WSN @ SFG, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Game Preview

Washington Nationals, 38-62, 5th, 16 GB, 19 GB in WC	SP: Collin Balester (22, RHP, 1-2, 5.87) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 15.1 16 12 10 6 9 2 5.87 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 15.1 16 12 10 6 9 2 5.87 42 2008-07-12 HOU L 4.2 11 6 4 0 3 1 91 25 2008-07-06 @CIN L 5.2 4 5 5 3 3 1 102 41 2008-07-01 @FLA W 5 1 1 1 3 3 0 95 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.SFG Has never faced SFG.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-30 Road: 18-32 ExtrInn: 4-5 vsRHP: 23-39 vsLHP: 15-23 1-Run: 15-19 vsEast: 16-22 vsCntrl:11-19 vsWest: 3-11 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 94 Fri, Jul 11 HOU W 10-0 36-58 5th 15.0 gb 93 Thu, Jul 10 ARI L 5-7 (11) 35-58 5th 15.0 gb 92 Wed, Jul 9 ARI W 5-0 35-57 5th 14.0 gb 91 Tue, Jul 8 ARI L 0-2 34-57 5th 14.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:10-20
San Francisco Giants, 41-58, 4th, 8½ GB, 15½ GB in WC	SP: Kevin Correia (27, RHP, 1-5, 5.81) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-5) 52.2 60 34 34 26 35 8 5.81 2007 (4-7) 101.2 94 39 39 40 80 9 3.45 2006 (2-0) 69.2 64 27 27 22 57 5 3.49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-3 31.2 42 24 24 17 20 4 6.82 40 2008-07-12 @CHC ND 3.2 9 7 7 4 4 1 79 15 2008-07-02 CHC ND 6.1 7 4 4 3 4 1 103 44 2008-06-27 @OAK ND 5 4 1 1 2 4 0 103 57 2008-06-21 @KCR L 5 6 3 3 4 2 0 99 41 2008-06-15 OAK L 5.1 7 5 5 2 4 0 88 36 2008-04-26 CIN ND 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 45 2008-04-21 @ARI L 6 8 3 3 2 2 2 92 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.WSN 1-0 6 5 2 2 1 2 1 3.00 55 2007-08-31 @WSN W 6 5 2 2 1 2 1 90 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 18-31 Road: 23-27 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 29-38 vsLHP: 12-20 1-Run: 17-16 vsEast: 10-10 vsCntrl: 9-21 vsWest: 16-15 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 99 Tue, Jul 22 WSN W 6-3 41-58 4th 8.5 gb 98 Sun, Jul 20 MIL L 4-7 40-58 4th 8.0 gb 97 Sat, Jul 19 MIL L 5-8 40-57 4th 8.0 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 MIL L 1-9 40-56 3rd 7.0 gb 95 Sun, Jul 13 @CHC W 4-2 40-55 3rd 7.0 gb 94 Sat, Jul 12 @CHC L 7-8 (11) 39-55 3rd 8.0 gb 93 Fri, Jul 11 @CHC L 1-3 39-54 3rd 7.0 gb 92 Thu, Jul 10 @NYM L 3-7 39-53 3rd 7.0 gb 91 Wed, Jul 9 @NYM L 0-5 39-52 3rd 6.0 gb 90 Tue, Jul 8 @NYM L 0-7 39-51 3rd 6.0 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jul 22, 2008 SFG 6 WSN 3 W:Barry Zito (5-12), L: Jay Bergmann (1-7), S: Brian Wilson (26) Mon, Jun 09, 2008 SFG 3 @WSN 2 W:Matt Cain (3-4), L: Tyler Clippard (0-1), S: Brian Wilson (18) Sun, Jun 08, 2008 SFG 6 @WSN 3 W:Barry Zito (2-9), L: Garrett Mock (0-1), S: Brian Wilson (17) Sat, Jun 07, 2008 SFG 6 @WSN 0 W:Jonathan Sanchez (5-3), L: Shawn Hill (0-3), S: none Fri, Jun 06, 2008 SFG 10 @WSN 1 W:Tim Lincecum (8-1), L: Jay Bergmann (1-3), S: none Sun, Sep 02, 2007 WSN 2 SFG 1 W:Chad Cordero (3-3), L: Brian Wilson (1-1), S: none Sat, Sep 01, 2007 WSN 4 SFG 1 W:Joel Hanrahan (4-2), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-3), S: Chad Cordero (29) Fri, Aug 31, 2007 SFG 3 @WSN 2 W:Kevin Correia (3-6), L: Tim Redding (3-5), S: Brad Hennessey (17) Thu, Aug 09, 2007 WSN 3 @SFG 1 W:Joel Hanrahan (2-0), L: Patrick Misch (0-2), S: Chad Cordero (25) Wed, Aug 08, 2007 SFG 5 WSN 0 W:Matt Cain (4-12), L: Tim Redding (1-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - SFG leads 5-0; 2007 - WSN won 4-3; 2006 - WSN won 5-1; All-Time - SFG leads 217-204

