The opening game of this three-game series pits Julio Teheran against Washington's Tanner Roark at 7:35 p.m. ET on Fox SportSouth. Andrelton Simmons is still tending to a sore wrist, so Ramiro Pena will stay in the lineup.
The Braves were 6-4 against Washington at Turner Field last year.
BRAVES STARTING LINEUP
- Jason Heyward - RF
- B.J. Upton - CF
- Freddie Freeman - 1B
- Chris Johnson - 3B
- Justin Upton - RF
- Dan Uggla - 2B
- Evan Gattis - C
- Ramiro Pena - SS
- Julio Teheran - P
NATIONALS STARTING LINEUP
- Denard Span - CF
- Anthony Rendon - 2B
- Jayson Werth - RF
- Adam LaRoche - 1B
- Ryan Zimmerman - 3B
- Bryce Harper - LF
- Ian Desmond - SS
- Jose Lobaton - C
- Tanner Roark - P
Roark's pitch results - career
Pitch Type | Count | Foul/Swing | Whiff/Swing | GB/BIP | LD/BIP | FB/BIP | PU/BIP | GB/FB | HR/(FB+LD) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fourseam | 86 | 48.65 | 27.03 | 9.09 | 9.09 | 63.64 | 18.18 | 14.29 | 0.00 |
Sinker | 450 | 47.76 | 7.46 | 47.31 | 30.11 | 13.98 | 8.60 | 338.46 | 2.44 |
Change | 67 | 17.65 | 35.29 | 31.25 | 31.25 | 25.00 | 12.50 | 125.00 | 0.00 |
Slider | 165 | 29.41 | 29.41 | 50.00 | 13.64 | 31.82 | 4.55 | 157.14 | 0.00 |
Curve | 82 | 34.09 | 18.18 | 66.67 | 19.05 | 14.29 | 0.00 | 466.67 | 0.00 |