Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > LAA @ WSN, Monday, April 21, 2014

Game Preview: LAA @ WSN, 7:05pm, Monday, April 21, 2014 @Nationals Park

Angels, 8-10, 8-10 3rd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Garrett Richards (26, RHP, 2-0, 2.84)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-0) 19.0 12 6 6 10 18 0 2.84
2013 (7-8) 145.0 151 73 67 44 101 12 4.16
2012 (4-3) 71.0 77 46 37 34 47 7 4.69
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.2 42 23 20 16 31 3 4.32 49
2014-04-15 OAK ND 7.0 8 5 5 2 5 0 91 44
2014-04-09 @SEA W 7.0 1 0 0 3 6 0 104 78
2014-04-04 @HOU W 5.0 3 1 1 5 7 0 100 59
2013-09-28 @TEX L 4.1 6 6 3 1 2 0 76 34
2013-09-23 OAK L 4.2 8 7 7 2 1 2 93 19
2013-09-17 @OAK ND 7.0 7 1 1 2 6 0 100 63
2013-09-12 @TOR W 6.2 9 3 3 1 4 1 100 47
Has never faced WSN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-6    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @DET  L   1-2        8-10  3rd  5.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @DET  L   2-5        8-9   3rd  4.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @DET  W  11-6        8-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   OAK  W   5-4 (12)   7-8   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   OAK  L   9-10(11)   6-8   4th  4.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   OAK  L   2-3        6-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   NYM  W  14-2        6-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   NYM  L   6-7 (13)   5-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   NYM  W   5-4 (11)   5-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @SEA  W   2-0        4-5   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-10   Last 30: 8-10
Nationals, 11-8, 11-8 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Tanner Roark (27, RHP, 1-0, 5.29)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 17.0 18 10 10 6 13 2 5.29
2013 (7-1) 53.2 38 11 9 11 40 1 1.51
Last 7 GS 3-1 42.0 38 17 16 10 30 3 3.43 54
2014-04-16 @MIA ND 6.1 7 3 3 2 5 1 98 50
2014-04-11 @ATL ND 4.2 5 5 5 1 3 1 86 36
2014-04-03 @NYM W 6.0 6 2 2 3 5 0 95 54
2013-09-29 @ARI ND 7.0 3 1 0 1 3 0 95 71
2013-09-23 @STL L 5.0 9 4 4 1 5 1 97 37
2013-09-17 ATL W 7.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 101 78
2013-09-12 @NYM W 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 78 54
Has never faced LAA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-4    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-7    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Sun, Apr 20   STL  W   3-2       11-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   STL  L   3-4       10-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   STL  W   3-1       10-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   STL  L   0-8        9-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIA  W   6-3        9-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @MIA  L   2-11       8-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @MIA  W   9-2        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @ATL  L   2-10       7-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @ATL  L   3-6        7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @ATL  L   6-7 (10)   7-3   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-8    Last 30:11-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 LAA  1  WSN  0        W:Dan Haren (8-5), L: Jordan Zimmermann (5-7), S: Jordan Walden (18)
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 LAA 11  WSN  5        W:Hisanori Takahashi (2-1), L: Collin Balester (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 27, 2011 LAA  4  WSN  3 (10)   W:Scott Downs (5-2), L: Sean Burnett (3-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 25, 2008 WSN  5  LAA  4        W:Jon Rauch (4-1), L: Scot Shields (3-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 24, 2008 LAA  8 @WSN  3        W:Jon Garland (7-4), L: Shawn Hill (1-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 23, 2008 LAA  3 @WSN  2        W:John Lackey (5-1), L: Saul Rivera (3-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (31)
Wed, Jun 15, 2005 WSN  1 @LAA  0        W:Ryan Drese (5-6), L: Bartolo Colon (8-4), S: Chad Cordero (21)
Tue, Jun 14, 2005 WSN  6 @LAA  3        W:Gary Majewski (2-0), L: Scot Shields (5-4), S: Chad Cordero (20)
Mon, Jun 13, 2005 LAA 11  WSN  1        W:Paul Byrd (6-5), L: Esteban Loaiza (2-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2003 MON  8  ANA  7 (14)   W:Joey Eischen (1-0), L: Mickey Callaway (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - LAA leads 8-4

