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Game Preview: WSN @ MIL, 2:05pm, Thursday, July 30, 2009 @Miller Park

Nationals, 32-69, 5th, 27 GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: J.D. Martin (26, RHP, 0-1, 7.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 6.0 10 5 5 1 1 0 7.50
Last 7 GS 0-1 6.0 10 5 5 1 1 0 7.50 39
2009-07-25 SDP ND 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 28 51
2009-07-20 NYM L 4.0 8 5 5 0 1 0 74 27
Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-33   Road:   12-36   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  24-51   vsLHP:   8-18   1-Run:  10-16
 vsEast: 10-32   vsCntrl: 8-16   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 29  @MIL  L   5-7       32-69  5th 27.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28  @MIL  W   8-3       32-68  5th 27.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Brewers, 50-51, 4th, 4½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Yovani Gallardo (23, RHP, 9-7, 3.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (9-7) 128.0 97 45 44 63 136 14 3.09
2008 (0-0) 24.0 22 5 5 8 20 3 1.88
2007 (9-5) 110.1 103 48 45 37 101 8 3.67
Last 7 GS 2-4 45.0 38 17 17 25 51 5 3.40 57
2009-07-25 ATL W 7.1 4 0 0 4 6 0 118 72
2009-07-19 @CIN ND 6.0 7 3 3 4 7 0 113 49
2009-07-12 LAD L 5.0 6 5 5 4 3 1 93 34
2009-07-07 STL L 5.0 6 4 4 5 6 2 102 40
2009-07-01 NYM L 7.0 5 1 1 2 12 0 114 73
2009-06-26 SFG W 7.2 4 1 1 3 9 1 118 73
2009-06-21 @DET L 7.0 6 3 3 3 8 1 107 58
Has never faced WSN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-26   Road:   24-25   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  37-40   vsLHP:  13-11   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:26-19   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 29   WSN  W   7-5       50-51  4th  4.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28   WSN  L   3-8       49-51  4th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 MIL  7  WSN  5        W:Manny Parra (5-8), L: Tyler Clippard (1-1), S: Trevor Hoffman (23)
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 WSN  8 @MIL  3        W:Collin Balester (1-1), L: Carlos Villanueva (2-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 WSN 14 @MIL  6        W:Jay Bergmann (1-1), L: Jeff Suppan (5-8), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2009 - WSN leads 2-1; 2008 - MIL won 6-2; 2007 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - MIL leads 42-40

