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Game Preview: WSN @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, August 23, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Washington Nationals, 46-83, 5th, 26 GB, 28 GB in WC

SP: Odalis Perez (31, LHP, 5-9, 4.06)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-9)            124   136  62  56  44  83 18    4.06      
 2007 (8-11)           137.1 178  90  85  50  64 14    5.57      
 2006 (6-8)            126.1 169  93  87  31  81 18    6.20      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  40.1  47  23  22  12  27  7    4.91   47 
 2008-08-17    COL   L   6     4   3   2   4   3  1     104   53 
 2008-08-12    NYM  ND   6     8   3   3   1   5  0     107   48 
 2008-08-07   @COL   W   6     6   2   2   1   1  1      96   52 
 2008-08-01    CIN   W   7.1   3   1   1   3   5  0     102   70 
 2008-07-26   @LAD   L   4     8   6   6   0   3  2      75   25 
 2008-07-20   @ATL   W   5     9   5   5   2   4  2      99   31 
 2008-07-13    HOU   L   6     9   3   3   1   6  1     104   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      3-1  34    26  13  13   9  24  5    3.44   58 
 2008-04-25    CHC  ND   6     5   2   2   4   7  0     101   57 
 2004-08-13   @CHC   W   6.2   6   1   1   2   2  0     105   58 
 2003-08-16   @CHC   W   6.1   8   5   5   0   3  2      91   40 
 2002-04-26   @CHC   W   9     1   0   0   0   6  0      91   91 
 1999-05-23    CHC   L   6     6   5   5   3   6  3     101   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-39   Road:   23-44   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  29-52   vsLHP:  17-31   1-Run:  16-26
 vsEast: 17-30   vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest:  6-20 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Fri, Aug 22  @CHC  W  13-5       46-83  5th 26.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 21  @PHI  W   4-3       45-83  5th 26.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @PHI  L   0-4       44-83  5th 26.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @PHI  L   4-5       44-82  5th 25.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 17   COL  L   2-7       44-81  5th 24.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16   COL  L   6-13      44-80  5th 23.5 gb
123 Fri, Aug 15   COL  L   3-4       44-79  5th 22.5 gb
122 Thu, Aug 14   NYM  L   3-9       44-78  5th 21.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13   NYM  L   0-12      44-77  5th 20.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12   NYM  L   3-4       44-76  5th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22
Chicago Cubs, 78-50, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 14-5, 2.92)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-5)           163.1 126  60  53  64 149 11    2.92      
 2007 (2-7)             66.2  59  36  35  30  55  8    4.73      
 2006 (1-9)             75    77  47  40  36  67  5    4.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  45.1  36  12  12  17  51  0    2.38   62 
 2008-08-17   @FLA   W   6     5   2   2   2  10  0      96   62 
 2008-08-10    STL   W   6.2   6   2   2   3   6  0     113   57 
 2008-08-04    HOU   L   5     5   2   2   1   7  0      75   55 
 2008-07-30   @MIL   W   7     5   1   1   1   9  0     111   71 
 2008-07-25    FLA  ND   6     2   1   1   6   6  0     110   64 
 2008-07-20   @HOU   W   8     6   0   0   1   7  0     104   76 
 2008-07-13    SFG   L   6.2   7   4   4   3   6  0     118   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      1-0  33.2  30  18  16  11  17  2    4.28   51 
 2008-04-25   @WSN  ND   7     4   3   2   3   5  1     108   61 
 2003-04-19   @MON  ND   6     8   6   5   5   1  0     102   30 
 2002-04-02   @MON  ND   7.1   6   3   3   1   7  1     106   60 
 2001-09-17   @MON  ND   4.1   8   6   6   0   2  0      79   25 
 2001-07-03   @MON   W   9     4   0   0   2   2  0     108   79 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   47-19   Road:   31-31   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  54-38   vsLHP:  24-12   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast: 14-8    vsCntrl:35-23   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 22   WSN  L   5-13      78-50  1st  4.5 up
127 Thu, Aug 21   CIN  W   3-2       78-49  1st  5.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 20   CIN  L   1-2       77-49  1st  5.0 up
125 Tue, Aug 19   CIN  W   5-0       77-48  1st  6.0 up
124 Sun, Aug 17  @FLA  W   9-2       76-48  1st  5.5 up
123 Sat, Aug 16  @FLA  L   1-2       75-48  1st  4.5 up
122 Fri, Aug 15  @FLA  W   6-5       75-47  1st  5.5 up
121 Thu, Aug 14  @ATL  W  11-7       74-47  1st  4.5 up
120 Wed, Aug 13  @ATL  W   8-0       73-47  1st  3.5 up
119 Wed, Aug 13  @ATL  W  10-2       72-47  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 WSN 13 @CHC  5        W:John Lannan (7-12), L: Neal Cotts (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 WSN  2  CHC  0        W:John Lannan (2-2), L: Ted Lilly (1-4), S: Jon Rauch (4)
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 CHC  7 @WSN  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (4-1), L: Matt Chico (0-5), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 WSN  5  CHC  3        W:Jon Rauch (2-0), L: Bobby Howry (0-2), S: none

