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Game Preview: FLA @ WSN, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 4, 2009 @Nationals Park

Marlins, 55-50, 2nd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Johnson (25, RHP, 10-2, 2.87)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-2)			141.0	122	47	45	36	114	9	2.87
2008 (7-1)			87.1	91	36	35	27	77	7	3.61
2007 (0-3)			15.2	26	17	13	12	14	1	7.47

Last 7 GS		4-1	43.0	40	15	15	13	31	3	3.14	55
2009-07-29	ATL	W	6.0	8	3	3	1	1	2	104	44
2009-07-24	@LAD	W	7.0	5	3	3	0	4	0	100	59
2009-07-12	@ARI	W	6.2	7	1	1	2	7	0	113	61
2009-07-07	@SFG	L	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	93	59
2009-07-01	WSN	ND	3.1	5	1	1	4	3	0	89	45
2009-06-26	@TBR	ND	6.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	105	49
2009-06-20	NYY	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	103	70

Last 5 v.WSN		3-0	28.0	30	11	11	10	27	1	3.54	53
2009-07-01	WSN	ND	3.1	5	1	1	4	3	0	89	45
2009-04-18	@WSN	ND	6.0	6	6	6	2	6	1	101	40
2009-04-07	WSN	W	6.2	7	0	0	0	8	0	106	68
2008-09-24	@WSN	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	99	50
2008-09-13	WSN	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	100	60

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

 Home:   29-26   Road:   26-24   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  33-36   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast: 21-14   vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest: 14-13 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Sun, Aug  2   CHC  W   3-2       55-50  2nd  5.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   CHC  L   8-9 (10)  54-50  2nd  6.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31   CHC  W   5-2       54-49  2nd  6.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30   ATL  L   3-6 (10)  53-49  2nd  6.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29   ATL  W   6-3       53-48  2nd  6.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28   ATL  W   4-3       52-48  2nd  7.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @LAD  W   8-6       51-48  2nd  6.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @LAD  L   3-4       50-48  2nd  6.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @LAD  W   6-3       50-47  2nd  5.5 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 22  @SDP  W   5-0       49-47  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Nationals, 34-72, 5th, 26½ GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: J.D. Martin (26, RHP, 0-2, 7.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-2)			12.0	17	10	10	1	5	2	7.50

Last 7 GS		0-2	12.0	17	10	10	1	5	2	7.50	40
2009-07-30	@MIL	L	6.0	7	5	5	0	4	2	86	42
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 FLA.

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

 Home:   20-33   Road:   14-39   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  25-54   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  10-17
 vsEast: 10-32   vsCntrl:10-19   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Mon, Aug  3  @PIT  W   8-4       34-72  5th 26.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 01, 2009 FLA  5  WSN  3        W:Dan Meyer (2-0), L: Julian Tavarez (3-6), S: Leo Nunez (4)
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 FLA  7  WSN  5  (7)   W:Renyel Pinto (3-1), L: Joe Beimel (0-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 FLA  4  WSN  2        W:Ricky Nolasco (5-6), L: Ron Villone (3-5), S: Leo Nunez (3)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 FLA  7 @WSN  4        W:Leo Nunez (2-0), L: Saul Rivera (0-3), S: Matt Lindstrom (3)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 FLA  9 @WSN  6 (11)   W:Kiko Calero (1-0), L: Julian Tavarez (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 FLA  3 @WSN  2 (10)   W:Leo Nunez (1-0), L: Saul Rivera (0-2), S: Matt Lindstrom (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 FLA  6  WSN  4        W:Chris Volstad (1-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (0-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (1)
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 FLA  8  WSN  3        W:Josh Johnson (1-0), L: Scott Olsen (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 FLA 12  WSN  6        W:Ricky Nolasco (1-0), L: John Lannan (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 24, 2008 FLA  9 @WSN  4        W:Josh Johnson (7-1), L: Tim Redding (10-11), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - FLA leads 9-0; 2008 - FLA won 14-3; 2007 - WSN won 10-8; All-Time - FLA leads 142-111

