WSN @ ATL, Friday, September 5, 2008 Game Preview

Washington Nationals, 54-87, 5th, 25½ GB, 26½ GB in WC	SP: Jay Bergmann (26, RHP, 2-10, 4.83) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-10) 126.2 138 83 68 40 89 24 4.83 2007 (6-6) 115.1 99 59 57 42 86 18 4.45 2006 (0-2) 64.2 81 49 48 27 54 12 6.68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 39 45 33 27 21 25 8 6.23 40 2008-08-30 ATL ND 4.1 8 6 6 3 0 2 87 20 2008-08-24 @CHC L 6.1 4 4 4 4 6 2 112 51 2008-08-19 @PHI ND 6.1 6 4 3 0 4 0 92 51 2008-08-13 NYM L 3 8 10 6 6 1 1 89 6 2008-08-07 @COL W 7 7 1 1 2 7 1 103 64 2008-08-02 CIN ND 6 6 6 5 3 2 1 97 37 2008-07-27 @LAD L 6 6 2 2 3 5 1 102 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 3-1 29 26 15 15 9 23 6 4.66 51 2008-08-30 ATL ND 4.1 8 6 6 3 0 2 87 20 2007-09-15 ATL W 6.2 8 4 4 3 3 2 96 42 2007-09-09 @ATL W 6 4 3 3 2 6 1 87 56 2007-06-25 @ATL L 4 4 1 1 0 4 0 76 54 2007-05-14 ATL W 8 2 1 1 1 10 1 110 83
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-40 Road: 23-47 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 35-55 vsLHP: 19-32 1-Run: 19-26 vsEast: 22-32 vsCntrl:15-25 vsWest: 9-20 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Thu, Sep 4 @ATL L 0-2 54-87 5th 25.5 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-17
Atlanta Braves, 61-80, 4th, 18½ GB, 19½ GB in WC	SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 11-9, 3.59) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-9) 165.1 164 76 66 59 120 10 3.59 2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 40 48 28 24 16 28 2 5.40 44 2008-08-31 @WSN ND 6 5 3 3 3 7 0 109 54 2008-08-26 FLA ND 3 6 6 6 2 1 1 75 22 2008-08-20 @NYM L 5 6 6 4 3 0 1 88 32 2008-08-15 SFG L 7 8 2 2 0 9 0 100 62 2008-08-09 @ARI W 6 7 4 3 2 6 0 107 48 2008-08-04 @SFG L 6 9 4 3 3 1 0 107 38 2008-07-30 STL L 7 7 3 3 3 4 0 116 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.WSN 0-1 19.1 15 9 9 4 15 0 4.19 56 2008-08-31 @WSN ND 6 5 3 3 3 7 0 109 54 2008-07-19 WSN L 6.1 8 5 5 1 5 0 98 41 2008-04-30 @WSN ND 7 2 1 1 0 3 0 84 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-32 Road: 24-48 ExtrInn: 2-8 vsRHP: 44-54 vsLHP: 17-26 1-Run: 7-27 vsEast: 24-33 vsCntrl:12-26 vsWest: 17-14 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Thu, Sep 4 WSN W 2-0 61-80 4th 18.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Sep 04, 2008 ATL 2 WSN 0 W:James Parr (1-0), L: Shairon Martis (0-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (9) 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 Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 10-5; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; 2006 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 278-248

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

WSN 3.86

RA/G

TOR 3.85

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.93

A. Pujols .360

B. Hawpe .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

S. Schumaker .365

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .640

M. DeRosa .488

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.108

C. Delgado .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

G. Meche 4.07

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

J. Lester 6.39

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Belliard G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 4/1.000 2/1.000 11/.382 31/.258 2/1.500 7/1.238 9/.347 2/.000 ··· 17/.548 337/234 .287/.372/.473/.845 1.021/.770 .857 101/.925 3/2 11/

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 46/41 .152/.152/.152/.304 .400/.293 .385 6/.667 1/2 0/

7.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 130/94 .256/.300/.364/.664 .461/.742 .531 86/.576 6/3 0/

8.Boone G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 3/1.334 2/1.000 5/2.550 9/1.125 3/.666 5/1.400 6/2.100 3/.666 ··· 14/.895 206/123 .253/.312/.419/.732 .906/.616 .788 26/.742 0/1 6/

5.Casto* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 134/116 .203/.299/.288/.587 .229/.642 .489 19/.440 1/0 1/

34.Dukes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 254/179 .266/.374/.458/.832 .750/.864 .815 40/1.019 13/1 8/

3.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 324/242 .256/.296/.402/.698 .829/.653 .766 69/.435 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 9/.778 3/.666 3/.333 7/.453 3/1.167 9/.666 3/.333 6/.500 5/.450 3/2.000 ··· 9/1.000 545/375 .309/.338/.424/.762 .892/.703 .672 81/.864 5/4 6/

1.Harris* G/S/vP 7/1.428 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/5.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.417 ··· 6/.334 360/272 .253/.345/.436/.780 .870/.751 .812 102/.744 9/3 12/

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 34/18 .394/.412/.394/.806 .750/.856 .737 34/.806 0/0 0/

29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 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 31/.614 2/0 1/

44.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 5/1.100 1/.000 4/1.250 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 504/355 .261/.325/.403/.728 .671/.753 .692 109/.794 20/6 13/

53.Nieves G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 140/93 .244/.297/.315/.612 .745/.548 .565 34/.335 0/0 1/

4.Orr* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 61/56 .224/.250/.293/.543 .800/.519 .263 19/.652 1/0 0/