Thu, Jul 05, 2007 CHC  4 @WSN  2        W:Will Ohman (1-4), L: Luis Ayala (0-1), S: Bobby Howry (4)
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 WSN  6  CHC  0        W:Matt Chico (4-5), L: Rich Hill (5-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 CHC  3 @WSN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (10-6), L: Tim Redding (0-1), S: Bobby Howry (3)
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 CHC  7 @WSN  2        W:Ted Lilly (7-4), L: Jason Simontacchi (5-6), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2007 CHC  4  WSN  3 (10)   W:Ryan Dempster (1-1), L: Ryan Wagner (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2007 CHC  5  WSN  3        W:Rich Hill (4-1), L: John Patterson (1-5), S: Ryan Dempster (7)
Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 3-1; 2007 - CHC won 6-1; 2006 - WSN won 4-2; All-Time - WSN leads 284-258

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  5.57

FLA  4.64

WSN  3.74

RA/G

TOR  3.94

SFG  4.63

TEX  6.08

BA

C. Jones  .359

J. Bay  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .461

J. Inglett  .367

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .618

M. Reynolds  .481

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.079

J. Gerut  .838

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

K. Lohse  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.13

J. Jurrjens  6.45

L. Hernandez  3.49

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP 23/.669 9/.111 6/1.667 4/1.167 4/.000 6/1.000 ··· 28/.740 294/201 .278/.372/.486/.858 1.054/.770 .848 87/1.025 3/2 11/
7.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/69 .237/.267/.330/.597 .469/.657 .574 89/.622 5/2 0/
8.Boone G/S/vP 11/.728 6/1.500 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 30/1.023 196/117 .247/.303/.399/.701 .874/.586 .772 16/.388 0/1 5/
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 295/217 .272/.315/.426/.742 .873/.693 .808 78/.629 0/1 8/
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 6/1.300 3/.666 1/.000 10/.944 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 498/338 .295/.326/.399/.725 .820/.680 .687 40/.487 3/3 5/
1.Harris* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/5.000 4/1.833 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 316/234 .255/.342/.455/.796 .874/.768 .830 111/.783 8/3 12/
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/5 .556/.556/.556/1.111 1.000/1.200 1.111 9/1.111 0/0 0/
25.Kearns G/S/vP 13/.481 1/no AB 2/.500 8/1.357 6/1.000 5/1.200 ··· 20/.466 350/252 .216/.311/.304/.615 .502/.659 .596 101/.544 2/2 6/
29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 99/77 .241/.381/.367/.749 .686/.766 .901 38/.776 2/0 1/
44.Milledge G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 455/316 .261/.324/.404/.728 .696/.742 .712 110/.903 17/6 12/
53.Nieves G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/81 .257/.309/.336/.645 .750/.591 .565 31/.601 0/0 1/
4.Orr* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/53 .241/.268/.315/.583 1.000/.549 .278 35/.678 1/0 0/
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 1/.000 5/.700 5/.933 7/.629 ··· 3/1.666 328/218 .265/.314/.404/.718 .697/.729 .774 90/.682 1/1 8/
IP 163.1 26.2 84.1 59.0 69.1 43.0 16.0 51.2 TOTAL .244/.315/.363/.678 .706/.667 .690 .679 57/30 90/96
ERA-K/9 2.92/8.2 3.38/11.1 3.95/7.3 5.49/7.0 2.86/11.8 3.56/8.6 1.13/9.0 2.61/11.0 3.78/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (45-14-7)
 Nieves (31-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 672/.210 114/.240 354/.257 257/.307 276/.132 179/.230 61/.161 209/.196 .241  Harris
 Kearns
 Milledge
 Bonifacio
 Langerhans
63/16/0/4
0/0/83/3
0/106/0/1
1/0/2/0
22/0/6/0
