2014 Atlanta Braves season

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2014  Atlanta Braves
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Turner Field
City Atlanta, Georgia
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Liberty Media/John Malone
General managers Frank Wren
Managers Fredi González
Television SportSouth
Fox Sports South
(Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy)
Radio WCNN
WNNX
Atlanta Braves Radio Network
(Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Mark Lemke)
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The 2014 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 18th season of home games at Turner Field, 49th season in Atlanta, and 144th season overall. Before September, the Braves had two winning months and three non-winning months that they played, [1] and briefly reached first place in their division. The team's performance declined in September, as the team lost 16 out of the first 20 games they played that month. They finished tied in second place with a 79–83 record, 17 games back in second place in the division, and failed to make the playoffs.

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Season standings

National League East

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Nationals 9666.59351304536
Atlanta Braves 7983.4881742393744
New York Mets 7983.4881740413942
Miami Marlins 7785.4751942393546
Philadelphia Phillies 7389.4512337443645

National League Wild Card Standings

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Washington Nationals 9666.593
Los Angeles Dodgers 9468.580
St. Louis Cardinals 9072.556
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 8874.543
San Francisco Giants 8874.543
Milwaukee Brewers 8280.5066
New York Mets 7983.4889
Atlanta Braves 7983.4889
San Diego Padres 7785.47511
Miami Marlins 7785.47511
Cincinnati Reds 7686.46912
Philadelphia Phillies 7389.45115
Chicago Cubs 7389.45115
Colorado Rockies 6696.40722
Arizona Diamondbacks 6498.39524

Record vs. opponents


Source: Head-to-Head Records
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLLADMIAMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona 3–35–23–49–104–153–43–42–42–43–412–76–131–51–67–13
Atlanta 3–35–15–24–31–69–105–29–1011–83–43–41–52–411–87–13
Chicago 2–51–58–115–23–44–211–85–23–35–143–42–49–103–49–11
Cincinnati 4–32–511–83–43–44–310–92–43–312–71–55–27–123–36–14
Colorado 10–93–42–54–36–133–41–63–43–32–410–910–91–51–57–13
Los Angeles 15–46–14–34–313–63–31–54–23–42–512–710–94–32–411–9
Miami 4–310–92–43–44–33–33–48–119–102–43–43–44–26–1313–7
Milwaukee 4–32–58–119–106–15–14–34–33–412–73–32–47–122–411–9
New York 4–210–92–54–24–32–411–83–413–63–43–31–64–34–1511–9
Philadelphia 4–28–113–33–33–34–310–94–36–131–64–32–54–310–97–13
Pittsburgh 4–34–314–57–124–25–24–27–124–36–13–34–28–113–411–9
San Diego 7–124–34–35–19–107–124–33–33–33–43–310–93–43–49–11
San Francisco 13–65–14–22–59–109–104–34–26–15–22–49–104–32–510–10
St. Louis 5–14–210–912–75–13–42–412–73–43–411–84–33–45–28–12
Washington 6–18–114–33–35–14–213–64–215–49–104–34–35–22–510–10

Roster

2014 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Freddie Freeman 162607931754341878390.288.461
Chris Johnson 153582431532701058623.263.361
Jason Heyward 1495737415526311582067.271.384
Justin Upton 1545667715334229102860.270.491
Andrelton Simmons 14654044132184746432.244.331
B.J. Upton 1415196710819512352057.208.333
Evan Gattis 10836941971712252022.263.493
Tommy La Stella 933192280161131236.251.317
Ryan Doumit 10015711314051717.147.318
Gerald Laird 53152123180010014.204.257
Ramiro Peña 811479366039113.245.347
Dan Uggla 48130132130210010.162.231
Phil Gosselin 461281734401325.266.320
Emilio Bonifácio 41118122531161210.212.280
Christian Bethancourt 31113728300913.248.274
Jordan Schafer 638091340021510.163.213
Tyler Pastornicky 284048010206.200.250
Joey Terdoslavich 91013200200.300.500
José Constanza 12410000000.000.000
Pitcher Totals16231416333011507.105.124
Team Totals162546857313162402212354595472.241.360

