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Game Preview: WSN @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, August 28, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Nationals, 46-82, 5th, 28½ GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (24, LHP, 8-9, 4.03)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-9)			160.2	173	80	72	53	67	17	4.03
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		2-2	42.0	49	25	24	13	15	4	5.14	45
2009-08-22	MIL	ND	1.2	7	7	7	2	0	1	43	11
2009-08-16	@CIN	ND	5.2	7	4	4	3	2	1	109	38
2009-08-11	@ATL	L	4.2	6	6	5	4	1	0	81	27
2009-08-05	FLA	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	6	1	102	52
2009-07-31	@PIT	L	7.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	115	41
2009-07-26	SDP	ND	8.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	81	69
2009-07-21	NYM	W	9.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	106	74

Last 5 v.STL		0-2	12.2	11	4	4	7	4	2	2.84	53
2008-06-05	STL	L	6.0	4	2	2	4	0	1	97	52
2008-04-06	@STL	L	6.2	7	2	2	3	4	1	100	53

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

 Home:   27-39   Road:   19-43   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  36-64   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  14-19
 vsEast: 13-34   vsCntrl:16-24   vsWest: 10-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Thu, Aug 27  @CHC  W   5-4       46-82  5th 28.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26  @CHC  L   4-9       45-82  5th 29.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @CHC  W  15-6       45-81  5th 28.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   MIL  L   1-7       44-81  5th 29.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   MIL  W   8-3       44-80  5th 28.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   MIL  L   9-11      43-80  5th 28.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   MIL  L   3-7       43-79  5th 27.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20   COL  L   1-4       43-78  5th 27.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19   COL  L   4-5       43-77  5th 26.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18   COL  L   3-4       43-76  5th 25.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Cardinals, 74-55, 1st, 9 up

SP: John Smoltz (42, RHP, 3-5, 7.40)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-5)			45.0	62	37	37	9	42	8	7.40
2008 (3-2)			28.0	25	8	8	8	36	2	2.57
2007 (14-8)			205.2	196	78	71	47	197	18	3.11

Last 7 GS		3-4	36.0	52	31	31	7	35	8	7.75	39
2009-08-23	@SDP	W	5.0	3	0	0	0	9	0	75	70
2009-08-06	@NYY	L	3.1	9	8	8	4	3	2	92	9
2009-07-31	@BAL	W	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	2	87	38
2009-07-26	BAL	L	5.0	9	6	6	1	6	1	83	30
2009-07-20	@TEX	L	5.2	9	6	6	0	5	3	96	32
2009-07-11	KCR	W	5.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	97	61
2009-07-06	OAK	L	6.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	99	34

Last 5 v.WSN		3-2	30.0	23	8	8	6	37	0	2.40	63
2009-06-25	@WSN	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	5	0	92	37
2008-04-22	WSN	L	7.0	5	1	1	0	10	0	105	73
2008-04-12	@WSN	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	90	61
2007-09-07	WSN	W	7.0	1	1	1	2	10	0	109	79
2007-06-27	WSN	W	5.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	89	63

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

 Home:   38-25   Road:   36-30   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  50-38   vsLHP:  24-17   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:34-25   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Thu, Aug 27   HOU  L   3-4       74-55  1st  9.0 up
128 Wed, Aug 26   HOU  W   3-2       74-54  1st  9.0 up
127 Tue, Aug 25   HOU  W   1-0       73-54  1st  9.0 up
126 Sun, Aug 23  @SDP  W   5-2       72-54  1st  8.0 up
125 Sat, Aug 22  @SDP  W   7-0       71-54  1st  8.0 up
124 Fri, Aug 21  @SDP  L   0-4       70-54  1st  7.0 up
123 Thu, Aug 20  @SDP  W   5-1       70-53  1st  7.0 up
122 Wed, Aug 19  @LAD  W   3-2       69-53  1st  6.0 up
121 Tue, Aug 18  @LAD  L   3-7       68-53  1st  6.0 up
120 Mon, Aug 17  @LAD  W   3-2       68-52  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 STL  4 @WSN  1  (7)   W:Adam Wainwright (11-6), L: Collin Balester (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 02, 2009 WSN  6  STL  1        W:Shairon Martis (3-0), L: Joel Pineiro (4-1), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2009 STL  6 @WSN  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (2-2), L: Jordan Zimmermann (2-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 30, 2009 STL  9 @WSN  4        W:Chris Perez (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (0-2), S: none