OPS .610 .735 .709 .888 .519 .741 .444 .569 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 316/.664 55/.777 167/.666 103/.903 119/.711 49/.850 25/.163 98/.570 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.563 59/.699 187/.747 154/.878 157/.373 130/.701 36/.639 111/.568 .691
Home 404/.582 49/.884 193/.731 136/.902 162/.463 60/.549 43/.409 109/.503 .695
Last 28d days 101/.596 36/.786 66/.833 40/.955 48/.262 52/.585 53/.414 27/.382
HR/SB/CS 11/10/4 5/1/0 10/1/3 12/3/0 8/3/1 8/2/1 0/3/1 1/1/0 137/66/32
Usage ·····X·· o·o··X·· X······X o·····X· ·o·o·Xo· ······X· ··o··oX· ·X·X···X
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.36 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Perez*
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
55.Estrada
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.Manning*
G/S/vB
50.Mock
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
59.Shell
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 5/.650 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/55 .293/.337/.424/.761 .895/.656 .846 28/.853 0/0 3/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 179/88 .276/.337/.368/.705 .672/.741 .796 24/.681 4/1 2/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 9/.873 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 486/350 .284/.379/.467/.846 .869/.838 .923 98/.966 5/0 16/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 10/.300 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 334/289 .232/.339/.465/.804 .484/.858 .844 60/.962 2/1 16/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 223/205 .285/.373/.508/.880 .508/.910 .829 38/.807 2/0 8/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 507/383 .264/.362/.384/.747 .715/.757 .839 93/.593 11/4 8/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 11/1.336 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· 302/174 .312/.369/.459/.828 .934/.752 .809 48/1.103 5/5 6/
25.Lee G/S/vP 11/.864 5/1.267 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 569/435 .290/.357/.471/.827 .989/.780 .856 107/.729 7/2 18/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/1.538 4/.750 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 522/401 .284/.383/.503/.887 .705/.943 1.044 101/1.063 2/2 20/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/1.666 10/1.189 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 1/.000 366/262 .285/.339/.544/.882 1.228/.747 .969 120/.914 14/1 22/
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 469/352 .286/.371/.500/.871 .923/.854 .872 78/.969 0/0 18/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 535/401 .313/.392/.369/.761 .774/.756 .784 107/.706 18/13 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/81 .230/.341/.419/.760 .762/.760 .807 19/.596 0/0 3/
IP 124.0 59.1 2.0 71.2 31.1 22.1 71.0 35.2 TOTAL .280/.358/.447/.805 .824/.798 .860 .839 74/29 146/72
ERA-K/9 4.06/6.0 5.01/7.0 0.00/9.0 3.77/10.0 5.17/7.8 6.04/10.5 3.55/6.6 2.02/7.3 4.53/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (10-10-3)
 Soto (56-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 547/.279 273/.256 7/.286 307/.225 142/.217 98/.279 308/.248 140/.189 .268  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Ward
 Cedeno
 DeRosa
78/0/0/6
0/11/112/4
23/62/2/3
0/86/0/1
5/0/3/0
0/1/0/0
27/0/25/0
OPS .818 .741 .714 .673 .714 .799 .636 .614 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.559 121/.793 3/1.000 137/.679 63/.717 42/.742 149/.564 59/.664 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 428/.892 152/.700 4/.500 170/.668 79/.703 56/.847 159/.707 81/.576 .775
Road 284/.937 123/.663 7/.714 143/.681 70/.818 31/.784 154/.711 59/.685 .766
Last 28d days 127/.775 62/.712 7/.714 51/.739 47/.847 53/.657 56/.724 64/.525
HR/SB/CS 18/10/7 5/6/1 0/0/1 7/11/0 4/3/0 3/2/0 3/12/0 4/2/1 144/102/27
Usage ·····X·· X····X·o ··X····· ·X···o·· ···o·o·o ······X· XX·o···o o··X·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.

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