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Game Preview: WSN @ MIL, 8:05pm, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 @Miller Park

Nationals, 31-68, 5th, 27 GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Collin Balester (23, RHP, 0-1, 6.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			3.0	3	3	2	1	2	1	6.00
2008 (3-7)			80.0	92	53	49	28	50	12	5.51

Last 7 GS		1-2	34.1	45	25	24	12	20	5	6.29	42
2009-07-23	STL	L	3.0	3	3	2	1	2	1	54	44
2008-09-26	@PHI	L	1.2	7	7	7	1	1	1	52	13
2008-09-19	SDP	ND	5.0	9	5	5	0	4	2	96	33
2008-09-14	@FLA	ND	6.2	4	1	1	3	5	0	98	64
2008-09-07	@ATL	ND	6.0	11	4	4	2	3	0	99	35
2008-08-31	ATL	ND	7.0	6	4	4	3	5	1	105	51
2008-08-26	LAD	W	5.0	5	1	1	2	0	0	77	51

Last 5 v.MIL		0-1	5.0	5	4	3	1	4	1	5.40	46
2008-08-08	@MIL	L	5.0	5	4	3	1	4	1	78	46

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

 Home:   20-33   Road:   11-35   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  23-51   vsLHP:   8-17   1-Run:  10-16
 vsEast: 10-32   vsCntrl: 7-15   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Mon, Jul 27  @MIL  W  14-6       31-68  5th 27.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 26   SDP  W   3-2 (10)  30-68  5th 27.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25   SDP  W  13-1       29-68  5th 27.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24   SDP  L   2-6       28-68  5th 27.0 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23   STL  L   1-4  (7)  28-67  5th 27.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22   NYM  W   3-1       28-66  5th 26.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21   NYM  W   4-0       27-66  5th 27.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 20   NYM  L   2-6       26-66  5th 27.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19   CHC  L   3-11      26-65  5th 26.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18   CHC  L   5-6       26-64  5th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Brewers, 49-50, 4th, 4 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (25, RHP, 2-7, 6.18)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-7)			43.2	47	31	30	16	39	6	6.18
2008 (4-7)			108.1	112	53	49	30	93	18	4.07
2007 (8-5)			114.1	101	52	50	53	99	16	3.94

Last 7 GS		1-4	37.2	49	31	29	11	21	11	6.93	39
2008-05-18	@BOS	L	4.0	5	6	5	3	3	2	83	30
2008-05-13	LAD	W	6.0	8	3	2	0	2	0	83	48
2008-05-08	@FLA	L	5.0	10	7	7	2	6	2	99	23
2008-05-02	@HOU	L	5.0	9	6	6	0	4	4	83	29
2008-04-26	FLA	ND	6.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	105	57
2008-04-21	STL	ND	7.0	3	2	2	4	1	0	98	60
2008-04-16	@STL	L	4.2	8	5	5	2	0	2	109	26

Has never faced WSN.

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

 Home:   25-25   Road:   24-25   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  36-39   vsLHP:  13-11   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 12-11   vsCntrl:26-19   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Mon, Jul 27   WSN  L   6-14      49-50  4th  4.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 26   ATL  L   2-10      49-49  4th  3.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25   ATL  W   4-0       49-48  4th  2.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24   ATL  L   4-9       48-48  4th  3.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @PIT  L   7-8       48-47  4th  2.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @PIT  W   2-0       48-46  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @PIT  L   5-8       47-46  3rd  3.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @CIN  L   3-5       47-45  3rd  3.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @CIN  W   5-1       47-44  2nd  2.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @CIN  L   0-4       46-44  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 MIL  7  WSN  1        W:David Bush (7-9), L: Garrett Mock (0-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 MIL  5  WSN  4 (13)   W:Guillermo Mota (3-5), L: Luis Ayala (1-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 MIL  6  WSN  0        W:Ben Sheets (11-5), L: Tim Redding (8-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 MIL  5  WSN  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (12-8), L: Collin Balester (2-4), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 MIL  4 @WSN  3 (11)   W:Carlos Villanueva (3-5), L: Saul Rivera (3-2), S: Salomon Torres (3)
Sun, May 25, 2008 WSN  7  MIL  6        W:Jon Rauch (3-1), L: Guillermo Mota (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 MIL  5 @WSN  2        W:Seth McClung (2-1), L: John Lannan (4-5), S: Salomon Torres (2)
Fri, May 23, 2008 WSN  5  MIL  1        W:Brian Sanches (1-0), L: Jeff Suppan (2-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 WSN  7  MIL  2        W:Tim Redding (1-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 WSN  5  MIL  4        W:Jason Simontacchi (6-6), L: Jeff Suppan (8-8), S: Chad Cordero (15)
Season Series: 2009 - WSN leads 1-0; 2008 - MIL won 6-2; 2007 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - MIL leads 41-39

