WSN @ LAD, Friday, July 25, 2008 Game Preview

Washington Nationals, 38-64, 5th, 17 GB, 21 GB in WC	SP: John Lannan (23, LHP, 6-9, 3.29) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-9) 112 108 45 41 38 63 12 3.29 2007 (2-2) 34.2 36 17 16 17 10 3 4.15 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 42 37 17 14 12 20 6 3.00 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 2008-07-03 @CIN ND 6 5 3 3 3 3 0 93 50 2008-06-28 BAL L 5 7 7 4 1 1 2 81 31 2008-06-22 TEX ND 6 4 2 2 0 6 2 96 62 2008-06-17 @MIN L 7 5 2 2 2 3 1 104 60 2008-06-11 @PIT L 6 7 2 2 0 3 1 93 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-30 Road: 18-34 ExtrInn: 4-5 vsRHP: 23-41 vsLHP: 15-23 1-Run: 15-20 vsEast: 16-22 vsCntrl:11-19 vsWest: 3-13 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 102 Thu, Jul 24 @SFG L 0-1 38-64 5th 17.0 gb 101 Wed, Jul 23 @SFG L 4-6 38-63 5th 16.0 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 @SFG L 3-6 38-62 5th 16.0 gb 99 Sun, Jul 20 @ATL W 15-6 38-61 5th 15.0 gb 98 Sat, Jul 19 @ATL W 8-2 37-61 5th 16.0 gb 97 Fri, Jul 18 @ATL L 6-7 36-61 5th 17.0 gb 96 Sun, Jul 13 HOU L 0-5 36-60 5th 16.0 gb 95 Sat, Jul 12 HOU L 4-6 36-59 5th 15.0 gb 94 Fri, Jul 11 HOU W 10-0 36-58 5th 15.0 gb 93 Thu, Jul 10 ARI L 5-7 (11) 35-58 5th 15.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30: 9-21
Los Angeles Dodgers, 49-52, 2nd, 1 GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 9-9, 3.32) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-9) 122 108 50 45 53 133 9 3.32 2007 (12-5) 147 131 56 54 64 141 15 3.31 2006 (7-4) 90 92 43 38 58 59 7 3.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-2 44.1 40 16 13 15 51 2 2.64 59 2008-07-19 @ARI L 5.2 7 3 3 3 5 1 114 45 2008-07-13 FLA W 7 5 1 1 0 13 0 106 76 2008-07-08 ATL L 5.1 6 6 5 4 8 1 103 38 2008-07-03 @HOU W 8 6 2 0 1 5 0 92 70 2008-06-28 LAA W 7 3 0 0 3 7 0 111 75 2008-06-22 CLE W 5 8 3 3 1 4 0 108 42 2008-06-17 @CIN W 6.1 5 1 1 3 9 0 106 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.WSN 2-0 13 12 4 4 6 11 1 2.77 57 2007-08-28 WSN W 7 8 3 3 1 6 1 99 54 2006-07-28 WSN W 6 4 1 1 5 5 0 111 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-24 Road: 24-28 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 34-38 vsLHP: 15-14 1-Run: 14-12 vsEast: 9-11 vsCntrl:17-14 vsWest: 18-17 IL: 5-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 101 Wed, Jul 23 @COL L 3-5 49-52 2nd 1.0 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 @COL L 1-10 49-51 2nd 1.0 gb 99 Mon, Jul 21 @COL W 16-10 49-50 1st Tied 98 Sun, Jul 20 @ARI W 6-5 48-50 1st Tied 97 Sat, Jul 19 @ARI L 2-3 47-50 2nd 1.0 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 @ARI W 8-7 (11) 47-49 1st Tied 95 Sun, Jul 13 FLA W 9-1 46-49 2nd 1.0 gb 94 Sat, Jul 12 FLA L 3-5 (11) 45-49 2nd 2.0 gb 93 Fri, Jul 11 FLA L 1-3 45-48 2nd 1.0 gb 92 Thu, Jul 10 FLA L 4-5 (11) 45-47 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Aug 29, 2007 LAD 10 WSN 9 (12) W:Scott Proctor (5-5), L: Saul Rivera (4-5), S: none Tue, Aug 28, 2007 LAD 4 WSN 3 W:Chad Billingsley (9-4), L: Chris Schroder (1-1), S: Takashi Saito (36) Mon, Aug 27, 2007 LAD 5 WSN 4 W:Derek Lowe (11-11), L: Mike Bacsik (5-8), S: Takashi Saito (35) Thu, May 31, 2007 WSN 11 LAD 4 W:Micah Bowie (2-2), L: Mark Hendrickson (2-3), S: none Wed, May 30, 2007 LAD 5 @WSN 0 W:Derek Lowe (5-5), L: Mike Bacsik (1-1), S: none Tue, May 29, 2007 LAD 10 @WSN 0 W:Brad Penny (7-1), L: Jason Simontacchi (2-3), S: none Sun, Jul 30, 2006 LAD 4 WSN 3 W:Jonathan Broxton (2-0), L: Jon Rauch (3-2), S: Takashi Saito (9) Sat, Jul 29, 2006 LAD 7 WSN 5 W:Derek Lowe (8-7), L: Mike O'Connor (3-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (1) Fri, Jul 28, 2006 LAD 13 WSN 1 W:Chad Billingsley (2-3), L: Tony Armas (7-6), S: none Sun, May 28, 2006 WSN 10 LAD 4 W:Ramon Ortiz (3-4), L: Jae Weong Seo (2-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - LAD won 5-1; 2006 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 238-174

