WSN @ CHC, Friday, August 22, 2008 Game Preview

Washington Nationals, 45-83, 5th, 26 GB, 28 GB in WC	SP: John Lannan (23, LHP, 6-12, 3.81) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-12) 141.2 136 67 60 54 89 15 3.81 2007 (2-2) 34.2 36 17 16 17 10 3 4.15 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 41.2 37 23 20 22 30 3 4.32 50 2008-08-16 COL L 4 7 8 8 4 2 0 88 14 2008-08-10 @MIL ND 6 1 1 0 5 6 0 101 69 2008-08-05 @COL ND 7 5 2 2 2 8 1 108 65 2008-07-31 PHI L 5.2 9 8 6 3 7 2 101 27 2008-07-25 @LAD L 7 6 3 3 2 3 0 101 54 2008-07-19 @ATL W 6 7 1 1 3 4 0 105 55 2008-07-09 ARI W 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 85 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 1-0 7 4 0 0 4 3 0 0.00 68 2008-04-27 CHC W 7 4 0 0 4 3 0 107 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-39 Road: 22-44 ExtrInn: 4-6 vsRHP: 28-52 vsLHP: 17-31 1-Run: 16-26 vsEast: 17-30 vsCntrl:14-23 vsWest: 6-20 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 128 Thu, Aug 21 @PHI W 4-3 45-83 5th 26.0 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @PHI L 0-4 44-83 5th 26.0 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 @PHI L 4-5 44-82 5th 25.0 gb 125 Sun, Aug 17 COL L 2-7 44-81 5th 24.5 gb 124 Sat, Aug 16 COL L 6-13 44-80 5th 23.5 gb 123 Fri, Aug 15 COL L 3-4 44-79 5th 22.5 gb 122 Thu, Aug 14 NYM L 3-9 44-78 5th 21.5 gb 121 Wed, Aug 13 NYM L 0-12 44-77 5th 20.5 gb 120 Tue, Aug 12 NYM L 3-4 44-76 5th 20.5 gb 119 Mon, Aug 11 @MIL L 1-7 44-75 5th 20.5 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30: 8-22
Chicago Cubs, 78-49, 1st, 5½ up	SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 8-7, 4.67) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-7) 129 137 70 67 49 68 14 4.67 2007 (12-9) 191.2 190 111 98 76 109 22 4.60 2006 (14-16) 194.1 221 136 130 75 96 35 6.02 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 43.2 41 20 20 15 24 6 4.12 51 2008-08-13 @ATL W 5.1 6 2 2 2 1 0 93 47 2008-08-06 HOU W 6.1 6 4 4 2 3 1 107 46 2008-08-01 PIT L 6 8 3 3 1 2 1 102 45 2008-07-27 FLA ND 6 9 6 6 3 6 3 103 33 2008-07-22 @ARI L 6 5 3 3 2 3 1 89 51 2008-07-11 SFG ND 7 3 0 0 2 4 0 81 73 2008-07-01 @SFG L 7 4 2 2 3 5 0 98 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.WSN 1-3 33.2 32 15 15 9 14 5 4.01 52 2006-09-04 @WSN L 7 6 2 2 1 4 1 92 60 2006-04-28 WSN L 5 8 7 7 4 3 2 94 22 2005-08-27 @WSN W 9 2 0 0 0 3 0 91 86 2004-08-03 MON ND 5.2 9 4 4 1 1 1 92 35 2004-05-08 @MON L 7 7 2 2 3 3 1 107 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-18 Road: 31-31 ExtrInn: 8-5 vsRHP: 54-38 vsLHP: 24-11 1-Run: 18-19 vsEast: 14-7 vsCntrl:35-23 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 127 Thu, Aug 21 CIN W 3-2 78-49 1st 5.5 up 126 Wed, Aug 20 CIN L 1-2 77-49 1st 5.0 up 125 Tue, Aug 19 CIN W 5-0 77-48 1st 6.0 up 124 Sun, Aug 17 @FLA W 9-2 76-48 1st 5.5 up 123 Sat, Aug 16 @FLA L 1-2 75-48 1st 4.5 up 122 Fri, Aug 15 @FLA W 6-5 75-47 1st 5.5 up 121 Thu, Aug 14 @ATL W 11-7 74-47 1st 4.5 up 120 Wed, Aug 13 @ATL W 8-0 73-47 1st 3.5 up 119 Wed, Aug 13 @ATL W 10-2 72-47 1st 3.5 up 118 Sun, Aug 10 STL W 6-2 71-47 1st 4.0 up Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:21-9
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Apr 27, 2008 WSN 2 CHC 0 W:John Lannan (2-2), L: Ted Lilly (1-4), S: Jon Rauch (4) Sat, Apr 26, 2008 CHC 7 @WSN 0 W:Carlos Zambrano (4-1), L: Matt Chico (0-5), S: none Fri, Apr 25, 2008 WSN 5 CHC 3 W:Jon Rauch (2-0), L: Bobby Howry (0-2), S: none Thu, Jul 05, 2007 CHC 4 @WSN 2 W:Will Ohman (1-4), L: Luis Ayala (0-1), S: Bobby Howry (4) Wed, Jul 04, 2007 WSN 6 CHC 0 W:Matt Chico (4-5), L: Rich Hill (5-6), S: none Tue, Jul 03, 2007 CHC 3 @WSN 1 W:Carlos Zambrano (10-6), L: Tim Redding (0-1), S: Bobby Howry (3) Mon, Jul 02, 2007 CHC 7 @WSN 2 W:Ted Lilly (7-4), L: Jason Simontacchi (5-6), S: none Sun, May 06, 2007 CHC 4 WSN 3 (10) W:Ryan Dempster (1-1), L: Ryan Wagner (0-2), S: none Sat, May 05, 2007 CHC 5 WSN 3 W:Rich Hill (4-1), L: John Patterson (1-5), S: Ryan Dempster (7) Fri, May 04, 2007 CHC 6 WSN 4 W:Carlos Zambrano (3-2), L: Jay Bergmann (0-3), S: Ryan Dempster (6) Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 2-1; 2007 - CHC won 6-1; 2006 - WSN won 4-2; All-Time - WSN leads 283-258

