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Game Preview: BAL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Friday, May 22, 2009 @Nationals Park

Orioles, 16-25, 5th, 9½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Rich Hill (29, LHP, 1-0, 3.18)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-0)			5.2	7	2	2	2	6	0	3.18
2008 (1-0)			19.2	13	9	9	18	15	2	4.12
2007 (11-8)			195.0	170	89	85	63	183	27	3.92

Last 7 GS		3-0	31.1	21	11	11	21	25	2	3.16	54
2009-05-16	@KCR	W	5.2	7	2	2	2	6	0	88	51
2008-05-02	@STL	ND	0.2	0	1	1	4	1	0	27	45
2008-04-23	@COL	ND	5.0	3	2	2	4	3	1	84	52
2008-04-18	PIT	W	5.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	82	58
2008-04-10	@PIT	ND	3.0	3	3	3	4	3	0	72	40
2008-04-04	HOU	ND	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	88	57
2007-09-29	@CIN	W	6.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	79	73

Last 5 v.WSN		1-1	12.0	16	7	7	2	10	2	5.25	46
2007-07-04	@WSN	L	6.0	10	6	6	1	6	2	104	33
2007-05-05	WSN	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	93	59

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

 Home:   11-11   Road:    5-14   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-19   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  7-16   vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Thu, May 21  @NYY  L   4-7       16-25  5th  9.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20  @NYY  L   4-11      16-24  5th  9.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 19  @NYY  L   1-9       16-23  5th  9.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 17  @KCR  L   4-7       16-22  5th  9.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 16  @KCR  W   3-2       16-21  5th  8.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 15  @KCR  L   1-8       15-21  5th  8.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @KCR  W   9-5       15-20  5th  7.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 13   TBR  L   6-8       14-20  5th  8.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 12   TBR  W   7-5       14-19  5th  8.0 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   NYY  L   3-5       13-19  5th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Nationals, 12-28, 5th, 10½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (23, RHP, 2-1, 6.35)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-1)			34.0	40	24	24	11	32	5	6.35

Last 7 GS		2-1	34.0	40	24	24	11	32	5	6.35	44
2009-05-17	PHI	ND	5.0	7	5	5	3	6	0	108	36
2009-05-12	@SFG	ND	6.0	7	5	5	2	8	0	104	44
2009-05-07	@LAD	ND	6.0	6	6	6	3	4	1	95	37
2009-05-01	STL	L	5.2	8	5	5	0	6	3	101	39
2009-04-26	@NYM	W	5.1	6	1	1	2	5	0	103	55
2009-04-20	ATL	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	72	54

Has never faced BAL.

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

 Home:    6-14   Road:    6-14   ExtrInn: 0-5 
 vsRHP:   8-22   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  5-19   vsCntrl: 3-5    vsWest:  4-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Thu, May 21   PIT  W   5-4       12-28  5th 10.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20   PIT  L   1-2       11-28  5th 10.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 19   PIT  L   5-8 (10)  11-27  5th 10.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 18   PIT  L   7-12      11-26  5th  9.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 17   PHI  L   6-8       11-25  5th  9.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 16   PHI  L   5-7  (5)  11-24  5th  9.5 gb
 35 Sat, May 16   PHI  L   5-8       11-23  5th  9.5 gb
 34 Fri, May 15   PHI  L   6-10(12)  11-22  5th  8.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 13  @SFG  W   6-3       11-21  5th  6.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 12  @SFG  L   7-9       10-21  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-12   Last 30:11-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 29, 2008 WSN  3  BAL  2 (12)   W:Joel Hanrahan (5-2), L: George Sherrill (2-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 BAL  9 @WSN  1        W:Garrett Olson (6-3), L: John Lannan (4-9), S: Lance Cormier (1)
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 WSN  4  BAL  2        W:Joel Hanrahan (4-2), L: Daniel Cabrera (5-4), S: Jon Rauch (16)
Sun, May 18, 2008 WSN  2 @BAL  1        W:John Lannan (4-4), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-4), S: Jon Rauch (10)
Sat, May 17, 2008 BAL  6  WSN  5        W:Brian Burres (4-4), L: Odalis Perez (1-4), S: George Sherrill (17)
Fri, May 16, 2008 BAL  5  WSN  3        W:Garrett Olson (3-0), L: Shawn Hill (0-1), S: George Sherrill (16)
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 WSN  3 @BAL  1        W:Jason Simontacchi (4-4), L: Chad Bradford (0-3), S: Chad Cordero (10)
Wed, Jun 13, 2007 WSN  9 @BAL  6 (11)   W:Billy Traber (2-0), L: Chris Ray (3-5), S: Saul Rivera (3)
Tue, Jun 12, 2007 WSN  7 @BAL  4        W:Micah Bowie (3-2), L: Daniel Cabrera (5-7), S: Chad Cordero (9)
Sun, May 20, 2007 WSN  4  BAL  3        W:Jesus Colome (3-0), L: Danys Baez (0-3), S: Chad Cordero (5)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - WSN won 4-2; All-Time - WSN leads 19-14

