13 (20-57,.351, 3 HR) Batting.367 (18-for-49) in his last 12 games...has four doubles, two homers and nine RBI along with a.415 on-base percentage. Ranks 11th in MLB in batting average (.336) and T12th in doubles (13)...His.344 (33-for-96) average in May is the fifth best mark in the NL. Snapped his MLB-high tying on-base streak at 25 games on Monday, 5/22 vs. PIT (tied with SEA s Mitch Haniger)...The streak dated to 4/22 and he hit.355 with 9 doubles, 6 homers and a.395 OBP in that span. Homered in back-to-back games, 5/19-20 vs. WSH after ending a 68 at-bat homerless stetch with Friday s HR. Posted a season-best 13-game hitting streak, 4/28-5/14...Batted.351 during the streak. Hit a career-high three home runs, 4/29 at MIL...Became the first Braves player with three homers in a game since Mark Teixeira on 6/22 vs. SEA...Marked his 12th career multi-hr game...also hit two on 4/8 at NYM. Joined ATL on 7/31/16 from SD and played in his first game with Atlanta on 8/2. Nick Markakis OF 6-1 215 33 yrs #22 SF Series:.333 (1-3) Last HR: 4/11 at MIA (Straily) Road Trip:.333 (1-3) Current Streak: 4 games (5-15,.333) Season Long Streak: 10 games, 4/5-16 (12-37,.324, HR) Has 10 RBI in his last 13 games after collecting six in his previous 21 games, 4/17-5/12...His RBI-single in 5/19 s 8th inning vs. WSH was the decisive run in the game. Doubled in last night s first inning and has four in his last six games...did not have an extra-base hit in his previous 13 games, 5/6-20. Has reached base in 20 of his last 22 games (dating to 5/2), and in 40 of his last 45 games (dating to 4/5)...Has compiled a.379 OBP dating to 4/5. Hit.424 (14-for-33) and dove in nine runs during an eight-game span, 5/12-19. Since joining the Braves in 2015, has the sixth most hits (395) in the NL and is tied for the third most doubles (88)...Also has the most games (in the NL) with a hit over that stretch (263). Stroked his 400th career double, 5/5 vs. StL...Is the eighth active player to reach that mark. Since his debut in 2006, is tied for the MLB lead (with Matt Holliday) with 44 two-double games. Signed a four-year contract with ATL on 12/5/14 after playing nine seasons with BAL. Braves Bits Jace Peterson INF/OF 6-0 215 27 yrs #8 SF Series: DNP Last HR: 8/21/16 vs. WSH (Kelley) Road Trip: DNP Current Streak: 0-2 Season Long Streak: 3 games, 4/26-4/28 (6-13,.462) His two-out, two-rbi double in Wednesday (5/24) night s sixth inning vs. PIT put ATL ahead 4-3...Started at shortstop in that game for the third time this season and career. Hit.273 (12-for-44) with three doubles and four RBI over his first 14 starts (4/8-5/3)... Is batting.108 (4-for-37) in 12 starts since. Made his first professional start (second appearance) at first base 5/18 vs. TOR...Became the 1st NL player and 3rd MLB player this season to make at least one start at each INF position (1B, 2B, 3B, SS) and at least one start in the OF. Has made 26 total starts: 2B (8), LF (8), SS (3), 3B (4) and 1B (3)...His start at SS on 4/20 was his first career appearance at the position. Is 2-for-6 (.333) as a pinch-hitter. Acquired by the Braves from the Padres in a six-player trade on 12/19/14. Brandon Phillips INF 6-0 210 35 yrs #4 SF Series:.250 (1-4) Last HR: 5/22 vs. PIT (Cole) Road Trip:.250 (1-4) Current Streak: 5 games (8-19,.421, 1 HR) Season Long Streak: 13 games, 4/14-present (18-46,.391, 2 HR) Is 15-for-his-last-36 (.417) with a.500 OBP, dating to 5/16...This follows a 10- game span in which