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Game Preview: WSN @ STL, 4:30pm, Monday, October 8, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Nationals, 98-64, 1-0 in postseason

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (26, RHP, 12-8, 2.94)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (12-8) 195.2 186 69 64 43 153 18 2.94
2011 RegS (8-11) 161.1 154 62 57 31 124 12 3.18
2010 RegS (1-2) 31.0 31 20 17 10 27 8 4.94
Last 7 GS 3-1 39.2 41 20 20 14 37 5 4.54 50
2012-09-29 @STL ND 6.1 7 3 3 2 5 0 112 50
2012-09-24 MIL W 6.2 4 1 1 2 7 1 106 67
2012-09-19 LAD W 6.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 106 58
2012-09-11 @NYM ND 5.0 6 2 2 3 6 0 104 50
2012-09-06 CHC W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 1 96 67
2012-09-01 STL ND 3.2 8 8 8 1 3 2 93 15
2012-08-26 @PHI L 5.0 5 3 3 3 3 1 94 45
Last 5 v.STL 0-2 25.2 38 26 26 6 21 6 9.12 34
2012-09-29 @STL ND 6.1 7 3 3 2 5 0 112 50
2012-09-01 STL ND 3.2 8 8 8 1 3 2 93 15
2011-04-20 @STL L 6.0 8 5 5 2 3 0 96 37
2010-08-26 STL ND 4.0 7 5 5 1 4 1 70 31
2009-05-01 STL L 5.2 8 5 5 0 6 3 101 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   50-31   Road:   49-33   ExtrInn:13-7 
 vsRHP:  70-45   vsLHP:  29-19   1-Run:  28-21
 vsEast: 42-30   vsCntrl:30-13   vsWest: 17-13 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  1 Sun, Oct  7  @STL  W   3-2         -               
162 Wed, Oct  3   PHI  W   5-1       98-64  1st  4.0 up
161 Tue, Oct  2   PHI  W   4-2       97-64  1st  4.0 up
160 Mon, Oct  1   PHI  L   0-2       96-64  1st  3.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 30  @STL  L   4-10      96-63  1st  3.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 29  @STL  W   6-4 (10)  96-62  1st  4.0 up
157 Fri, Sep 28  @STL  L   2-12      95-62  1st  4.0 up
156 Thu, Sep 27  @PHI  W   7-3       95-61  1st  4.0 up
155 Wed, Sep 26  @PHI  W   8-4       94-61  1st  4.0 up
154 Tue, Sep 25  @PHI  L   3-6       93-61  1st  4.0 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Cardinals, 88-74, 1-1 in postseason

SP: Jaime Garcia (25, LHP, 7-7, 3.92)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (7-7) 121.2 136 58 53 30 98 7 3.92
2011 RegS (13-7) 194.2 207 100 77 50 156 15 3.56
2010 RegS (13-8) 163.1 151 64 49 64 132 9 2.70
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.1 46 18 16 9 32 4 3.48 52
2012-10-01 CIN W 6.2 6 2 2 1 6 0 90 59
2012-09-25 @HOU W 7.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 92 70
2012-09-20 HOU W 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 0 96 51
2012-09-15 @LAD ND 6.0 3 2 1 1 5 1 92 64
2012-09-10 @SDP L 3.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 60 30
2012-09-04 NYM W 7.1 9 1 0 0 5 0 94 63
2012-08-30 @WSN L 5.1 9 6 6 2 2 2 85 26
Last 5 v.WSN 2-1 21.2 29 11 9 9 20 2 3.74 47
2012-08-30 @WSN L 5.1 9 6 6 2 2 2 85 26
2011-06-14 @WSN ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 7 0 107 54
2011-04-20 WSN W 5.0 4 3 1 2 4 0 102 53
2010-08-27 @WSN W 5.1 8 0 0 4 7 0 94 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   50-32   Road:   39-43   ExtrInn: 6-12
 vsRHP:  58-57   vsLHP:  31-18   1-Run:  21-27
 vsEast: 15-21   vsCntrl:45-32   vsWest: 21-15 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Sun, Oct  7   WSN  L   2-3         -               
  1 Fri, Oct  5  @ATL  W   6-3         -               
162 Wed, Oct  3   CIN  W   1-0       88-74  2nd  9.0 gb
161 Tue, Oct  2   CIN  L   1-3       87-74  2nd 10.0 gb
160 Mon, Oct  1   CIN  W   4-2       87-73  2nd  9.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   WSN  W  10-4       86-73  2nd 10.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   WSN  L   4-6 (10)  85-73  2nd 10.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   WSN  W  12-2       85-72  2nd 10.0 gb
156 Wed, Sep 26  @HOU  L   0-2       84-72  2nd  9.5 gb
155 Tue, Sep 25  @HOU  W   4-0       84-71  2nd  9.5 gb

