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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 7:00pm, Thursday, September 4, 2008 @Turner Field

Washington Nationals, 54-86, 5th, 25 GB, 26½ GB in WC

SP: (, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL    Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-40   Road:   23-46   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  35-54   vsLHP:  19-32   1-Run:  19-26
 vsEast: 22-31   vsCntrl:15-25   vsWest:  9-20 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Wed, Sep  3   PHI  W   9-7       54-86  5th 25.0 gb
139 Tue, Sep  2   PHI  L   0-4       53-86  5th 25.0 gb
138 Mon, Sep  1   PHI  W   7-4       53-85  5th 24.0 gb
137 Sun, Aug 31   ATL  W   8-4       52-85  5th 24.0 gb
136 Sat, Aug 30   ATL  W   9-8 (10)  51-85  5th 24.0 gb
135 Fri, Aug 29   ATL  W   7-3       50-85  5th 25.0 gb
134 Thu, Aug 28   LAD  W  11-2       49-85  5th 25.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   LAD  W   5-4       48-85  5th 25.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   LAD  W   2-1       47-85  5th 26.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 24  @CHC  L   1-6       46-85  5th 26.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Atlanta Braves, 60-80, 4th, 19 GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Jo-Jo Reyes (23, LHP, 3-10, 5.49)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-10)            98.1 113  64  60  47  73 11    5.49      
 2007 (2-2)             50.2  55  39  35  30  27  9    6.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  33.1  45  25  24  19  18  1    6.48   39 
 2008-08-30   @WSN  ND   4     8   4   4   2   2  0      94   30 
 2008-08-24   @STL   L   5.2   9   6   5   4   2  1     106   27 
 2008-08-19   @NYM  ND   6     4   2   2   3   5  0     102   58 
 2008-07-20    WSN   L   2.1   7   6   6   4   1  0      65   16 
 2008-07-11   @SDP   L   4     5   2   2   1   1  0      64   44 
 2008-07-05    HOU   L   4.1   6   4   4   3   2  0      86   34 
 2008-06-29   @TOR   L   7     6   1   1   2   5  0     102   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      0-1   6.1  15  10  10   6   3  0   14.21   23 
 2008-08-30   @WSN  ND   4     8   4   4   2   2  0      94   30 
 2008-07-20    WSN   L   2.1   7   6   6   4   1  0      65   16 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-32   Road:   24-48   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  43-54   vsLHP:  17-26   1-Run:   7-27
 vsEast: 23-33   vsCntrl:12-26   vsWest: 17-14 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Wed, Sep  3  @FLA  L   3-5       60-80  4th 19.0 gb
139 Tue, Sep  2  @FLA  W  16-14      60-79  4th 18.0 gb
138 Mon, Sep  1  @FLA  L   3-4       59-79  4th 18.0 gb
137 Sun, Aug 31  @WSN  L   4-8       59-78  4th 17.0 gb
136 Sat, Aug 30  @WSN  L   8-9 (10)  59-77  4th 16.0 gb
135 Fri, Aug 29  @WSN  L   3-7       59-76  4th 16.0 gb
134 Thu, Aug 28   FLA  W   4-2       59-75  4th 15.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   FLA  L   1-4       58-75  4th 15.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   FLA  W  10-9       58-74  4th 15.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 24  @STL  L   3-6       57-74  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 31, 2008 WSN  8  ATL  4        W:Garrett Mock (1-3), L: Elmer Dessens (0-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 WSN  9  ATL  8 (10)   W:Steven Shell (1-1), L: Vladimir Nunez (0-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 WSN  7  ATL  3        W:Odalis Perez (6-10), L: Jorge Campillo (7-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (7)
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 WSN 15 @ATL  6        W:Odalis Perez (3-7), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-9), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 WSN  8 @ATL  2        W:John Lannan (6-9), L: Jair Jurrjens (9-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 10-4; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; 2006 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 277-248

