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Game Preview: LAD @ WSN, 1:35pm, Sunday, April 25, 2010 @Nationals Park

Dodgers, 8-9, 8-94th, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (25, RHP, 1-0, 7.07)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			14.0	20	14	11	7	14	2	7.07
2009 (12-11)			196.1	173	94	88	86	179	17	4.03
2008 (16-10)			200.2	188	76	70	80	201	14	3.14

Last 7 GS		1-2	36.0	39	26	23	19	38	5	5.75	45
2010-04-20	@CIN	ND	3.0	7	7	4	0	2	1	56	25
2010-04-14	ARI	ND	5.2	8	6	6	3	5	1	116	31
2010-04-08	@PIT	W	5.1	5	1	1	4	7	0	107	57
2009-09-29	@SDP	L	6.0	2	2	2	5	5	1	107	60
2009-09-23	@WSN	ND	6.0	1	3	3	4	9	1	87	63
2009-09-13	@SFG	L	4.0	8	3	3	0	6	1	70	40
2009-09-08	@ARI	ND	6.0	8	4	4	3	4	0	97	41

Last 5 v.WSN		3-0	26.2	18	9	9	13	24	2	3.04	60
2009-09-23	@WSN	ND	6.0	1	3	3	4	9	1	87	63
2008-07-25	WSN	W	7.2	5	2	2	3	4	0	106	62
2007-08-28	WSN	W	7.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	99	54
2006-07-28	WSN	W	6.0	4	1	1	5	5	0	111	60

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    4-2    Road:    4-7    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sat, Apr 24  @WSN  W   4-3 (13)   8-9   4th  3.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23  @WSN  L   1-5        7-9   4th  3.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22  @CIN  L   5-8        7-8   4th  2.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21  @CIN  W  14-6        7-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 20  @CIN  L   9-11       6-7   4th  1.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18   SFG  W   2-1        6-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17   SFG  L   0-9        5-6   3rd  3.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 16   SFG  W  10-8        5-5   2nd  2.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 15   ARI  W   6-5 (10)   4-5   4th  3.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 14   ARI  L   7-9 (11)   3-5   4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-9    Last 30: 8-9

Nationals, 9-9, 9-93rd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Olsen (26, LHP, 0-1, 11.74)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			7.2	12	10	10	4	6	2	11.74
2009 (2-4)			62.2	83	45	42	25	42	11	6.03
2008 (8-11)			201.2	195	106	94	69	113	30	4.20

Last 7 GS		1-2	38.2	54	30	29	16	24	9	6.75	39
2010-04-20	COL	L	2.0	7	6	6	1	1	1	51	18
2010-04-15	@PHI	ND	5.2	5	4	4	3	5	1	91	45
2009-07-10	@HOU	ND	6.0	9	4	4	2	1	2	94	37
2009-07-05	ATL	W	8.2	8	3	3	5	5	1	116	56
2009-06-29	@FLA	ND	7.0	6	2	2	0	7	0	94	64
2009-05-16	PHI	L	5.0	9	6	5	2	3	3	94	28
2009-05-10	@ARI	ND	4.1	10	5	5	3	2	1	109	22

Last 5 v.LAD		0-3	12.1	20	11	10	5	9	2	7.30	38
2008-04-30	LAD	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	104	37
2007-07-08	@LAD	L	1.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	31	31
2006-08-06	LAD	L	6.1	8	4	3	2	6	0	109	47

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    6-6    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sat, Apr 24   LAD  L   3-4 (13)   9-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 23   LAD  W   5-1        9-8   3rd  1.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 22   COL  L   0-2        8-8   4th  2.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 21   COL  W   6-4        8-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 20   COL  L   4-10       7-7   4th  1.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 19   COL  W   5-2        7-6   4th  1.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18   MIL  L   7-11       6-6   4th  2.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17   MIL  W   8-0        6-5   3rd  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 16   MIL  W   5-3        5-5   4th  3.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 15  @PHI  W   7-5        4-5   4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-9    Last 30: 9-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 24, 2010 LAD  4 @WSN  3 (13)   W:Carlos Monasterios (1-0), L: Miguel Batista (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 WSN  5  LAD  1        W:Luis Atilano (1-0), L: Charlie Haeger (0-2), S: none

