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Game Preview: WSN @ STL, 7:15pm, Saturday, August 29, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Nationals, 46-83, 5th, 29½ GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: Craig Stammen (25, RHP, 4-6, 5.08)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-6)			101.0	108	61	57	20	44	13	5.08

Last 7 GS		2-1	34.1	40	25	24	7	15	7	6.29	43
2009-08-23	MIL	W	6.1	5	3	3	1	1	1	97	51
2009-08-18	COL	ND	5.1	4	2	2	2	3	1	80	53
2009-08-12	@ATL	ND	6.0	4	2	2	1	3	2	79	58
2009-08-06	FLA	ND	1.2	6	6	5	1	2	0	45	22
2009-08-01	@PIT	L	3.0	8	6	6	0	0	1	44	19
2009-07-27	@MIL	ND	4.2	9	5	5	0	1	2	74	27
2009-07-22	NYM	W	7.1	4	1	1	2	5	0	95	69

Has never faced STL.

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

 Home:   27-39   Road:   19-44   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  36-65   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  14-20
 vsEast: 13-34   vsCntrl:16-25   vsWest: 10-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Fri, Aug 28  @STL  L   2-3       46-83  5th 29.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Cardinals, 75-55, 1st, 9 up

SP: Mitchell Boggs (25, RHP, 1-2, 4.58)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			37.1	52	20	19	23	34	1	4.58
2008 (3-2)			34.0	42	29	28	22	13	5	7.41

Last 7 GS		1-2	35.1	50	19	18	22	31	1	4.58	43
2009-08-18	@LAD	L	4.0	9	5	5	3	3	0	83	24
2009-08-11	CIN	L	6.0	9	4	4	4	6	0	106	40
2009-07-31	HOU	ND	5.0	6	2	2	5	5	0	99	47
2009-05-14	@PIT	ND	4.1	9	1	1	2	1	0	83	40
2009-05-06	PIT	ND	4.1	5	2	2	5	4	0	85	44
2009-04-30	@WSN	ND	6.0	6	4	4	2	9	1	100	51
2009-04-25	CHC	W	5.2	6	1	0	1	3	0	99	57

Last 5 v.WSN		0-0	6.0	6	4	4	2	9	1	6.00	51
2009-04-30	@WSN	ND	6.0	6	4	4	2	9	1	100	51

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

 Home:   39-25   Road:   36-30   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  50-38   vsLHP:  25-17   1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast: 14-11   vsCntrl:34-25   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Fri, Aug 28   WSN  W   3-2       75-55  1st  9.0 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8

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 4-1; 2008 - STL won 5-1; 2007 - WSN won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 285-274

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 5.66

BAL 4.60

SDP 3.83

RA/G

LAD 3.80

NYM 4.66

WSN 5.45

J. Mauer .373

R. Roberts .290

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .442

W. Harris .361

R. Cedeno .240

SLG

A. Pujols .663

B. Butler .478

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Pujols 1.104

T. Hafner .833

B. Giles .548

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

M. Buehrle 3.92

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

D. Davis 6.79

J. Lannan 3.75

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Nationals Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 30.Smoltz
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 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 14/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.334 1/.000 4/1.250 230/196 .236/.306/.341/.647 .678/.642 .539 52/.548 0/1 3/5

10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 17/.607 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 15/.467 11/1.436 17/.352 2/.000 11/1.100 202/138 .247/.299/.376/.675 .685/.669 .616 63/1.023 2/0 5/5

34.Dukes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 297/234 .236/.303/.401/.704 .739/.694 .706 86/.656 2/9 8/6

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 5/.400 28/.542 8/.393 ··· ··· 8/.625 1/.000 17/1.291 ··· 18/.762 10/.600 20/1.333 537/400 .283/.417/.578/.995 .826/1.059 1.076 101/1.180 0/1 34/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 238/183 .256/.291/.347/.638 .921/.556 .675 65/.474 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.250 17/.686 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 27/.907 8/.375 24/.565 4/1.500 7/.286 472/361 .303/.323/.418/.741 .772/.732 .682 101/.748 4/5 6/16

22.Harris* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 15/.619 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 16/.204 4/.833 8/1.625 3/.333 8/.000 276/237 .230/.361/.389/.751 .600/.773 .653 48/.754 9/3 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 12/1.250 533/409 .307/.369/.388/.757 .507/.829 .732 101/.735 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/.666 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 14/.884 5/.200 10/.522 385/307 .296/.403/.571/.974 1.199/.921 1.136 98/.908 3/3 21/5

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/1.666 6/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/1.667 ··· 42/.835 4/.500 15/.866 556/420 .303/.376/.537/.913 .865/.927 .905 103/1.220 2/0 27/15

IP 37.1 151.2 50.1 28.1 53.0 35.1 45.1 170.2 31.0 51.0 70.2 187.0 TOTAL .265/.345/.416/.760 .774/.756 .771 .792 63/34 126/135