he hit.105 (4-for-38) with two RBI. Had three consecutive two-hit games before singling as a PH Thursday, 5/25 vs. PIT. Clubbed his 200th career home run with a solo shot over the left-center field wall in Monday s, 5/22 vs. PIT...Became the 48th player in MLB history to reach 200 HR/200 SB and only the sixth second baseman. Six of his last 14 hits have gone for extra bases...had gone 14 games without an extra-base hit prior to his two-double game on Tuesday, 5/16 at TOR. Batted.391 (18-for-46) during a season-high 13-game hitting streak, 4/14-30. Doubled twice 4/11 at MIA, to become just the 8th player (9th time) in Atlanta franchise history with two XBH and two SB in a game (last: Michael Bourn, 5/4/12 at COL). Rio Ruiz INF 6-1 230 23 yrs #14 SF Series:.000 (0-3) Last HR: 5/20 vs. WSH (Scherzer) Road Trip:.000 (0-3) Current Streak: 0-3 Season Long Streak: 2 games, 5/24-present (5-9,.556) Had his first three-hit game, going 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run, Thursday, 5/25 vs. PIT...Batting.333 (8-for-24) in his last seven games. Stroked his first career home run in Saturday s (5/20) 2nd inning with a twoout, two-run shot over the RF wall off WSH s Max Scherzer...Became the first Brave to hit his first career home run off a Cy Young award winner since Evan Gattis did so off Roy Halladay on 4/3/13. Recalled 5/18 from Triple-A Gwinnett to replace the injured Freddie Freeman on the roster...made his first start of the season (3B) and the second of his career later that evening (0-for-3)...Has started eight of nine games since being recalled. Batted. 262 (37-for-141) with 12 doubles, four home runs, 16 RBI and 15 runs scored over 37 games with Gwinnett this season...made 37 starts, all at 3B, for the club. Hit.341 (15-for-44) with 8 XBH and 4 RBI in his last 11 games with GWN, 5/7-17. Collected his first MLB hit on 9/28 vs. PHI with a triple in the eighth inning. Named GWN s 2016 Player of the Year by the ATL organization after leading the club in hits (126), doubles (24), RBI (62), slugging percentage (.400) and OPS (.755). Danny Santana INF/OF 5-11 185 26 yrs #23 SF Series:.000 (0-1) Last HR: 5/4 vs. OAK (Cotton) Road Trip:.000 (0-1) Current Streak: 0-2 Season Long Streak: 2 games, 5/2-5/4 (3-5,.600, 1 HR) Collected his first hit as a Brave with a pinch-rbi single on Wednesday, 5/24 vs. PIT which put Atlanta ahead 5-3 in the 8th inning...the single snapped an 0-for-18 spell. Has made 3 starts with ATL: LF (1), RF (1), 2B (1)... Made his ATL debut, 5/9 at HOU. Aquired 5/8 in a two-player trade from MIN...Made the Twin s Opening Day roster for the third consecutive year this season and appeared in 13 games with the club, batting.200 (5-for-25) with one home run and one RBI prior to joining ATL. Has played six different positions in his career: CF (114 games), SS (113 games), LF (26), RF (11), 2B (6) and 3B (2). From his ML debut (5/5) in 2014 through the 2016 season, batted.268 (241-for-899) with 47 doubles, 14 triples, nine home runs 75 RBI and 129 runs over 267 games. Prior to joining ATL, spent his entire career with the MIN organization after signing with the club as a 17-year-old out of the Dominican Republic. Kurt Suzuki C 5-11 205 33 yrs #24 SF Series: DNP Last HR: 5/19 vs. WSH (Romero) Road Trip: DNP Current Streak: 2 games (4-7,.571) Season Long Streak: 4 games, last: 5/10-19 (6-15,.400, 2 HR) Has hit in six of his last seven games (dates to 5/10), going 10-for-26 (.385) with two home runs