WSN @ LAD, Sunday, July 27, 2008 Game Preview

Washington Nationals, 38-66, 5th, 18 GB, 14½ GB in WC	SP: Jay Bergmann (26, RHP, 1-7, 4.21) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-7) 87.2 93 50 41 19 64 16 4.21 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 0-4 42.2 42 21 15 9 22 6 3.16 52 2008-07-22 @SFG L 5 5 5 4 0 1 3 82 40 2008-07-10 ARI ND 7 6 2 2 1 3 0 104 59 2008-07-04 @CIN L 6 6 3 2 3 5 1 106 52 2008-06-29 BAL ND 7 6 1 1 1 3 1 100 63 2008-06-23 LAA ND 7 6 1 1 0 6 0 82 67 2008-06-18 @MIN L 6 5 3 1 3 2 0 106 53 2008-06-12 @PIT L 4.2 8 6 4 1 2 1 87 29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 0-0 6 6 3 3 1 1 1 4.50 48 2007-08-28 @LAD ND 6 6 3 3 1 1 1 89 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-30 Road: 18-36 ExtrInn: 4-5 vsRHP: 23-43 vsLHP: 15-23 1-Run: 15-21 vsEast: 16-22 vsCntrl:11-19 vsWest: 3-15 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 104 Sat, Jul 26 @LAD L 0-6 38-66 5th 18.0 gb 103 Fri, Jul 25 @LAD L 2-3 38-65 5th 18.0 gb 102 Thu, Jul 24 @SFG L 0-1 38-64 5th 17.0 gb 101 Wed, Jul 23 @SFG L 4-6 38-63 5th 16.0 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 @SFG L 3-6 38-62 5th 16.0 gb 99 Sun, Jul 20 @ATL W 15-6 38-61 5th 15.0 gb 98 Sat, Jul 19 @ATL W 8-2 37-61 5th 16.0 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 Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 5-15 Last 30: 9-21
Los Angeles Dodgers, 51-52, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Clayton Kershaw (20, LHP, 0-3, 5.18) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-3) 41.2 49 24 24 27 35 4 5.18 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-3 32 39 18 18 22 26 3 5.06 44 2008-07-22 @COL L 3 10 5 5 3 2 1 74 18 2008-07-01 @HOU ND 5.2 6 3 3 2 4 0 90 47 2008-06-26 CHW L 4 6 2 2 4 3 0 69 41 2008-06-20 CLE ND 5 4 4 4 3 5 1 85 45 2008-06-15 @DET ND 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 65 58 2008-06-10 @SDP ND 5.1 6 2 2 4 5 0 92 49 2008-06-04 COL L 5 5 2 2 4 5 1 104 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.WSN Has never faced WSN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-24 Road: 24-28 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 34-38 vsLHP: 17-14 1-Run: 15-12 vsEast: 11-11 vsCntrl:17-14 vsWest: 18-17 IL: 5-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 103 Sat, Jul 26 WSN W 6-0 51-52 2nd 1.0 gb 102 Fri, Jul 25 WSN W 3-2 50-52 2nd 1.0 gb 101 Wed, Jul 23 @COL L 3-5 49-52 2nd 1.0 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 @COL L 1-10 49-51 2nd 1.0 gb 99 Mon, Jul 21 @COL W 16-10 49-50 1st Tied 98 Sun, Jul 20 @ARI W 6-5 48-50 1st Tied 97 Sat, Jul 19 @ARI L 2-3 47-50 2nd 1.0 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 @ARI W 8-7 (11) 47-49 1st Tied 95 Sun, Jul 13 FLA W 9-1 46-49 2nd 1.0 gb 94 Sat, Jul 12 FLA L 3-5 (11) 45-49 2nd 2.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jul 26, 2008 LAD 6 WSN 0 W:Derek Lowe (8-8), L: Odalis Perez (3-8), S: none Fri, Jul 25, 2008 LAD 3 WSN 2 W:Chad Billingsley (10-9), L: John Lannan (6-10), S: Jonathan Broxton (3) Wed, Aug 29, 2007 LAD 10 WSN 9 (12) W:Scott Proctor (5-5), L: Saul Rivera (4-5), S: none Tue, Aug 28, 2007 LAD 4 WSN 3 W:Chad Billingsley (9-4), L: Chris Schroder (1-1), S: Takashi Saito (36) Mon, Aug 27, 2007 LAD 5 WSN 4 W:Derek Lowe (11-11), L: Mike Bacsik (5-8), S: Takashi Saito (35) Thu, May 31, 2007 WSN 11 LAD 4 W:Micah Bowie (2-2), L: Mark Hendrickson (2-3), S: none Wed, May 30, 2007 LAD 5 @WSN 0 W:Derek Lowe (5-5), L: Mike Bacsik (1-1), S: none Tue, May 29, 2007 LAD 10 @WSN 0 W:Brad Penny (7-1), L: Jason Simontacchi (2-3), S: none Sun, Jul 30, 2006 LAD 4 WSN 3 W:Jonathan Broxton (2-0), L: Jon Rauch (3-2), S: Takashi Saito (9) Sat, Jul 29, 2006 LAD 7 WSN 5 W:Derek Lowe (8-7), L: Mike O'Connor (3-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (1) Season Series: 2008 - LAD leads 2-0; 2007 - LAD won 5-1; 2006 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 240-174

