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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 7:00pm, Saturday, July 19, 2008 @Turner Field

Washington Nationals, 36-61, 5th, 17 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (23, LHP, 5-9, 3.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-9)            106   101  44  40  35  59 12    3.40      
 2007 (2-2)             34.2  36  17  16  17  10  3    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  42    34  18  15  13  16  7    3.21   53 
 2008-07-09    ARI   W   6     2   0   0   3   0  0      85   65 
 2008-07-03   @CIN  ND   6     5   3   3   3   3  0      93   50 
 2008-06-28    BAL   L   5     7   7   4   1   1  2      81   31 
 2008-06-22    TEX  ND   6     4   2   2   0   6  2      96   62 
 2008-06-17   @MIN   L   7     5   2   2   2   3  1     104   60 
 2008-06-11   @PIT   L   6     7   2   2   0   3  1      93   53 
 2008-06-05    STL   L   6     4   2   2   4   0  1      97   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      1-1  11    14   6   6   7   6  1    4.91   43 
 2008-04-22   @ATL   W   7     5   0   0   3   4  0      95   68 
 2008-04-12    ATL   L   4     9   6   6   4   2  1      85   18 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-30   Road:   16-31   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  22-39   vsLHP:  14-22   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-22   vsCntrl:11-19   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Fri, Jul 18  @ATL  L   6-7       36-61  5th 17.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13   HOU  L   0-5       36-60  5th 16.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12   HOU  L   4-6       36-59  5th 15.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11   HOU  W  10-0       36-58  5th 15.0 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10   ARI  L   5-7 (11)  35-58  5th 15.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9   ARI  W   5-0       35-57  5th 14.0 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8   ARI  L   0-2       34-57  5th 14.0 gb
 90 Sun, Jul  6  @CIN  L   5-6       34-56  5th 14.5 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  5  @CIN  L   2-3       34-55  5th 14.5 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4  @CIN  L   0-3       34-54  5th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Atlanta Braves, 46-50, 4th, 6½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 9-4, 3.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-4)            111   105  43  37  41  81  8    3.00      
 2007 (3-1)             30.2  24  16  16  11  13  4    4.70      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  45    47  19  16  17  32  6    3.20   53 
 2008-07-08   @LAD   W   6     5   1   1   3   6  0     103   61 
 2008-07-03    PHI   L   7     8   4   4   1   6  3     119   50 
 2008-06-27   @TOR   W   8     3   0   0   1   3  0     104   78 
 2008-06-21    SEA  ND   6     3   3   0   2   4  0      98   62 
 2008-06-16   @COL   W   7.2   8   0   0   2   7  0     103   68 
 2008-06-05    FLA   W   6    11   5   5   2   4  1      99   32 
 2008-05-31   @CIN  ND   4.1   9   6   6   6   2  2      99   17 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      0-0   7     2   1   1   0   3  0    1.29   72 
 2008-04-30   @WSN  ND   7     2   1   1   0   3  0      84   72 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-18   Road:   15-32   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  32-32   vsLHP:  14-18   1-Run:   6-22
 vsEast: 17-19   vsCntrl: 9-16   vsWest: 12-8  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Fri, Jul 18   WSN  W   7-6       46-50  4th  6.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @SDP  W  12-3       45-50  4th  6.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @SDP  W   4-1       44-50  4th  6.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @SDP  L   0-4       43-50  4th  7.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9  @LAD  L   1-2       43-49  4th  6.0 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8  @LAD  W   9-3       43-48  4th  5.0 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  7  @LAD  L   0-3       42-48  4th  6.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6   HOU  W   7-6 (17)  42-47  4th  6.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  5   HOU  L   1-6       41-47  4th  7.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4   HOU  W   6-2       41-46  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 ATL  7  WSN  6        W:Tim Hudson (10-7), L: Tim Redding (7-4), S: Mike Gonzalez (4)
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 WSN  3  ATL  2 (12)   W:Saul Rivera (3-1), L: Manny Acosta (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 WSN  6  ATL  3        W:Saul Rivera (2-1), L: Blaine Boyer (0-3), S: Jon Rauch (5)
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 WSN  6 @ATL  0        W:John Lannan (1-2), L: John Smoltz (3-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 5-4; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; 2006 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 277-243