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 2008 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

TEX 5.58

ARI 4.65

WSN 3.67

RA/G

TOR 3.91

MIN 4.57

TEX 6.07

C. Jones .360

M. Cabrera .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .462

R. Winn .365

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .613

J. Lowrie .482

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.069

D. Pedroia .834

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

O. Perez 3.93

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.18

D. Lowe 6.48

L. Hernandez 3.46

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Belliard G/S/vP 8/1.357 9/.111 4/.500 4/1.167 4/.000 6/1.000 ··· 28/.740 289/196 .268/.365/.460/.825 1.054/.718 .793 82/.918 3/2 10/

7.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/64 .228/.260/.326/.587 .469/.646 .551 84/.611 4/2 0/

8.Boone G/S/vP 8/.125 6/1.500 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 30/1.023 195/116 .243/.299/.390/.689 .874/.563 .747 15/.205 0/1 5/

3.Flores G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 293/215 .267/.311/.419/.729 .873/.675 .784 80/.549 0/1 8/

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 9/.819 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 493/333 .296/.325/.400/.726 .820/.680 .687 39/.416 3/3 5/

1.Harris* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 311/230 .251/.338/.432/.769 .818/.752 .781 110/.697 8/3 10/

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/5 .556/.556/.556/1.111 1.000/1.200 1.111 9/1.111 0/0 0/

25.Kearns G/S/vP 21/1.213 ··· ··· 8/1.357 6/1.000 5/1.200 ··· 20/.466 347/250 .216/.308/.305/.613 .494/.659 .592 102/.555 2/2 6/

29.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 97/75 .244/.379/.372/.751 .686/.769 .911 37/.801 2/0 1/

44.Milledge G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 450/311 .261/.325/.405/.731 .696/.747 .717 109/.887 17/6 12/

53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/79 .264/.317/.345/.662 .770/.606 .593 28/.668 0/0 1/

4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 56/52 .245/.273/.321/.593 1.000/.560 .294 34/.699 1/0 0/

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· ··· 4/.917 5/.933 7/.629 ··· 3/1.666 323/213 .268/.316/.409/.725 .697/.740 .788 89/.698 1/1 8/

IP 129.0 26.0 82.1 58.0 69.1 43.0 16.0 51.2 TOTAL .243/.314/.360/.675 .703/.662 .683 .650 56/30 87/96

ERA-K/9

4.67/4.7

2.77/11.1

3.39/7.1

5.43/7.1

2.86/11.8

3.56/8.6

1.13/9.0

2.61/11.0

3.71/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (45-14-7)
Nieves (28-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 570/.273 110/.237 340/.248 253/.304 276/.132 179/.230 61/.161 209/.196 .240 Kearns
Harris
Milledge
Bonifacio
Langerhans 0/0/82/3
62/16/0/3
0/105/0/1
1/0/2/0
22/0/5/0