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Julio Teherán 14132.8933330221.0188827151186
Aaron Harang 12123.5733330204.1215888171161
Ervin Santana 14103.9531310196.0193908663179
Alex Wood 11112.7835240171.2151585345170
Mike Minor 6124.7725250145.1165777744120
David Hale 453.30456087.18938323944
Craig Kimbrel 031.616304761.23013112695
David Carpenter 643.54650361.06127241667
Anthony Varvaro 332.63610054.24618161350
Gavin Floyd 222.6599054.15523161345
Jordan Walden 022.88580350.03317162762
Luis Avilán 414.57620043.14722222125
James Russell 002.22221024.12166416
Shae Simmons 122.91260121.215871123
Gus Schlosser 017.64150017.223161568
Juan Jaime 005.84160012.11488918
Chasen Shreve 000.73150012.11011315
Ian Thomas 124.22160010.21055613
Pedro Beato 000.003004.130033
Ryan Buchter 100.001001.000011
Team Totals79833.38162162541455.013695975474721301

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Game log

Legend
Braves WinBraves LossGame Postponed
2014 Regular Season Game Log: 79–83 (Home: 42–39; Away: 37–44)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1)
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1Mar 31@ Brewers 0–2 Gallardo (1–0) Teherán (0–1) Rodríguez (1)45,6910–1 L1
April: 17–8 (Home: 9–3; Away: 8–5)
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2Apr 1@ Brewers 5–2 Wood (1–0) Lohse (0–1) Kimbrel (1)21,5031–1 W1
3Apr 2@ Brewers 1–0 Harang (1–0) Garza (0–1) Kimbrel (2)21,7122–1 W2
4Apr 4@ Nationals 2–1 Avilán (1–0) Clippard (0–1) Kimbrel (3)42,8343–1 W3
5Apr 5@ Nationals 6–2 Teherán (1–1) Strasburg (0–1)37,8414–1 W4
6Apr 6@ Nationals 1–2 Blevins (1–0) Wood (1–1) Soriano (1)34,3274–2 L1
7Apr 8 Mets 0–4 Colón (1–1) Harang (1–1)47,1444–3 L2
8Apr 9 Mets 4–3 Santana (1–0) Wheeler (0–2) Kimbrel (4)19,6085–3 W1
9Apr 10 Mets 4–6 Torres (2–0) Avilán (1–1) Valverde (2)29,4705–4 L1
10Apr 11 Nationals 7–6 (10) Avilán (2–1) Blevins (1–1)28,2436–4 W1
11Apr 12 Nationals 6–3 Wood (2–1) Jordan (0–1) Kimbrel (5)36,6217–4 W2
12Apr 13 Nationals 10–2 Harang (2–1) Gonzalez (2–1)27,9198–4 W3
13Apr 14@ Phillies 9–6 Avilán (3–1) Diekman (1–1) Carpenter (1)26,5169–4 W4
Apr 15@ Phillies PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for June 28
14Apr 16@ Phillies 1–0 Teherán (2–1) Lee (2–2)23,38210–4 W5
15Apr 17@ Phillies 0–1 Bastardo (2–1) Wood (2–2) Papelbon (4)25,75010–5 L1
16Apr 18@ Mets 6–0 Harang (3–1) Niese (0–2)33,19911–5 W1
17Apr 19@ Mets 7–5 Santana (2–0) Colón (1–3) Walden (1)31,47612–5 W2
18Apr 20@ Mets 3–4 (14) Valverde (1–0) Schlosser (0–1)33,13112–6 L1
19Apr 21 Marlins 4–2 (10) Varvaro (1–0) Caminero (0–1)16,05513–6 W1
20Apr 22 Marlins 0–1 Fernández (3–1) Wood (2–3) Cishek (4)18,27513–7 L1
21Apr 23 Marlins 3–1 Carpenter (1–0) Dunn (1–3) Kimbrel (6)21,50814–7 W1
22Apr 25 Reds 5–4 Santana (3–0) Bailey (1–2) Kimbrel (7)31,11115–7 W2