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 5.58

COL 4.61

WSN 3.73

RA/G

OAK 3.79

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.87

C. Jones .369

M. Lowell .285

T. Pena .152

OBP

C. Jones .466

Y. Escobar .357

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .624

J. Werth .472

T. Pena .201

OPS

L. Berkman 1.065

C. Guillen .821

T. Pena .375

ERA

C. Lee 2.29

Z. Greinke 4.06

M. Hendrickson 6.01

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.84

M. Mussina 6.01

K. Rogers 3.48

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 49.Falkenborg
G/S/vB 54.Johnson
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 13/1.017 ··· 14/.428 ··· 1/.000 211/147 .231/.336/.451/.787 1.070/.670 .761 74/.903 1/0 9/

5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/71 .197/.291/.303/.593 .277/.659 .453 36/.523 1/0 1/

3.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 220/166 .275/.327/.445/.772 .919/.723 .870 61/.648 0/1 6/

15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 28/.583 ··· 12/.350 ··· ··· 458/316 .303/.333/.413/.746 .862/.694 .710 93/.633 3/3 5/

1.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 19/.234 ··· 7/.666 ··· ··· 209/166 .254/.361/.435/.796 .946/.757 .772 87/.945 7/3 7/

25.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 253/189 .218/.316/.323/.639 .556/.666 .642 80/.805 1/2 5/

29.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.417 ··· ··· 61/47 .269/.367/.365/.732 .298/.863 1.022 25/1.031 2/0 0/

16.Lo Duca G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 5/.200 1/.000 3/1.667 8/.250 3/1.333 ··· ··· 142/107 .240/.310/.295/.604 .609/.602 .598 68/.672 1/0 0/

2.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/.250 1/.000 9/1.810 ··· ··· ··· ··· 353/226 .238/.311/.317/.628 .681/.598 .753 66/.556 4/5 2/

44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 348/239 .239/.305/.359/.664 .671/.661 .635 7/.000 13/4 7/

53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/59 .262/.315/.345/.660 .720/.626 .521 11/.573 0/0 1/

4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 23/21 .182/.182/.227/.409 .000/.450 .500 14/.538 0/0 0/

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 242/164 .262/.302/.422/.724 .651/.760 .831 22/.778 0/0 8/

IP 41.2 30.2 43.0 9.1 7.0 57.0 68.0 17.2 43.1 TOTAL .241/.314/.360/.675 .718/.656 .694 .684 43/23 74/73

ERA-K/9

5.18/7.6

1.76/5.3

3.35/10.5

5.79/5.8

2.57/2.6

1.89/10.7

2.51/7.1

6.11/10.7

2.91/6.4

3.77/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (33-8-7)
Lo Duca (13-2-1)
Nieves (19-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.302 135/.286 174/.219 38/.235 27/.200 230/.206 287/.267 78/.297 175/.226 .254 Kearns
Harris
Casto
Lopez
Milledge
Langerhans
Lo Duca 0/0/60/3
41/16/0/2
7/0/1/1
8/0/0/1
0/81/0/1
18/0/3/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .820 .669 .611 .709 .699 .561 .744 .751 .679 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/.827 63/.629 69/.865 13/.657 11/1.064 74/.599 127/.834 28/.450 64/.709 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 161/.817 72/.705 105/.459 25/.728 16/.454 156/.540 160/.676 50/.938 111/.661 .668