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 5.54

FLA 4.53

SDP 3.63

RA/G

SFG 3.76

FLA 4.65

WSN 5.46

J. Mauer .363

K. Morales .289

R. Cedeno .174

OBP

M. Ramirez .462

S. Schumaker .362

R. Cedeno .222

SLG

A. Pujols .693

M. DeRosa .470

N. Punto .251

OPS

A. Pujols 1.138

M. Diaz .826

R. Cedeno .526

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.04

J. Lester 3.79

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

R. Wolf 6.68

J. Lannan 3.65

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Nationals Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB 47.Burns
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 45.DiFelice
G/S/vB 48.Dillard
G/S/vB 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 41.Looper
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 52.Smith
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 37.Suppan
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 165/139 .262/.333/.362/.696 .641/.706 .658 60/.591 0/0 1/4

10.Belliard G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.715 12/1.056 3/1.667 ··· ··· 11/.899 131/83 .186/.246/.271/.517 .625/.456 .511 37/.642 0/0 2/2

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 14/.368 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 8/1.089 22/.897 3/.000 ··· 4/1.167 38/1.447 418/295 .275/.402/.550/.952 .757/1.041 1.049 96/1.094 0/1 25/12

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/108 .296/.335/.394/.730 .928/.646 .878 56/.590 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.572 6/1.100 ··· ··· 47/.374 352/262 .297/.312/.400/.712 .751/.699 .642 74/.453 1/3 4/13

22.Harris* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.476 215/183 .233/.362/.392/.754 .667/.767 .671 43/.631 9/2 4/3

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/191 .250/.311/.318/.629 .833/.574 .711 31/.441 5/3 1/6

24.Johnson* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.933 7/.929 ··· ··· ··· 17/.508 410/293 .298/.410/.409/.819 .960/.762 .770 94/.787 2/2 6/7

25.Kearns G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 9/1.069 3/.000 ··· ··· 11/.573 204/142 .201/.338/.314/.652 .572/.681 .603 22/.644 1/1 3/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/.258 2/.000 6/.750 ··· ··· 3/.333 12/.750 408/307 .299/.363/.377/.740 .459/.831 .689 87/.857 30/14 2/2

23.Nieves G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/93 .262/.306/.311/.617 .487/.675 .704 28/.873 0/0 0/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 5/.800 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 14/.902 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 13/.462 268/205 .291/.407/.565/.972 1.166/.917 1.076 90/1.006 3/1 16/4

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 8/1.125 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· 13/1.189 430/318 .284/.347/.477/.823 .680/.870 .810 89/.661 0/0 18/13

IP 43.2 30.0 50.1 40.0 128.0 28.1 120.1 82.2 29.0 32.1 114.1 TOTAL .262/.343/.403/.746 .744/.747 .760 .747 42/24 88/109

ERA-K/9

6.18/8.0

6.30/6.9

2.50/8.1

2.03/8.3

/0.0

3.09/9.6

1.91/6.7

4.79/4.9

6.42/7.7

4.03/6.2

3.34/10.6

5.27/4.7

4.60/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.267 137/.311 201/.261 155/.194 / 540/.206 111/.218 527/.269 392/.299 120/.226 132/.165 500/.302 .260

OPS .786 .922 .692 .573 .659 .511 .818 .856 .817 .586 .879 .786

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.727 64/.954 81/.907 46/.965 / 284/.622 56/.607 249/.919 89/.820 56/.992 76/.488 245/.936 .821

