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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 7:00pm, Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @Turner Field

Nationals, 40-73, 5th, 23½ GB, 22 GB in WC

SP: Craig Stammen (25, RHP, 3-6, 5.40)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-6)			83.1	95	54	50	16	37	9	5.40

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.2	47	24	23	6	15	4	5.35	45
2009-08-06	FLA	ND	1.2	6	6	5	1	2	0	45	22
2009-08-01	@PIT	L	3.0	8	6	6	0	0	1	44	19
2009-07-27	@MIL	ND	4.2	9	5	5	0	1	2	74	27
2009-07-22	NYM	W	7.1	4	1	1	2	5	0	95	69
2009-07-17	CHC	L	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	96	49
2009-07-11	@HOU	W	9.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	107	62
2009-07-06	@COL	L	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	98	65

Has never faced ATL.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   26-33   Road:   14-40   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  31-55   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast: 13-33   vsCntrl:10-19   vsWest: 10-10 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug 11  @ATL  L   1-8       40-73  5th 23.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9   ARI  W   9-2       40-72  5th 22.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8   ARI  W   5-2       39-72  5th 23.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7   ARI  W   7-6       38-72  5th 24.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  6   FLA  W  12-8       37-72  5th 25.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5   FLA  W   5-4       36-72  5th 25.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4   FLA  W   6-4       35-72  5th 25.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3  @PIT  W   8-4       34-72  5th 26.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2  @PIT  W   5-3       33-72  5th 27.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1  @PIT  L   6-11      32-72  5th 28.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-15

Braves, 59-54, 3rd, 4½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (36, RHP, 11-7, 4.15)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-7)			143.0	155	70	66	45	74	8	4.15
2008 (14-11)			211.0	194	84	76	45	147	14	3.24
2007 (12-14)			199.1	194	100	86	59	147	20	3.88

Last 7 GS		4-1	41.2	48	16	16	10	19	3	3.46	50
2009-08-06	@LAD	ND	6.1	8	2	2	2	2	0	103	49
2009-08-01	LAD	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	85	50
2009-07-26	@MIL	W	6.0	9	2	2	0	3	1	94	49
2009-07-21	SFG	W	6.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	92	57
2009-07-16	NYM	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	112	49
2009-07-10	@COL	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	88	64
2009-07-05	@WSN	L	5.1	10	4	4	1	1	0	85	32

Last 5 v.WSN		1-3	30.1	28	10	10	8	19	1	2.97	56
2009-07-05	@WSN	L	5.1	10	4	4	1	1	0	85	32
2009-04-20	@WSN	L	6.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	115	45
2009-04-10	WSN	ND	3.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	65	51
2008-08-26	@WSN	L	8.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	112	67
2008-07-26	WSN	W	8.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	107	83

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-25   Road:   30-29   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  35-38   vsLHP:  24-16   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 21-15   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 16-15 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug 11   WSN  W   8-1       59-54  3rd  4.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9  @LAD  W   8-2       58-54  3rd  4.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8  @LAD  W   2-1 (10)  57-54  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7  @LAD  W   9-5 (12)  56-54  3rd  6.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  6  @LAD  L   4-5       55-54  3rd  7.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5  @SDP  W   6-2       55-53  3rd  6.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4  @SDP  W   9-2       54-53  3rd  6.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3  @SDP  L   2-4       53-53  3rd  7.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   LAD  L   1-9       53-52  3rd  7.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   LAD  W   4-3       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 WSN  5  ATL  3        W:Scott Olsen (2-4), L: Derek Lowe (7-7), S: Mike MacDougal (5)
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 WSN  5  ATL  3        W:John Lannan (6-5), L: Mike Gonzalez (3-1), S: Mike MacDougal (4)
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 ATL  9 @WSN  8        W:Boone Logan (1-0), L: Jesus Colome (1-1), S: Rafael Soriano (8)
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 ATL  1 @WSN  0        W:Mike Gonzalez (1-0), L: Garrett Mock (0-1), S: Rafael Soriano (2)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 WSN  4  ATL  3        W:Shairon Martis (2-0), L: Kenshin Kawakami (1-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 WSN  3  ATL  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (1-0), L: Derek Lowe (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (1)
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 ATL  8  WSN  5        W:Jair Jurrjens (2-0), L: Scott Olsen (0-2), S: Rafael Soriano (1)
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 ATL  5  WSN  3        W:Kenshin Kawakami (1-0), L: John Lannan (0-2), S: Mike Gonzalez (1)
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 ATL  6  WSN  5 (10)   W:Jorge Campillo (1-0), L: Joe Beimel (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 WSN  7 @ATL  4 (14)   W:Steven Shell (2-1), L: Jeff Bennett (2-6), S: Joel Hanrahan (8)
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 6-4; 2008 - WSN won 12-6; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 285-254