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

PHI 5.74

LAA 4.85

SDP 3.71

RA/G

LAD 3.76

SDP 4.78

WSN 6.37

V. Martinez .400

G. Sizemore .213

OBP

V. Martinez .474

G. Sizemore .298

SLG

J. Morneau .629

E. Bonifacio .320

OPS

V. Martinez 1.098

E. Bonifacio .623

ERA

Z. Greinke .82

K. Uehara 4.34

A. Eaton 8.56

K/9IP

J. Verlander 12.31

B. McCarthy 6.60

M. Pelfrey 2.41

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Orioles Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (6.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 43.Colome
G/S/vB 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB 38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 50.Tavarez
G/S/vB 41.Villone*
G/S/vB 32.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/25 .212/.235/.242/.478 .889/.327 .488 21/.333 1/0 0/2

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 15/1.134 9/1.556 3/.667 179/123 .264/.335/.465/.801 .490/.943 .691 103/.711 0/3 7/2

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 5/.600 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 6/2.000 3/.666 9/.500 123/94 .243/.281/.330/.611 1.034/.472 .364 65/.690 8/0 1/4

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 154/114 .364/.416/.657/1.073 .836/1.153 1.013 87/1.125 3/2 9/3

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/no AB 13/1.692 10/.644 ··· 182/127 .327/.401/.541/.942 .624/1.088 .866 105/.852 1/1 7/3

16.Moeller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 6/.000 12/.833 43/35 .195/.233/.366/.598 .000/.740 .389 25/.492 0/0 1/0

2.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/29 .204/.273/.347/.620 .275/.955 .445 45/.696 0/0 1/0

6.Mora G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 13/.862 ··· 2/.000 10/1.667 8/1.250 7/.762 102/73 .263/.314/.347/.661 .681/.653 .510 83/.606 1/2 2/2

18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 93/83 .193/.272/.313/.585 .200/.635 .514 44/.695 1/2 2/0

14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/24 .296/.321/.444/.766 1.000/.726 .766 28/.766 0/0 1/0

1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 9/.730 ··· 1/no AB 13/.802 18/.675 3/.000 187/141 .289/.364/.464/.827 .711/.866 .880 109/.751 10/4 6/2

23.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.962 4/1.750 9/.333 132/92 .232/.273/.352/.625 .617/.628 .647 70/.719 1/1 3/2

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 12/.455 11/.614 9/.889 116/85 .208/.310/.307/.617 .540/.646 .605 65/.733 0/0 1/3

IP 34.0 16.0 5.0 2.0 5.0 19.1 17.1 9.0 18.0 TOTAL .268/.334/.431/.765 .639/.812 .694 .756 26/15 46/27

ERA-K/9

6.35/8.5

5.63/4.5

3.60/5.4

22.50/4.5

3.60/10.8

6.52/11.2

5.71/8.8

0.00/3.0

6.00/6.5

5.79/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 149/.301 77/.329 22/.167 13/.500 22/.190 94/.305 79/.234 32/.133 83/.235 .287

OPS .869 .910 .485 1.288 .608 .871 .718 .321 .759 .837

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.790 29/.803 14/.607 6/2.033 5/.200 55/.874 36/.837 14/.516 38/.876 .894