and eight RBI over the stretch. Has made 19 starts, all at catcher...owns a.385 OBP when he starts. Braves catchers lead MLB with a.424 OBP and a.316 batting average...their 28 RBI are second most in the NL. His first two HRs of the season came with two runners on base...5/19 s HR vs. WSH was a two-run shot...eight of his 15 RBI have been the result of a HR. Has thrown out 3-of-10 (30%) base stealers this season. Signed a one-year contract with ATL on 1/30/17...Atlanta is his four organization. Dansby Swanson INF 6-1 190 23 yrs #7 SF Series:.000 (0-3) Last HR: 5/19 vs. WSH (Gonzalez) Road Trip:.000 (0-3) Current Streak: 0-5 Season Long Streak: 8 games, 5/7-16 (10-29,.345, 1 HR) Has reached base in 15 of his last 18 games, compiling a.370 on-base percentage over that stretch...has at least one hit in 15 of those 18 games...batting.274 (17- for-62) with five doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI in those 18 games. Drove home the Braves only two runs on 5/21 vs. WSH with a eighth-inning double against Stephen Strasburg...Is hitting.344 (11-for-32) in close-and-late situations. Clubbed his 4th HR this season and 7th of his career 5/19 vs. WSH...Four of his seven career HR have either tied the game or given the Braves a lead, including 3 this season. Lined a 1-2, ninth-inning pitch into LF plating PR C. d Arnaud, 4/17 vs. SD, to give the Braves a 5-4 victory vs. SD and his first career game-ending RBI. Entered the 2016 campaign as Atlanta s #1 prospect and went on to make his Major League debut on 8/17 (2-for-4). Acquired by Atlanta in a five-player trade with Arizona on 12/8/15.
Braves Blasts HOME RUN BREAKDOWN Braves Solo...29 Opponent Solo...32 Braves 2-Run....14 Opponent 2-Run...20 Braves 3-Run.... 4 Opponent 3-Run... 7 Braves Grand Slams... 0 Opponent Grand Slams... 3 Braves Total...47 Opponent Total... 62 2017 BRAVES BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS Date Opp. Inning Hitters Opposing Pitchers(s) 4/15 SD 6th Phillips/Garcia Clayton Richards MULTI-HOMER GAMES Phillips 13 0 8/6/16 at PIT Kemp 12 2 4/29/17 at MIL Three-Homer Game (1) 1 4/29/17 at MIL Freeman 11 2 4/17/17 vs. SD Adams 3 0 6/23/14 at COL Markakis 3 0 7/7/16 at CHI Garcia 2 0 9/3/16 at PHI Flowers 2 0 9/8/14 vs. OAK Suzuki 2 0 8/17/11 vs. BAL Inciarte 2 1 4/12/17 at MIA LEAD-OFF HOMERS Markakis 4 0 9/25/15 at MIA (Fernandez) Phillips 4 0 6/28/15 at NYM (Matz) Santana 3 0 5/3/16 at HOU (McHugh) Bonifacio 2 0 9/28/14 at PHI (Hamels) Kemp 2 0 6/28/15 vs. ARI (Anderson) Inciarte 2 1 5/1/17 vs. NYM (Gsellman) GAME-ENDING HOMERS Kemp 6 0 7/18/2012 vs. PHI (Diekman) Freeman 3 0 6/1/16 vs. SF (Law) Adams 2 0 7/22/16 vs. LAD (Norris) Phillips 2 0 7/15/11 vs. STL (Salas) Suzuki 2 0 8/15/08 vs. CWS (Carrasco) Peterson 1 0 8/21/16 vs. WSH (Kelley) Flowers 1 0 9/8/14 vs. OAK (Chavez) Garcia 1 0 8/3/15 vs. SF (Vogelsong) GRAND SLAMS Kemp 6 0 6/4/11 at CIN (Ondrusek) Phillips 5 0 6/10/13 at CHI (Feldman) Markakis 3 0 6/10/11 vs TB (Hellickson) Flowers 1 0 8/28/11 at SEA (Vargas) Peterson* 1 0 5/16/15 at MIA (Latos) Suzuki 1 0 9/10/07 at SEA (Ramirez) PINCH-HIT HOMERS Adams 7 0 9/27/16 vs. CIN (Sampson) Suzuki 3 0 6/18/16 vs. NYY (Chapman) Kemp 2 0 6/10/11 at COL (Belisle) Phillips 2 0 8/8/11 vs. COL (Brothers) Freeman* 1 0 9/21/10 at PHI (Halladay) Garcia 1 0 9/12/15 vs. NYM (Clippard) INSIDE-THE-PARK HOMERS Bonifacio* 1 0 4/6/09 vs. WSH (Tavarez) Suzuki 1 0 5/20/14 at SD (Vincent) Swanson* 1 0 9/6/16 at WSH (Gonzalez) *First career