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Game Preview: WSN @ MIL, 8:05pm, Friday, August 8, 2008 @Miller Park

Washington Nationals, 44-71, 5th, 18½ GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Collin Balester (22, RHP, 2-3, 4.55)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             31.2  34  18  16  10  21  4    4.55      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  31.2  34  18  16  10  21  4    4.55   47 
 2008-08-03    CIN   W   5.1   6   1   1   2   5  1     101   55 
 2008-07-29    PHI   L   6     6   2   2   0   5  1      90   57 
 2008-07-23   @SFG  ND   5     6   3   3   2   2  0      74   43 
 2008-07-12    HOU   L   4.2  11   6   4   0   3  1      91   25 
 2008-07-06   @CIN   L   5.2   4   5   5   3   3  1     102   41 
 2008-07-01   @FLA   W   5     1   1   1   3   3  0      95   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL    Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-33   Road:   21-38   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  28-45   vsLHP:  16-26   1-Run:  15-22
 vsEast: 16-25   vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest:  6-17 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Thu, Aug  7  @COL  W   6-3       44-71  5th 18.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7  @COL  W   6-3       43-71  5th 18.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @COL  L   2-8       42-71  5th 19.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @COL  W   9-4       42-70  5th 19.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3   CIN  W   4-2       41-70  5th 20.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2   CIN  W  10-6       40-70  5th 20.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1   CIN  W   5-2       39-70  5th 20.0 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31   PHI  L   4-8       38-70  5th 21.0 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30   PHI  L   5-8       38-69  5th 20.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29   PHI  L   1-2       38-68  5th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20
Milwaukee Brewers, 64-51, 2nd, 5 GB, 3 up in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 11-8, 3.28)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-8)           170.1 152  66  62  45 166 15    3.28      
 2007 (19-7)           241   238  94  86  37 209 20    3.21      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-0  56    42  17  14  13  48  4    2.25   66 
 2008-08-02   @ATL   W   8.1   6   2   2   1   9  0     109   71 
 2008-07-28    CHC  ND   6.2   9   4   3   2   3  1     124   43 
 2008-07-23   @STL   W   9     3   0   0   2   7  0     106   86 
 2008-07-18   @SFG   W   9     4   1   1   0  10  1     110   85 
 2008-07-13    CIN   W   9     8   2   2   1   9  0     122   71 
 2008-07-08    COL   W   6     5   3   2   5   5  0      97   52 
 2008-07-02   @CHW  ND   8     7   5   4   2   5  2     123   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      0-1   7.1   4   3   3   5   5  0    3.68   58 
 2002-06-21   @MON   L   7.1   4   3   3   5   5  0     109   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-23   Road:   32-28   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  41-39   vsLHP:  23-12   1-Run:  22-10
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:30-23   vsWest: 15-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Wed, Aug  6  @CIN  W   6-3       64-51  2nd  5.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5  @CIN  W   8-1       63-51  2nd  5.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4  @CIN  L   3-6       62-51  2nd  5.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3  @ATL  L   0-5       62-50  2nd  5.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2  @ATL  W   4-2       62-49  2nd  4.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  1  @ATL  W   9-0       61-49  2nd  4.0 gb
109 Thu, Jul 31   CHC  L   4-11      60-49  2nd  5.0 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30   CHC  L   2-7       60-48  2nd  4.0 gb
107 Tue, Jul 29   CHC  L   1-7       60-47  2nd  3.0 gb
106 Mon, Jul 28   CHC  L   4-6       60-46  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 26, 2008 MIL  4 @WSN  3 (11)   W:Carlos Villanueva (3-5), L: Saul Rivera (3-2), S: Salomon Torres (3)
Sun, May 25, 2008 WSN  7  MIL  6        W:Jon Rauch (3-1), L: Guillermo Mota (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 MIL  5 @WSN  2        W:Seth McClung (2-1), L: John Lannan (4-5), S: Salomon Torres (2)
Fri, May 23, 2008 WSN  5  MIL  1        W:Brian Sanches (1-0), L: Jeff Suppan (2-4), S: none

Sun, Jul 08, 2007 WSN  7  MIL  2        W:Tim Redding (1-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 WSN  5  MIL  4        W:Jason Simontacchi (6-6), L: Jeff Suppan (8-8), S: Chad Cordero (15)
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 MIL  6 @WSN  2        W:David Bush (7-7), L: Mike Bacsik (2-6), S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 MIL  3  WSN  1        W:Derrick Turnbow (1-0), L: Micah Bowie (0-2), S: Francisco Cordero (15)
Tue, May 08, 2007 MIL  6  WSN  4        W:David Bush (3-3), L: Jason Simontacchi (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (14)
Mon, May 07, 2007 MIL  3  WSN  0        W:Chris Capuano (5-0), L: Matt Chico (2-4), S: Francisco Cordero (13)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - MIL won 4-2; 2006 - WSN won 5-1; All-Time - WSN leads 38-37

