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Game Preview: WSN @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, May 8, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Washington Nationals, 14-20, 5th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (23, LHP, 2-3, 3.74)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             33.2  34  15  14  16  24  3    3.74      
 2007 (2-2)             34.2  36  17  16  17  10  3    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  38.2  39  18  17  21  26  4    3.96   49 
 2008-05-02    PIT   L   3     6   6   5   2   0  1      85   23 
 2008-04-27    CHC   W   7     4   0   0   4   3  0     107   68 
 2008-04-22   @ATL   W   7     5   0   0   3   4  0      95   68 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-0   5     5   3   3   5   2  1    5.40   42 
 2007-08-23   @HOU   W   5     5   3   3   5   2  1      85   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-8    Road:    4-12   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   6-13   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  9-13   vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Wed, May  7  @HOU  L   3-4       14-20  5th  5.5 gb
 33 Tue, May  6  @HOU  L   5-6       14-19  5th  4.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  4   PIT  W   5-2       14-18  5th  4.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  3   PIT  W   9-8       13-18  5th  4.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  2   PIT  L   4-11      12-18  5th  5.0 gb
 29 Thu, May  1   PIT  W   3-2       12-17  5th  4.0 gb
 28 Wed, Apr 30   ATL  W   3-2 (12)  11-17  5th  4.5 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 29   ATL  W   6-3       10-17  5th  5.5 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27   CHC  W   2-0        9-17  5th  6.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   CHC  L   0-7        8-17  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-19
Houston Astros, 18-16, 3rd, 3½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 2-3, 4.42)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             36.2  40  19  18  25  25  6    4.42      
 2007 (3-1)             28.2  27  13  12  11  11  4    3.77      
 2006 (3-2)             43    43  18  18  18  19  4    3.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  36.2  40  19  18  25  25  6    4.42   46 
 2008-05-03    MIL   W   5.2   5   2   2   5   3  1      92   49 
 2008-04-27   @STL   L   5     5   4   4   5   4  1      83   40 
 2008-04-22    SDP  ND   7     4   3   3   2   4  1      93   59 
 2008-04-17   @PHI   L   3    10   6   5   2   2  1      61   17 
 2008-04-12    FLA   W   5     5   0   0   5   2  0     105   54 
 2008-04-06   @CHC  ND   6     6   2   2   3   7  1     100   56 
 2008-04-01   @SDP   L   5     5   2   2   3   3  1      82   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      1-1  12     9   5   5   5   4  1    3.75   53 
 2006-04-07    WSN   W   6     3   1   1   1   3  1      82   64 
 2005-07-23   @WSN   L   6     6   4   4   4   1  0      96   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-5    Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  14-13   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast:  5-3    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Wed, May  7   WSN  W   4-3       18-16  3rd  3.5 gb
 33 Tue, May  6   WSN  W   6-5       17-16  3rd  4.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  4   MIL  W   8-6 (12)  16-16  4th  4.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  3   MIL  W   6-2       15-16  4th  4.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  2   MIL  W   7-4       14-16  4th  5.0 gb
 29 Wed, Apr 30  @ARI  L   7-8       13-16  4th  5.0 gb
 28 Tue, Apr 29  @ARI  W   6-4       13-15  4th  4.0 gb
 27 Mon, Apr 28  @ARI  L   3-5       12-15  4th  5.0 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27  @STL  L   1-5       12-14  4th  4.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @STL  L   3-4       12-13  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 07, 2008 HOU  4  WSN  3        W:Jose Valverde (4-1), L: Joel Hanrahan (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 HOU  6  WSN  5        W:Doug Brocail (2-0), L: Luis Ayala (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (7)