home run Braves Recent Transactions May 25: Recalled RHP Matt Wisler from Triple-A Gwinnett. May 24: Designated RHP Josh Collmenter for assignment postgame. May 21: Optioned INF/OF Johan Camargo to Triple-A Gwinnett. May 20: Placed LHP Eric O Flaherty on the 10-day disabled list with a lower back strain...recalled RHP Luke Jackson from Triple- A Gwinnett...Acquired RHP Enrique Burgos from Arizona for cash considerations...transferred RHP Chaz Roe to the 60-day disabled list...acquired INF/OF Matt Adams and cash considerations from St. Louis in exchange for minor-league INF Juan Yepez...Designated C Anthony Recker for assignment. May 18: Placed 1B Freddie Freeman on the 10-day disabled list with a non-displaced left wrist fracture... Recalled INF Rio Ruiz from Triple-A Gwinnett. May 17: Recalled INF Johan Carmargo from Triple-A Gwinnett. May 16: Placed 3B Adonis Garcia on 10-day disabled list due to left Achilles tendinitis. May 8: Acquired INF/OF Danny Santana from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for LHP Kevin Chapman and cash considerations...optioned OF Lane Adams to Triple-A Gwinnett...Transferred INF/OF Micah Johnson to the 60-day disabled list. May 7: Returned RHP Mauricio Cabrera from his rehabilitation assignment, reinstated him from the 10-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Gwinnett. May 4: Selected the contract of LHP Sam Freeman from Triple-A Gwinnett...Transferred RHP Dan Winkler to the 60-day disabled list. May 3: Optioned RHP Matt Wisler to Triple-A Gwinnett postgame. April 27: Selected the contract of RHP Jason Motte from Triple-A Gwinnett. April 26: Optioned C Anthony Recker to Triple-A Gwinnett postgame. April 25: Selected the contract of OF Lane Adams from Triple-A Gwinnett... Designated INF/OF Chase d Arnaud for assignment. April 23: Recalled RHP Matt Wisler from Triple-A Gwinnett...Optioned RHP Aaron Blair to Gwinnett. Tomahawk Chops HIT BREAKDOWN Multi-Hit Games Infield Player 2 3 4 5 6 Total Hits Career High Hits LAdams 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1, 3x, last: 5/5/17 MAdams 1/2 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/4 0/2 4, 7/6/14 Bonifacio 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5, 4/2/14 d Arnaud 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3, 4x, last: 7/17/16 Flowers 10 0 1 0 0 11 2 4, 4x, last: 4/29/17 Freeman 8 2 2 0 0 12 3 4, 9x, last: 4/17/17 Garcia 8 0 0 0 0 8 5 4, 7/8/16 Inciarte 14 3 0 1 0 18 12 5, 5/22/17 Kemp 10 4 1 0 0 15 3 5, 8/2/10 Markakis 6 4 0 0 0 10 1 5, 7/3/11 Peterson 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 3, 8x, last: 9/12/16 Phillips 11 1 0 0 0 12 2 4, 14x, last: 9/26/16 Recker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4, 5/25/14 Ruiz 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 3, 5/25/17 Santana 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/1 5, 8/3/14 Suzuki 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 4, 6x, last: 6/21/16 Swanson 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 3, 2x, last: 9/19/16 Teheran 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2, 7x, last: 10/2/16 Totals 81 17 4 1 0 103 39 HITTING STREAKS OF 10 OR MORE GAMES Player Dates Games Avg (H-AB) HR RBI Matt Kemp 4/28-5/13 13.351 (20-for-57) 3 11 Brandon Phillips 4/14-4/30 13.391 (18-for-46) 2 8 Nick Markakis 4/5-4/16 10.390 (12-for-37) 1 7 RBI BREAKDOWN Multi-RBI Games GW 2-Out Player 2 3 4 5 Total RBI RBI* Career High RBI LAdams 