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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 7:00pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @Turner Field

Washington Nationals, 5-15, 5th, 7½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (23, LHP, 0-2, 4.86)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             16.2  19   9   9   7  17  2    4.86      
 2007 (2-2)             34.2  36  17  16  17  10  3    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  41.1  44  19  19  20  25  4    4.14   48 
 2008-04-17   @NYM  ND   6     3   1   1   0  11  0     102   73 
 2008-04-12    ATL   L   4     9   6   6   4   2  1      85   18 
 2008-04-06   @STL   L   6.2   7   2   2   3   4  1     100   53 
 2007-08-23   @HOU   W   5     5   3   3   5   2  1      85   42 
 2007-08-18    NYM   L   5.2   8   5   5   1   3  1     100   35 
 2007-08-11   @ARI   L   7     4   1   1   2   1  0      94   64 
 2007-08-06   @SFG  ND   7     8   1   1   5   2  0      98   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      0-1   4     9   6   6   4   2  1   13.50   18 
 2008-04-12    ATL   L   4     9   6   6   4   2  1      85   18 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-5    Road:    3-10   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   2-10   vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @ATL  L   3-7        5-15  5th  7.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @FLA  L   1-6        5-14  5th  6.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @FLA  L   5-6        5-13  5th  6.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @FLA  W   6-4        5-12  5th  5.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @NYM  L   2-3 (14)   4-12  5th  5.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @NYM  L   2-5        4-11  5th  5.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @NYM  L   0-6        4-10  5th  4.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13   ATL  W   5-4        4-9   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12   ATL  L   2-10       3-9   5th  4.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11   ATL  L   0-3        3-8   5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 5-15
Atlanta Braves, 10-9, 3rd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: John Smoltz (41, RHP, 3-0, 0.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             16    10   1   1   6  21  0    0.56      
 2007 (14-8)           205.2 196  78  71  47 197 18    3.11      
 2006 (16-9)           232   221  93  90  55 211 23    3.49      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  40    29  12  11  12  49  5    2.48   61 
 2008-04-17   @FLA   W   5     3   0   0   2  10  0      81   69 
 2008-04-12   @WSN   W   6     5   1   1   2   5  0      90   61 
 2008-04-06    NYM   W   5     2   0   0   2   6  0      78   67 
 2007-09-27   @PHI   L   4     7   6   5   0   8  2      67   34 
 2007-09-22    MIL  ND   8     2   2   2   3   8  1     109   75 
 2007-09-17    FLA   W   6     4   1   1   1   4  1      76   63 
 2007-09-12   @NYM  ND   6     6   2   2   2   8  1     110   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      4-1  30.2  21   8   6   8  29  0    1.76   63 
 2008-04-12   @WSN   W   6     5   1   1   2   5  0      90   61 
 2007-09-07    WSN   W   7     1   1   1   2  10  0     109   79 
 2007-06-27    WSN   W   5     5   0   0   1   7  0      89   63 
 2007-05-14   @WSN   L   6.2   4   2   2   2   5  0      74   61 
 2007-04-17   @WSN   W   6     6   4   2   1   2  0     102   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-2    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   0-7 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 21   WSN  W   7-3       10-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20   LAD  W   6-1        9-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19   LAD  W   4-1        8-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18   LAD  W   6-1        7-9   4th  2.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17  @FLA  W   8-0        6-9   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @FLA  L   5-6        5-9   4th  4.0 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15  @FLA  L   0-4        5-8   4th  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @WSN  L   4-5        5-7   4th  2.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @WSN  W  10-2        5-6   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @WSN  W   3-0        4-6   4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-9    Last 30:10-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 ATL  7  WSN  3        W:Tim Hudson (3-1), L: Matt Chico (0-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 WSN  5  ATL  4        W:Tim Redding (2-1), L: Tom Glavine (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (2)
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 ATL 10 @WSN  2        W:John Smoltz (2-0), L: John Lannan (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 ATL  3 @WSN  0        W:Tim Hudson (2-0), L: Matt Chico (0-2), S: Peter Moylan (1)
Sun, Mar 30, 2008 WSN  3  ATL  2        W:Jon Rauch (1-0), L: Peter Moylan (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 ATL  3 @WSN  0        W:Tim Hudson (16-8), L: Shawn Hill (4-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 WSN  7  ATL  4        W:Jay Bergmann (5-5), L: Lance Cormier (2-6), S: Chad Cordero (34)
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 ATL  8 @WSN  5 (13)   W:Jose Ascanio (1-1), L: Jesus Colome (4-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 WSN  7 @ATL  4        W:Jay Bergmann (4-5), L: Lance Cormier (2-5), S: Chad Cordero (32)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 ATL  9  WSN  2        W:Chuck James (10-10), L: Matt Chico (5-8), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - ATL leads 3-2; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; 2006 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 276-240