Thu, Jun 05, 2008 WSN 10  STL  9 (10)   W:Brian Sanches (2-0), L: Ryan Franklin (2-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 STL  4 @WSN  1        W:Todd Wellemeyer (7-1), L: John Lannan (4-6), S: Ryan Franklin (7)
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 STL  6 @WSN  1        W:Kyle Lohse (6-2), L: Odalis Perez (2-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 STL  3  WSN  0        W:Kyle Lohse (1-0), L: John Lannan (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (3)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 STL  5  WSN  4        W:Adam Wainwright (1-0), L: Matt Chico (0-1), S: Randy Flores (1)
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 STL  5  WSN  4        W:Braden Looper (1-0), L: Odalis Perez (0-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (2)
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 3-1; 2008 - STL won 5-1; 2007 - WSN won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 284-274

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 5.70

CHW 4.61

SDP 3.85

RA/G

SFG 3.76

NYM 4.67

WSN 5.46

J. Mauer .373

C. Gonzalez .290

B. Schneider .179

OBP

J. Mauer .442

G. Beckham .363

R. Cedeno .237

SLG

A. Pujols .666

J. Dye .479

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Pujols 1.107

C. McGehee .838

R. Andino .541

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.16

M. Buehrle 3.92

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

C. Lee 6.84

J. Lannan 3.75

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Nationals Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Smoltz
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Motte
G/S/vB 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 48.Thompson
G/S/vB 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 14/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.250 226/192 .234/.305/.341/.647 .678/.641 .534 52/.497 0/1 3/5

10.Belliard G/S/vP 17/.352 ··· 3/.000 17/.607 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 15/.467 11/1.436 2/.000 11/1.100 198/134 .253/.305/.385/.689 .685/.690 .643 60/1.111 2/0 5/5

34.Dukes G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 293/230 .239/.304/.405/.709 .739/.701 .717 82/.673 2/9 8/6

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 18/.762 5/.400 28/.542 8/.393 ··· ··· 8/.625 1/.000 17/1.291 ··· 10/.600 20/1.333 533/396 .283/.417/.573/.990 .826/1.051 1.064 101/1.124 0/1 34/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 237/182 .257/.292/.349/.641 .921/.560 .681 68/.483 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 24/.565 3/.000 8/.250 17/.686 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 27/.907 8/.375 4/1.500 7/.286 467/357 .304/.325/.418/.743 .779/.732 .684 100/.777 4/5 6/16

22.Harris* G/S/vP 8/1.625 1/.000 ··· 15/.619 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 16/.204 4/.833 3/.333 8/.000 272/234 .227/.352/.387/.739 .583/.762 .627 48/.717 9/2 5/3

1.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.583 3/.000 7/.857 ··· 4/.833 3/.666 1/.000 10/.600 1/.000 2/2.000 12/1.250 532/408 .307/.368/.388/.756 .507/.827 .730 105/.704 42/17 3/4

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 8/4 .250/.250/.375/.625 1.250/.000 .000 8/.625 0/0 0/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 192/147 .261/.297/.313/.609 .442/.660 .720 50/.579 1/0 1/4

8.Padilla G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .077/.077/.077/.154 .667/.000 .000 13/.154 0/0 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP 14/.884 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 5/.200 10/.522 381/303 .300/.407/.578/.985 1.199/.934 1.162 98/.952 3/3 21/5

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 42/.835 3/1.666 6/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/1.667 ··· 4/.500 15/.866 552/416 .304/.377/.533/.910 .865/.923 .899 103/1.238 2/0 27/14

IP 45.0 37.1 151.2 50.1 27.1 53.0 35.1 44.1 170.2 30.0 70.2 187.0 TOTAL .266/.345/.416/.761 .774/.757 .772 .796 61/34 124/135

ERA-K/9

7.40/8.4

4.58/8.2

2.20/6.8

1.07/5.9

2.63/3.6

3.06/6.5

1.78/9.4

5.89/7.7

3.11/4.4

3.90/7.8

5.09/3.6

2.50/7.6

3.65/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.325 180/.340 561/.223 196/.182 104/.237 223/.218 136/.179 196/.281 679/.263 136/.261 307/.282 775/.243 .258

OPS .914 .913 .582 .494 .633 .627 .556 .878 .651 .710 .789 .647 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/1.173 87/1.025 268/.602 86/.412 55/.813 100/.507 87/.330 78/1.032 336/.654 84/.562 149/.795 353/.763 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.605 93/.810 293/.564 110/.556 49/.438 123/.725 49/.956 118/.774 343/.648 52/.946 158/.783 422/.552 .687