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1, 5/2/17 MAdams 2/3 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/3 1/1 3/6 6, 6/23/14 Bonifacio 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3, 4x, last: 9/1/11 d Arnaud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3, 8/20/16 Dickey 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2, 2x, last: 4/8/17 Flowers 1 0 2 0 3 4 5 4, 4x, last: 4/26/17 Freeman 6 2 0 0 8 2 7 5, 5x, last: 7/27/16 AGarcia 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 3, 9x, last: 5/6/17 JGarcía 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3, 8/2/11 Inciarte 1 3 0 0 4 0 10 4, 4/13/15 Kemp 3 1 1 1 6 3 14 6, 2x, last: 4/9/16 Markakis 3 1 0 0 4 3 9 6, 6/10/11 Peterson 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 4, 5/16/15 Phillips 3 1 0 0 4 2 6 7, 7/30/15 Recker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3, 6x, last: 9/21/14 Ruiz 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 2, 2x, last: 5/20/17 Santana 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/2 5, 6/7/14 Suzuki 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 6, 6/21/16 Swanson 4 0 0 0 4 2 7 3, 3x, last: 9/19/16 Teheran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2, 2x, last: 5/15/15 Totals 31 12 3 1 47 20 84 Game-Ending RBI (*91 total 2-out runs); Braves Total/Total Player Number Last Player Number Last MAdams 4 5/23/17 (1B) Peterson 2 8/21/16 (HR) Bonifacio 0 --- Phillips 6 6/19/13 (1B) Flowers 1 9/8/14 (HR) Ruiz 0 --- Garcia 2 9/10/16 (1B) Santana 0 --- Inciarte 1 4/10/15 (1B) Suzuki 9 8/1/15 (1B) Kemp 9 7/30/14 (1B) Swanson 1 4/17/17 (1B) Markakis 8 4/26/14 (1B) Braves Walk-off Wins in 2017: 2, last: 5/23/17 vs. Pittsburgh (Adams Single) Braves Disabled/Inactive List Player Pos. Injury 7/10/60-day DL Date on DL Date off DL Games Missed on DL Jacob Lindgren LHP Recovering from Tommy John surgery 60-day 2/14 --- 46 Sean Rodríguez INF/OF Recovering from left shoulder surgery 60-day 2/25 --- 46 Micah Johnson INF/OF Fractured left wrist 60-day 3/30 --- 46 Armando Rivero RHP Right shoulder strain 10-day 3/30 --- 46 Dan Winkler RHP Recovering from right elbow surgery for a fracture 60-day 3/30 --- 46 Chaz Roe RHP Right lat strain 10-day 4/12 (retro to 4/9) --- 40 Adonis Garcia 3B Left Achilles tendinitis 10-day 5/16 --- 10 Freddie Freeman 1B Non-displaced left wrist fracture 10-day 5/18 --- 9 Eric O Flaherty LHP Lower back strain 10-day 5/20 --- 7 Mauricio Cabrera RHP Right elbow strain 10-day 3/30 5/7 29 Matt Kemp OF Right hamstring strain 10-day 4/11 (retro to 4/8) 4/20 9
Date Opp. H/R Time/ D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L Pos. GA GB 4/3 at NYM R-D L, 6-0 Robles-Krol-None 44,384* 0-1 T4th -1.0 4/4 OPEN DATE T4th -1.0 4/5 at NYM R-N W, 3-1 (12) Johnson-Montero-None 28,113 1-1 T2nd -1.0 4/6 at NYM R-N L, 6-2 Harvey-García-None 23,100 1-2 T3rd -1.0 4/7 at PIT R-D L, 5-4 Nova-Foltynewicz-Watson 36,484 1-3 T4th -2.0 4/8 at PIT R-N L, 6-4 Kuhl-Dickey-Watson 31,756 1-4 5th -2.0 4/9 at PIT R-D L, 6-5 (10) Rivero-Ramirez-None 22,713 1-5 5th -2.0 4/10 OPEN DATE 5th -2.5 4/11 at MIA R-N L, 8-4 Straily-Colón-None 36,519 1-6 5th -3.5 4/12 at MIA R-N W, 5-4 Vizcaíno-Ramos-Johnson 16,808 2-6 5th -3.5 4/13 OPEN DATE 5th -4.0 4/14 SD H-N W, 5-2 Teheran-Chacin-Johnson 41,149* 3-6 4th -3.0 4/15 SD H-N W, 4-2 Dickey-Richard-Johnson 41,149* 4-6 4th -2.0 4/16 SD H-D W, 9-2 Colón-Cahill-None 37,147 5-6 4th -1.5 4/17 SD H-N W, 5-4 Johnson-Maurer-None 24,516 6-6 4th -1.0 