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Oct 07, 2012 WSN  3 @STL  2        W:Ryan Mattheus , L: Mitchell Boggs , S: Drew Storen 
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 STL 10  WSN  4        W:Lance Lynn (18-7), L: Ross Detwiler (10-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 WSN  6 @STL  4 (10)   W:Drew Storen (3-1), L: Sam Freeman (0-2), S: Craig Stammen (1)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 STL 12  WSN  2        W:Adam Wainwright (14-13), L: Edwin Jackson (9-11), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 WSN  4  STL  3        W:Ryan Mattheus (5-1), L: Lance Lynn (13-6), S: Tyler Clippard (29)
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 STL 10 @WSN  9        W:Mitchell Boggs (3-1), L: Drew Storen (1-1), S: Jason Motte (32)
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 WSN 10  STL  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (17-7), L: Adam Wainwright (13-11), S: none
Thu, Aug 30, 2012 WSN  8  STL  1        W:Edwin Jackson (8-9), L: Jaime Garcia (3-6), S: none

Thu, Jun 16, 2011 WSN  7  STL  4 (10)   W:Sean Burnett (2-3), L: Fernando Salas (3-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 WSN 10  STL  0        W:Livan Hernandez (4-8), L: Kyle McClellan (6-3), S: none

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2012 - WSN over 5-3; 2011 - WSN won 4-2; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 295-286

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 2012 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

Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Nationals Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
58.Kelly
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
44.Mujica
G/S/vB
64.Rosenthal
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/1.250 261/233 .291/.372/.405/.777 .940/.758 .789 24/.561 15/3 5/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP 11/.855 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 9/.236 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 11/.910 547/423 .292/.335/.511/.845 .902/.828 .795 95/.902 21/6 25/15
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 9/.888 5/.750 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 5/2.350 7/.286 658/465 .247/.315/.402/.717 .775/.694 .721 87/.531 20/6 17/13
26.Flores G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.100 296/198 .213/.248/.329/.577 .636/.548 .558 19/.393 1/2 6/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 4/.750 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 9/.944 597/395 .270/.340/.477/.817 .715/.869 .802 102/.980 18/6 22/7
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 11/.523 9/1.083 ··· 5/1.100 17/.823 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 33/.771 647/459 .271/.343/.510/.853 .825/.864 .836 99/.843 1/1 33/7
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 416/315 .273/.317/.354/.671 .532/.715 .634 35/.532 5/3 3/4
57.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 171/70 .263/.327/.513/.840 .780/.929 1.073 22/.727 3/0 10/0
38.Morse G/S/vP 11/1.212 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.444 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 11/.818 430/319 .291/.321/.470/.791 .755/.804 .865 76/.904 0/1 18/1
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 2/1.000 1/3.000 10/.733 442/341 .235/.276/.328/.605 .628/.598 .662 73/.704 2/0 6/5
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 5/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 105/96 .269/.343/.441/.784 1.000/.760 .701 24/.564 0/0 3/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 14/1.096 5/.400 ··· 8/1.339 11/.637 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.500 21/.760 344/257 .300/.387/.440/.827 1.037/.755 .720 104/.727 8/2 5/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 9/.444 10/.700 ··· 5/1.400 11/.664 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 29/.724 641/469 .282/.346/.478/.824 .861/.810 .746 96/.914 5/2 25/19
IP 121.2 73.1 107.0 72.0 65.1 22.2 46.2 58.2 198.2 TOTAL .261/.322/.428/.750 .754/.748 .738 .759 105/35 194/94
ERA-K/9 3.92/7.2 2.21/7.1 3.53/6.3 2.75/10.8 3.03/6.5 2.78/9.9 4.24/6.4 4.30/9.2 3.94/8.3 3.71/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (51-9-6)
 Suzuki (65-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 515/.289 296/.211 457/.271 279/.191 258/.230 89/.175 196/.257 256/.251 831/.259 .255  Harper
 Werth
 Bernadina
 Morse
 Lombardozzi
 Moore
7/92/65/8
0/11/76/4
57/37/7/3
67/0/36/3
41/0/0/2
40/0/2/1
OPS .730 .570 .740 .576 .643 .513 .729 .720 .701 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.649 123/.656 200/.917 134/.381 119/.669 36/.395 103/.682 101/.681 390/.724 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 413/.750 173/.510 257/.607 145/.756 139/.620 53/.597 93/.781 155/.747 441/.681 .678
Home 248/.668 167/.638 288/.736 160/.556 141/.712 36/.473 93/.707 132/.561 452/.705
Last 28d days 119/.678 45/.545 73/.636 49/.579 44/.691 47/.592 14/.445 41/.956 103/.675
HR/SB/CS 7/4/5 5/6/0 10/8/5 9/3/2 7/1/1 2/1/1 7/2/2 5/3/3 15/2/3 134/56/43
Usage ······X· o·X···XX ·····X·o o·X·o·X· o·X···oo ·····o·o o·o·o··· ········ X·······
Cardinals Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB
17.Burnett*
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
56.Garcia
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB
52.Mattheus
G/S/vB
35.Stammen
G/S/vB
22.Storen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 12/.833 4/.833 9/.222 1/.000 12/.633 14/1.400 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 619/458 .269/.346/.495/.842 .867/.832 .936 88/.921 13/6 32/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .890 75/.798 1/1 6/9
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/47 .222/.300/.296/.596 .220/.714 .603 19/.446 2/1 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/2.334 3/.666 2/1.000 1/2.000 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .933 111/.738 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .563 15/.552 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 5/.650 2/5.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .620 78/.653 6/3 4/15
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/4.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 5/1.200 2/2.000 567/430 .293/.372/.467/.839 .886/.824 .798 69/.784 3/3 20/18
7.Holliday G/S/vP 11/1.295 2/2.000 4/1.250 2/.500 6/.167 13/1.415 3/.000 9/1.389 6/.167 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .884 105/.726 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 9/.819 3/1.334 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 6/.567 1/no AB 3/.000 5/.000 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .948 116/.635 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 1.009 76/1.006 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 13/1.045 9/1.056 4/.833 1/.000 5/.733 14/.630 2/.000 7/.286 5/1.000 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .881 96/.856 12/3 22/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .597 17/.694 1/0 3/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 10/.600 4/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 1/.000 8/.375 3/.000 304/260 .276/.339/.368/.707 .496/.741 .652 45/.424 1/1 1/4
IP 195.2 56.2 72.2 12.2 35.2 72.0 66.1 88.1 30.1 TOTAL .271/.338/.421/.759 .787/.747 .786 .722 91/37 159/107
ERA-K/9 2.94/7.0 2.38/9.0 3.72/10.4 2.13/10.6 3.03/9.8 2.88/7.8 2.85/5.6 2.34/8.9 2.37/7.1 3.34/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (18-8-3)
 Molina (38-35-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 805/.251 239/.262 307/.204 48/.186 151/.237 306/.242 265/.241 370/.215 116/.210 .237  Beltran
 Holliday
 Robinson
 Schumaker
 Jay
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Chambers
0/9/132/10
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
1/15/10/1
0/116/0/1
8/0/23/1
7/0/15/1
10/10/8/1
OPS .686 .673 .621 .627 .692 .718 .710 .636 .496 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 419/.650 95/.534 156/.519 16/.913 75/.525 129/.687 99/.784 135/.605 41/.635 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 386/.723 144/.767 151/.725 32/.476 76/.863 177/.740 166/.666 235/.655 75/.418 .669
Road 402/.661 122/.695 139/.480 20/.330 61/.807 143/.710 115/.691 193/.700 55/.463
Last 28d days 102/.682 29/.764 55/1.060 43/.630 32/.674 38/.593 49/.822 40/.569 45/.405
HR/SB/CS 18/10/2 4/6/0 7/8/0 2/0/0 2/4/0 7/5/1 8/2/1 7/12/1 0/6/0 129/111/22
Usage ········ ····X··· X····X·· ····oo·o ····X··· ·····X·· o····Xo· X·····Xo o····oo·

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.