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  5.45

FLA  4.66

SDP  3.86

RA/G

TOR  3.88

CLE  4.59

TEX  5.93

BA

A. Pujols  .360

M. Cabrera  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

L. Overbay  .365

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .640

M. Aviles  .486

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.108

C. Floyd  .842

T. Pena  .400

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

G. Meche  4.07

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.22

G. Floyd  6.41

L. Hernandez  3.35

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
30.Bennett
G/S/vB
56.Boyer
G/S/vB
38.Carlyle
G/S/vB
34.Dessens
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
65.Julio
G/S/vB
48.Nunez
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
40.Ridgway*
G/S/vB
54.Tavarez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP 4/.833 2/.500 3/.666 2/1.000 11/.382 31/.258 2/1.500 7/1.238 9/.347 2/.000 ··· 17/.548 334/231 .280/.366/.464/.831 1.021/.748 .832 102/.895 3/2 11/
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/40 .133/.133/.133/.267 .400/.250 .320 5/.400 1/2 0/
7.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 130/94 .256/.300/.364/.664 .461/.742 .531 96/.624 6/3 0/
8.Boone G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 2/1.000 5/2.550 9/1.125 2/1.000 5/1.400 6/2.100 3/.666 ··· 14/.895 205/123 .254/.314/.422/.735 .918/.616 .796 25/.775 0/1 6/
5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 134/116 .203/.299/.288/.587 .229/.642 .489 24/.393 1/0 1/
34.Dukes G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 250/176 .271/.380/.467/.847 .761/.880 .850 36/1.151 13/1 8/
3.Flores G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 324/242 .256/.296/.402/.698 .829/.653 .766 73/.411 0/1 8/
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/50 .221/.284/.294/.578 .247/.747 .711 3/.000 0/0 0/
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 3/.333 7/.453 3/1.167 9/.666 3/.333 6/.500 5/.450 3/2.000 ··· 8/1.125 541/371 .311/.339/.426/.765 .892/.707 .677 83/.867 5/3 6/
1.Harris* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/5.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.417 ··· 5/.400 356/268 .256/.346/.440/.786 .870/.758 .823 107/.802 9/3 12/
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 31/15 .433/.452/.433/.885 .750/1.033 .875 31/.885 0/0 0/
29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 114/90 .222/.375/.333/.708 .744/.700 .933 36/.697 2/0 1/
44.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 4/1.417 1/.000 4/1.250 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 500/352 .263/.327/.407/.734 .676/.760 .704 114/.909 20/6 13/
53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 140/93 .244/.297/.315/.612 .745/.548 .565 39/.425 0/0 1/
4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 61/56 .224/.250/.293/.543 .800/.519 .263 24/.513 1/0 0/
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/.833 4/.250 3/1.667 3/.666 6/1.750 3/.000 9/1.413 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 379/259 .283/.335/.442/.777 .779/.777 .773 118/.877 1/1 11/
IP 98.1 49.0 82.1 69.2 50.1 2.0 23.0 18.2 21.2 54.1 5.1 43.2 TOTAL .248/.319/.370/.689 .720/.675 .686 .715 68/31 99/105
ERA-K/9 5.49/6.7 3.86/4.8 4.04/6.1 5.30/8.4 4.29/8.2 31.50/4.5 3.52/9.4 5.79/8.2 5.40/6.2 3.48/8.6 5.06/5.1 5.15/7.8 4.52/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (47-17-7)
 Nieves (33-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 442/.297 212/.256 358/.252 297/.252 213/.246 14/.500 97/.193 85/.286 105/.302 231/.229 23/.238 208/.307 .262  Dukes
 Harris
 Casto
 Langerhans
 Milledge
 Bernadina
 Orr
 Bonifacio
10/1/51/6
71/17/0/4
7/0/1/1
24/0/8/1
0/116/0/1
1/10/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .838 .779 .701 .731 .719 1.571 .582 .903 .830 .644 .876 .790 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.706 91/.872 126/.776 116/.735 84/.878 6/1.000 17/.739 40/1.063 48/.708 106/.576 10/.500 90/.972 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 355/.870 121/.702 232/.658 181/.727 129/.619 8/1.958 80/.543 45/.769 57/.921 125/.703 13/1.203 118/.650 .750