4/18 WSH H-N L, 3-1 Scherzer-Foltynewicz-Kelley 21,834 6-7 4th -2.0 4/19 WSH H-N L, 14-4 Ross-Teheran-None 22,101 6-8 4th -3.0 4/20 WSH H-N L, 3-2 Strasburg-Dickey-Kelly 27,498 6-9 T4th -4.0 4/21 at PHI R-N L, 4-3 Hellickson-Colón-Neris 24,189 6-10 5th -5.0 4/22 at PHI R-N L, 4-3 (10) Gomez-Johnson-None 31,334 6-11 5th -6.0 4/23 at PHI R-D L, 5-2 Rodríguez-Vizcaíno-None 28,632 6-12 5th -7.0 4/24 OPEN DATE 6-12 5th -6.5 4/25 at NYM R-N PPD-Rain (Rescheduled as part of a single-admission DH on 9/25) 4/26 at NYM R-N W, 8-2 Teheran-Gsellman-None 22,819 7-12 5th -7.0 4/27 at NYM R-D W, 7-5 Dickey-Harvey-None 23,243 8-12 4th -7.0 4/28 at MIL R-N W, 10-8 Ramirez-Feliz-Johnson 26,453 9-12 4th -6.0 4/29 at MIL R-N W, 11-3 García-Nelson-None 30,026 10-12 T3rd -5.0 4/30 at MIL R-D L, 4-3 Garza-Foltynewicz-Feliz 24,395 10-13 4th -6.0 APRIL TOTALS 215,394 (30,771 average in 7 dates) 10-13 5/1 NYM H-N L, 7-5 Teheran-Gsellman-Familia 21,668 10-14 5th -6.5 5/2 NYM H-N W, 9-7 Dickey-Harvey-Johnson 21,359 11-14 T3rd -5.5 5/3 NYM H-N L, 16-5 degrom-colón-none 22,656 11-15 5th -6.5 5/4 NYM H-N PPD-Rain (Rescheduled for 6/10) 5th -7.0 5/5 STL H-N L, 10-0 Lynn-Foltynewicz-None 34,465 11-16 5th -8.0 5/6 STL H-N L, 5-3 Leake-Teheran-Oh 40,706* 11-17 5th -9.0 5/7 STL H-D L, 6-4 (14) Tuivailala-Collmenter-Siegrist 40,200* 11-18 5th -9.0 5/8 OPEN DATE 5th -8.5 5/9 at HOU R-N L, 8-3 Morton-Colón-None 28,724 11-19 5th -8.5 5/10 at HOU R-D L, 4-2 Musgrove-García-Giles 23,676 11-20 5th -9.5 5/11 OPEN DATE 5th -9.5 5/12 at MIA R-N W, 8-4 Foltynewicz-Ureña-None 20,052 12-20 T4th -9.0 5/13 at MIA R-N W, 3-1 Teheran-Volquez-Johnson 26,692 13-20 T3rd -9.0 5/14 at MIA R-D L, 3-1 Barraclough-Dickey-Ramos 17,277 13-21 5th -9.5 5/15 at TOR R-N W, 10-6 Colón-Bolsinger-None 29,766 14-21 T3rd -9.0 5/16 at TOR R-D W, 9-5 Ramirez-Barnes-None 34,431 15-21 3rd -9.0 5/17 TOR H-N W, 8-4 Foltynewicz-Biagini-None 28,293 16-21 2nd -8.0 5/18 TOR H-N L, 9-0 Stroman-Teheran-None 25,419 16-22 2nd -8.0 5/19 WSH H-N W, 7-4 Vizcaíno-Romero-Johnson 35,369 17-22 2nd -7.0 5/20 WSH H-D W, 5-2 Krol-Scherzer-Johnson 37,347 18-22 2nd -6.0 5/21 WSH H-D L, 3-2 Strasburg-García-Glover 32,895 18-23 2nd -7.0 5/22 PIT H-N W, 5-2 Foltynewicz-Cole-Johnson 21,896 19-23 2nd -6.5 5/23 PIT H-N W, 6-5 Jackson-Watson-None 25,040 20-23 2nd -6.5 5/24 PIT H-N L, 12-5 (10) Rivero-Collmenter-None 25,981 20-24 2nd -7.5 5/25 PIT H-D L, 9-4 Nova-Colón-None 33,713 20-25 2nd -7.5 5/26 at SF R-N W, 2-0 García-Cain-Johnson 41,326 21-25 2nd -7.5 5/27 at SF R-N 10:05p 5/28 at SF R-D 4:05p 5/29 at LAA R-N 9:07p 5/30 at LAA R-N 10:07p 5/31 at LAA R-N 10:07p MAY TOTALS 447,007 (29,800 in 15 dates) 11-12 6/1 OPEN DATE 6/2 at CIN R-N 7:10p 6/3 at CIN R-D 4:10p 6/4 at CIN R-D 1:10p 6/5 PHI H-N 7:35p 6/6 PHI H-N 7:35p 6/7 PHI H-N 7:35p 6/8 PHI H-N 7:35p 6/9 NYM H-N 7:35p 6/10 NYM H-D 1:05p NYM H-N 6:05p 6/11 NYM H-D 1:35p 6/12 at WSH R-N 7:05p 6/13 at WSH R-N 7:05p 6/14 at WSH R-D 4:05p 6/15 OPEN DATE 6/16 MIA H-N 7:35p 6/17 MIA H-D 4:10p 6/18 MIA H-D 1:35p 6/19 SF H-N 7:35p 6/20 SF H-N 7:35p 6/21 SF H-N 7:35p 6/22 SF H-N 7:35p 6/23 MIL H-N 7:35p 6/24 MIL H-D 4:10p 6/25 MIL H-D 1:35p 6/26 OPEN DATE 6/27 at SD R-N 10:10p 6/28 at SD R-N 10:10p 6/29 at SD R-N 9:10p 6/30 at OAK R-N 10:05p JUNE TOTALS 7/1 at OAK R-D 4:05p 7/2 at OAK R-D 4:05p 7/3 OPEN DATE 7/4 HOU H-N 7:35p 7/5 HOU H-N 7:35p 7/6 at WSH R-N 7:05p 7/7 at WSH R-N 7:05p 7/8 at WSH R-D 4:05p 7/9 at WSH R-D 1:35p 2017 Schedule and Results Date Opp. H/R Time/ D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L Pos. GA GB 7/10 All-Star Break 7/11 88th All-Star Game (Miami, Fla.) 7/12 All-Star Break 7/13 All-Star Break 7/14 ARI H-N 7:35p 7/15 ARI H-N 7:10p 7/16 ARI H-D 1:35p 7/17 CHI H-N 7:35p 7/18 CHI H-N 7:35p 7/19 CHI H-D 12:10p 7/20 at LAD R-N 10:10p 7/21 at LAD R-N 10:10p 7/22 at LAD R-N 9:10p 7/23 at LAD R-D 4:10p 7/24 at ARI R-N 9:40p 7/25 at ARI R-N 9:40p 7/26 at ARI R-D 3:40p 7/27 OPEN DATE 7/28 at PHI R-N 7:05p 7/29 at PHI R-N 7:05p 7/30 at PHI R-D 1:35p 7/31 at PHI R-D 12:35p JULY TOTALS 8/1 LAD H-N 7:35p 8/2 LAD H-N 7:35p 8/3 LAD H-N 7:35p 8/4 MIA H-N 7:35p 8/5 MIA H-N 7:10p 8/6 MIA H-D 1:35p 8/7 OPEN DATE 8/8 PHI H-N 7:35p 8/9 PHI H-N 7:35p 8/10 OPEN DATE 8/11 at STL R-N 8:15p 8/12 at STL R-N 7:15p 8/13 at STL R-D 2:15p 8/14 at COL R-N 8:40p 8/15 at COL R-N 8:40p 8/16 at COL R-N 8:40p 8/17 at COL R-D 3:10p 8/18 CIN H-N 7:35p 8/19 CIN H-N 7:10p 8/20 CIN H-D 1:35p 8/21 SEA H-N 7:35p 8/22 SEA H-N 7:35p 8/23 SEA H-N 7:35p 8/24 OPEN DATE 8/25 COL H-N 7:35p 8/26 COL H-N 7:10p 8/27 COL H-D 1:35p 8/28 at PHI R-N 7:05p 8/29 at PHI R-N 7:05p 8/30 at PHI R-D 1:05p 8/31 at CHI R-N 8:05p AUGUST TOALS 9/1 at CHI R-D 2:20p 9/2 at CHI R-D 2:20p 9/3 at CHI R-D 2:20P 9/4 TEX H-N 7:35p 9/5 TEX H-N 7:35p 9/6 TEX H-N 7:35p 9/7 MIA H-N 7:35p 9/8 MIA H-N 7:35p 9/9 MIA H-N 7:10p 9/10 MIA H-D 1:35p 9/11 OPEN DATE 9/12 at WSH R-N 7:05p 9/13 at WSH R-N 7:05p 9/14 at WSH R-N 7:05p 9/15 NYM H-N 7:35p 9/16 NYM H-N 7:10p 9/17 NYM H-D 1:35p 9/18 OPEN DATE 9/19 WSH H-N 7:35p 9/20 WSH H-N 7:35p 9/21 WSH H-N 7:35p 9/22 PHI H-N 7:35p 9/23 PHI H-N 7:10p 9/24 PHI H-D 1:35p 9/25 at NYM R-D 4:10p at NYM R-N Game 2 9/26 at NYM R-N 7:10p 9/27 at NYM R-N 7:10p 9/28 at MIA R-N 7:10p 9/29 at MIA R-N 7:10p 9/30 at MIA R-N 7:10p SEPTEMBER TOTALS 10/1 at MIA R-D 3:10p OCTOBER TOTALS * Sellout Pitchers in CAPS indicates complete game
Atlanta Braves Minor League Report Yesterday s Record: 2-2 Organizational Record: 94-96 May 27, 2017 Gwinnett Braves International League (AAA) 24-22, 2nd (-5.5), South Division Yesterday: Gwinnett 6, Syracuse 2 WP: Aaron Blair (3-3, 5.40) LP: A.J. Cole (1-2, 6.03) S: None Mississippi Braves Southern League (AA) 23-25, 3rd (-4.0), South Division Yesterday: Pensacola 6, Mississippi 5 WP: Robert Stock (1-0, 0.00) LP: Joe Rogers (0-1, 11.57) S: Jimmy Herget (13) Florida Fire Frogs Florida State League (High-A) 20-29, 6th (-8.0), North Division Yesterday: Palm Beach 10, Florida 1 WP: Connor Jones (3-3, 4.32) LP: Enderson Franco (0-3, 8.68) S: None Rome Braves South Atlantic League (A) 27-20, 2nd (-2.5), Southern Division Yesterday: Rome 5, Augusta 3 WP: Adam McCreery (2-0, 3.74) LP: Wilson Santos (0-1, 3.00) S: None Appalachian League (Rookie) 0-0, East Division Yesterday: N/A WP: N/A LP: N/A S: N/A Danville Braves Gulf Coast League (Rookie) 0-0, Northern Division Yesterday: N/A WP: N/A LP: N/A S: N/A Gulf Coast League Braves Notes Gwinnett scored three eighth-inning runs to pull away from Syracuse (WSH) and claim a 6-2 win last night. Birthday boy RHP Aaron Blair evened his record at 3-3 on the season after firing 6.0 innings of two-run baseball in the start, allowing five hits and three walks while fanning three... Blair is 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA (10 ER/27.0 IP) over his last five starts. 