Thu, Aug 23, 2007 WSN  7 @HOU  6        W:John Lannan (2-2), L: Juan Gutierrez (0-1), S: Chad Cordero (28)
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 HOU  3  WSN  2        W:Woody Williams (8-12), L: Mike Bacsik (5-7), S: Brad Lidge (12)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 WSN 11 @HOU  6        W:Joel Hanrahan (3-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-12), S: none
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 WSN  7 @HOU  0        W:Tim Redding (3-3), L: Jason Jennings (2-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 WSN  7  HOU  6        W:Jay Bergmann (2-5), L: Jason Jennings (1-6), S: Chad Cordero (17)
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 HOU  4 @WSN  2        W:Chris Sampson (7-6), L: Tim Redding (1-2), S: Brad Lidge (1)
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 WSN  4  HOU  3        W:Saul Rivera (4-2), L: Woody Williams (4-11), S: Chad Cordero (16)
Thu, May 25, 2006 WSN  8  HOU  5        W:Tony Armas (5-2), L: Andy Pettitte (3-6), S: Chad Cordero (7)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 2-0; 2007 - WSN won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - HOU leads 230-182

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

CHC  5.74

TEX  4.51

SDP  3.32

RA/G

TOR  3.54

TBR  4.45

PIT  5.70

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .81

H. Kuroda  3.95

C. Sabathia  7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.06

B. Backe  6.13

J. Garland  2.03

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Backe
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
38.Moehler
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 7/.829 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.800 1/.000 10/.522 ··· 67/49 .211/.328/.333/.662 .889/.585 .717 31/.715 0/0 1/
8.Boone G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 43/21 .263/.349/.447/.796 .529/1.065 .973 35/.888 0/0 2/
23.Estrada# G/S/vP 12/.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 6/.000 14/.297 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 41/32 .179/.220/.179/.399 .222/.450 .438 40/.409 0/0 0/
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 5/.800 1/2.000 2/1.000 17/1.280 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 151/100 .303/.325/.455/.780 .964/.685 .693 107/.719 0/1 3/
1.Harris* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 48/35 .200/.333/.325/.658 .231/.805 .523 34/.811 0/0 0/
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 10/1.250 14/.824 2/1.500 4/.000 ··· 126/81 .213/.405/.447/.852 .679/.949 .899 91/.839 0/0 5/
25.Kearns G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 3/2.667 ··· 5/1.100 12/1.483 8/.875 10/.944 ··· 141/92 .215/.326/.314/.640 .574/.674 .727 103/.620 1/2 3/
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/.000 12/.167 7/1.000 11/.969 8/1.000 ··· 56/39 .204/.304/.265/.569 .544/.580 .440 26/.487 0/0 0/
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 12/.958 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 9/.833 9/.708 3/.000 6/.900 ··· 115/70 .276/.339/.343/.682 .650/.702 .716 90/.718 4/0 1/
12.Mackowiak* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 10/.700 2/1.000 ··· ··· 27/26 .167/.259/.208/.468 .000/.487 .476 18/.646 0/0 0/
44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 144/94 .256/.321/.352/.673 .625/.701 .700 103/.623 3/3 1/
53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 37/20 .355/.429/.484/.912 1.000/.839 .421 37/.912 0/0 1/
26.Pena G/S/vP 5/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 73/43 .235/.274/.265/.539 .690/.433 .358 73/.539 0/1 0/
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 12/.500 7/1.071 4/.500 6/.000 ··· 148/99 .239/.270/.399/.669 .537/.736 .779 107/.664 0/0 5/
IP 36.2 14.1 19.2 4.2 14.0 7.2 19.0 18.2 11.0 TOTAL .239/.316/.356/.671 .660/.678 .680 .663 8/7 23/19
ERA-K/9 4.42/6.1 4.40/6.9 2.75/8.2 0.00/3.8 1.93/9.6 7.04/3.5 4.74/10.9 4.82/6.3 3.27/9.8 4.40/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Estrada (9-4-0)
