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Game Preview: WSN @ FLA, 12:10pm, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @Dolphin Stadium

Nationals, 22-53, 5th, 17½ GB, 19½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (23, RHP, 3-3, 4.65)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 69.2 71 36 36 20 69 8 4.65
Last 7 GS 1-2 40.2 38 17 17 12 43 3 3.76 55
2009-06-25 BOS W 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 109 68
2009-06-19 TOR ND 5.2 5 1 1 3 3 0 106 55
2009-06-13 @TBR ND 5.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 92 59
2009-06-04 SFG L 6.0 3 2 2 0 7 0 92 65
2009-05-27 @NYM L 5.0 8 5 5 2 8 1 100 37
2009-05-22 BAL ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 97 63
2009-05-17 PHI ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 6 0 108 36
Has never faced FLA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-25   Road:    9-28   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  16-37   vsLHP:   6-16   1-Run:   8-11
 vsEast:  6-29   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @FLA  L   5-7  (7)  22-53  5th 17.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @FLA  L   2-4       22-52  5th 17.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @BAL  W   5-3       22-51  5th 17.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @BAL  L   3-6       21-51  5th 17.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @BAL  L   1-11      21-50  5th 16.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25   BOS  W   9-3       21-49  5th 16.0 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   BOS  L   4-6       20-49  5th 17.0 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23   BOS  L   3-11      20-48  5th 17.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21   TOR  L   4-9       20-47  5th 16.0 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 20   TOR  W   5-3 (12)  20-46  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21
Marlins, 40-39, 2nd, 1½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Johnson (25, RHP, 7-1, 2.76)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-1) 111.0 92 36 34 28 94 6 2.76
2008 (7-1) 87.1 91 36 35 27 77 7 3.61
2007 (0-3) 15.2 26 17 13 12 14 1 7.47
Last 7 GS 4-0 50.2 40 17 17 15 42 2 3.02 61
2009-06-26 @TBR ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 6 0 105 49
2009-06-20 NYY W 7.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 103 70
2009-06-14 @TOR W 9.0 7 3 3 3 6 2 119 64
2009-06-09 STL ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 5 0 98 55
2009-06-04 MIL W 7.2 5 2 2 1 8 0 107 68
2009-05-30 @NYM W 7.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 111 62
2009-05-24 TBR ND 7.0 6 3 3 3 7 0 114 57
Last 5 v.WSN 3-0 31.2 30 13 13 7 29 2 3.69 55
2009-04-18 @WSN ND 6.0 6 6 6 2 6 1 101 40
2009-04-07 WSN W 6.2 7 0 0 0 8 0 106 68
2008-09-24 @WSN W 6.0 6 2 2 3 1 0 99 50
2008-09-13 WSN W 6.0 6 2 2 1 9 0 100 60
2006-08-22 WSN ND 7.0 5 3 3 1 5 1 112 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-20   Road:   18-19   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  21-29   vsLHP:  19-10   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 18-10   vsCntrl: 6-13   vsWest:  6-8  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Tue, Jun 30   WSN  W   7-5  (7)  40-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   WSN  W   4-2       39-39  2nd  2.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28  @TBR  L   2-5       38-39  3rd  3.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27  @TBR  L   2-3       38-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26  @TBR  L   3-7       38-37  3rd  1.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25   BAL  W  11-3       38-36  3rd  1.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24   BAL  W   5-2       37-36  3rd  2.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23   BAL  W   7-6 (12)  36-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 21   NYY  W   6-5       35-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 20   NYY  W   2-1       34-36  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 FLA  4  WSN  2        W:Ricky Nolasco (5-6), L: Ron Villone (3-5), S: Leo Nunez (3)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 FLA  7 @WSN  4        W:Leo Nunez (2-0), L: Saul Rivera (0-3), S: Matt Lindstrom (3)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 FLA  9 @WSN  6 (11)   W:Kiko Calero (1-0), L: Julian Tavarez (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 FLA  3 @WSN  2 (10)   W:Leo Nunez (1-0), L: Saul Rivera (0-2), S: Matt Lindstrom (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 FLA  6  WSN  4        W:Chris Volstad (1-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (0-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (1)
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 FLA  8  WSN  3        W:Josh Johnson (1-0), L: Scott Olsen (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 FLA 12  WSN  6        W:Ricky Nolasco (1-0), L: John Lannan (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 24, 2008 FLA  9 @WSN  4        W:Josh Johnson (7-1), L: Tim Redding (10-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 WSN  9  FLA  4        W:Shairon Martis (1-3), L: Scott Olsen (8-11), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 FLA  8  WSN  7        W:Andrew Miller (6-9), L: Steven Shell (2-2), S: Arthur Rhodes (2)
Season Series: 2009 - FLA leads 8-0; 2008 - FLA won 14-3; 2007 - WSN won 10-8; All-Time - FLA leads 141-111

