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Game Preview: WSN @ PIT, 7:05pm, Monday, August 3, 2009 @PNC Park

Nationals, 33-72, 5th, 27 GB, 25 GB in WC

SP: Garrett Mock (26, RHP, 0-4, 7.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-4) 26.2 41 26 21 12 18 3 7.09
2008 (1-3) 41.0 37 20 19 23 46 4 4.17
Last 7 GS 0-5 28.2 45 28 23 11 29 6 7.22 37
2009-07-29 @MIL ND 5.0 8 4 4 1 4 1 91 38
2009-07-24 SDP L 5.1 9 5 3 1 5 1 90 38
2009-07-19 CHC L 3.1 8 7 4 2 3 1 63 23
2008-08-11 @MIL L 4.2 5 4 4 3 9 2 102 44
2008-06-21 TEX L 6.0 8 4 4 1 8 1 96 47
2008-06-08 SFG L 4.1 7 4 4 3 0 0 70 30
Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-33   Road:   13-39   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  24-54   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  10-17
 vsEast: 10-32   vsCntrl: 9-19   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
103 Fri, Jul 31  @PIT  L   4-5       32-71  5th 28.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30  @MIL  L   3-7       32-70  5th 27.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20
Pirates, 45-59, 5th, 11 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (25, RHP, 2-3, 3.72)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 38.2 40 16 16 14 28 3 3.72
2008 (4-8) 74.2 80 56 51 41 48 9 6.15
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.2 39 16 16 14 28 3 3.82 50
2009-07-28 @SFG L 6.0 6 2 2 3 5 1 107 54
2009-07-23 @ARI ND 4.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 102 35
2009-07-18 SFG W 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 90 75
2009-07-08 @HOU L 4.0 10 5 5 1 3 0 84 24
2009-07-03 @FLA W 6.0 1 0 0 4 4 0 91 70
2009-06-28 KCR L 5.0 7 3 3 0 3 1 87 44
2009-06-20 @COL ND 5.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 88 51
Has never faced WSN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-20   Road:   17-39   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  31-42   vsLHP:  14-17   1-Run:   8-17
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:14-26   vsWest:  7-12 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sun, Aug  2   WSN  L   3-5       45-59  5th 11.0 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   WSN  W  11-6       45-58  5th 11.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   WSN  W   5-4       44-58  6th 11.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29  @SFG  L   0-1 (10)  43-58  6th 11.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28  @SFG  L   2-3       43-57  6th 10.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 27  @SFG  L   2-4       43-56  6th 10.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 26  @ARI  L   0-9       43-55  6th  9.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25  @ARI  L   0-7       43-54  6th  8.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24  @ARI  W  10-3       43-53  6th  8.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23  @ARI  L   4-11      42-53  6th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 PIT 11  WSN  6        W:Virgil Vasquez (2-5), L: Craig Stammen (3-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 PIT  5  WSN  4        W:Ross Ohlendorf (9-8), L: John Lannan (7-8), S: Matt Capps (21)
Thu, May 21, 2009 WSN  5  PIT  4        W:Julian Tavarez (1-3), L: Tom Gorzelanny (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (4)
Wed, May 20, 2009 PIT  2 @WSN  1        W:John Grabow (2-0), L: Joel Hanrahan (1-2), S: Matt Capps (8)
Tue, May 19, 2009 PIT  8 @WSN  5 (10)   W:Tom Gorzelanny (1-0), L: Joe Beimel (0-3), S: none
Mon, May 18, 2009 PIT 12 @WSN  7        W:Ross Ohlendorf (5-3), L: Garrett Mock (0-2), S: none

Thu, Jun 12, 2008 PIT  7  WSN  5        W:Tom Gorzelanny (5-5), L: Jay Bergmann (1-4), S: Damaso Marte (1)
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 PIT  3  WSN  1        W:Ian Snell (3-6), L: John Lannan (4-7), S: Matt Capps (16)
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 WSN  7 @PIT  6        W:Joel Hanrahan (2-2), L: Matt Capps (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (13)
Sun, May 04, 2008 WSN  5  PIT  2        W:Tim Redding (4-2), L: Ian Snell (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - PIT leads 5-2; 2008 - WSN won 4-3; 2007 - PIT won 4-2; All-Time - PIT leads 296-265