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  5.56

CHW  4.51

SDP  3.66

RA/G

SFG  3.68

NYM  4.60

WSN  5.46

BA

I. Suzuki  .367

V. Guerrero  .290

R. Cedeno  .170

OBP

M. Ramirez  .455

J. Loney  .363

R. Cedeno  .218

SLG

A. Pujols  .680

Y. Escobar  .471

A. Casilla  .211

OPS

A. Pujols  1.123

M. Tejada  .831

A. Casilla  .474

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.08

C. Sabathia  3.83

J. Geer  5.96

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.08

C. Sabathia  6.63

J. Lannan  3.65

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Nationals Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB
60.Coffey
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
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
43.Swindle*
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Bard# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 9/.777 ··· ··· 174/145 .256/.333/.359/.692 .729/.685 .654 69/.595 0/0 1/4
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 8/.625 12/1.056 6/.833 ··· ··· 11/.899 ··· 7/.000 137/86 .184/.243/.264/.507 .586/.461 .493 42/.604 0/0 2/2
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 10/1.025 22/.897 3/.000 ··· 5/1.600 41/1.427 ··· 16/.650 428/304 .279/.409/.560/.969 .776/1.056 1.082 97/1.124 0/1 26/12
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 165/118 .285/.327/.384/.711 .928/.627 .819 62/.603 1/0 1/9
15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 8/.572 10/1.167 ··· ··· 51/.444 1/.000 6/.666 367/272 .302/.319/.415/.734 .765/.723 .692 80/.626 1/3 5/13
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.476 ··· 4/.833 221/189 .233/.365/.389/.754 .667/.767 .676 44/.584 9/2 4/3
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 246/192 .248/.309/.315/.624 .817/.571 .697 29/.474 5/3 1/6
24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.167 7/.929 4/.833 ··· 1/no AB 20/.426 1/.000 2/.000 420/297 .297/.410/.406/.815 .952/.758 .765 95/.801 2/2 6/7
25.Kearns G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 9/1.069 6/.167 ··· ··· 11/.573 1/.000 4/1.500 209/143 .197/.335/.306/.641 .553/.675 .585 27/.561 1/1 3/0
1.Morgan* G/S/vP 12/.258 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/.750 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 16/.938 1/.000 8/1.750 423/317 .306/.367/.389/.756 .457/.854 .722 102/.900 31/14 3/2
23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 139/98 .262/.309/.310/.619 .487/.674 .701 26/.945 0/0 0/4
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 2/1.000 2/.500 14/.902 7/.762 ··· 1/.000 16/.876 1/.000 7/.858 283/215 .300/.410/.586/.996 1.098/.966 1.110 97/1.053 3/1 16/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 8/1.125 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 10/1.325 ··· ··· 17/1.086 1/5.000 8/.750 445/328 .286/.353/.481/.834 .759/.858 .833 95/.746 0/0 18/13
IP 128.0 52.1 40.1 4.0 30.0 120.1 88.2 29.0 32.1 114.1 4.2 47.2 TOTAL .264/.346/.408/.754 .751/.755 .775 .780 44/24 94/109
ERA-K/9 3.09/9.6 2.41/7.7 2.01/8.3 6.75/2.2 1.80/6.9 4.79/4.9 6.50/7.9 4.03/6.2 3.34/10.6 5.27/4.7 9.64/11.5 6.61/7.7 4.73/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 540/.206 208/.257 159/.196 19/.286 119/.215 527/.269 424/.301 123/.220 134/.172 530/.309 22/.300 216/.284 .262
OPS .659 .678 .591 .974 .514 .818 .855 .795 .611 .900 1.014 .829 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 284/.622 85/.887 47/.943 8/1.625 60/.622 249/.919 97/.806 58/.954 78/.533 262/.936 12/1.017 116/.821 .828
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.699 123/.535 112/.451 11/.664 59/.407 278/.728 327/.869 65/.662 56/.722 268/.863 10/1.000 100/.838 .761
Home 287/.646 103/.755 82/.581 19/.974 81/.530 310/.781 202/.763 88/.825 74/.489 228/.979 7/.714 114/1.017
Last 28d days 106/.790 48/.508 39/.765 19/.974 29/.649 132/.822 111/.722 49/.915 27/1.060 132/.955 7/.714 60/1.231
HR/SB/CS 14/12/2 3/2/1 5/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 24/4/3 10/6/2 8/0/0 4/1/1 18/6/3 2/0/0 8/3/0 137/55/17
Usage ····X··· X···o··X ·ooX···o ·X······ XX······ ···X···· X····X·· ··oX·X·· ··o·oo·X ··X····X ··X····· ·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 60.Martin
G/S/vB
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
49.Mock
G/S/vB
35.Stammen
G/S/vB
41.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 ··· 3/1.000 4/.250 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/1.333 3/2.667 1/4.000 429/345 .318/.396/.576/.973 1.301/.896 .924 93/.943 9/4 21/2
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 1/2.000 4/.750 5/1.933 ··· 4/.500 5/.600 3/.667 6/1.917 2/.000 ··· 392/295 .256/.362/.461/.823 .731/.844 .813 87/.825 4/3 15/3
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.829 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 65/58 .276/.323/.379/.702 .000/.793 .879 31/.730 0/0 1/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 7/.286 5/.200 4/.500 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 6/.900 3/.666 7/.619 311/281 .299/.367/.427/.794 .569/.818 .747 91/.829 3/3 3/4
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 6/.000 5/1.100 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 7/.929 3/1.667 5/1.850 443/319 .302/.422/.581/1.003 1.002/1.002 .906 95/.858 1/2 24/4
22.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 171/150 .201/.234/.327/.561 .738/.535 .367 14/.599 4/1 4/1
2.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 3/.000 10/1.125 ··· 1/.000 5/.450 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.262 217/142 .201/.263/.337/.599 .661/.565 .733 19/.557 1/0 5/4
7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 1/no AB 7/.429 2/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 5/.600 2/.000 ··· 384/306 .235/.299/.380/.679 .494/.723 .726 83/.738 0/1 11/6
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 4/.917 ··· 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.850 ··· 7/1.429 2/2.500 2/1.000 391/300 .261/.333/.434/.767 .743/.775 .860 75/.885 8/4 11/3
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 4/.500 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.200 3/1.167 2/1.500 18/.818 344/277 .239/.325/.283/.607 .581/.614 .622 82/.610 2/1 0/5
3.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.000 3/.333 ··· 6/.334 3/1.334 4/.000 416/324 .305/.364/.411/.775 .747/.783 .851 90/.795 6/4 6/10
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 188/134 .316/.367/.532/.899 .979/.867 .878 53/.889 0/0 8/7
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 63/48 .218/.302/.291/.592 .414/.650 .573 12/.250 1/0 0/0
IP 6.0 9.0 39.2 23.0 43.1 20.0 20.0 135.2 26.2 26.2 78.2 29.0 TOTAL .259/.339/.426/.765 .774/.762 .766 .777 34/22 114/66
ERA-K/9 7.50/1.5 4.00/5.0 3.40/5.4 5.48/6.7 2.49/6.9 2.70/11.2 9.00/5.4 3.25/3.6 4.05/4.0 7.09/6.1 4.46/4.0 4.34/5.3 5.01/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 28/.385 35/.235 172/.253 102/.300 174/.176 81/.174 98/.357 565/.266 123/.265 131/.360 327/.266 135/.252 .279
OPS .907 .757 .711 .910 .587 .623 .963 .738 .764 .962 .735 .798 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/1.029 12/1.083 68/.705 40/1.262 75/.568 44/.318 49/.883 144/.956 56/.779 68/.948 184/.775 55/.706 .857
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 8/.625 23/.581 104/.714 62/.686 99/.600 37/.991 49/1.038 421/.664 67/.747 63/.973 143/.684 80/.862 .759
Road / 22/.636 84/.940 64/.911 107/.642 21/1.117 58/1.054 228/.895 53/1.034 46/.928 176/.718 58/1.029
Last 28d days 28/.907 35/.757 37/.520 37/.979 36/.288 67/.517 27/.502 145/.687 39/.862 68/1.126 136/.715 31/1.040
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 2/0/0 3/0/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 2/1/0 3/3/0 13/6/6 2/4/1 3/1/1 8/14/2 3/0/1 94/68/27
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· o··oX··o ·oX··X·o o·X··o·· X···X·X· XXX·oo·· ···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.