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

TBR  5.62

NYM  4.52

SDP  3.83

RA/G

SFG  3.76

TEX  4.61

WSN  5.65

BA

J. Mauer  .386

J. Willingham  .284

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .459

M. Reynolds  .358

D. Navarro  .240

SLG

A. Pujols  .721

M. Lowell  .470

N. Punto  .247

OPS

A. Pujols  1.171

N. Markakis  .814

B. Giles  .548

ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

L. Hernandez  4.04

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

D. Bush  6.56

J. Garland  3.33

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Nationals Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Johnson
G/S/vB
35.Badenhop
G/S/vB
63.Leroux
G/S/vB
53.Meyer*
G/S/vB
23.Miller*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
37.Pinto*
G/S/vB
44.Sanches
G/S/vB
45.West*
G/S/vB
64.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Bard# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 104/82 .280/.356/.409/.764 .606/.809 .639 52/.927 0/0 1/3
10.Belliard G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.750 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 94/53 .161/.204/.264/.469 .602/.370 .544 18/.222 0/0 2/2
34.Dukes G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· ··· 208/157 .237/.303/.411/.713 .770/.695 .659 79/.539 2/7 6/2
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 7/.453 5/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 2/.500 9/.555 ··· ··· ··· 322/220 .257/.394/.513/.908 .712/1.009 1.053 99/.764 0/1 20/8
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 99/64 .326/.384/.427/.811 1.038/.689 .875 38/.859 1/0 1/6
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 9/1.413 1/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 278/200 .325/.342/.440/.782 .791/.779 .739 104/.770 1/3 3/10
22.Harris* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 172/142 .241/.351/.428/.778 .671/.798 .628 78/.738 7/1 4/0
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 213/165 .262/.327/.330/.657 .835/.606 .742 69/.569 5/3 1/6
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 12/1.223 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 7/.686 3/1.334 7/.829 ··· ··· ··· 316/218 .299/.408/.420/.829 .997/.751 .711 97/.731 1/1 5/7
25.Kearns G/S/vP 10/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 2/2.500 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 182/130 .197/.330/.322/.652 .648/.650 .607 42/.349 1/0 3/0
23.Nieves G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 106/73 .237/.283/.268/.551 .348/.642 .588 37/.368 0/0 0/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 177/128 .284/.401/.547/.948 1.133/.883 .969 44/1.018 1/1 9/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 15/.800 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 9/1.069 3/.000 10/.775 1/.000 ··· ··· 341/245 .298/.370/.497/.866 .648/.946 .861 103/.694 0/0 13/12
IP 111.0 41.1 4.2 31.2 64.2 34.0 27.1 16.2 44.1 3.2 TOTAL .258/.342/.404/.746 .740/.748 .748 .667 26/17 71/79
ERA-K/9 2.76/7.6 3.70/5.9 7.71/1.9 1.99/8.5 4.45/7.1 3.97/8.2 2.63/8.2 1.62/7.5 4.06/5.3 0.00/2.4 4.42/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 448/.224 174/.280 16/.400 121/.179 287/.249 145/.214 117/.234 76/.231 173/.212 15/.214 .258
OPS .583 .719 1.104 .520 .697 .666 .715 .665 .660 .481 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.590 81/.730 10/1.167 56/.651 76/.815 74/.680 55/.794 31/.675 25/1.009 6/.900 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.576 93/.708 6/1.000 65/.411 211/.656 71/.651 62/.650 45/.658 148/.598 9/.222 .705