 Lo Duca (10-1-1)
 Nieves (11-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 171/.276 67/.339 76/.233 22/.188 60/.176 38/.314 85/.253 75/.257 43/.158 .271  Kearns
 Harris
 Lopez
 Pena
 Mackowiak
 Milledge
0/0/34/2
19/2/0/1
8/0/0/1
19/0/0/0
5/0/1/0
0/33/0/0
OPS .844 .942 .633 .659 .575 .883 .798 .864 .598 .802
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.816 22/.641 28/.964 11/.495 21/.510 13/.916 37/.669 34/.765 17/.627 .821
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.863 45/1.077 48/.431 11/.831 39/.606 25/.862 48/.878 41/.947 26/.579 .790
Home 75/.728 32/.874 43/.719 11/.597 36/.567 29/.789 49/.524 34/.904 23/.577 .797
Last 28d days 121/.875 44/.896 61/.569 22/.659 45/.526 26/.769 64/.720 44/.893 37/.614
HR/SB/CS 6/1/0 3/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/2/0 4/3/0 6/0/1 1/0/0 46/9/4
Usage ····X··· ···X···o Xo·X·o·o ···X···o ···X·X·o ········ Xo·Xoo·· ····X··· ···oo··o
Houston Astros Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.91 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
54.O'Connor*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 37/25 .194/.194/.278/.472 1.000/.240 .600 31/.567 0/1 0/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.667 8/1.458 3/1.334 5/.600 3/.000 9/.444 2/3.000 143/113 .361/.441/.754/1.195 1.148/1.208 1.548 107/1.286 6/1 11/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 76/64 .216/.224/.378/.602 .083/.688 .780 55/.540 0/0 3/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 125/101 .195/.272/.310/.582 .788/.532 .571 84/.578 13/0 3/
22.Cruz# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/2.167 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.500 41/26 .091/.268/.121/.390 .497/.319 .662 30/.353 0/0 0/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 49/46 .292/.306/.375/.681 .667/.682 .588 38/.694 1/1 0/
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/1.666 6/1.500 9/.476 4/.833 3/.666 4/1.250 2/1.000 137/112 .276/.328/.528/.856 .838/.860 .764 96/.849 0/0 7/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.833 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 87/68 .211/.299/.263/.562 1.007/.447 .701 57/.596 0/0 0/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 9/.661 1/.000 5/1.800 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 80/61 .275/.354/.391/.746 .885/.704 .863 80/.746 6/1 1/
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.333 129/98 .256/.295/.430/.724 .803/.699 .935 86/.849 2/3 4/
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 17/.794 2/.000 6/.000 6/.000 2/.000 145/118 .331/.366/.544/.910 .756/.946 1.034 105/.916 2/2 5/
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 86/72 .171/.318/.386/.703 1.205/.622 .841 56/.592 0/0 4/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 1/no AB 44/33 .237/.318/.342/.660 .920/.576 .611 21/.611 2/0 1/
IP 33.2 19.1 20.0 19.0 5.2 15.1 22.0 TOTAL .253/.315/.426/.741 .840/.716 .851 .766 32/9 40/13
ERA-K/9 3.74/6.4 4.19/6.5 3.15/9.0 5.21/12.8 6.35/4.7 3.52/6.5 4.50/4.9 4.52/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (2-1-2)
 Towles (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 149/.258 86/.276 88/.225 92/.236 26/.250 65/.258 97/.241 .266  Bourn
 Lee
 Pence
 Cruz
 Erstad
0/30/0/4
33/0/0/3
0/0/32/1
7/3/3/0
5/5/2/0
OPS .729 .723 .645 .757 .800 .679 .696 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.749 39/.482 46/.674 47/.627 6/.333 38/.615 51/.553 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.718 47/.928 42/.610 45/.882 20/.974 27/.773 46/.872 .851
Road 79/.567 36/.922 47/.694 55/.644 5/.833 16/.375 41/.871 .785
Last 28d days 120/.700 68/.752 64/.608 68/.712 26/.800 52/.628 75/.837
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 1/0/1 0/1/1 1/5/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 2/3/0 35/30/8
Usage ·····X·· ·X·oX·oo oo·XXo·· X····X·· X····X·· ····X·oo ·X·oX··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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