Thu, Sep 24, 2009 LAD  7 @WSN  6        W:Ramon Troncoso (5-4), L: Ron Villone (4-6), S: Jonathan Broxton (36)
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 WSN  5  LAD  4        W:Saul Rivera (1-3), L: James McDonald (5-5), S: none
Tue, Sep 22, 2009 LAD 14 @WSN  2        W:Hiroki Kuroda (8-6), L: Livan Hernandez (8-12), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2009 WSN 11 @LAD  9        W:Ron Villone (1-0), L: Cory Wade (0-2), S: none
Wed, May 06, 2009 LAD 10  WSN  3        W:Clayton Kershaw (1-2), L: Daniel Cabrera (0-3), S: none
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 WSN 11  LAD  2        W:John Lannan (8-12), L: Clayton Kershaw (2-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 WSN  5  LAD  4        W:Tim Redding (9-8), L: Greg Maddux (6-11), S: Joel Hanrahan (6)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 WSN  2  LAD  1        W:Collin Balester (3-6), L: Derek Lowe (10-11), S: Joel Hanrahan (5)
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 1-1; 2009 - LAD won 3-2; 2008 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - LAD leads 245-180

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 2010 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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

SFG 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Dodgers Batters (6.06 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Olsen*
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 32.Bruney
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 67.English*
G/S/vB 25.Walker
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Ausmus G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.000 107/76 .295/.343/.368/.712 .655/.735 .805 4/.750 1/0 1/0

3.Belliard G/S/vP 26/1.122 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.334 3/.667 ··· 2/1.500 287/207 .277/.325/.451/.776 .841/.751 .723 28/1.132 3/0 10/6

23.Blake G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 565/436 .280/.363/.468/.832 1.005/.783 .852 63/.967 3/4 18/10

14.Carroll G/S/vP 8/.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 7/.000 7/.500 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 358/259 .276/.355/.340/.695 .691/.695 .778 26/.569 4/2 2/4

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 53/48 .204/.245/.388/.633 .600/.636 .699 57/.686 0/0 2/1

9.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .100/.100/.100/.200 .000/.250 .000 11/.829 0/0 0/0

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 6/.600 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.600 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 685/498 .272/.361/.508/.869 .629/.960 .730 65/1.069 6/4 31/7

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 8/.750 7/.429 4/1.250 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.667 680/518 .269/.335/.375/.711 .815/.679 .744 83/.854 12/6 9/20

60.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/5 .400/.333/.600/.933 /1.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0

5.Johnson G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 8/1.875 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 186/108 .255/.330/.412/.742 .903/.628 .661 27/.654 2/1 4/1

27.Kemp G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 2/2.000 ··· 6/.833 667/513 .297/.352/.490/.842 1.045/.782 .888 83/1.052 34/8 26/2

7.Loney* G/S/vP 4/.000 6/1.166 ··· ··· 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.467 652/507 .281/.357/.399/.756 .779/.750 .862 78/.715 7/3 13/7

55.Martin G/S/vP 4/4.000 7/.971 1/.000 ··· 6/.583 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 588/462 .250/.352/.329/.680 .756/.660 .660 64/.817 11/6 7/7

75.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/11 .214/.313/.500/.813 .400/1.030 1.302 5/.000 0/1 1/0

99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.167 431/344 .290/.418/.531/.949 .893/.963 .991 52/1.159 0/1 19/4

IP 62.2 48.0 39.0 57.2 54.1 60.1 35.1 TOTAL .297/.366/.464/.830 .672/.861 .808 .830 16/8 20/21

ERA-K/9

6.03/6.0

4.50/7.5

3.92/8.3

3.12/6.7

5.80/7.6

2.69/10.0

/0.0

3.06/6.9

5.36/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (14-6-2)
Ellis (1-0-0)
Martin (74-33-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 289/.320 213/.278 175/.243 237/.181 251/.324 246/.172 / 150/.230 .269 Kemp
Ethier
Ramirez
Johnson
Blake
Paul
Carroll 0/158/7/14
0/0/158/6
101/0/0/3
10/42/7/3
2/0/0/0
0/1/3/0
4/0/6/0