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 5.44

CLE 4.55

SDP 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.63

NYM 4.54

TEX 5.84

C. Jones .371

A. Huff .285

T. Pena .152

OBP

A. Pujols .468

M. Grudzielanek .359

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .628

R. Vazquez .470

O. Vizquel .200

OPS

A. Pujols 1.073

B. Giles .825

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

M. Cain 4.08

M. Hendrickson 6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

G. Floyd 6.19

L. Hernandez 3.31

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. San Francisco Giants Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Correia
G/S/vB 43.Espineli*
G/S/vB 52.Hinshaw*
G/S/vB 56.Matos
G/S/vB 54.Romo
G/S/vB 37.Taschner*
G/S/vB 45.Walker
G/S/vB 38.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Belliard G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 206/143 .232/.340/.452/.792 1.089/.667 .767 77/.843 1/0 9/

5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 84/70 .203/.298/.311/.608 .298/.669 .494 37/.594 1/0 1/

23.Estrada# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 51/41 .163/.196/.163/.359 .200/.399 .360 10/.200 0/0 0/

3.Flores G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 207/153 .287/.338/.452/.790 .919/.743 .918 61/.630 0/1 5/

15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 3/.000 445/304 .307/.338/.419/.757 .868/.706 .729 94/.713 3/3 5/

1.Harris* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 192/151 .253/.366/.451/.817 .944/.783 .810 81/1.001 7/2 7/

25.Kearns G/S/vP 8/1.518 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 236/172 .221/.322/.333/.655 .556/.691 .670 63/.915 1/2 5/

29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 3/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 53/40 .261/.346/.348/.694 .237/.851 1.027 17/1.037 2/0 0/

16.Lo Duca G/S/vP 10/.300 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 128/93 .241/.313/.302/.614 .609/.615 .614 58/.697 1/0 0/

2.Lopez# G/S/vP 14/.536 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 6/1.267 339/212 .243/.318/.326/.643 .681/.620 .795 57/.598 4/4 2/

53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 94/59 .262/.315/.345/.660 .720/.626 .521 12/.523 0/0 1/

4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/20 .190/.190/.238/.429 .000/.474 .667 17/.563 0/0 0/

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.933 225/147 .258/.298/.426/.724 .651/.764 .846 5/.933 0/0 8/

IP 52.2 1.0 23.2 6.0 9.2 34.0 39.0 39.1 TOTAL .243/.317/.365/.682 .719/.666 .709 .719 43/21 73/73

ERA-K/9

5.81/6.0

0.00/9.0

2.66/11.8

3.00/6.0

2.79/8.4

3.18/6.6

4.62/7.6

4.81/9.6

4.35/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Estrada (12-5-0)
Flores (32-8-7)
Lo Duca (13-2-1)
Nieves (19-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.286 3/.000 103/.198 29/.296 39/.171 151/.246 162/.234 177/.264 .258 Kearns
Harris
Casto
Lopez
Langerhans
Lo Duca 0/0/56/3
39/14/0/2
7/0/1/1
8/0/0/1
16/0/3/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .833 .000 .651 .937 .637 .699 .727 .716 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.693 1/.000 53/.681 10/1.178 14/.071 75/.522 55/1.122 79/.521 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.938 2/.000 50/.620 19/.816 25/.970 76/.872 107/.526 98/.870 .769

