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Game Preview: WSN @ MIL, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 9, 2008 @Miller Park

Washington Nationals, 44-72, 5th, 18½ GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Tim Redding (30, RHP, 8-6, 4.44)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-6)            135.2 144  75  67  45  90 14    4.44      
 2007 (3-6)             84    84  35  34  38  47 10    3.64      
 2005 (0-6)             30.2  44  41  36  17  19  7   10.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  38    52  23  23  10  31  2    5.45   44 
 2008-08-04   @COL   W   5     6   4   4   3   6  0     112   42 
 2008-07-30    PHI   L   4    10   7   7   1   1  1      73   14 
 2008-07-24   @SFG   L   8     7   1   1   0   5  0      97   69 
 2008-07-18   @ATL   L   4     6   6   6   3   3  0      87   26 
 2008-07-11    HOU   W   6     7   0   0   0   6  0     114   64 
 2008-07-05   @CIN  ND   6     8   1   1   1   4  0     106   55 
 2008-06-30   @FLA  ND   5     8   4   4   2   6  1     111   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-2  25.2  31  17  13  10  17  2    4.56   44 
 2008-05-25    MIL  ND   5.2  10   5   5   1   7  1     104   35 
 2007-07-08    MIL   W   6     5   2   2   1   1  0      88   54 
 2004-07-24    MIL   W   5     3   0   0   3   6  0      98   64 
 2004-06-11   @MIL   L   5.1   7   4   3   3   2  1      84   39 
 2004-04-15    MIL   L   3.2   6   6   3   2   1  0      84   30 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-33   Road:   21-39   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  28-45   vsLHP:  16-27   1-Run:  15-22
 vsEast: 16-25   vsCntrl:14-20   vsWest:  6-17 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Fri, Aug  8  @MIL  L   0-5       44-72  5th 18.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20
Milwaukee Brewers, 65-51, 2nd, 5 GB, 3½ up in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 10-5, 3.14)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-5)           146.1 139  56  51  35 123 13    3.14      
 2007 (12-5)           141.1 138  62  60  37 106 17    3.82      
 2006 (6-7)            106   105  47  45  11 116  9    3.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  42    52  25  21  14  39  2    4.50   47 
 2008-08-03   @ATL   L   6     6   3   2   3   4  0      97   51 
 2008-07-29    CHC   L   5.1  11   6   6   1   4  0     100   25 
 2008-07-24   @STL  ND   7     4   3   2   2   4  0      96   61 
 2008-07-19   @SFG  ND   5     9   4   2   1   3  0      84   39 
 2008-07-09    COL   L   6     5   3   3   2  11  1     109   59 
 2008-07-04    PIT   W   5.2   8   1   1   3   6  0     120   52 
 2008-06-29   @MIN   L   7     9   5   5   2   7  1     115   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      0-2  33    40  18  15   2  23  5    4.09   50 
 2008-05-26   @WSN  ND   6     7   2   2   0   6  1      86   56 
 2005-07-15    WSN  ND   7    10   3   3   0   3  1      94   48 
 2004-05-11    MON  ND   8     7   3   2   1   4  1     105   61 
 2003-08-03   @MON   L   6     6   2   2   1   6  0      86   57 
 2003-04-30    MON   L   6    10   8   6   0   4  2      92   28 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-23   Road:   32-28   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  42-39   vsLHP:  23-12   1-Run:  22-10
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:30-23   vsWest: 15-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Fri, Aug  8   WSN  W   5-0       65-51  2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 MIL  5  WSN  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (12-8), L: Collin Balester (2-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 3-2; 2007 - MIL won 4-2; 2006 - WSN won 5-1; All-Time - Tied 38-38

