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Game Preview: LAA @ WSN, 7:05pm, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 @Nationals Park

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

SP: Jered Weaver (31, RHP, 1-2, 4.74)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 24.2 17 14 13 10 20 5 4.74
2013 (11-8) 154.1 139 58 56 37 117 17 3.27
2012 (20-5) 188.2 147 63 59 45 142 20 2.81
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.2 37 20 19 14 32 6 3.92 54
2014-04-18 @DET W 6.0 3 1 1 3 3 0 100 62
2014-04-12 NYM ND 6.2 3 4 4 4 5 1 99 53
2014-04-06 @HOU L 5.2 5 5 5 0 6 4 100 45
2014-03-31 SEA L 6.1 6 4 3 3 6 0 95 50
2013-09-25 OAK W 7.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 92 64
2013-09-14 @HOU W 6.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 108 56
2013-09-09 @MIN ND 6.0 9 3 3 2 5 0 89 45
Has never faced WSN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-6    Road:    7-4    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   6-7    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @WSN  W   7-2       10-10  3rd  3.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 21  @WSN  W   4-2        9-10  3rd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-10
Nationals, 11-10, 11-10 2nd, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (28, LHP, 3-1, 2.88)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-1) 25.0 19 8 8 8 24 2 2.88
2013 (11-8) 195.2 169 79 73 76 192 17 3.36
2012 (21-8) 199.1 149 69 64 76 207 9 2.89
Last 7 GS 4-3 44.0 41 16 16 12 38 3 3.27 56
2014-04-18 STL W 7.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 101 71
2014-04-13 @ATL L 6.0 9 6 6 4 6 2 103 32
2014-04-08 MIA W 6.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 101 69
2014-04-02 @NYM W 6.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 91 67
2013-09-24 @STL L 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 0 110 63
2013-09-19 MIA W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 105 51
2013-09-14 PHI L 6.0 9 4 4 2 5 1 98 41
Last 5 v.LAA 4-1 33.0 23 8 7 7 31 2 1.91 64
2011-09-23 @LAA W 7.1 3 1 1 2 5 1 101 71
2011-09-12 LAA W 6.2 7 2 2 1 6 1 119 57
2011-07-17 LAA W 7.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 105 75
2011-05-17 LAA W 7.0 1 0 0 1 7 0 93 81
2011-04-25 @LAA L 5.0 8 5 4 1 5 0 95 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-8    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Tue, Apr 22   LAA  L   2-7       11-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   LAA  L   2-4       11-9   2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 LAA  7 @WSN  2        W:Tyler Skaggs (2-0), L: Taylor Jordan (0-3), S: none
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 LAA  4 @WSN  2        W:Fernando Salas (1-0), L: Tyler Clippard (1-2), S: Ernesto Frieri (2)

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)
Season Series: 2014 - LAA over 2-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - LAA leads 10-4