ERA-K/9

4.58/8.2

2.20/6.8

1.07/5.9

2.86/3.5

3.06/6.5

1.78/9.4

5.76/7.5

3.11/4.4

3.77/7.5

6.71/8.5

5.09/3.6

2.50/7.6

3.65/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.340 586/.223 196/.182 108/.240 232/.224 136/.179 196/.281 679/.263 137/.259 204/.325 307/.282 775/.243 .258

OPS .913 .581 .494 .634 .655 .556 .878 .651 .704 .914 .789 .647 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/1.025 280/.601 86/.412 56/.798 104/.531 87/.330 78/1.032 336/.654 84/.562 113/1.173 149/.795 353/.763 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.810 306/.563 110/.556 52/.461 128/.756 49/.956 118/.774 343/.648 53/.926 91/.605 158/.783 422/.552 .688

Home 100/.846 246/.576 94/.286 49/.502 109/.699 77/.577 103/.896 309/.571 63/.679 74/.851 128/.742 429/.584

Last 28d days 52/1.036 175/.591 39/.492 38/.500 34/.690 27/.493 30/1.164 139/.713 26/.619 40/1.011 30/.881 135/.566

HR/SB/CS 1/3/1 7/2/3 2/0/0 2/0/0 4/0/0 4/0/1 10/0/1 6/0/4 2/4/2 8/1/0 7/2/1 15/8/4 103/33/21

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

Cardinals Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 31.Lannan*
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 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 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/.000 6/1.333 4/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 337/251 .230/.279/.396/.675 .596/.703 .659 52/.532 2/3 10/5

7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 6/1.133 4/1.500 1/.000 14/.967 6/1.917 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/1.000 4/.000 7/.286 472/362 .260/.333/.451/.784 .968/.726 .772 87/.698 1/2 21/9

3.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 24/.428 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 10/.844 4/1.250 170/104 .209/.286/.358/.644 .547/.703 .622 19/.705 2/1 6/8

15.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 6/2.100 ··· ··· 34/.706 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 5/2.000 1/no AB 538/381 .310/.394/.510/.904 .850/.923 .977 101/.973 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 4/.250 1/0 1/1

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 10/.300 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 1/.000 424/305 .266/.326/.450/.776 .711/.801 .654 84/.631 4/1 18/1

12.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 22/.905 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 21/.745 216/130 .293/.357/.424/.781 .636/.875 .649 60/.705 5/0 2/8

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.464 2/1.000 14/.428 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 3/.000 1/.000 453/339 .287/.359/.374/.733 .682/.750 .819 86/.798 7/2 5/4

5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/1.214 ··· 40/1.025 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 7/.715 16/.321 553/401 .317/.441/.663/1.104 1.188/1.072 1.167 102/1.046 13/4 41/9

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 404/313 .251/.308/.418/.726 .404/.821 .753 69/.669 2/1 13/6

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 8/1.893 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 323/201 .297/.343/.402/.745 .739/.747 .802 66/.924 9/6 2/7

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 8/1.071 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 468/377 .293/.353/.392/.745 .496/.805 .687 75/.682 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 101.0 35.1 54.0 37.2 141.0 168.2 40.2 39.0 53.1 25.0 17.2 38.1 TOTAL .260/.330/.415/.745 .671/.773 .744 .759 55/27 130/95

ERA-K/9

5.08/3.9

5.86/7.4

3.00/6.5

2.63/10.7

5.36/5.2

3.95/3.7

3.10/5.1

4.85/3.5

5.23/7.8

5.40/6.5

7.13/7.1

3.99/6.1

5.08/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 425/.273 155/.279 221/.191 150/.163 618/.308 687/.280 176/.229 173/.291 250/.317 111/.289 80/.333 182/.280 .279

OPS .772 .823 .623 .625 .853 .780 .665 .870 .864 .893 1.013 .815 .810

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.793 59/1.071 102/.623 76/.396 335/.866 169/.937 82/.713 84/.961 118/.916 53/1.039 34/1.298 86/.797 .863

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.745 96/.680 119/.622 74/.867 283/.838 518/.729 94/.618 89/.778 132/.817 58/.767 46/.825 96/.832 .771

Road 215/.777 88/.850 126/.689 61/.809 384/.848 309/.885 80/.758 74/.808 120/.886 51/.902 27/1.394 69/.951

Last 28d days 98/.897 49/.682 43/.781 69/.628 102/.985 91/1.041 47/.382 119/.866 119/.756 55/.704 80/1.013 47/.867

HR/SB/CS 13/16/2 5/3/1 6/4/1 6/1/1 17/8/5 17/6/6 2/4/1 9/0/1 6/1/2 5/1/1 5/0/0 3/0/1 141/72/33

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