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  5.61

LAA  4.63

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.93

SFG  4.65

TEX  5.87

BA

C. Jones  .369

A. Pierzynski  .288

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

M. Byrd  .360

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .620

J. Werth  .476

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.075

M. Reynolds  .825

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

O. Perez  4.12

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

M. Mussina  6.16

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP 2/.500 3/1.000 8/.250 12/.872 ··· 2/.000 6/.533 6/.000 236/160 .241/.347/.463/.811 1.128/.658 .774 57/.841 2/1 10/
6.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/33 .318/.318/.500/.818 .909/.788 .920 34/.971 3/1 0/
5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/99 .208/.304/.307/.611 .259/.668 .503 45/.564 1/0 1/
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 255/192 .276/.325/.448/.774 .941/.717 .861 63/.825 0/1 8/
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/50 .231/.296/.308/.603 .282/.747 .711 15/1.226 0/0 0/
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 31/.623 ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 11/.111 8/.500 4/1.500 2/.000 464/319 .301/.333/.411/.744 .843/.698 .706 48/.449 3/3 5/
1.Harris* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 258/200 .253/.352/.443/.795 .957/.748 .807 95/.991 7/3 9/
25.Kearns G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· 7/.429 2/.000 ··· 12/.523 4/1.500 296/219 .228/.321/.320/.641 .543/.675 .631 89/.684 1/2 5/
29.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 83/65 .258/.395/.348/.744 .437/.826 .953 47/.929 2/0 0/
44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 395/275 .250/.315/.395/.709 .730/.700 .685 54/.893 14/6 11/
53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 106/68 .281/.327/.375/.702 .803/.648 .635 16/1.167 0/0 1/
4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 42/39 .225/.244/.250/.494 .000/.533 .167 26/.509 1/0 0/
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 9/.873 ··· ··· 3/1.667 5/.800 271/181 .266/.317/.415/.733 .676/.762 .811 51/.789 1/0 8/
IP 170.1 28.2 85.0 40.2 34.1 39.1 58.1 85.0 TOTAL .245/.318/.367/.685 .726/.667 .699 .742 49/27 83/82
ERA-K/9 3.28/8.8 6.28/7.8 4.55/7.4 5.09/7.7 4.46/6.0 2.52/6.0 2.78/6.2 4.45/7.0 4.07/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (35-11-7)
 Nieves (22-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 694/.240 132/.270 373/.254 179/.278 148/.258 161/.228 244/.241 366/.268 .258  Kearns
 Harris
 Milledge
 Casto
 Langerhans
 Bonifacio
0/0/70/3
49/16/0/2
0/92/0/1
7/0/1/1
22/0/4/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .655 .868 .750 .810 .774 .642 .644 .774 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 188/.587 70/.767 175/.832 78/.975 64/.934 79/.506 110/.660 172/.602 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 506/.681 62/.985 198/.677 101/.682 84/.657 82/.780 134/.631 194/.926 .736
Home 401/.691 69/.840 189/.805 93/.966 77/.993 82/.489 107/.561 213/.650 .724
Last 28d days 160/.511 26/.829 72/.801 27/.681 25/.979 33/.861 37/.631 32/.254
HR/SB/CS 15/10/2 7/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/5/2 121/54/34
Usage ·····X·· ·oo····o ····X··X ····o·o· ·······X ·Xo···o· ·o···o·· ···X····
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Balester
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 145/131 .250/.331/.594/.925 .000/1.033 1.174 28/.747 1/0 12/
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 493/366 .300/.339/.589/.928 .951/.920 1.069 100/1.094 10/3 30/
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 9/.555 5/2.100 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/1.333 ··· 322/245 .237/.323/.484/.807 1.009/.746 .627 83/.785 10/4 17/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 187/168 .232/.321/.311/.632 .440/.654 .635 37/.479 2/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/.000 7/.829 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· 334/251 .283/.374/.403/.778 .668/.812 .803 40/.658 6/2 3/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 5/1.267 ··· 491/338 .279/.373/.524/.897 .785/.949 1.031 98/1.197 2/0 26/
2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 349/230 .228/.296/.421/.717 1.049/.549 .895 59/.658 4/6 14/
7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 423/311 .279/.340/.460/.800 .910/.762 .735 87/.622 2/1 15/
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 461/338 .286/.323/.493/.816 .769/.833 .712 83/.705 19/4 16/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 182/110 .310/.343/.497/.840 .970/.752 .861 27/.704 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 6/.334 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 410/305 .244/.327/.322/.649 .670/.642 .589 85/.534 6/3 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 54/42 .314/.352/.451/.803 .697/.832 .756 4/.750 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 422/306 .231/.335/.384/.719 .817/.683 .593 75/.860 15/4 9/
IP 31.2 52.2 51.1 65.1 26.0 13.2 64.0 25.2 TOTAL .255/.324/.441/.765 .824/.744 .780 .773 80/27 149/73
ERA-K/9 4.55/6.0 5.81/5.8 4.73/7.5 3.86/10.1 4.85/9.0 5.27/8.5 3.09/6.0 2.45/7.0 4.40/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (38-30-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.268 235/.279 232/.260 276/.218 113/.204 56/.308 274/.238 103/.202 .269  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
110/0/0/7
0/0/110/4
0/76/0/2
6/31/13/0
OPS .751 .772 .712 .669 .656 .799 .602 .659 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.790 108/.823 105/.735 123/.681 52/.574 30/.780 137/.553 48/.670 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.713 127/.729 127/.691 153/.658 61/.726 26/.824 137/.653 55/.650 .774
Road 70/.642 102/.857 103/.651 127/.664 51/.801 3/.000 134/.664 40/.744 .764
Last 28d days 96/.836 30/.679 34/.587 33/.504 31/.564 11/.182 41/.487 39/.545
HR/SB/CS 4/2/1 5/1/1 2/5/1 7/10/0 3/2/0 1/1/0 2/10/0 3/0/1 122/83/24
Usage ····X··· ··oo·X·· X··o···X X···o·X· ··X·oo·o ·······X o·oX·oo· X···o···

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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