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.857 73/.895 120/.549 109/.415 / 256/.699 55/.416 278/.728 303/.866 64/.672 56/.722 255/.825 .756

Home 94/.968 78/.835 96/.791 78/.545 / 287/.646 73/.528 310/.781 170/.747 85/.856 72/.441 198/.939

Last 28d days 43/1.129 94/.996 47/.679 42/.654 / 133/.737 21/.683 132/.822 79/.673 62/.944 25/.951 102/.868

HR/SB/CS 6/2/0 7/0/0 3/2/1 4/1/0 // 14/12/2 0/1/0 24/4/3 10/6/2 8/0/0 4/1/1 17/5/3 131/53/17

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

Brewers Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Balester
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
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 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 41.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 416/334 .312/.389/.547/.937 1.257/.861 .846 93/.795 9/3 20/2

25.Cameron G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/2.000 3/1.000 4/1.833 ··· 2/.000 5/.600 3/.667 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 380/284 .255/.361/.457/.817 .725/.839 .799 83/.864 4/3 14/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.829 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 64/57 .281/.328/.386/.714 .000/.808 .900 32/.772 0/0 1/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 2/.000 7/.286 5/.200 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· 7/.619 301/272 .298/.366/.430/.796 .590/.818 .748 91/.799 3/3 3/4

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/.000 5/1.100 6/.334 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· 4/2.417 430/309 .304/.428/.591/1.019 1.029/1.013 .932 95/1.002 1/2 24/4

22.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 170/149 .196/.229/.316/.546 .738/.518 .334 17/.426 4/1 4/1

2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 3/.000 10/1.125 ··· 1/.000 5/.450 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.262 216/142 .202/.264/.338/.602 .670/.565 .741 22/.477 1/0 5/4

7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 5/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 373/295 .231/.298/.374/.672 .494/.716 .713 86/.655 0/1 11/6

1.Hart G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/1.850 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 379/290 .259/.333/.423/.756 .761/.755 .842 76/.804 7/4 11/3

18.Kendall G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.200 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 18/.818 338/271 .240/.324/.281/.605 .581/.611 .618 87/.624 2/1 0/5

3.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 403/311 .305/.366/.415/.781 .747/.791 .867 91/.794 6/4 6/10

14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/130 .319/.372/.524/.896 .999/.854 .868 58/.757 0/0 7/7

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/43 .235/.310/.314/.624 .414/.700 .630 7/.286 1/0 0/0

IP 3.0 39.1 22.0 42.2 18.2 18.1 135.2 26.2 6.0 21.2 78.2 28.0 TOTAL .258/.339/.422/.761 .776/.756 .757 .752 33/21 109/66

ERA-K/9

6.00/6.0

3.43/5.5

5.73/6.5

2.53/6.7

1.93/11.6

9.33/5.9

3.25/3.6

4.05/4.0

7.50/1.5

7.06/5.8

4.46/4.0

4.18/5.1

4.99/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 13/.250 171/.255 92/.296 168/.181 75/.169 84/.380 565/.266 123/.265 28/.385 107/.363 305/.254 131/.252 .278

OPS .974 .715 .904 .594 .564 1.043 .738 .764 .907 .945 .695 .789 .797

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/1.833 68/.705 38/1.190 72/.593 42/.334 43/.985 144/.956 56/.779 20/1.029 57/1.038 175/.751 54/.721 .863

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 7/.143 103/.722 54/.708 96/.592 33/.851 41/1.100 421/.664 67/.747 8/.625 50/.846 130/.622 77/.839 .749

Road / 83/.952 54/.902 101/.656 15/.974 44/1.242 228/.895 53/1.034 / 22/.798 154/.636 54/1.029

Last 28d days 13/.974 41/.603 27/.986 35/.378 66/.478 13/.487 145/.687 43/.860 28/.907 44/1.183 135/.646 27/1.042

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 3/0/1 4/2/1 4/4/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 13/6/6 2/4/1 0/0/0 2/1/1 6/14/2 3/0/1 89/67/26

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

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.