Home 107/.729 3/.000 60/.756 20/1.034 20/.639 72/.878 70/.875 89/.749 .757

Last 28d days 79/.907 3/.000 38/.722 29/.937 39/.637 36/.871 32/.893 46/.882

HR/SB/CS 8/2/1 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 3/5/1 6/1/1 3/1/1 92/60/20

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

San Francisco Giants Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Balester
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

50.Alfonzo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/9 .091/.091/.091/.182 .000/.222 .000 11/.182 0/0 0/

35.Aurilia G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 279/186 .271/.326/.422/.749 .901/.676 .699 69/.644 1/1 8/

21.Bowker* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 3/.666 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 263/230 .269/.312/.437/.749 .343/.807 .733 66/.690 1/0 9/

7.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 132/72 .291/.349/.342/.691 .902/.522 .764 27/.641 7/2 0/

12.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 360/247 .260/.314/.413/.727 .736/.723 .726 72/.694 2/2 6/

14.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 375/303 .274/.349/.449/.799 .512/.866 .917 81/.688 17/6 7/

1.Molina G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 12/.083 3/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 357/257 .283/.314/.419/.733 .721/.738 .642 83/.561 0/0 8/

23.Ochoa G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/5 .308/.308/.462/.769 .500/1.200 .700 13/.769 0/0 0/

10.Roberts* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 18/18 .118/.167/.118/.284 /.284 .250 / 0/1 0/

33.Rowand G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 10/1.500 6/.167 ··· 11/1.000 ··· 384/278 .289/.354/.451/.805 1.089/.697 .740 89/.710 1/3 9/

8.Velez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 151/115 .213/.265/.326/.591 .504/.615 .612 24/.725 9/5 0/

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 4/.000 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 182/135 .169/.237/.200/.437 .384/.456 .570 55/.415 4/0 0/

2.Winn# G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 7/.821 7/.429 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 394/273 .280/.349/.395/.743 .747/.741 .716 82/.460 19/1 5/

IP 15.1 47.1 45.1 59.1 22.0 57.2 17.0 TOTAL .254/.318/.382/.700 .710/.697 .704 .617 77/28 61/59

ERA-K/9

5.87/5.3

5.32/6.1

5.36/7.9

3.94/9.9

4.50/9.8

3.43/5.8

2.12/6.9

4.43/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Alfonzo (3-0-0)
Molina (38-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 73/.254 211/.283 211/.276 253/.222 94/.184 250/.247 72/.220 .272 Lewis
Winn
Rowand
Velez
Roberts
Bowker
Burriss 82/9/1/6
0/5/88/3
0/92/0/3
4/0/6/1
5/0/0/1
1/0/13/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .746 .771 .749 .667 .655 .622 .700 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.792 99/.834 97/.751 112/.616 38/.483 129/.573 35/.676 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 45/.718 112/.717 114/.746 141/.704 56/.775 121/.677 37/.723 .786

Road 47/.553 84/.838 92/.691 117/.708 44/.773 115/.710 25/.733 .778

Last 28d days 73/.746 39/.811 35/.877 42/.396 33/.624 46/.505 62/.754

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 5/0/1 2/4/1 5/10/0 3/2/0 2/10/0 1/0/1 106/76/20

Usage ········ ···o···· X·X····· ··o····· o·o·X··· 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 @ SFG, 10:15pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @AT&T Park

SP: Collin Balester (22, RHP, 1-2, 5.87)

SP: Kevin Correia (27, RHP, 1-5, 5.81)

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