2B Ozzie Albies went 1-for-4 with an RBI. 3B Adonis Garcia went 0-for-2 in his first rehab game. Next Game: 5/27 vs. Syracuse, 6:05 p.m. LH Andrew Albers (3-1, 3.27) vs. RH Kyle McGowin Notes In a back-and-forth affair Pensacola (CIN) scored a run in the seventh to top Mississippi 6-5 yesterday. RHP Matt Withrow started for the M-Braves and allowed six hits and three runs over 5.0 innings, walking one and striking out four...after opening the season with a 1.74 ERA in his first six starts, Withrow is 0-3 with a 9.35 ERA in his last four turns. OF Ronald Acuña went 3-for-5 with a double, run scored and a stolen base. Next Game: 5/27 vs Pensacola, 7:00 p.m. LH Max Fried (2-6, 5.72) vs. RH Deck McGuire Notes Palm Beach (STL) scored 10 runs in the first three innings and never looked back, topping Florida 10-1 last night. RHP Enderson Franco was tagged for eight hits, nine runs and three walks over just 2.0 innings in the start...the loss was his third straight in his last three starts. 3B Austin Riley (1-for-4) doubled, his sixth of the season. OF Braxton Davidson reached base twice, going 1-for-3 with a walk. Next Game: 5/27 vs. Palm Beach, 7:05 p.m. LH Tyler Pike (3-2, 1.93) vs. RH Jake Woodford Notes Rome scored a run in the eighth and two more in the ninth to earn a come-from-behind 5-3 win over Augusta (SF) yesterday. LH Ryan Lawlor went just 0.2 innings in the start, allowing one hit, two runs and four walks...both of the outs he recorded were via strikeout. DH Brett Cumberland went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored...he s batting.361/.479/.778 over his last 10 games, with seven extra-base hits (four homers) and 17 RBI. Next Game: 5/27 at Augusta, 6:05 p.m. RH Bryse Wilson (3-1, 2.18) vs. LH Domenic Mazza Notes: N/A Next Game: Season begins on 6/22 Notes: N/A Next Game: Season begins on 6/26 W: Lucas Sims, 4 S: David Peterson, 5 K: Sean Newcomb, 58 Starter ERA: Sean Newcomb, 3.09 (16 ER/46.2 IP) Reliever ERA: Rhiner Cruz, 2.04 (4 ER/17.2 IP) AVG: David Freitas,.328 (22-for-67) HR: Lane Adams/Sean Kazmar/Mel Rojas Jr., 5 RBI: Mel Rojas Jr, 30 SB: Ozzie Albies, 14 W: Mike Soroka, 5 S: Michael Mader, 3 K: Mike Soroka, 51 Starter ERA: Kolby Allard, 1.83 (11 ER/54.0 IP) Reliever ERA: Michael Mader, 2.16 (6 ER/25.0 IP) AVG: Kade Scivicque,.297 (33-for-111) HR: Travis Demeritte, 7 RBI: Travis Demeritte, 25 SB: Connor Lien, 11 W: Drew Harrington, 4 S: Devan Watts, 3 K: Touki Toussaint, 56 Starter ERA: Tyler Pike, 1.93 (11 ER/51.1 IP) Reliever ERA: Jacob Webb, 1.50 (4 ER/24.0 IP) AVG: Carlos Castro,.345 (41-for-119) HR: Alex Jackson, 10 RBI: Austin Riley, 32 SB: Ray Patrick-Didder, 10 W: Oriel Caicedo/Jon Kennedy, 5 S: Brandon White, 5 K: Ian Anderson, 59 Starter ERA: Bryse Wilson, 2.18 (10 ER/41.1) Reliever ERA: Brandon White, 1.80 (5 ER/25.0 IP) AVG: Randy Ventura,.343 (57-for-166) HR: Brett Cumberland, 6 RBI: Brett Cumberland, 26 SB: Randy Ventura, 17 W: N/A S: N/A K: N/A Starter ERA: N/A Reliever ERA: N/A AVG: N/A HR: N/A RBI: N/A SB: N/A W: N/A S: N/A K: N/A Starter ERA: N/A Reliever ERA: N/A AVG: N/A HR: N/A RBI: N/A SB: N/A Player Award OF Lane Adams IL Batter of the Week (4/10-16) RHP Lucas Sims IL Pitcher of the Week (4/17-23) LHP Max Fried SL Pitcher of the Week (4/23-30) LHP Kolby Allard SL Pitcher of the Week (5/1-7) 3B Austin Riley FSL Player of the Week (5/1-7) OF Ronald Acuña SL Player of the Week (5/8-14) RHP Mike Soroka SL Pitcher of the Week (5/8-14) 2017 Players of the Week/Month Awards ***Affiliate information, schedule, staff and player bios can be found in the Player Development & Scouting section of the Atlanta Braves Media Guide (Pages 267-376).***