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Game Preview: WSN @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, July 9, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Nationals, 24-58, 5th, 20 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (24, LHP, 6-5, 3.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-5)			107.0	106	47	41	38	48	12	3.45
2008 (9-15)			182.0	172	89	79	72	117	23	3.91
2007 (2-2)			34.2	36	17	16	17	10	3	4.15

Last 7 GS		4-1	50.0	41	17	15	16	21	4	2.70	57
2009-07-04	ATL	W	8.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	98	52
2009-06-28	@BAL	W	7.1	6	3	3	3	2	0	102	53
2009-06-23	BOS	ND	6.1	9	3	3	2	3	1	109	44
2009-06-17	@NYY	W	8.1	4	2	2	1	4	2	108	70
2009-06-11	CIN	ND	6.0	5	2	1	2	2	0	88	56
2009-06-06	NYM	W	9.0	4	1	0	3	2	0	96	76
2009-05-31	@PHI	L	5.0	4	3	3	4	7	1	106	50

Last 5 v.HOU		3-0	17.0	21	8	7	8	5	1	3.71	45
2009-05-04	HOU	W	6.0	9	4	3	2	0	0	92	38
2008-05-08	@HOU	W	6.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	93	56
2007-08-23	@HOU	W	5.0	5	3	3	5	2	1	85	42

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

 Home:   15-26   Road:    9-32   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  18-41   vsLHP:   6-17   1-Run:   8-14
 vsEast:  8-31   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  5-9  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Wed, Jul  8  @COL  L   4-10      24-58  5th 20.0 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  7  @COL  L   4-5       24-57  5th 19.0 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  6  @COL  L   0-1       24-56  5th 19.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  5   ATL  W   5-3       24-55  5th 18.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jul  4   ATL  W   5-3       23-55  5th 18.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jul  3   ATL  L   8-9       22-55  5th 18.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @FLA  L   3-5       22-54  5th 17.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Astros, 41-42, 4th, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Russ Ortiz (35, RHP, 3-4, 4.11)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-4)			70.0	70	35	32	37	54	6	4.11
2007 (2-3)			49.0	57	32	30	20	27	4	5.51
2006 (0-8)			63.0	86	60	57	40	44	18	8.14

Last 7 GS		1-3	38.2	40	21	20	18	30	4	4.66	48
2009-07-04	@SFG	L	5.2	9	8	8	5	7	0	111	21
2009-06-28	DET	ND	7.1	6	2	2	0	5	1	91	63
2009-06-23	KCR	L	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	110	61
2009-06-17	@TEX	ND	6.0	7	4	3	1	5	2	81	48
2009-06-11	CHC	ND	5.1	3	0	0	3	5	0	92	64
2009-05-07	CHC	L	2.1	6	3	3	3	1	0	57	31
2009-04-26	MIL	W	5.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	96	50

Last 5 v.WSN		4-1	36.2	17	8	8	14	24	2	1.96	67
2005-04-16	@WSN	L	6.0	5	4	4	2	4	1	89	48
2004-09-04	@MON	W	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	108	83
2004-07-17	MON	W	7.2	1	2	2	5	6	0	118	70
2004-07-06	@MON	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	99	71
2004-05-31	MON	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	99	64

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

 Home:   21-22   Road:   20-20   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  34-33   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:17-24   vsWest: 16-7  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  8   PIT  W   5-0       41-42  4th  3.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7   PIT  L   3-6       40-42  5th  4.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  6   PIT  W   4-1       40-41  4th  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5  @SFG  W   7-1       39-41  5th  4.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4  @SFG  L   0-9       38-41  5th  4.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @SFG  L   0-13      38-40  5th  4.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2  @SDP  W   7-2       38-39  5th  3.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @SDP  W   7-1       37-39  5th  4.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @SDP  L   3-4       36-39  5th  5.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @SDP  W   3-1       36-38  5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 05, 2009 HOU 10 @WSN 10 (11)   W: , L:  , S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 WSN  9  HOU  4        W:John Lannan (1-3), L: Wesley Wright (1-1), S: none

Sun, Jul 13, 2008 HOU  5 @WSN  0        W:Brandon Backe (6-9), L: Odalis Perez (2-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 HOU  6 @WSN  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-3), L: Collin Balester (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 WSN 10  HOU  0        W:Tim Redding (7-3), L: Chad Paronto (0-1), S: Steven Shell (1)
Thu, May 08, 2008 WSN  8 @HOU  3        W:John Lannan (3-3), L: Brandon Backe (2-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - WSN leads 1-0; 2008 - HOU won 4-2; 2007 - WSN won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 232-185

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

NYY 5.63

CHW 4.52

SDP 3.83

RA/G

SFG 3.65

TEX 4.62

WSN 5.57

J. Mauer .384

R. Church .286

B. Giles .191

OBP

A. Pujols .462

J. Kubel .360

D. Navarro .244

SLG

A. Pujols .735

M. Diaz .474

N. Punto .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.197

A. Rowand .824

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.00

B. Bannister 3.87

B. Arroyo 5.85

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.01

D. Davis 6.75

J. Garland 3.46

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Nationals Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Ortiz
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.714 ··· 3/.000 122/98 .282/.352/.400/.752 .610/.788 .701 56/.878 0/0 1/3

10.Belliard G/S/vP 22/.555 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 2/.000 105/63 .177/.231/.281/.512 .637/.431 .503 18/.528 0/0 2/2

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 10/1.067 6/.000 1/no AB 6/.167 13/.641 5/.650 352/243 .262/.398/.538/.936 .775/1.016 1.050 101/.936 0/1 22/10