23Apr 26 Reds 4–1 Hale (1–0) Leake (2–2) Kimbrel (8)33,70216–7 W3
24Apr 27 Reds 1–0 (10) Thomas (1–0) Hoover (1–3)31,44617–7 W4
25Apr 29@ Marlins 0–9 Fernández (4–1) Wood (2–4)21,99217–8 L1
26Apr 30@ Marlins 3–9 Eovaldi (2–1) Harang (2–3)15,55817–9 L2
May: 13–16 (Home: 9–9; Away: 4–7)
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27May 1@ Marlins 4–5 Dunn (3–3) Thomas (1–1) Cishek (6)17,83617–10 L3
28May 2 Giants 1–2 Lincecum (2–1) Minor (0–1) Romo (8)29,46917–11 L4
29May 3 Giants 1–3 Vogelsong (1–1) Teherán (2–2) Romo (9)34,64817–12 L5
30May 4 Giants 1–4 Bumgarner (3–3) Wood (2–5) Casilla (1)30,06717–13 L6
31May 5 Cardinals 3–4 Miller (4–2) Harang (3–3) Rosenthal (9)20,04817–14 L7
32May 6 Cardinals 2–1 Carpenter (2–0) Choate (0–1) Kimbrel (9)18,41318–14 W1
33May 7 Cardinals 1–7 Wainwright (6–2) Minor (0–2)21,79618–15 L1
34May 9 Cubs 3–2 (10) Wood (3–5) Wright (0–1)27,14519–15 W1
35May 10 Cubs 2–0 Santana (4–0) Schlitter (2–1) Kimbrel (10)30,65820–15 W2
36May 11 Cubs 5–2 Harang (4–3) Jackson (2–3) Carpenter (2)26,15121–15 W3
37May 12@ Giants 2–4 Lincecum (3–2) Floyd (0–1) Romo (13)41,43821–16 L1
38May 13@ Giants 5–0 Minor (1–2) Vogelsong (1–2)41,50622–16 W1
39May 14@ Giants 4–10 Bumgarner (5–3) Teherán (2–3)41,25322–17 L1
40May 16@ Cardinals 2–5 Lynn (5–2) Santana (4–1) Rosenthal (12)43,70122–18 L2
41May 17@ Cardinals 1–4 Miller (6–2) Harang (4–4) Rosenthal (13)44,98122–19 L3
42May 18@ Cardinals 6–5 Carpenter (3–0) Rosenthal (0–2) Kimbrel (11)44,27823–19 W1
43May 19 Brewers 9–3 Minor (2–2) Peralta (4–3)20,46824–19 W2
44May 20 Brewers 5–0 Teherán (3–3) Gallardo (2–3)20,04525–19 W3
45May 21 Brewers 1–6 Lohse (6–1) Santana (4–2)18,14825–20 L1
46May 22 Brewers 5–4 Wood (4–5) Kintzler (1–2) Kimbrel (12)30,14826–20 W1
47May 23 Rockies 3–2 Carpenter (4–0) Ottavino (0–1) Kimbrel (13)25,64627-20 W2
48May 24 Rockies 1–3 Nicasio (5–2) Minor (2–3) Hawkins (11)26,74127-21 L1
49May 25 Rockies 7–0 Teherán (4–3) Morales (3–4)35,56528-21 W1
50May 26 Red Sox 6–8 Mujica (2–1) Thomas (1–2) Uehara (10)48,50128–22 L1
51May 27 Red Sox 3–6 Lester (5–6) Varvaro (1–1) Uehara (11)37,16828-23 L2
52May 28@ Red Sox 0–4 Lackey (6–3) Floyd (0–2)36,18928-24 L3
53May 29@ Red Sox 3–4 Uehara (1–1) Kimbrel (0–1)36,29228-25 L4
54May 30@ Marlins 3–2 Teherán (5–3) Koehler (4–5) Kimbrel (14)18,46929-25 W1
55May 31@ Marlins 9–5 Santana (5–2) Turner (1–3) Kimbrel (15)26,87530-25 W2
June: 15–13 (Home: 3–6; Away: 12–7)
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56June 1@ Marlins 4–2 Wood (6–5) Cishek (4–2) Simmons (1)21,99731–25 W3
57June 3 Mariners 5–7 Leone (2–0) Wood (6–6) Rodney (15)36,50331–26 L1
58June 4 Mariners 0–2 Iwakuma (4–2) Minor (2–4) Rodney (16)26,96031–27 L2
59June 6@ Diamondbacks 5–2 Teherán (6–3) McCarthy (1–8) Kimbrel (16)24,50432–27 W1
60June 7@ Diamondbacks 3–4 (11) Delgado (1–1) Carpenter (4–1)29,27832–28 L1