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (5.39 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Roark
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 6/.650 ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 589/415 .271/.301/.382/.683 .723/.666 .644 69/.470 12/7 6/15
Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 53/40 .275/.302/.529/.831 .641/.890 .750 8/.625 0/0 3/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 255/223 .249/.310/.403/.713 .629/.724 .733 25/.697 0/1 7/7
7.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 162/57 .211/.245/.349/.594 .669/.456 .433 21/1.060 1/0 4/1
6.Freese G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/1.000 2/2.000 521/385 .262/.340/.381/.721 .811/.689 .792 61/.393 1/2 9/11
17.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 4/.500 3/1.667 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 399/242 .225/.358/.372/.731 .835/.663 .794 51/.772 0/1 11/5
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 12/1.017 ··· 11/1.475 11/.364 7/1.229 7/1.429 2/.500 496/356 .242/.306/.487/.793 .802/.790 .817 66/.524 0/0 29/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 513/380 .297/.335/.439/.775 .862/.745 .678 83/.757 6/3 13/10
8.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/5.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 77/52 .116/.197/.174/.371 .160/.466 .458 14/.890 0/0 1/4
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/2.750 ··· 6/2.500 7/1.514 3/.667 443/342 .258/.330/.437/.767 .690/.790 .758 83/.936 1/1 17/3
3.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 478/369 .293/.331/.366/.697 .745/.682 .727 42/.508 8/4 2/2
44.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 ··· / /// / 29/.847 / /
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 716/523 .323/.432/.557/.988 .954/1.000 1.000 83/.987 33/7 27/2
IP 53.2 60.0 12.1 71.0 71.1 66.2 81.2 61.2 TOTAL .244/.307/.441/.748 .791/.729 .759 .748 11/2 29/13
ERA-K/9 1.51/6.7 3.15/7.8 6.57/6.6 2.41/9.3 4.04/4.9 3.11/6.9 2.76/8.7 4.52/8.5 3.66/10.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (47-15-1)
 Iannetta (84-20-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.202 245/.218 60/.306 275/.152 316/.315 277/.251 339/.262 267/.267 .250  Shuck
 Ibanez
 Cowgill
 Boesch
 Kendrick
 Trout
 McDonald
97/0/9/7
99/0/1/6
32/24/17/3
0/0/15/1
1/0/0/0
47/111/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .473 .651 .811 .517 .811 .668 .682 .729 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.634 107/.741 31/.603 141/.507 83/.705 118/.785 133/.756 113/.816 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.351 138/.581 29/1.039 134/.527 233/.849 159/.584 206/.634 154/.668 .695
Home 73/.383 114/.665 31/.781 139/.539 151/.868 150/.637 166/.874 140/.796
Last 28d days 75/.834 36/.681 / 36/.711 44/.629 30/.475 40/.740 22/.318
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 7/2/2 0/0/0 9/2/0 5/2/0 7/3/0 4/9/3 7/4/1 17/5/4
Usage ····X··· X··X·o·o ··X·oo·· ·X·····X o·X·oo·· o····X·· ··o·o···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 60.Herrera
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 655/507 .280/.331/.453/.784 .766/.789 .871 78/.653 21/6 20/20
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/2.350 ··· 167/130 .158/.193/.272/.465 .529/.448 .482 52/.886 1/0 3/2
19.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 278/190 .234/.296/.341/.637 .869/.536 .621 27/.704 1/0 5/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 497/339 .274/.368/.486/.854 .648/.947 .910 71/.767 11/4 20/6
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.333 590/448 .237/.332/.403/.735 .566/.791 .720 77/.900 4/1 20/11
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 28/.484 0/0 0/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 4/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 311/205 .249/.320/.394/.714 .653/.745 .760 44/.595 0/1 7/3
15.McLouth* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 593/463 .258/.329/.399/.729 .640/.753 .705 34/.354 30/7 12/1
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/98 .222/.260/.347/.607 .508/.687 .584 14/.714 0/0 4/1
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 394/277 .265/.329/.396/.725 .830/.682 .694 80/.936 1/1 7/16
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 662/490 .279/.327/.380/.707 .539/.765 .749 52/.642 20/6 4/0
4.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .375/.444/.625/1.069 1.333/.900 .500 7/1.762 0/0 0/0
28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.500 8/.393 532/408 .318/.398/.532/.931 1.092/.884 .896 79/.781 10/1 25/2
IP 145.0 68.2 36.0 53.0 28.0 63.0 TOTAL .255/.324/.419/.742 .916/.700 .640 .742 5/3 21/20
ERA-K/9 4.16/6.3 3.80/12.8 /0.0 4.50/9.0 3.74/8.8 4.50/7.1 2.29/7.7 4.21/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (0-0-0)
 Lobaton (63-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 620/.269 292/.216 / 164/.283 231/.212 118/.255 259/.235 .239  Harper
 Werth
 Span
 McLouth
 Moore
97/9/16/13
0/0/126/7
0/153/0/5
136/3/0/4
29/0/6/0
OPS .699 .684 .769 .711 .715 .643 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 360/.751 164/.572 / 79/.865 121/.589 44/.829 128/.698 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 260/.626 128/.826 / 85/.679 110/.847 74/.645 131/.592 .752
Road 320/.715 136/.656 / 75/.564 113/.750 68/.701 139/.636
Last 28d days 76/.517 32/.957 23/.725 31/.849 41/.607 37/.782 34/.557
HR/SB/CS 12/10/5 11/5/1 // 3/5/0 7/0/2 3/1/0 5/1/2 22/13/7
Usage ·····X·· ··X··XX· ·X··XX·X o·o·X··o X·o·oX·· ····oo·· X···XXo·

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.