Home 88/.791 70/.655 86/.453 17/.368 / 78/.422 129/.615 45/.694 85/.591 .610

Last 28d days 45/.992 31/.833 34/.491 32/.805 27/.699 45/.511 64/.820 33/.751 56/.756

HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 0/4/2 2/4/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 8/3/0 0/4/0 5/1/0 78/55/14

Usage ····X··· o····X·o ·o····X· ·····Xo· ····X··· ·····X·· ···X···· ····X·X· X····X·o

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 56.Ayala
G/S/vB 43.Colome
G/S/vB 38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 36.Manning*
G/S/vB 52.Rivera
G/S/vB 59.Shell
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/10 .238/.273/.286/.558 .750/.311 .606 5/1.000 0/0 0/

13.Berroa G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 90/61 .210/.273/.259/.532 .501/.547 .381 27/.721 0/0 0/

30.Blake G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 371/291 .293/.368/.470/.837 .920/.815 .686 88/.994 2/0 11/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 379/291 .277/.341/.452/.794 .659/.834 .722 100/.867 3/2 11/

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 8/.393 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 93/64 .282/.333/.518/.851 1.274/.675 .797 58/.974 1/1 5/

25.Jones G/S/vP 18/.410 16/1.634 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 214/139 .166/.266/.251/.518 .619/.464 .549 60/.454 0/1 2/

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 408/287 .290/.344/.466/.810 1.023/.721 .779 105/.914 22/6 12/

12.Kent G/S/vP 3/2.334 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 342/245 .255/.310/.411/.721 .795/.692 .649 82/.802 0/0 10/

28.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/30 .203/.319/.322/.641 .576/.727 .483 40/.598 0/0 2/

7.Loney* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 418/289 .302/.361/.462/.823 .737/.860 .787 93/.860 3/3 8/

55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.600 ··· 419/308 .294/.391/.431/.822 .772/.840 .758 99/.716 10/4 10/

14.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/48 .284/.314/.328/.643 .938/.488 .831 6/.833 0/2 0/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 6/.533 11/.546 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 305/214 .277/.325/.316/.640 .812/.567 .606 11/.545 35/7 0/

IP 87.2 48.1 46.1 60.1 22.1 58.1 20.0 TOTAL .256/.322/.380/.702 .768/.675 .680 .713 86/26 73/66

ERA-K/9

4.21/6.6

5.77/6.1

5.24/7.8

3.88/10.0

4.43/9.7

3.39/6.0

1.80/7.2

4.44/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ardoin (2-1-1)
Martin (51-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 372/.270 218/.289 214/.277 256/.219 95/.182 252/.244 82/.217 .272 Kemp
Ethier
Pierre
Jones 0/53/47/9
37/0/61/6
67/5/0/1
0/55/0/1

OPS .761 .791 .748 .658 .647 .616 .660 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.810 102/.855 97/.738 111/.623 39/.470 127/.566 38/.675 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 170/.702 116/.737 117/.754 145/.683 56/.775 125/.671 44/.646 .787

Road 186/.738 91/.882 95/.690 120/.688 45/.753 117/.697 35/.629 .773

Last 28d days 110/.698 38/.903 31/.785 37/.363 29/.626 45/.517 57/.616

HR/SB/CS 16/5/1 5/1/1 2/4/1 5/10/0 3/2/0 2/10/0 1/0/1 108/78/21

Usage ····X··· ···X···o o···X·X· ·o····o· ···oo·o· ···oX··o X··o··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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Game Preview: WSN @ LAD, 4:10pm, Sunday, July 27, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

SP: Jay Bergmann (26, RHP, 1-7, 4.21)

SP: Clayton Kershaw (20, LHP, 0-3, 5.18)

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