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  5.66

FLA  4.56

SDP  3.76

RA/G

SFG  3.64

PHI  4.59

WSN  5.52

BA

I. Suzuki  .363

R. Zimmerman  .291

A. Casilla  .169

OBP

A. Pujols  .440

M. Cameron  .363

R. Cedeno  .220

SLG

A. Pujols  .667

S. Choo  .472

A. Casilla  .208

OPS

A. Pujols  1.106

S. Rolen  .837

A. Casilla  .472

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.08

A. Cook  3.88

T. Wellemeyer  5.77

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.97

J. Cueto  6.77

J. Lannan  3.66

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Nationals Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Morton
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
43.Chavez
G/S/vB
57.Duke*
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
25.Hart
G/S/vB
27.Karstens
G/S/vB
28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
50.Vasquez
G/S/vB
56.Veal*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Bard# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 4/.750 3/1.334 ··· 183/154 .255/.328/.352/.679 .729/.670 .629 68/.599 0/0 1/4
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 10/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 14/1.247 ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/88 .189/.246/.268/.514 .586/.474 .509 39/.482 1/0 2/2
34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 216/163 .240/.306/.408/.714 .819/.680 .663 5/.200 2/7 6/2
44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.587 ··· 14/1.389 2/.500 4/1.750 4/1.833 36/.413 3/1.167 7/.143 3/1.667 ··· 441/316 .275/.404/.550/.954 .770/1.034 1.043 97/.980 0/1 26/12
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 178/130 .272/.316/.364/.681 .940/.587 .743 74/.555 1/0 1/9
15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.286 1/3.000 1/no AB 4/.750 10/1.600 2/.500 6/1.467 3/.666 ··· 376/281 .306/.322/.421/.743 .765/.736 .712 76/.668 1/3 5/13
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· 1/no AB 230/197 .230/.364/.385/.749 .686/.758 .671 50/.531 9/2 4/3
6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 251/197 .247/.306/.317/.624 .817/.572 .693 29/.511 5/3 1/6
25.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 10/.000 ··· 11/1.170 ··· ··· ··· 21/.714 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 210/144 .197/.338/.306/.644 .553/.680 .592 27/.607 1/1 3/0
1.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 437/330 .312/.374/.397/.771 .464/.868 .752 102/.967 32/15 3/3
23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/101 .264/.310/.310/.620 .487/.674 .700 27/.986 0/0 0/4
16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/.333 3/2.000 2/.000 6/.900 6/.750 3/.667 4/.000 15/.204 2/.000 5/.800 3/.667 ··· 291/223 .300/.412/.580/.993 1.098/.962 1.098 92/1.112 3/2 17/4
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/1.500 12/.817 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 13/.462 2/no AB 6/2.100 3/2.333 ··· 458/340 .291/.356/.498/.853 .752/.885 .873 94/.891 0/0 20/13
IP 38.2 34.2 43.2 146.1 43.1 27.2 88.0 134.2 43.0 124.0 34.0 9.0 TOTAL .264/.346/.408/.754 .750/.755 .774 .781 45/24 96/111
ERA-K/9 3.72/6.5 5.97/7.5 3.71/6.2 3.26/4.6 6.85/9.6 2.60/4.2 4.40/4.1 4.75/5.6 3.56/7.7 4.43/4.9 6.09/5.6 6.00/7.0 4.32/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.267 163/.331 174/.253 597/.265 207/.330 120/.240 374/.255 557/.284 180/.213 517/.276 159/.333 48/.219 .268
OPS .743 .923 .729 .709 .883 .729 .774 .740 .691 .789 .966 .896 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.862 81/1.039 81/.652 147/.727 106/.910 49/.924 175/.770 113/.509 77/.740 265/.869 74/1.063 17/.571 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.563 82/.801 93/.796 450/.704 101/.855 71/.590 199/.775 444/.797 103/.655 252/.704 85/.883 31/1.043 .747