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 5.46

COL 4.58

SDP 3.74

RA/G

OAK 3.63

CLE 4.53

TEX 5.88

C. Jones .369

K. Suzuki .286

T. Pena .152

OBP

C. Jones .466

G. Laird .360

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .625

C. Coste .469

T. Pena .201

OPS

L. Berkman 1.063

J. Loney .822

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

R. Nolasco 3.99

I. Snell 6.10

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

T. Wellemeyer 6.13

L. Hernandez 3.31

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 49.Falkenborg
G/S/vB 54.Johnson
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Belliard G/S/vP 3/1.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· 13/1.017 ··· 14/.428 ··· ··· 207/143 .230/.338/.449/.788 1.070/.667 .761 74/.859 1/0 9/

5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/71 .200/.294/.307/.601 .298/.659 .473 37/.594 1/0 1/

3.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 213/159 .285/.338/.461/.799 .919/.757 .929 62/.694 0/1 6/

15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 28/.583 ··· 12/.350 ··· ··· 454/312 .305/.336/.417/.753 .862/.703 .722 98/.700 3/3 5/

1.Harris* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 19/.234 ··· 7/.666 ··· ··· 201/159 .257/.365/.444/.809 .919/.781 .796 86/1.013 7/3 7/

25.Kearns G/S/vP 5/.933 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 245/181 .216/.314/.324/.638 .556/.666 .641 72/.821 1/2 5/

29.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.417 ··· ··· 60/46 .269/.356/.365/.721 .298/.850 1.006 24/1.008 2/0 0/

16.Lo Duca G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 4/.250 1/.000 3/1.667 8/.250 3/1.333 ··· ··· 135/100 .244/.311/.301/.612 .609/.612 .610 65/.683 1/0 0/

2.Lopez# G/S/vP 7/.762 2/.500 3/.333 1/.000 9/1.810 ··· ··· ··· ··· 346/219 .240/.314/.321/.635 .681/.609 .773 64/.562 4/5 2/

44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 341/232 .245/.312/.368/.679 .671/.683 .664 5/1.200 13/4 7/

53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/59 .262/.315/.345/.660 .720/.626 .521 12/.523 0/0 1/

4.Orr* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 22/20 .190/.190/.238/.429 .000/.474 .667 16/.600 0/0 0/

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/156 .266/.303/.431/.735 .651/.778 .857 14/1.000 0/0 8/