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.833 4/.250 3/1.667 3/.666 6/1.750 4/.750 9/1.413 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 383/262 .283/.334/.443/.777 .798/.767 .773 112/.885 1/1 11/

IP 165.1 49.0 83.1 69.2 50.1 2.0 24.0 18.2 21.2 54.1 5.1 44.2 TOTAL .248/.319/.369/.687 .720/.674 .683 .699 68/32 99/106

ERA-K/9

3.59/6.5

3.86/4.8

4.00/6.2

5.30/8.4

4.29/8.2

31.50/4.5

3.38/10.1

5.79/8.2

5.40/6.2

3.48/8.6

5.06/5.1

5.04/7.9

4.49/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 714/.257 212/.256 362/.252 297/.252 213/.246 14/.500 101/.195 85/.286 105/.302 231/.229 23/.238 212/.306 .261 Dukes
Harris
Casto
Langerhans
Milledge
Bernadina
Orr
Bonifacio 10/1/52/6
72/17/0/4
7/0/1/1
24/0/8/1
0/117/0/1
1/10/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/2/0

OPS .704 .779 .698 .731 .719 1.571 .590 .903 .830 .644 .876 .784 .748

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 375/.722 91/.872 127/.770 116/.735 84/.878 6/1.000 17/.739 40/1.063 48/.708 106/.576 10/.500 93/.961 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.684 121/.702 235/.658 181/.727 129/.619 8/1.958 84/.555 45/.769 57/.921 125/.703 13/1.203 119/.644 .749

Home 346/.774 126/.725 204/.606 149/.661 118/.655 / 56/.693 41/1.185 56/.882 120/.582 / 107/.767 .749

Last 28d days 124/.798 10/.650 62/.520 41/.786 56/.729 14/1.571 27/.607 7/.971 80/.906 39/1.105 5/.650 65/.769

HR/SB/CS 10/22/3 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 2/5/0 123/96/32

Usage ····X··· ········ X··X·X·o ··X·o·o· ··X··Xo· ····X·X· X·oX···o ··X····· ·X···XX· ·Xo·Xo·· ·Xo····· X·X··X·X

Atlanta Braves Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 60/49 .296/.367/.426/.793 .818/.786 .908 36/.799 5/1 1/

18.Blanco* G/S/vP 4/.333 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.750 3/.333 ··· 489/373 .251/.369/.308/.676 .663/.680 .650 94/.567 11/5 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.971 ··· ··· 548/390 .284/.359/.388/.747 .677/.776 .760 102/.863 2/5 8/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 24/.342 5/.650 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 9/1.277 3/.000 3/1.500 565/402 .231/.289/.353/.642 .583/.665 .673 95/.636 0/1 11/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 105/77 .228/.311/.348/.659 .375/.760 .715 8/.946 1/1 2/

4.Infante G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 281/184 .313/.362/.453/.815 .903/.768 .797 91/.846 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 18/.543 4/.500 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/3.000 6/.533 3/1.667 3/.000 526/399 .273/.342/.424/.765 .805/.753 .813 89/.728 10/4 9/

28.Jones* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 90/74 .272/.330/.420/.749 .804/.737 .457 33/.688 0/0 1/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 22/1.146 3/1.167 ··· 3/3.333 ··· 1/5.000 1/no AB 15/.133 ··· 2/1.500 476/314 .359/.460/.567/1.027 1.033/1.024 1.135 96/.886 3/0 20/

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 484/372 .264/.314/.407/.721 .824/.690 .637 48/.442 2/1 12/

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP 1/2.000 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 22/1.711 3/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 2/.000 502/347 .295/.369/.530/.899 .817/.935 .920 93/.704 5/0 23/

27.Miller G/S/vP 3/1.666 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 28/1.179 0/0 6/

14.Prado G/S/vP 5/1.400 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 126.2 64.0 6.1 77.2 2.1 34.1 29.1 76.2 40.1 1.1 TOTAL .267/.344/.408/.752 .736/.759 .766 .758 46/24 118/88

ERA-K/9

4.83/6.3

4.78/6.9

7.11/10.0

3.71/9.7

0.00/7.8

4.98/7.9

4.91/10.8

3.52/6.7

2.01/7.4

13.50/0.0

4.51/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (85-25-6)
Miller (5-5-4)
Sammons (6-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 554/.277 290/.250 29/.280 331/.225 7/.143 154/.208 125/.252 334/.262 161/.186 7/.500 .267 Francoeur
Blanco
Jones
Anderson
Norton
Infante 0/0/131/11
62/63/4/7
20/0/4/2
6/10/1/1
24/0/2/0
26/3/0/0

OPS .808 .732 .939 .662 .286 .709 .751 .659 .621 1.000 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.832 130/.804 8/1.232 148/.674 3/.000 71/.651 52/.721 165/.606 67/.774 4/.500 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.779 160/.675 21/.825 183/.652 4/.500 83/.757 73/.775 169/.714 94/.513 3/2.000 .771

Road 293/.734 123/.663 16/.846 147/.676 / 72/.791 43/.789 154/.711 64/.749 3/.000 .771

Last 28d days 99/1.044 58/.812 29/.939 55/.629 7/.286 41/.859 69/.711 60/.915 58/.555 7/1.000

HR/SB/CS 24/8/1 6/6/1 2/0/1 7/11/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 4/2/0 3/13/0 5/2/1 0/0/1 162/106/32

Usage ·····X·· ·o·Xoo·o ·o·X·oo· ·o···oo· ·oX····· o··o·Xo· X·o·X··X ·X·X·XX· oo·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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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 7:30pm, Friday, September 5, 2008 @Turner Field

SP: Jay Bergmann (26, RHP, 2-10, 4.83)

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 11-9, 3.59)

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