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  5.57

MIL  4.66

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.91

CLE  4.66

TEX  5.90

BA

C. Jones  .371

M. Young  .287

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .468

A. Huff  .361

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .615

E. Encarnacion  .476

T. Pena  .196

OPS

C. Jones  1.072

R. Howard  .825

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

J. Beckett  4.08

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

A. Galarraga  6.17

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
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 7/1.262 3/1.000 8/.250 12/.872 ··· 2/.000 6/.533 6/.000 239/161 .238/.343/.456/.799 1.079/.667 .758 60/.795 2/1 10/
6.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/33 .292/.292/.458/.750 .667/.788 .793 38/.868 3/1 0/
5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/99 .206/.302/.304/.606 .243/.668 .489 46/.551 1/0 1/
3.Flores G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 258/192 .281/.329/.451/.781 .959/.717 .872 66/.848 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 17/.529 ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 11/.111 8/.500 4/1.500 2/.000 468/319 .301/.332/.410/.741 .834/.698 .703 52/.453 3/3 5/
1.Harris* G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 261/200 .250/.347/.438/.785 .905/.748 .788 98/.958 7/3 9/
25.Kearns G/S/vP 10/.100 ··· ··· 7/.429 2/.000 ··· 12/.523 4/1.500 300/219 .224/.317/.316/.632 .514/.675 .615 93/.653 1/2 5/
29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 84/65 .258/.402/.348/.751 .476/.826 .963 48/.940 2/0 0/
44.Milledge G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 399/275 .253/.316/.396/.713 .739/.700 .691 58/.900 15/6 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 8/.875 ··· 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/.800 275/181 .262/.313/.409/.721 .647/.762 .790 55/.726 1/0 8/
IP 146.1 28.2 85.0 40.2 34.1 39.1 58.1 85.0 TOTAL .244/.317/.365/.682 .716/.667 .694 .726 50/27 83/83
ERA-K/9 3.14/7.6 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 4.04/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 603/.250 132/.270 373/.254 179/.278 148/.258 161/.228 244/.241 366/.268 .257  Kearns
 Harris
 Milledge
 Casto
 Bonifacio
 Langerhans
0/0/71/3
50/16/0/2
0/93/0/1
7/0/1/1
1/0/2/0
22/0/4/0
OPS .691 .868 .750 .810 .774 .642 .644 .774 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 291/.716 70/.767 175/.832 78/.975 64/.934 79/.506 110/.660 172/.602 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 312/.669 62/.985 198/.677 101/.682 84/.657 82/.780 134/.631 194/.926 .731
Home 224/.747 69/.840 189/.805 93/.966 77/.993 82/.489 107/.561 213/.650 .718
Last 28d days 105/.822 26/.829 72/.801 27/.681 25/.979 33/.861 37/.631 32/.254
HR/SB/CS 13/9/6 7/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/5/2 121/55/34
Usage ·····X·· ··oo···· ·····X·· ·····o·o ········ ··Xo···o ··o···o· ····X···
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Redding
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 7/1.547 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 3/2.500 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 497/370 .300/.340/.587/.928 .951/.919 1.067 104/1.087 10/3 30/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 4/.500 9/.555 6/2.167 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.333 ··· 326/249 .239/.328/.495/.823 1.009/.767 .671 87/.845 10/4 18/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 25/1.058 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 191/172 .228/.319/.305/.625 .440/.646 .620 41/.460 2/1 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 6/.667 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 6/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.267 ··· 495/342 .279/.372/.521/.893 .785/.943 1.020 102/1.164 2/0 26/
2.Hall G/S/vP 7/.762 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 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 427/315 .282/.342/.468/.810 .910/.776 .757 91/.672 2/1 16/
1.Hart G/S/vP 6/.834 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 465/342 .284/.320/.490/.810 .769/.825 .700 87/.676 19/4 16/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 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 17/.971 4/.500 7/.286 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 414/309 .242/.324/.319/.642 .670/.633 .576 89/.508 6/3 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.334 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/.250 4/1.750 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 426/310 .229/.334/.381/.715 .817/.678 .586 79/.832 15/4 9/
IP 135.2 52.2 53.1 65.1 26.0 14.2 64.0 25.2 TOTAL .254/.324/.440/.764 .824/.743 .779 .770 80/27 151/75
ERA-K/9 4.44/6.0 5.81/5.8 4.73/7.4 3.86/10.1 4.85/9.0 4.91/8.6 3.09/6.0 2.45/7.0 4.40/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (39-30-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 585/.272 235/.279 242/.255 276/.218 113/.204 61/.291 274/.238 103/.202 .269  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
111/0/0/7
0/0/111/4
0/77/0/2
6/31/13/0
OPS .734 .772 .715 .669 .656 .779 .602 .659 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.760 108/.823 109/.705 123/.681 52/.574 32/.775 137/.553 48/.670 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.706 127/.729 133/.722 153/.658 61/.726 29/.785 137/.653 55/.650 .775
Road 270/.671 102/.857 113/.664 127/.664 51/.801 8/.250 134/.664 40/.744 .763
Last 28d days 96/.845 30/.679 44/.632 33/.504 31/.564 16/.259 41/.487 39/.545
HR/SB/CS 14/12/2 5/1/1 3/5/1 7/10/0 3/2/0 1/1/0 2/10/0 3/0/1 124/83/24
Usage ····X··· ···oo·X· XX··o··· ·X···o·X ···X·oo· 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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