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 104/66 .309/.365/.404/.770 .950/.667 .799 36/.733 1/0 1/6

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 308/224 .310/.325/.418/.742 .757/.736 .667 107/.603 1/3 3/12

22.Harris* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.500 1/no AB 4/.500 5/.400 1/2.000 185/153 .247/.364/.429/.793 .667/.816 .646 78/.837 9/1 4/1

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 222/172 .255/.318/.320/.638 .799/.593 .709 59/.651 5/3 1/6

24.Johnson* G/S/vP 16/.517 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 348/240 .297/.408/.407/.815 .976/.743 .715 99/.701 1/1 5/7

25.Kearns G/S/vP 7/1.762 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 6/.334 8/.875 184/131 .201/.332/.325/.656 .634/.661 .623 30/.421 1/1 3/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/1.000 3/1.167 6/.367 4/.500 ··· 344/256 .275/.349/.356/.705 .427/.801 .684 90/.769 21/10 2/1

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 115/80 .229/.278/.257/.535 .388/.600 .573 34/.373 0/0 0/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 4/.250 206/152 .289/.403/.538/.940 1.164/.867 1.000 67/1.014 3/1 10/4

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/.500 4/1.750 4/.500 373/270 .294/.362/.486/.848 .675/.911 .853 106/.667 0/0 14/12

IP 70.0 27.2 37.1 37.1 46.0 18.2 TOTAL .260/.342/.402/.745 .749/.743 .745 .702 33/18 76/89

ERA-K/9

4.11/6.9

3.90/7.8

3.13/6.3

2.41/7.0

2.74/4.9

3.86/11.1

4.21/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 307/.266 123/.214 150/.204 154/.241 191/.250 77/.214 .264

OPS .760 .722 .609 .660 .675 .706 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.750 58/.858 65/.604 77/.550 91/.672 33/.861 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.768 65/.601 85/.610 77/.766 100/.678 44/.586 .758

Home 210/.702 52/.810 78/.515 90/.692 102/.517 45/.757

Last 28d days 128/.746 27/.779 58/.610 50/.655 40/.728 43/.583

HR/SB/CS 6/5/3 5/1/2 3/2/0 4/5/3 1/0/0 4/2/0 96/33/11

Usage ····X··· ·o···XX· ·····X·X ··oo···o ·o··X··· ··X·o·o·

Astros Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 50.Tavarez
G/S/vB 41.Villone*
G/S/vB 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/1.381 17/1.196 4/1.250 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 16/1.199 10/1.167 ··· 340/258 .270/.400/.522/.922 .634/1.023 .887 101/1.080 6/2 17/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.550 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.444 14/1.346 ··· 205/192 .267/.337/.344/.681 .769/.674 .787 40/.742 0/1 2/2

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 6/.733 5/.600 2/2.000 7/1.238 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.000 3/.666 ··· 353/288 .282/.355/.388/.743 .770/.736 .687 109/.712 28/7 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.750 16/.480 ··· 95/88 .165/.234/.282/.516 .000/.561 .666 35/.723 0/2 1/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.171 ··· 34/31 .188/.206/.219/.425 .000/.467 .400 26/.561 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 9/.500 1/no AB 6/.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 183/123 .263/.348/.397/.746 .892/.667 .522 67/.717 0/2 3/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 9/1.333 2/.000 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 4/.500 ··· 12/1.053 4/1.750 ··· 335/264 .297/.346/.464/.810 1.010/.758 .889 92/.608 2/2 12/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 6/1.100 6/.650 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/2.000 ··· 236/188 .231/.291/.308/.599 .913/.526 .673 70/.637 8/3 2/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 4/.500 7/.629 ··· 81/42 .178/.259/.329/.588 .726/.454 .600 31/.571 1/1 1/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 9/.730 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 336/272 .301/.369/.488/.857 1.098/.800 .908 94/.662 9/5 11/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/58 .239/.250/.296/.546 .593/.534 .658 28/.286 0/0 0/5

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· 21/1.095 9/1.194 ··· 246/201 .250/.282/.401/.682 .857/.642 .658 69/.610 0/2 7/2

10.Tejada G/S/vP 6/.334 2/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· 19/.839 11/1.136 ··· 352/278 .329/.358/.480/.838 .944/.811 .935 106/.693 2/2 7/11

IP 107.0 33.1 15.1 36.1 52.0 20.0 51.2 34.1 24.0 79.2 TOTAL .263/.326/.399/.725 .813/.702 .741 .676 53/29 67/46

ERA-K/9

3.45/4.0

3.24/5.4

6.46/5.3

2.97/6.2

6.40/5.7

3.60/4.5

4.88/4.4

4.46/8.4

3.75/4.9

4.52/8.8

5.13/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 450/.264 146/.254 68/.271 148/.192 221/.308 92/.264 216/.265 150/.208 108/.253 340/.275 .278

OPS .754 .739 .825 .636 .809 .719 .723 .666 .764 .751 .800

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/1.027 60/.772 28/.877 68/.599 53/.720 42/.823 128/.720 59/.842 47/.715 186/.770 .857

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.651 86/.716 40/.787 80/.666 168/.837 50/.631 88/.729 91/.554 61/.804 154/.728 .757

Road 202/.867 73/.959 50/.848 93/.703 73/1.030 41/.892 118/.659 75/.709 49/.992 167/.817

Last 28d days 143/.682 39/.506 8/2.054 38/.615 99/.911 39/.592 117/.702 52/.502 39/1.456 119/.652

HR/SB/CS 12/5/5 3/0/1 3/2/0 4/4/0 3/4/1 0/4/1 5/10/1 1/4/1 1/0/1 8/8/5 74/58/21

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