Home 46/.602 101/.847 76/.539 290/.645 136/.843 79/.701 162/.678 241/.650 87/.584 263/.699 106/.855 29/.711
Last 28d days 96/.809 42/1.323 30/.916 115/.691 34/.590 97/.740 67/.559 102/.700 51/.705 94/.853 109/1.010 13/1.017
HR/SB/CS 3/4/1 7/5/0 5/1/0 13/6/4 3/4/1 3/6/1 10/9/1 7/12/2 2/4/2 16/8/7 4/0/0 2/0/0 88/71/23
Usage ·····X·· ··X·X··X X·o··o·· ····X··· X·o··X·o ···X···· ·X·····X X·····X· ·Xo···o· ··X····· ·o······
Pirates Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Mock
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
29.Sosa
G/S/vB
35.Stammen
G/S/vB
41.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 2/.500 9/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 1/.000 214/143 .175/.220/.294/.513 .505/.517 .524 78/.524 3/2 6/6
36.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/2 .429/.375/.429/.804 1.000/.000 1.000 6/.733 0/0 0/0
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/2.400 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 9/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 121/82 .237/.256/.430/.686 .671/.693 .729 73/.652 1/0 5/1
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 170/145 .255/.325/.386/.711 .556/.737 .831 8/.250 1/0 3/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 112/71 .317/.366/.702/1.068 .993/1.112 1.189 91/1.087 5/1 10/0
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 3/.666 388/281 .259/.331/.378/.709 .795/.675 .728 81/.557 2/0 4/9
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/5.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 235/169 .293/.349/.488/.837 .970/.787 .917 95/.889 9/1 6/2
85.Milledge G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/.572 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/1.500 ··· 34/24 .219/.265/.250/.515 .800/.390 .692 8/.875 1/1 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 4/.000 279/234 .254/.315/.387/.702 .724/.698 .845 51/.765 0/3 5/1
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 48/24 .209/.292/.395/.687 .901/.500 1.100 38/.718 0/0 1/1
18.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.450 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 17/16 .067/.176/.067/.243 .000/.259 .000 16/.259 0/0 0/0
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2.000 159/128 .235/.352/.273/.625 .817/.580 .698 38/.549 1/0 1/2
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 195/113 .311/.374/.418/.792 .723/.844 .822 65/.742 2/0 5/3
IP 26.2 14.2 24.2 44.2 22.0 20.2 142.2 28.2 12.0 1.0 81.2 31.2 TOTAL .259/.322/.396/.718 .706/.723 .784 .672 55/19 78/49
ERA-K/9 7.09/6.1 3.68/4.9 5.11/7.3 2.42/6.6 2.86/11.0 10.45/5.2 3.41/3.7 4.40/4.1 7.50/3.8 9.00/9.0 4.96/3.9 3.98/5.4 5.10/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 131/.360 35/.235 106/.290 178/.173 88/.184 104/.371 596/.268 129/.275 54/.327 / 343/.278 143/.246 .280
OPS .962 .757 .888 .584 .657 1.014 .742 .774 .878 .769 .782 .804
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.948 12/1.083 41/1.275 76/.560 47/.296 51/.919 149/.921 58/.813 29/1.242 / 192/.774 58/.750 .860
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.973 23/.581 65/.653 102/.600 41/1.076 53/1.097 447/.683 71/.737 25/.480 / 151/.761 85/.805 .764
Road 46/.928 22/.636 68/.876 111/.635 28/1.089 64/1.130 259/.885 59/1.030 26/.846 / 192/.779 66/.966
Last 28d days 68/1.126 35/.757 41/.918 38/.310 67/.584 33/.736 146/.704 37/.905 54/.878 / 152/.792 35/.830
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 2/0/0 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/1/0 4/3/0 14/6/6 2/4/1 2/0/0 // 9/14/2 3/0/1 100/68/27
Usage ····X··· X····X·· o·X··oX· o··oo·X· ·X··X··· ·X··XXX· ··X····X o··X···X ···X···· X······· ·X····X· 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.