OPS .765 .700 .665 .886 .519 .741 .444 .569 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 257/.745 53/.700 162/.646 101/.880 119/.711 49/.850 25/.163 98/.570 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 313/.779 57/.700 178/.683 152/.890 157/.373 130/.701 36/.639 111/.568 .687

Home 313/.839 45/.807 179/.650 132/.900 162/.463 60/.549 43/.409 109/.503 .688

Last 28d days 110/.886 32/.677 52/.574 41/1.034 48/.262 52/.585 61/.444 27/.382

HR/SB/CS 14/8/1 4/1/0 8/1/3 12/2/0 8/3/1 8/2/1 0/3/1 1/1/0 134/65/32

Usage ········ ·o··X··· ······X· ·····X·X o·o·Xo·o ·····X·· ·o··oX·· X·X···XX

Chicago Cubs Batters (5.36 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 43.Colome
G/S/vB 55.Estrada
G/S/vB 38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 36.Manning*
G/S/vB 50.Mock
G/S/vB 52.Rivera
G/S/vB 59.Shell
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/55 .293/.337/.424/.761 .895/.656 .846 28/.853 0/0 3/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 175/87 .277/.339/.371/.710 .672/.750 .813 21/.781 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 482/349 .281/.376/.458/.834 .818/.840 .900 94/.909 5/0 15/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 334/289 .232/.339/.465/.804 .484/.858 .844 61/1.002 2/1 16/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 222/204 .286/.374/.510/.885 .508/.915 .838 40/.817 2/0 8/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 506/383 .265/.363/.385/.748 .722/.757 .843 96/.587 11/4 8/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.833 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 298/173 .313/.371/.458/.829 .959/.738 .810 48/1.227 5/5 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.267 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 565/434 .289/.356/.464/.820 .954/.782 .841 108/.670 6/2 17/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 518/400 .287/.386/.508/.894 .725/.946 1.061 102/1.068 2/2 20/

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 10/1.189 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 362/261 .288/.340/.548/.888 1.249/.750 .982 121/.910 12/1 22/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 465/351 .285/.370/.501/.871 .917/.856 .872 78/1.017 0/0 18/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 530/399 .315/.394/.371/.764 .793/.755 .792 107/.740 18/13 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/80 .219/.333/.411/.744 .762/.743 .775 19/.477 0/0 3/

IP 141.2 58.1 2.0 71.2 31.1 22.1 70.0 35.0 TOTAL .280/.358/.446/.804 .822/.798 .860 .841 71/29 144/72

ERA-K/9

3.81/5.7

5.09/7.1

0.00/9.0

3.77/10.0

5.17/7.8

6.04/10.5

3.60/6.6

2.06/7.2

4.53/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (10-10-3)
Soto (55-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 609/.254 269/.256 7/.286 307/.225 142/.217 98/.279 304/.248 137/.185 .268 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Edmonds
Ward
Cedeno
DeRosa 77/0/0/6
0/11/112/4
23/61/2/3
0/86/0/1
5/0/3/0
0/1/0/0
27/0/24/0

OPS .708 .745 .714 .673 .714 .799 .634 .612 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.785 119/.789 3/1.000 137/.679 63/.717 42/.742 149/.564 59/.664 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 466/.684 150/.710 4/.500 170/.668 79/.703 56/.847 155/.706 78/.572 .774

Road 376/.620 119/.670 7/.714 143/.681 70/.818 31/.784 150/.710 56/.687 .765

Last 28d days 134/.708 58/.729 7/.714 54/.696 47/.847 53/.657 52/.721 61/.518

HR/SB/CS 15/14/5 5/6/1 0/0/1 7/11/0 4/3/0 3/2/0 3/12/0 4/2/1 142/99/27

Usage ·····X·· ····X·o· ·X······ X···o··X ··o·o·o· ·····X·o X·o···oX ··X·XX··

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.

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Game Preview: WSN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, August 22, 2008 @Wrigley Field

SP: John Lannan (23, LHP, 6-12, 3.81)

SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 8-7, 4.67)

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