Home 74/.851 100/.846 221/.577 94/.286 45/.490 100/.643 77/.577 103/.896 309/.571 62/.691 128/.742 429/.584

Last 28d days 65/1.001 77/1.027 150/.595 43/.493 34/.485 25/.462 28/.475 30/1.164 139/.713 25/.646 41/.787 135/.566

HR/SB/CS 8/1/0 1/3/1 7/2/3 2/0/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 4/0/1 10/0/1 6/0/4 2/4/2 7/2/1 15/8/4 102/33/21

Usage ····X··· ········ X····X·· ·oo·X··· o···X·o· X····o·o ·o··o··o ····o··o ·X·····X o···oXo· ······X· ··X·····

Cardinals Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 54.MacDougal
G/S/vB 60.Martin
G/S/vB 49.Mock
G/S/vB 52.Rivera
G/S/vB 29.Sosa
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

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 4/2.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 336/250 .231/.280/.397/.677 .596/.706 .663 55/.539 2/3 10/5

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/1.917 6/1.133 4/1.500 1/.000 14/.967 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.286 468/358 .260/.334/.453/.787 .968/.729 .777 87/.738 1/2 21/9

3.Greene G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 24/.428 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 10/.844 ··· 4/1.250 170/104 .209/.286/.358/.644 .547/.703 .622 19/.705 2/1 5/8

15.Holliday G/S/vP 6/.500 6/2.100 ··· ··· 34/.706 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 5/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 534/377 .310/.395/.505/.901 .850/.919 .972 101/1.014 14/6 18/4

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 16/.517 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1.071 ··· 14/.748 77/55 .239/.299/.310/.609 .714/.567 .706 7/.762 1/0 1/1

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 10/.300 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 420/301 .266/.327/.452/.779 .711/.806 .658 84/.622 4/1 18/1

12.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 22/.905 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 21/.745 213/127 .287/.352/.415/.767 .636/.855 .610 61/.675 5/0 2/8

4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 7/1.464 2/1.000 14/.428 ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 449/335 .290/.363/.378/.740 .682/.759 .836 82/.839 7/2 5/3

5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 10/1.214 ··· 40/1.025 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 7/.715 ··· 16/.321 549/397 .318/.441/.666/1.107 1.188/1.076 1.173 102/1.046 13/4 40/9

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 400/309 .254/.311/.423/.734 .404/.832 .769 65/.713 2/1 13/6

13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 8/1.893 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 321/199 .296/.342/.401/.743 .739/.744 .799 64/.922 9/6 2/7

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 8/1.071 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 463/373 .295/.355/.394/.749 .501/.809 .694 74/.692 2/2 4/8

22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 283/226 .230/.325/.340/.665 .689/.660 .767 12/.583 3/2 1/11

IP 160.2 35.1 54.0 37.2 141.0 40.2 39.0 53.1 25.0 17.2 101.0 38.1 TOTAL .260/.330/.415/.746 .671/.774 .746 .772 54/27 129/95

ERA-K/9

4.03/3.8

5.60/7.4

3.00/6.5

2.63/10.7

5.36/5.2

3.10/5.1

4.85/3.5

5.23/7.8

5.40/6.5

7.13/7.1

5.08/3.9

3.99/6.1

5.09/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 687/.280 155/.279 220/.193 142/.156 618/.308 170/.237 150/.300 250/.317 111/.289 80/.333 425/.273 182/.280 .279

OPS .780 .823 .627 .623 .853 .683 .864 .864 .893 1.013 .772 .815 .811

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.937 59/1.071 101/.629 73/.413 335/.866 80/.714 74/1.046 118/.916 53/1.039 34/1.298 237/.793 86/.797 .867

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 518/.729 96/.680 119/.622 69/.851 283/.838 90/.649 76/.679 132/.817 58/.767 46/.825 188/.745 96/.832 .769

Road 309/.885 88/.850 125/.695 53/.832 384/.848 74/.810 51/.764 120/.886 51/.902 27/1.394 215/.777 69/.951

Last 28d days 122/.981 53/.653 42/.801 61/.623 125/.948 41/.411 96/.855 119/.756 55/.704 80/1.013 98/.897 47/.867

HR/SB/CS 17/6/6 5/3/1 6/4/1 6/1/1 17/8/5 2/4/1 7/0/1 6/1/2 5/1/1 5/0/0 13/16/2 3/0/1 139/72/33

Usage ·····X·· ·X·o·X·X o···o··X X·X·X·XX ·X······ X··o·X·· X·····X· ··X····X ·oX··X·· ·X·X·XX· ····X··· ·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.