Home 194/.953 126/.725 200/.608 149/.661 118/.655 / 52/.687 41/1.185 56/.882 120/.582 / 103/.778 .753
Last 28d days 76/.834 10/.650 58/.521 47/.968 56/.729 14/1.571 27/.457 7/.971 80/.906 39/1.105 5/.650 61/.788
HR/SB/CS 11/7/4 7/6/0 5/7/2 8/8/2 5/5/1 1/1/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 0/0/2 3/1/2 2/0/0 2/5/0 123/96/31
Usage ····X··· ········ ··X·X·o· ·X·o·o·X ·X··Xo·· ···X·X·· ·oX···o· ·X······ X···XX·· Xo·Xo··· Xo······ ·X··X·X·
Atlanta Braves Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Colome
G/S/vB
55.Estrada
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
58.Hinckley*
G/S/vB
36.Manning*
G/S/vB
50.Mock
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
59.Shell
G/S/vB
37.Speigner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Anderson* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 60/49 .296/.367/.426/.793 .818/.786 .908 36/.799 5/0 1/
18.Blanco* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 3/.333 ··· 485/369 .253/.372/.311/.682 .663/.689 .662 94/.631 11/5 1/
19.Escobar G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.971 ··· ··· 548/390 .284/.359/.388/.747 .677/.776 .760 106/.880 2/5 8/
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.277 3/.000 2/1.500 561/398 .232/.291/.355/.645 .583/.671 .681 95/.651 0/1 11/
8.Gotay# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 104/76 .231/.314/.352/.665 .375/.771 .729 7/1.095 1/1 2/
4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 277/180 .317/.367/.460/.828 .903/.786 .821 91/.846 0/0 3/
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 3/1.667 3/.000 522/395 .271/.340/.416/.757 .805/.741 .795 89/.645 10/4 9/
28.Jones* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 86/70 .269/.321/.423/.745 .804/.731 .390 29/.667 0/0 1/
10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/3.333 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 15/.133 ··· 2/1.500 472/310 .358/.456/.566/1.021 1.033/1.016 1.124 92/.855 3/0 20/
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 480/368 .266/.315/.410/.724 .824/.694 .642 48/.421 2/1 12/
1.Lillibridge G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 59/41 .200/.241/.345/.587 .588/.584 .566 3/.333 1/0 1/
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 2/.000 498/344 .295/.369/.532/.901 .823/.936 .926 93/.722 5/0 23/
27.Miller G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 60/35 .093/.169/.148/.318 .330/.308 .204 0/ 0/0 1/
20.Norton# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 199/142 .264/.357/.437/.794 .738/.816 .799 29/1.198 0/0 6/
14.Prado G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 177/107 .344/.398/.519/.916 1.041/.836 .842 84/1.029 2/1 2/
5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/30 .179/.238/.256/.495 .717/.408 .598 23/.178 0/0 1/
IP 64.0 6.1 77.2 2.1 34.0 28.0 76.2 40.0 0.1 TOTAL .268/.344/.409/.753 .737/.760 .768 .762 46/23 118/88
ERA-K/9 4.78/6.9 7.11/10.0 3.71/9.7 0.00/7.8 5.03/7.7 5.14/10.9 3.52/6.7 2.03/7.4 54.00/0.0 4.53/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (85-24-6)
 Miller (5-5-4)
 Sammons (6-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 290/.250 29/.280 331/.225 7/.143 153/.210 119/.255 334/.262 160/.187 4/.750 .268  Francoeur
 Blanco
 Jones
 Anderson
 Norton
 Infante
0/0/130/11
61/62/4/7
19/0/4/2
6/9/1/1
24/0/2/0
26/3/0/0
OPS .732 .939 .662 .286 .714 .752 .659 .626 1.500 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.804 8/1.232 148/.674 3/.000 70/.661 47/.704 165/.606 67/.774 2/1.000 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.675 21/.825 183/.652 4/.500 83/.757 72/.787 169/.714 93/.519 2/2.000 .773
Road 123/.663 16/.846 147/.676 / 71/.804 37/.797 154/.711 63/.762 / .773
Last 28d days 63/.775 29/.939 62/.589 7/.286 40/.884 63/.709 63/.869 62/.640 4/1.500
HR/SB/CS 6/6/1 2/0/1 7/11/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 4/2/0 3/13/0 5/2/1 0/0/0 162/106/31
Usage o·Xoo·o· o·X·oo·· o···oo·X oX······ ··o·Xo·o ·o·X··X· X·X·XX·X o·X·Xo·o ·o······

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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