Home 255/.508 101/.613 7/1.405 74/.783 159/.640 88/.820 68/.843 55/.559 121/.675 8/.393
Last 28d days 145/.586 49/.733 7/1.405 31/.526 128/.620 34/.863 20/.300 45/.783 122/.712 15/.481
HR/SB/CS 6/9/4 4/3/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 3/12/2 5/7/1 2/1/2 1/3/1 5/1/0 0/0/0 73/80/20
Usage ····X··· ···oo··X X····X·· ·o····oo ··X····X ·o·X···o o···X·oo ···oo··o X····X·· ··X··X··
Marlins Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
54.MacDougal
G/S/vB
35.Stammen
G/S/vB
50.Tavarez
G/S/vB
41.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 199/178 .243/.327/.395/.722 .639/.731 .710 46/.475 0/0 6/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 327/235 .250/.298/.303/.602 .702/.545 .660 89/.631 17/5 1/13
3.Cantu G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 5/2.000 296/211 .280/.328/.444/.771 .910/.717 .832 93/.723 1/0 9/5
25.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/32 .290/.343/.468/.811 1.038/.554 .881 39/.996 0/0 2/0
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 194/140 .261/.359/.364/.723 .557/.788 .574 107/.772 4/1 2/3
11.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/21 .222/.318/.278/.596 .000/.663 .596 13/.361 0/0 0/1
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 8/.125 2/1.000 124/107 .288/.355/.432/.787 .544/.828 .813 48/.823 0/0 3/1
18.Helms G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/.888 12/1.217 110/57 .242/.291/.303/.594 .671/.518 .352 35/.567 1/1 1/4
27.Hermida* G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 3/.666 ··· 10/.800 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 293/209 .256/.355/.390/.745 .603/.803 .784 73/.726 4/2 8/1
29.Paulino G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.334 134/53 .264/.331/.413/.744 .794/.660 .671 51/.844 1/0 4/2
2.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 9/.583 ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 6/.833 ··· 320/227 .339/.404/.555/.959 .774/1.037 .994 108/.916 12/7 13/7
12.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.583 ··· 5/2.600 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 292/204 .273/.322/.491/.813 .931/.765 .850 91/.916 3/1 13/3
6.Uggla G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 7/.829 ··· 5/2.800 ··· ··· 9/.333 ··· 315/224 .223/.334/.445/.780 .844/.754 .970 99/.797 1/0 15/7
IP 69.2 30.2 14.0 44.2 32.2 18.0 44.2 31.1 22.2 TOTAL .255/.326/.399/.724 .725/.724 .750 .757 44/18 78/68
ERA-K/9 4.65/8.9 3.52/5.0 7.07/7.7 5.24/5.8 7.71/9.6 4.00/5.0 5.44/4.4 3.73/8.3 2.78/4.8 5.22/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 294/.266 130/.254 69/.349 199/.285 163/.342 80/.266 170/.265 142/.200 104/.244 .277
OPS .741 .750 .883 .762 .925 .713 .735 .646 .727 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.779 53/.783 32/.973 45/.658 82/.909 36/.937 101/.774 54/.831 46/.715 .875
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.698 77/.726 37/.808 154/.792 81/.941 44/.535 69/.679 88/.535 58/.738 .744
Road 121/.819 62/1.012 31/.751 73/1.030 50/1.041 37/.898 72/.641 70/.660 49/.992
Last 28d days 94/.503 35/.371 42/.807 131/.788 46/1.129 48/.511 94/.734 48/.450 46/1.154
HR/SB/CS 8/7/3 3/0/1 0/4/0 3/4/1 3/2/1 0/4/1 4/7/0 1/3/1 1/0/1 70/53/18
Usage ·····X·· X·oo··o· ····X··X ····X··· ··oX··o· X·····X· ·X·o··Xo ·o··X·oo

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.