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 (5.40 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 30.Barrett
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
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 21/.859 ··· 7/1.100 1/2.000 ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 589/415 .271/.301/.382/.683 .723/.666 .644 77/.583 12/7 6/15
Boesch* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 53/40 .275/.302/.529/.831 .641/.890 .750 12/.583 0/0 3/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 255/223 .249/.310/.403/.713 .629/.724 .733 25/.697 0/1 7/7
7.Cowgill G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 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 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/1.000 2/2.000 521/385 .262/.340/.381/.721 .811/.689 .792 66/.383 1/2 9/11
17.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.650 3/1.667 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 399/242 .225/.358/.372/.731 .835/.663 .794 59/.769 0/1 11/5
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 12/1.017 12/1.617 11/.364 7/1.229 8/1.232 2/.500 496/356 .242/.306/.487/.793 .802/.790 .817 71/.529 0/0 29/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 22/.618 ··· 8/.250 3/1.334 ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 513/380 .297/.335/.439/.775 .862/.745 .678 92/.782 6/3 13/10
8.McDonald G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 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 5/2.100 ··· 6/2.500 8/1.292 3/.667 443/342 .258/.330/.437/.767 .690/.790 .758 92/.956 1/1 17/3
3.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 478/369 .293/.331/.366/.697 .745/.682 .727 52/.545 8/4 2/2
44.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 ··· / /// / 35/.757 / /
27.Trout G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 716/523 .323/.432/.557/.988 .954/1.000 1.000 93/.942 33/7 27/2
IP 195.2 60.0 71.0 71.1 66.2 81.2 61.2 TOTAL .248/.308/.440/.748 .792/.730 .757 .748 13/3 31/13
ERA-K/9 3.36/8.8 /0.0 3.15/7.8 2.41/9.3 4.04/4.9 3.11/6.9 2.76/8.7 4.52/8.5 3.55/9.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 819/.231 / 245/.218 275/.152 316/.315 277/.251 339/.262 267/.267 .255  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 .668 .651 .517 .811 .668 .682 .729 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.568 / 107/.741 141/.507 83/.705 118/.785 133/.756 113/.816 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 640/.696 / 138/.581 134/.527 233/.849 159/.584 206/.634 154/.668 .710
Home 405/.675 / 114/.665 139/.539 151/.868 150/.637 166/.874 140/.796
Last 28d days 102/.648 19/.220 40/.700 43/.798 44/.629 30/.475 46/.639 23/.304
HR/SB/CS 17/11/5 // 7/2/2 9/2/0 5/2/0 7/3/0 4/9/3 7/4/1 19/7/5
Usage ····X··· o······· o·X··X·o ·X··X·oo ···X···· ··o·X·oo X·o····X ·o··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 (4.29 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 60.Herrera
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 63.Maronde*
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 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.000 655/507 .280/.331/.453/.784 .766/.789 .871 86/.651 21/6 20/20
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/1.900 ··· 167/130 .158/.193/.272/.465 .529/.448 .482 60/.788 1/0 3/2
19.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 278/190 .234/.296/.341/.637 .869/.536 .621 28/.677 1/0 5/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 497/339 .274/.368/.486/.854 .648/.947 .910 79/.704 11/4 20/6
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.833 590/448 .237/.332/.403/.735 .566/.791 .720 81/.878 4/1 20/11
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 31/.536 0/0 0/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 311/205 .249/.320/.394/.714 .653/.745 .760 48/.643 0/1 7/3
15.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 593/463 .258/.329/.399/.729 .640/.753 .705 35/.376 30/7 12/1
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/98 .222/.260/.347/.607 .508/.687 .584 17/.673 0/0 4/1
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 394/277 .265/.329/.396/.725 .830/.682 .694 88/.865 1/1 7/16
2.Span* G/S/vP 24/.258 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 662/490 .279/.327/.380/.707 .539/.765 .749 61/.585 20/6 4/0
4.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/6 .375/.444/.625/1.069 1.333/.900 .500 9/1.333 0/0 0/0
28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.500 9/.476 532/408 .318/.398/.532/.931 1.092/.884 .896 87/.810 10/1 25/2
IP 154.1 68.2 36.0 53.0 5.1 28.0 63.0 TOTAL .243/.319/.401/.720 .857/.683 .614 .720 5/3 22/23
ERA-K/9 3.27/6.8 3.80/12.8 /0.0 4.50/9.0 3.74/8.8 6.75/8.5 4.50/7.1 2.29/7.7 3.99/8.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 634/.237 292/.216 / 164/.283 231/.212 28/.200 118/.255 259/.235 .228  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 .671 .684 .769 .711 .829 .715 .643 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 392/.638 164/.572 / 79/.865 121/.589 16/.892 44/.829 128/.698 .645
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.725 128/.826 / 85/.679 110/.847 12/.750 74/.645 131/.592 .738
Road 308/.688 136/.656 / 75/.564 113/.750 10/1.457 68/.701 139/.636
Last 28d days 99/.697 37/1.008 23/.725 34/.767 44/.562 13/.968 41/.737 39/.569
HR/SB/CS 17/13/1 11/5/1 // 3/5/0 7/0/2 1/1/0 3/1/0 5/1/2 23/13/7
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··X ···X··XX o·o·o·X· o·X·o·oX ········ ·X····oo ·XX···XX

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.