61June 8@ Diamondbacks 5–6 Anderson (5–0) Harang (4–5) Ziegler (1)26,53432–29 L2
62June 9@ Rockies 3–1 Floyd (1–2) Bergman (0–1) Kimbrel (17)28,81733–29 W1
63June 10@ Rockies 13–10 Hale (2–0) Nicasio (5–5) Kimbrel (18)27,87534–29 W2
64June 11@ Rockies 2–8 Matzek (1–0) Teherán (6–4)29,11234–30 L1
65June 12@ Rockies 3–10 Chacín (1–4) Santana (5–3)33,64834–31 L2
66June 13 Angels 4–3 Harang (5–5) Wilson (7–6) Kimbrel (19)39,69935–31 W1
67June 14 Angels 6–11 (13) Salas (4–0) Hale (2–1)48,55935–32 L1
68June 15 Angels 7–3 Varvaro (2–1) Santiago (0–7) Kimbrel (20)29,32036–32 W1
69June 16 Phillies 1–6 (13) Bastardo (4–3) Hale (2–2)23,90036–33 L1
70June 17 Phillies 2–5 Kendrick (3–6) Santana (5–4) Papelbon (16)41,63136–34 L2
71June 18 Phillies 5–10 Hernández (3–5) Harang (5–6)28,50036–35 L3
72June 19@ Nationals 3–0 Floyd (2–2) Zimmermann (5–4) Kimbrel (21)32,19337–35 W1
73June 20@ Nationals 6–4 (13) Buchter (1–0) Blevins (2–3) Walden (2)36,60838–35 W2
74June 21@ Nationals 0–3 Fister (6–2) Teherán (6–5) Soriano (16)40,67738–36 L1
75June 22@ Nationals 1–4 Roark (6–4) Santana (5–5) Soriano (17)39,47338–37 L2
76June 24@ Astros 3–2 Harang (6–6) Feldman (3–5) Kimbrel (22)18,91239–37 W1
77June 25@ Astros 4–0 Wood (6–6) McHugh (4–6)20,55940–37 W2
78June 26@ Astros 1–6 Cosart (8–5) Minor (2–5)24,47440–38 L1
79June 27@ Phillies 4–2 Teherán (7–5) Kendrick (3–8) Kimbrel (23)38,10041–38 W1
80June 28@ Phillies 10–3 Santana (6–5) Hernández (3–7)28,84542–38 W2
81June 28@ Phillies 5–1 Hale (3–2) O'Sullivan (0–1)30,84543–38 W3
82June 29@ Phillies 3–2 Harang (7–6) Buchanan (4–4) Kimbrel (24)33,21544–38 W4
83June 30 Mets 5–3 Varvaro (3–1) Familia (1–3) Kimbrel (25)28,07545–38 W5
July: 13–13 (Home: 10–6; Away: 3–7)
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84July 1 Mets 5–4 Simmons (1–0) Matsuzaka (3–3) Kimbrel (26)21,34746–38 W6
85July 2 Mets 3–1 Teherán (8–5) deGrom (1–5) Walden (3)23,60147–38 W7
86July 4 Diamondbacks 5–2 Santana (7–5) Collmenter (7–5) Kimbrel (27)48,81548–38 W8
87July 5 Diamondbacks 10–4 Harang (8–6) Bolsinger (1–5)30,40549–38 W9
88July 6 Diamondbacks 1–3 Miley (4–6) Wood (6–7) Reed (20)23,70949–39 L1
89July 7@ Mets 3–4 (11) Torres (4–4) Varvaro (3–2)20,83649–40 L2
90July 8@ Mets 3–8 deGrom (2–5) Teherán (8–6)20,67149–41 L3
91July 9@ Mets 1–4 Gee (4–1) Santana (7–6) Mejía (9)21,32749–42 L4
92July 10@ Mets 3–1 Harang (9–6) Colón (8–8) Kimbrel (28)23,52850–42 W1
93July 11@ Cubs 4–5 Rondón (2–3) Walden (0–1)39,54450–43 L1
94July 12@ Cubs 11–6 Minor (3–5) Jackson (5–10) Carpenter (3)36,80651–43 W1
95July 13@ Cubs 10–7 Teherán (9–6) Wood (7–8) Kimbrel (29)36,36352–43 W2
July 15 All-Star Game NL 3–5 AL Scherzer Neshek Perkins 41,048 Target Field
96July 18 Phillies 6–4 Santana (8–6) Burnett (6–9) Kimbrel (30)39,74753–43 W3
97July 19 Phillies 1–2 Hamels (4–5) Simmons (1–1) Papelbon (23)38,60253–44 L1