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 2009 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

LAA 5.65

WSN 4.62

SDP 3.73

RA/G

SFG 3.70

PHI 4.63

WSN 5.42

J. Mauer .365

A. McCutchen .292

A. Casilla .176

OBP

A. Pujols .448

J. Damon .364

R. Cedeno .232

SLG

A. Pujols .681

R. Ludwick .479

A. Casilla .224

OPS

A. Pujols 1.129

A. McCutchen .838

A. Casilla .492

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.20

M. Garza 3.80

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.89

J. Happ 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.72

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Nationals Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 36.Logan*
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 39.Soriano
G/S/vB 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP 27/.592 ··· 2/no AB ··· 6/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 7/1.429 ··· 201/170 .247/.318/.352/.670 .748/.656 .590 65/.562 0/1 2/5

10.Belliard G/S/vP 15/.718 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 6/.800 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.666 ··· 6/1.167 33/.670 158/102 .221/.274/.331/.605 .588/.614 .546 46/.822 2/0 3/3

34.Dukes G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 9/.333 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 4/.000 247/188 .251/.312/.417/.729 .766/.717 .675 36/.767 2/8 7/3

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 21/.295 3/.000 13/.481 3/2.667 9/.756 9/1.587 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 3/1.334 8/1.792 12/.250 470/342 .281/.409/.576/.984 .793/1.063 1.074 96/1.144 0/1 30/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 200/147 .268/.307/.366/.673 .947/.576 .728 78/.446 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 31/.781 3/.666 5/1.150 3/.000 15/.696 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.583 2/1.000 6/1.000 6/.900 407/307 .317/.337/.437/.774 .787/.770 .728 84/.962 3/5 5/14

22.Harris* G/S/vP 25/.440 2/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 11/1.245 4/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.250 239/206 .231/.363/.390/.753 .686/.761 .677 49/.550 9/2 4/3

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 9/1.223 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 6/.666 6/.333 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 6/.666 473/359 .305/.369/.387/.756 .485/.839 .734 105/.927 38/16 3/3

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/114 .245/.287/.287/.573 .463/.615 .662 35/.447 0/0 0/4

8.Padilla G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.333/.667 2.000/.000 3/.667 0/0 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP 16/.956 2/.500 5/.833 3/.000 11/1.493 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 7/1.000 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 326/253 .309/.420/.596/1.016 1.146/.981 1.140 97/1.065 3/2 18/5

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 27/.644 5/.650 6/1.000 3/.000 16/.646 9/1.083 ··· 1/.000 8/1.500 1/.000 9/.111 ··· 489/365 .306/.372/.537/.909 .777/.950 .899 102/1.241 1/0 24/13

IP 143.0 29.1 52.0 73.2 143.1 118.0 11.0 46.0 50.1 38.1 52.0 155.1 TOTAL .268/.348/.419/.767 .761/.769 .780 .819 52/30 109/116

ERA-K/9

4.15/4.7

3.68/7.1

2.77/11.9

3.05/6.7

3.01/6.5

4.12/6.4

4.09/3.3

4.50/9.4

3.40/7.5

3.52/6.3

2.42/11.9

2.90/9.9

3.73/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 618/.279 128/.288 221/.218 283/.243 596/.247 511/.252 47/.225 200/.251 215/.251 157/.243 208/.175 618/.225 .252

OPS .732 .796 .661 .729 .689 .767 .565 .734 .657 .599 .507 .618 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 322/.689 60/.887 80/.648 149/.832 290/.729 258/.706 26/.573 107/.625 87/.767 82/.522 102/.677 314/.660 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 296/.779 68/.720 141/.666 134/.618 306/.651 253/.828 21/.556 93/.855 128/.585 75/.684 106/.348 304/.575 .702

Home 308/.719 65/.854 95/.712 131/.688 304/.624 238/.642 21/.762 80/.733 104/.640 84/.636 103/.350 291/.595

Last 28d days 128/.730 45/.937 39/.428 108/.783 121/.701 127/.745 19/.663 54/.539 52/.474 22/.723 41/.732 141/.644