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.984 48/.975 8/.250 7/.714 17/.706 39/.865 43/.619 18/.170 45/.664 .790

Home 72/.972 39/.734 / 13/1.288 22/.608 65/.825 38/.770 20/.311 38/.713

Last 28d days 127/.855 47/1.147 17/.423 13/1.288 22/.608 60/.842 50/.850 32/.321 71/.776

HR/SB/CS 5/4/2 2/0/0 0/2/0 0/1/0 1/0/1 3/1/0 1/3/1 0/0/1 1/2/1 44/26/12

Usage ····X··· ··Xoo·X· ········ ···Xooo· ···X···· XX·X··X· X···o·X· ·oX·Xoo· ···X··X·

Nationals Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (6.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Hill*
G/S/vB 28.Baez
G/S/vB 35.Bergesen
G/S/vB 24.Eaton
G/S/vB 27.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 37.Ray
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.500 28/23 .222/.250/.296/.546 1.000/.445 .588 12/.667 0/0 0/0

10.Belliard G/S/vP 9/.333 5/1.100 ··· 20/.839 14/1.357 ··· 5/.000 4/1.750 ··· 7/.858 60/32 .182/.237/.291/.528 .577/.484 .544 44/.623 0/0 1/2

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 17/.301 3/1.667 ··· 11/.637 14/.665 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 180/127 .280/.422/.573/.996 .805/1.084 .785 113/.949 0/1 12/5

15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 14/.814 ··· 2/2.000 12/1.250 1/2.000 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· 8/.804 137/98 .373/.382/.493/.875 1.077/.793 .832 103/.805 1/2 1/5

22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/2.550 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 68/57 .264/.412/.415/.827 .597/.860 .838 56/.865 2/0 1/0

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/94 .280/.360/.350/.710 .873/.673 .627 78/.847 3/1 0/4

24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· 3/1.666 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 177/128 .338/.435/.473/.908 1.100/.830 .980 117/.915 1/0 4/5

25.Kearns G/S/vP 8/.500 5/.200 ··· 11/.788 8/.875 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 115/82 .213/.357/.404/.761 .613/.815 .857 67/.689 1/0 3/0

30.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/4 .300/.417/.400/.817 .833/.750 .250 11/.899 3/0 0/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 52/38 .265/.308/.286/.593 .298/.693 .516 49/.631 0/0 0/3

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.500 7/.629 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 102/74 .212/.343/.494/.837 .800/.851 .955 73/.914 0/0 6/1

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/2.233 1/5.000 ··· 11/.673 9/.958 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 193/140 .353/.409/.607/1.016 .749/1.106 1.020 123/1.150 0/0 10/5

IP 5.2 21.2 33.2 41.0 33.0 18.1 12.2 16.2 47.2 9.1 TOTAL .276/.361/.441/.802 .809/.799 .780 .835 16/10 47/43

ERA-K/9

3.18/9.5

3.74/7.5

5.35/4.3

8.56/6.1

5.73/6.5

4.42/5.4

8.53/10.6

3.24/8.6

4.34/6.6

3.86/8.7

5.83/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.333 89/.171 151/.316 194/.322 159/.315 79/.268 69/.362 73/.258 196/.251 42/.368 .295

OPS .772 .557 .856 .967 .917 .761 1.008 .783 .730 .971 .870

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 5/.000 47/.545 79/.787 110/1.078 42/.846 40/.672 38/1.493 24/.304 97/.725 21/.960 .849

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 19/.944 42/.571 72/.925 84/.828 117/.943 39/.845 31/.443 49/1.010 99/.733 21/.982 .889

Road 24/.772 46/.784 50/.622 96/1.087 91/.830 33/.617 30/1.042 32/.823 102/.792 22/.868

Last 28d days 24/.772 60/.560 128/.909 122/1.044 89/.896 41/.696 38/1.053 39/.661 99/.762 28/1.050

HR/SB/CS 0/2/0 2/2/0 5/0/2 9/9/0 7/8/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/2/0 6/4/0 2/0/0 63/36/7

Usage ·····X·· ·X···o·X ··X····· X·····X· ··X···X· ····oo·X ··X·X··· o····o·· ····X··· ·X··o··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.