98July 20 Phillies 8–2 Wood (7–7) Kendrick (4–10)24,85954–44 W1
99July 21 Marlins 1–3 (10) Morris (7–0) Simmons (1–2) Cishek (22)26,76654–45 L1
100July 22 Marlins 5–6 Turner (3–6) Minor (3–6) Cishek (23)22,99854–46 L2
101July 23 Marlins 6–1 Santana (9–6) Eovaldi (5–6)20,10255–46 W1
102July 24 Marlins 2–3 Álvarez (7–5) Kimbrel (0–2) Cishek (24)26,44655–47 L1
103July 25 Padres 2–5 Hahn (6–2) Wood (7–8) Benoit (2)31,64755–48 L2
104July 26 Padres 5–3 Teherán (10–6) Despaigne (2–2) Kimbrel (31)33,82056–48 W1
105July 27 Padres 8–3 Minor (4–6) Stults (3–13)31,45657–48 W2
106July 28 Padres 2–0 Santana (10–6) Lane (0–1) Kimbrel (32)23,28158–48 W3
107July 29@ Dodgers 4–8 League (2–2) Varvaro (3–3) Jansen (31)49,63058–49 L1
108July 30@ Dodgers 2–3 (10) Howell (3–3) Hale (3–3)47,38658–50 L2
109July 31@ Dodgers 1–2 Kershaw (13–2) Teherán (10–7)51,16358–51 L3
August: 14–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–9)
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110August 1@ Padres 1–10 Stults (4–13) Minor (4–7)33,77958–52 L4
111August 2@ Padres 2–3 (12) Stauffer (3–2) Kimbrel (0–3)39,40258–53 L5
112August 3@ Padres 3–4 (10) Stauffer (4–2) Hale (3–4)30,86158–54 L6
113August 5@ Mariners 2–4 Hernández (12–3) Wood (7–9) Rodney (31)24,49658–55 L7
114August 6@ Mariners 3–7 Young (10–6) Teherán (10–8)30,77058–56 L8
115August 8 Nationals 7–6 Santana (11–6) Strasburg (8–10) Kimbrel (33)32,70759–56 W1
116August 9 Nationals 1–4 (11) Clippard (7–2) Carpenter (4–2) Soriano (26)36,83259–57 L1
117August 10 Nationals 3–1 Wood (8–9) Gonzalez (6–9) Kimbrel (34)18,19160–57 W1
118August 11 Dodgers 2–6 Correia (6–13) Teherán (10–9)20,05260–58 L1
119August 12 Dodgers 2–4 Haren (10–9) Minor (4–8) Jansen (33)31,90460–59 L2
120August 13 Dodgers 3–2 Santana (12–6) Ryu (13–6) Kimbrel (35)33,29961–59 W1
121August 14 Dodgers 4–6 Hernández (7–8) Harang (9–7) Jansen (34)19,34761–60 L1
122August 15 Athletics 7–2 Wood (9–9) Hammel (9–10)30,60662–60 W1
123August 16 Athletics 4–3 Teherán (11–9) Gray (12–7) Kimbrel (36)40,76063–60 W2
124August 17 Athletics 4–3 Minor (5–8) Lester (13–8) Kimbrel (37)25,46164–60 W3
125August 18@ Pirates 7–3 Santana (13–6) Worley (5–3)31,66965–60 W4
126August 19@ Pirates 11–3 Harang (10–7) Liriano (3–10)27,03366–60 W5
127August 20@ Pirates 2–3 Melancon (2–3) Carpenter (4–3)26,58166–61 L1
128August 21@ Reds 8–0 Teherán (12–9) Holmberg (0–1)20,24367–61 W1
129August 22@ Reds 3–1 (12) Hale (4–4) Parra (0–1) Kimbrel (38)31,16068–61 W2
130August 23@ Reds 0–1 Leake (10–11) Santana (13–7) Chapman (27)41,50268–62 L1
131August 24@ Reds 3–5 Simón (13–8) Harang (10–8) Broxton (8)29,42268–63 L2
132August 26@ Mets 2–3 Gee (5–6) Wood (9–10) Mejía (19)22,40668–64 L3
133August 27@ Mets 3–2 Teherán (13–9) Wheeler (9–9) Kimbrel (39)22,01469–64 W1