HR/SB/CS 8/9/2 2/3/0 4/5/2 7/9/5 10/11/6 14/6/5 0/3/0 4/1/1 0/9/3 1/3/3 3/2/0 13/6/4 77/71/34

Usage ·····X·· X·X·X··· ····X·Xo X·····X· ····X··· ···X···· ·······o ···XX··· ··o·XXo· X···oo·· ···XoXX· ··X····X

Braves Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 40.Balester
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 26.Kensing
G/S/vB 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB 60.Martin
G/S/vB 49.Mock
G/S/vB 52.Rivera
G/S/vB 29.Sosa
G/S/vB 41.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/1.000 9/.472 19/.839 347/254 .284/.314/.426/.740 .767/.730 .762 97/.840 1/0 9/3

25.Church* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 6/.900 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.508 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.933 10/1.922 2/.000 320/246 .280/.346/.388/.734 .593/.774 .630 56/.958 6/2 4/2

23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 14/1.038 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 7/.453 3/.000 1/.000 244/130 .292/.355/.452/.807 .936/.695 .808 67/.732 6/2 6/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 6/2.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/2.417 17/.494 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 11/.788 3/.000 3/2.000 404/269 .306/.373/.462/.835 .736/.882 .874 87/1.003 3/3 11/12

27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/69 .141/.198/.212/.410 .217/.477 .521 20/.311 0/1 1/1

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 20/.667 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 15/1.133 ··· ··· 1/3.000 9/.944 4/2.000 2/3.000 294/211 .227/.301/.408/.709 .958/.609 .699 31/1.279 5/2 8/7

10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 24/1.117 3/.333 ··· 10/1.433 19/.551 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 18/.347 5/.000 16/.739 408/275 .293/.409/.488/.897 .992/.846 .863 89/.964 3/1 15/14

22.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 10/.575 ··· 2/.500 4/.833 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.800 3/.000 11/.782 426/294 .256/.336/.448/.784 .662/.842 .978 78/.784 2/2 14/1

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 24/1.608 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 15/.690 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.000 4/2.500 5/.500 369/246 .287/.361/.491/.852 .512/1.020 .867 96/.823 3/1 12/6

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 8/1.042 2/.500 3/.666 3/3.334 13/1.282 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.250 2/1.500 7/.933 446/296 .258/.345/.441/.786 .734/.813 .739 105/.629 17/2 15/1

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.200 70/56 .138/.286/.172/.458 .845/.359 .467 18/.583 0/0 0/0

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 7/1.238 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 9/.472 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 1/no AB 2/3.000 318/190 .311/.365/.462/.827 .975/.732 .834 104/.706 0/3 7/4

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 116/73 .273/.374/.515/.889 .596/1.064 .716 11/.697 0/0 6/1

IP 83.1 19.0 29.0 48.0 27.0 26.0 153.1 32.2 21.1 36.2 14.1 8.2 34.1 TOTAL .265/.336/.407/.744 .747/.742 .726 .800 41/18 99/73

ERA-K/9

5.40/4.0

5.21/5.2

4.66/7.1

2.63/6.6

2.67/10.3

9.35/4.5

3.58/3.8

3.86/4.4

5.91/3.4

6.14/6.4

6.91/6.3

2.08/6.2

3.93/5.5

5.01/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 355/.289 78/.284 123/.266 194/.182 103/.161 122/.358 623/.270 149/.263 97/.315 179/.342 61/.321 32/.250 161/.271 .280

OPS .790 .888 .803 .583 .608 1.000 .748 .743 .938 .929 .985 .750 .810 .806

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.789 38/.899 49/1.128 87/.573 55/.292 58/.955 156/.904 71/.719 51/1.175 93/.900 31/1.436 14/.500 73/.823 .851

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.790 40/.878 74/.597 107/.590 48/.975 64/1.039 467/.697 78/.763 46/.654 86/.953 30/.562 18/.944 88/.799 .772

Road 192/.779 43/.694 71/.866 113/.623 36/.814 69/1.145 259/.885 64/.960 26/.846 69/.954 28/.967 8/1.500 67/.950

Last 28d days 103/1.015 78/.888 51/.713 38/.482 72/.483 51/.803 147/.666 45/.605 97/.938 116/1.010 5/.000 32/.750 48/.848

HR/SB/CS 9/15/2 6/0/2 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/1/0 5/4/0 15/6/6 2/4/1 5/0/1 5/1/1 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/0/1 113/70/30

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ··o·oo·X ···XXoo· X·o··X·· X····X·· X·····X· ····X·XX ··X····X ···X···· X···X··· ··Xo·XX· ··o·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.