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Washington Nationals Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Smoltz
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
56.Boyer
G/S/vB
57.Campillo
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
48.Resop
G/S/vB
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP 17/.352 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 557/402 .290/.332/.427/.759 .892/.708 .741 / 3/0 11/7
8.Boone G/S/vP 10/1.100 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/2.550 3/.666 ··· ··· 228/168 .286/.388/.423/.811 .605/.880 .858 / 2/0 5/5
23.Estrada# G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 464/326 .278/.296/.403/.699 .754/.675 .752 / 0/0 10/6
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 18/.765 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 192/150 .328/.380/.466/.846 .810/.856 .718 / 2/0 2/8
1.Harris* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 391/335 .270/.349/.392/.741 .525/.776 .670 / 17/11 2/4
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 34/.738 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
25.Kearns G/S/vP 26/.885 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 5/.200 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 674/507 .266/.355/.411/.765 .883/.728 .832 / 2/2 16/2
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 33/.473 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 9/.222 ··· 2/.000 671/470 .245/.308/.352/.659 .720/.633 .687 / 24/9 9/21
12.Mackowiak* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 5/1.800 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 329/279 .263/.337/.386/.723 .666/.734 .726 / 4/1 6/4
44.Milledge G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 206/136 .272/.341/.446/.787 .956/.704 .566 / 3/2 7/2
53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/50 .164/.190/.230/.420 .467/.405 .192 / 0/0 0/2
26.Pena G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 317/193 .253/.319/.439/.758 .913/.659 .919 / 2/1 13/3
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 36/.892 3/1.167 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 722/555 .266/.330/.458/.788 1.103/.695 .760 / 4/1 24/23
IP 205.2 23.2 13.0 5.1 13.1 107.0 36.1 4.1 20.0 TOTAL .227/.306/.340/.647 .650/.645 .662 .647 6/5 11/13
ERA-K/9 3.11/8.6 2.28/8.4 3.46/9.7 3.38/5.1 6.75/6.1 5.21/6.2 4.95/8.2 4.15/4.2 2.70/9.4 3.42/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Estrada (73-11-5)
 Nieves (21-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 853/.249 93/.165 57/.269 26/.417 63/.333 462/.284 168/.282 17/.308 88/.186 .232  Kearns
 Mackowiak
 Harris
 Pena
 Milledge
0/6/158/9
65/1/24/5
85/20/0/4
55/12/37/3
11/14/28/2
OPS .669 .543 .784 .898 1.014 .857 .792 .872 .584 .666
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 433/.709 40/.769 17/1.113 11/1.000 25/.693 222/1.017 82/.718 9/.661 45/.701 .634
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 420/.628 53/.357 40/.652 15/.829 38/1.220 240/.709 86/.861 8/1.119 43/.469 .689
Home 439/.625 46/.647 24/.759 18/.765 46/.827 231/.915 99/1.078 / 70/.529 .661
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 18/11/4 2/4/0 3/0/0 0/1/0 2/2/1 19/4/2 3/4/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 11/15/3
Usage ····X··· X·oXX··· ···X·X·· ·Xoo·o·· ··X··X·· X··Xo·o· ·X·Xo·X· ····X·o· o·····X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Atlanta Braves Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
32.Cordero
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.King*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/.800 5/.400 384/180 .338/.368/.497/.865 .964/.756 .875 / 4/0 12/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 3/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 355/201 .326/.385/.451/.837 .870/.811 .843 / 5/3 5/11
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/1.000 4/.833 10/.644 3/1.334 1/5.000 13/.462 8/1.500 696/467 .293/.338/.444/.782 .852/.747 .707 / 5/2 19/5
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/2.000 211/169 .295/.351/.421/.772 .508/.835 .778 / 3/3 4/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/1.334 3/.666 4/.250 3/.333 5/.200 3/1.000 4/.833 608/424 .276/.375/.457/.831 .771/.858 .781 / 9/5 16/14
10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/2.000 11/1.236 3/1.167 19/1.180 3/3.333 12/.533 6/1.166 10/.100 600/377 .337/.425/.604/1.029 .803/1.171 .981 / 5/1 29/9
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.000 5/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 9/.500 1/.000 1/.000 227/177 .214/.279/.296/.575 .332/.644 .471 / 1/1 1/2
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.166 4/.000 8/.708 9/.000 3/1.334 552/364 .270/.320/.452/.772 .755/.781 .801 / 0/1 18/13
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 29/21 .259/.310/.444/.755 .500/.860 .742 / 0/0 1/0
5.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 33/15 .212/.212/.303/.515 .611/.400 .563 / 0/1 1/0
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 62/23 .288/.323/.339/.662 .494/.954 .638 / 0/0 0/3
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/2.417 7/.619 3/.667 3/.333 2/1.500 4/2.750 3/.666 575/398 .306/.400/.563/.963 1.000/.946 .954 / 0/0 30/5
IP 34.2 42.1 66.0 75.0 51.0 39.2 87.1 93.0 TOTAL .286/.349/.472/.821 .775/.852 .894 .821 5/1 26/12
ERA-K/9 4.15/2.6 3.19/6.0 3.82/5.9 3.36/7.4 6.00/7.6 4.76/5.7 3.61/7.3 3.68/6.2 4.87/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (70-19-6)
 Miller (2-1-1)
 Pena (4-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.273 181/.267 286/.258 321/.260 247/.286 175/.248 354/.230 398/.255 .274  Francoeur
 Kotsay
 Diaz
0/0/162/19
0/56/0/5
95/0/5/4
OPS .751 .712 .709 .731 .862 .801 .619 .678 .817
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.838 83/.613 122/.859 152/.611 123/.829 88/.631 163/.622 165/.689 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.731 98/.789 164/.597 169/.842 124/.894 87/.975 191/.618 233/.670 .925
Road 103/.754 98/.839 137/.802 144/.758 143/.957 87/.879 165/.672 212/.747 .803
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 3/4/2 5/1/1 6/3/0 8/2/2 9/4/2 6/4/1 7/5/1 1/2/2 25/11/4
Usage ····X··· ·o·Xo·X· X·X·Xo·· o·o··X·· X·X·X·X· ··ooo·o· ···oX··· ·XX·Xo··

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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