OPS .943 .825 .759 .607 .907 .633 .652 .800

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.923 78/1.018 81/.694 112/.613 127/1.014 132/.443 / 53/.596 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.948 135/.721 94/.816 125/.600 124/.791 114/.860 / 97/.682 .835

Home 116/.849 94/.706 82/.764 102/.515 165/.801 129/.619 / 64/.576

Last 28d days 39/1.068 11/1.364 39/.712 18/1.055 48/.706 53/.440 33/.783 43/.826

HR/SB/CS 11/5/4 7/4/1 6/2/0 6/7/1 10/6/0 9/1/1 // 4/3/0 23/8/1

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (6.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Billingsley
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 37.Haeger
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 73.Link
G/S/vB 31.McDonald
G/S/vB 68.Monasterios
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 67.Troncoso
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .250/.400/.500/.900 /.750 .900 1/.000 1/0 0/0

Coste G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 230/169 .224/.301/.317/.618 .684/.595 .739 / 0/0 2/1

6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 89/77 .280/.318/.561/.879 .633/.913 .777 59/.761 1/0 4/6

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 18/.756 6/.500 3/3.334 7/.714 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· 668/500 .267/.398/.529/.928 .787/.978 .870 76/.815 0/1 38/16

26.Flores G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 106/74 .301/.371/.505/.877 .758/.930 .752 / 0/0 4/1

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 316/246 .265/.299/.351/.650 1.032/.543 .676 29/.764 1/1 1/10

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.000 1/.000 555/423 .284/.306/.390/.696 .748/.679 .752 67/.683 4/5 6/20

22.Harris* G/S/vP 9/.365 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 393/348 .235/.364/.393/.757 .568/.779 .899 45/.747 11/4 7/4

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 2/.000 2/.000 587/429 .289/.348/.410/.758 .637/.802 .768 52/.634 20/6 11/20

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/2.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 533/409 .307/.369/.388/.757 .507/.829 .784 78/.831 42/17 3/4

28.Morse G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/43 .250/.291/.481/.772 .583/.827 1.155 6/.333 0/0 3/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 249/201 .259/.313/.299/.612 .483/.643 .501 24/.458 1/0 1/6

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 448/353 .249/.280/.384/.663 .784/.630 .645 57/1.022 1/2 10/7

16.Willingham G/S/vP 10/.200 4/.500 3/1.167 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.000 502/403 .260/.367/.496/.863 1.049/.819 .753 76/1.040 4/3 24/7

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 12/.705 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 1/no AB 694/533 .292/.364/.525/.888 .825/.906 .891 44/1.045 2/0 33/17

IP 196.1 76.0 19.0 30.0 63.0 69.0 82.2 27.2 TOTAL .266/.351/.425/.776 .807/.753 .818 .776 20/5 12/14

ERA-K/9

4.03/8.2

2.61/13.5

3.32/7.1

3.00/9.6

/0.0

4.00/7.7

/0.0

1.70/8.0

2.72/6.0

5.53/5.8

5.12/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Coste (22-5-3)
Flores (11-8-2)
Nieves (34-13-4)
Rodriguez (41-22-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 823/.244 300/.165 79/.188 124/.198 / 280/.254 / 282/.209 357/.268 121/.257 .267 Morgan
Dunn
Willingham
Harris
Morse
Kennedy
Bernadina
Desmond 63/57/0/13
62/0/22/2
87/0/35/2
45/63/1/1
2/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
1/1/1/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .703 .479 .659 .599 .725 .588 .675 .735 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 438/.712 148/.414 29/.542 40/.524 / 116/.590 / 86/.342 157/.751 52/.716 .855

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.693 152/.541 50/.722 84/.634 / 164/.815 / 196/.696 200/.616 69/.749 .751

Road 434/.690 142/.754 20/1.106 77/.594 / 135/.768 / 136/.623 183/.587 48/.857

Last 28d days 69/1.011 25/.327 77/.814 6/1.100 6/.167 / 39/.766 37/.992 35/.576 /

HR/SB/CS 17/7/9 4/7/1 4/3/0 2/2/0 // 6/4/2 // 4/5/0 3/5/2 3/1/0 20/13/2

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