134August 28@ Mets 6–1 Minor (6–8) Niese (7–10)22,15470–64 W2
135August 29 Marlins 5–2 Carpenter (5–3) Hatcher (0–2) Kimbrel (40)26,27871–64 W3
136August 30 Marlins 0–4 Cosart (3–1) Harang (10–9)25,33571–65 L1
137August 31 Marlins 1–0 Wood (10–10) Eovaldi (6–10) Kimbrel (41)45,75472–65 W1
September: 7–18 (Home: 3–10; Away: 4–8)
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138September 1 Phillies 0–7 Hamels (8–6) Teherán (13–10)34,17872–66 L1
139September 2 Phillies 0–4 Kendrick (8–11) Minor (6–9)19,44472–67 L2
140September 3 Phillies 7–4 Santana (14–7) Hollands (1–1) Kimbrel (42)19,72473–67 W1
141September 5@ Marlins 3–11 Cosart (13–8) Harang (10–10)19,95173–68 L1
142September 6@ Marlins 4–3 (10) Carpenter (6–3) Morris (6–1) Kimbrel (43)25,48574–68 W1
143September 7@ Marlins 0–4 Hand (3–6) Teherán (13–11)20,01374–69 L1
144September 8@ Nationals 1–2 Fister (13–6) Minor (6–10) Storen (3)25,44874–70 L2
145September 9@ Nationals 4–6 Zimmermann (11–5) Santana (14-8) Storen (4)29,23374–71L3
146September 10@ Nationals 6–2 Harang (11–10) Strasburg (11-11)31,08675–71W1
147September 12@ Rangers 1–2 Klein (1–2) Carpenter (6–4) Feliz (9)27,54775–72 L1
148September 13@ Rangers 2–3 Bonilla (1–0) Teherán (13–12) Cotts (1)31,59575–73 L2
149September 14@ Rangers 3–10 Lewis (10–13) Minor (6–11)25,44975–74 L3
150September 15 Nationals 2–4 Strasburg (12–11) Santana (14-9) Storen (6)18,22075–75 L4
151September 16 Nationals 0–3 Roark (14–10) Harang (11-11) Storen (7)28,17575–76 L5
152September 17 Nationals 3–1 Wood (11–10) Detwiler (2–3) Kimbrel (44)26,64376–76 W1
153September 19 Mets 0–5 Wheeler (11–10) Teherán (13–13)35,69376–77 L1
154September 20 Mets 2–4 Niese (9–11) Minor (6–12) Mejía (27)33,79476–78 L2
155September 21 Mets 2–10 deGrom (9–6) Santana (14–10)35,35476–79 L3
156September 22 Pirates 0–1 Liriano (7-10) Harang (11-12) Melancon (32)20,25276-80 L4
157September 23 Pirates 2–3 Cole (11-5) Wood (11–11) Watson (2)23,02976-81 L5
158September 24 Pirates 6–2 Teherán (14-13) Locke (7-6)25,45777-81 W1
159September 25 Pirates 1–10 Volquez (13-7) Hale (4-5)35,14077-82 L1
160September 26@ Phillies 4–5 García (1-0) Walden (0-2) Papelbon (39)33,12177-83 L2
161September 27@ Phillies 4–2 Harang (12-12) Burnett (8-18) Kimbrel (46)33,76178-83 W1
162September 28@ Phillies 2–1 Avilán (4-1) Hamels (9-9) Kimbrel (47)38,08279-83 W2


Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Gwinnett Braves International League Brian Snitker
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Aaron Holbert
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Luis Salazar
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Jonathan Schuerholz
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Randy Ingle
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Rocket Wheeler

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