IP 122.0 30.1 41.2 9.1 7.0 57.0 68.0 17.2 42.2 TOTAL .243/.317/.364/.681 .717/.665 .706 .709 43/23 74/73

ERA-K/9

3.32/9.8

1.78/5.3

3.46/10.6

5.79/5.8

2.57/2.6

1.89/10.7

2.51/7.1

6.11/10.7

2.95/6.3

3.82/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (33-8-7)
Lo Duca (13-2-1)
Nieves (19-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 526/.235 133/.282 170/.225 38/.235 27/.200 230/.206 287/.267 78/.297 172/.229 .256 Kearns
Harris
Casto
Lopez
Milledge
Langerhans
Lo Duca 0/0/58/3
39/16/0/2
7/0/1/1
8/0/0/1
0/79/0/1
18/0/3/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .674 .664 .626 .709 .699 .561 .744 .751 .683 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 251/.750 61/.617 68/.879 13/.657 11/1.064 74/.599 127/.834 28/.450 64/.709 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 275/.605 72/.705 102/.473 25/.728 16/.454 156/.540 160/.676 50/.938 108/.667 .674

Home 255/.684 68/.645 82/.477 17/.368 / 78/.422 129/.615 45/.694 82/.597 .620

Last 28d days 136/.615 29/.820 37/.506 35/.732 27/.699 45/.511 85/.718 33/.751 53/.773

HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 0/4/2 2/4/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 8/3/0 0/4/0 5/1/0 78/55/14

Usage ·····X·· ···X·oo· ····X·o· ···Xo·o· ··X···X· ···X··X· ·X····X· ··X·X··· ···X·oo·

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 56.Ayala
G/S/vB 43.Colome
G/S/vB 38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 36.Manning*
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

36.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/10 .238/.273/.286/.558 .750/.311 .606 5/1.000 0/0 0/

13.Berroa G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/60 .205/.271/.244/.514 .422/.557 .333 31/.621 0/0 0/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 309/234 .257/.324/.364/.688 .804/.652 .757 62/.524 3/0 5/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 379/291 .277/.341/.452/.794 .659/.834 .722 105/.890 3/2 11/

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 8/.393 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 87/63 .275/.333/.488/.821 1.200/.687 .722 52/.938 1/1 4/

25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 16/1.634 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 ··· 208/138 .166/.269/.249/.518 .619/.468 .552 54/.447 0/1 2/

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 400/285 .290/.343/.462/.805 1.000/.727 .767 105/.847 22/6 11/

12.Kent G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 335/243 .254/.310/.414/.724 .795/.698 .653 82/.819 0/0 10/

28.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/30 .214/.333/.339/.673 .628/.727 .535 41/.582 0/0 2/

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 414/288 .302/.360/.463/.822 .744/.856 .786 96/.831 3/3 8/

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· 411/305 .297/.394/.433/.828 .767/.849 .767 98/.784 10/4 10/

14.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/47 .288/.319/.333/.652 .938/.499 .858 5/1.000 0/2 0/

3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/83 .248/.315/.336/.651 .758/.600 .763 45/.486 0/0 1/

IP 112.0 48.1 45.1 59.1 22.1 58.1 18.0 TOTAL .256/.323/.379/.702 .762/.678 .678 .701 86/26 71/65

ERA-K/9

3.29/5.1

5.77/6.1

5.36/7.9

3.94/9.9

4.43/9.7

3.39/6.0

2.00/7.0

4.43/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ardoin (2-1-1)
Martin (51-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 475/.255 218/.289 211/.276 253/.222 95/.182 252/.244 76/.222 .272 Kemp
Ethier
Young
Jones 0/53/45/9
37/0/61/6
13/0/9/3
0/53/0/1

OPS .707 .791 .749 .667 .647 .616 .689 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.810 102/.855 96/.723 111/.623 39/.470 127/.566 37/.695 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 362/.674 116/.737 115/.769 142/.698 56/.775 125/.671 39/.682 .788

Road 295/.648 91/.882 92/.691 117/.708 45/.753 117/.697 29/.697 .774

Last 28d days 96/.686 42/.862 35/.877 42/.396 34/.603 45/.517 66/.737

HR/SB/CS 12/8/3 5/1/1 2/4/1 5/10/0 3/2/0 2/10/0 1/0/1 106/78/21

Usage ·····X·· ·X···o·· ··X·X··· ····o··· ·oo·o·X· ·oX··o·· ·o··X···

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 @ LAD, 10:40pm, Friday, July 25, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

SP: John Lannan (23, LHP, 6-9, 3.29)

SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 9-9, 3.32)

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