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.55

CLE  4.51

WSN  3.67

RA/G

OAK  3.67

CLE  4.48

TEX  5.82

BA

C. Jones  .375

A. Jones  .283

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .472

F. Catalanotto  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .645

J. Damon  .470

O. Vizquel  .175

OPS

C. Jones  1.084

C. Barmes  .820

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.82

T. Wellemeyer  4.04

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.91

T. Wakefield  6.18

K. Rogers  3.36

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB
56.Boyer
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
48.Nunez
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
34.Ring*
G/S/vB
54.Tavarez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.143 2/1.500 6/.334 1/.000 1/2.000 15/.624 191/134 .234/.330/.467/.797 1.051/.688 .773 76/.830 1/0 9/
5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 79/66 .214/.304/.329/.632 .322/.691 .563 34/.669 1/0 1/
23.Estrada# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 3/2.667 8/1.333 4/.000 ··· 4/1.000 45/36 .163/.200/.163/.363 .222/.399 .367 4/.000 0/0 0/
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 197/149 .270/.325/.433/.757 .822/.736 .863 63/.464 0/1 5/
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.533 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 7/1.285 429/294 .312/.341/.423/.764 .897/.703 .741 95/.729 3/3 5/
1.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.666 176/142 .228/.343/.389/.732 .746/.729 .629 73/.964 6/2 5/
25.Kearns G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.200 7/.286 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· 15/.333 220/162 .205/.314/.300/.614 .500/.653 .597 47/.808 1/2 4/
29.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 42/33 .222/.317/.278/.595 .000/.777 1.005 6/1.000 2/0 0/
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 6/.834 1/.000 4/.333 ··· 2/.000 10/.311 113/83 .228/.310/.277/.587 .543/.603 .560 49/.615 1/0 0/
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.650 5/.800 11/.600 ··· 9/.222 2/.000 2/.000 328/207 .235/.310/.314/.624 .673/.594 .764 55/.398 4/4 2/
53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 93/59 .253/.308/.337/.645 .678/.626 .486 12/.348 0/0 1/
4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 20/19 .211/.211/.263/.474 .000/.500 2.000 20/.474 0/0 0/
21.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.100 ··· 3/4.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 14/.703 180/127 .280/.394/.400/.794 1.003/.692 .877 67/.851 0/0 4/
IP 111.0 53.2 29.0 11.2 1.0 39.1 18.1 20.1 TOTAL .240/.314/.359/.673 .704/.659 .692 .667 42/21 70/69
ERA-K/9 3.00/6.6 3.86/7.7 1.55/9.6 3.09/12.3 0.00/9.0 2.75/8.0 3.44/6.4 7.52/7.1 3.72/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Estrada (11-4-0)
 Flores (30-8-7)
 Lo Duca (13-2-1)
 Nieves (19-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 474/.248 225/.234 115/.178 45/.182 3/.000 163/.203 77/.250 110/.367 .246  Kearns
 Harris
 Casto
 Lopez
 Langerhans
 Lo Duca
0/0/53/3
39/11/0/2
7/0/1/1
8/0/0/1
13/0/3/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .687 .656 .500 .586 .000 .567 .753 .874 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 243/.705 94/.679 42/.685 12/1.000 1/.000 78/.403 47/.694 50/1.210 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 231/.669 131/.638 73/.392 33/.432 2/.000 85/.726 30/.849 60/.590 .714
Home 241/.739 126/.601 69/.494 29/.599 / 99/.569 45/.802 51/.910 .715
Last 28d days 104/.583 52/.561 55/.381 42/.629 3/.000 33/.331 12/1.010 5/1.467
HR/SB/CS 8/13/2 3/7/2 0/4/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 2/1/0 0/3/0 81/64/22
Usage ········ o····oX· ·······X X····Xo· ········ o·····oX ········ ········
Atlanta Braves Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.89 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
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.Manning*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
59.Shell
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 311/231 .254/.355/.311/.665 .631/.677 .635 98/.627 9/2 1/
19.Escobar G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.167 ··· 372/257 .286/.355/.383/.738 .677/.765 .783 45/.444 2/4 6/
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/2.333 4/.500 4/.833 3/1.334 1/.000 14/.428 9/1.277 ··· 387/262 .232/.284/.372/.656 .602/.681 .650 66/.391 0/1 9/
8.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 86/59 .216/.310/.324/.634 .390/.745 .720 33/.683 1/1 2/
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 7/.715 3/1.334 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 4/1.250 5/.650 ··· 363/262 .271/.345/.429/.774 .759/.780 .855 76/.615 9/2 8/
10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/.750 11/1.236 3/1.167 3/3.333 ··· 8/.875 12/.083 ··· 362/235 .375/.472/.611/1.084 1.066/1.093 1.241 62/.939 2/0 18/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 5/.200 5/.000 5/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 230/153 .278/.328/.392/.719 .533/.816 .730 46/.475 2/2 4/
1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 43/32 .262/.279/.452/.731 .909/.668 .909 35/.902 0/0 1/
16.McCann* G/S/vP 6/.833 3/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 11/.000 4/1.000 ··· 362/243 .301/.376/.562/.938 .914/.950 .979 84/.942 1/0 18/
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/26 .093/.170/.163/.333 .296/.362 .169 4/.000 0/0 1/
20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 142/99 .232/.324/.360/.684 .704/.676 .798 36/.740 0/0 2/
14.Prado G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 69/35 .271/.353/.390/.743 .792/.698 .851 22/.536 1/0 0/
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/.533 5/1.850 7/.619 3/.333 1/no AB 5/2.550 4/1.250 ··· 411/268 .272/.377/.487/.864 .793/.901 .902 90/1.153 0/0 17/
IP 106.0 46.1 42.2 58.1 21.1 47.1 55.2 15.1 TOTAL .265/.340/.411/.751 .722/.766 .791 .694 33/14 91/57
ERA-K/9 3.40/5.0 5.44/6.0 5.48/8.2 4.01/9.9 4.64/9.7 2.85/8.2 3.40/5.8 2.35/6.5 4.43/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (60-18-3)
 Miller (4-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 448/.252 208/.287 200/.276 250/.225 92/.189 188/.232 241/.246 64/.241 .272  Francoeur
 Blanco
 Kotsay
 Norton
0/0/90/6
35/49/1/4
0/58/0/3
21/0/2/0
OPS .707 .783 .737 .676 .671 .627 .623 .730 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.765 97/.853 93/.697 109/.636 37/.497 95/.614 124/.580 30/.751 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 341/.688 111/.724 107/.769 141/.704 55/.792 93/.640 117/.672 34/.710 .785
Road 268/.641 81/.873 81/.649 114/.729 42/.817 72/.562 106/.721 17/.873 .774
Last 28d days 91/.676 43/.923 45/.752 48/.457 38/.689 45/.783 43/.512 64/.730
HR/SB/CS 12/7/2 5/0/1 1/4/1 5/10/0 3/2/0 4/3/0 2/9/0 1/0/1 99/73/19
Usage ········ ·····o·· ·····oo· ······X· X····o·· ·····X·· ······X· ·······X

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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