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 5.73

FLA 4.54

SDP 3.74

RA/G

SFG 3.64

HOU 4.60

WSN 5.50

I. Suzuki .364

A. McCutchen .292

A. Casilla .166

OBP

A. Pujols .438

T. Gwynn .365

R. Cedeno .221

SLG

A. Pujols .661

Y. Escobar .471

A. Casilla .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.099

C. Crawford .836

A. Casilla .464

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.08

A. Cook 3.88

T. Wellemeyer 5.77

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

K. Correia 6.73

J. Lannan 3.66

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Marlins Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 60.Martin
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 49.Mock
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Baker* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 5/2.100 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 275/247 .275/.352/.430/.782 .590/.803 .791 57/.916 0/0 7/4

1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 451/325 .248/.296/.311/.607 .690/.561 .567 99/.558 19/7 1/15

3.Cantu G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 6/1.666 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 5/1.600 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 5/2.000 403/293 .283/.345/.447/.792 .897/.753 .746 87/.841 2/0 11/7

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 291/225 .259/.343/.376/.719 .656/.737 .819 75/.785 5/1 5/3

7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 155/133 .285/.361/.431/.792 .418/.858 .716 23/.865 0/0 4/1

18.Helms G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.200 5/1.100 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 12/1.217 145/79 .271/.310/.338/.649 .754/.557 .788 25/.840 1/1 1/4

27.Hermida* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 17/.823 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 8/.542 2/.000 1/.000 400/291 .255/.340/.388/.728 .595/.778 .709 85/.711 5/2 11/1

20.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/1.893 ··· 6/.750 ··· ··· ··· 19/.669 ··· 1/no AB 434/309 .295/.412/.404/.816 .948/.763 .755 91/.853 2/4 6/7

29.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 168/69 .263/.329/.408/.737 .722/.760 .753 30/.811 1/0 5/2

2.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 16/.846 ··· ··· ··· 5/.750 ··· 2/.500 11/.697 3/2.334 ··· 412/295 .342/.409/.559/.968 .768/1.049 .936 76/.900 16/7 16/8

12.Ross G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 3/2.000 1/5.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 9/1.158 2/.000 ··· 403/295 .260/.320/.472/.792 .916/.748 .740 88/.575 3/1 17/3

6.Uggla G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 19/.489 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/no AB 1/.000 15/.838 2/1.000 ··· 429/319 .227/.339/.431/.770 .770/.769 .638 91/.804 1/0 19/8

IP 12.0 14.2 24.2 45.0 25.0 21.1 142.2 29.0 30.2 1.2 81.2 31.2 TOTAL .258/.329/.403/.731 .712/.739 .707 .742 55/23 103/76

ERA-K/9

7.50/3.8

3.68/4.9

5.11/7.3

2.40/6.8

2.52/10.4

10.55/5.1

3.41/3.7

4.34/4.0

6.75/5.6

5.40/10.6

4.96/3.9

3.98/5.4

5.08/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.327 56/.245 109/.292 179/.172 88/.184 104/.371 596/.268 133/.267 131/.360 4/.500 343/.278 144/.244 .280

OPS .878 .757 .881 .580 .657 1.014 .742 .758 .962 1.750 .769 .776 .804

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/1.242 23/.781 42/1.293 76/.560 47/.296 51/.919 149/.921 61/.769 68/.948 2/2.500 192/.774 59/.736 .858

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/.480 33/.741 67/.632 103/.594 41/1.076 53/1.097 447/.683 72/.745 63/.973 2/1.000 151/.761 85/.805 .765

Home 28/.907 13/.974 38/.908 67/.502 60/.476 40/.836 337/.632 70/.579 85/.982 / 151/.756 77/.622

Last 28d days 54/.878 56/.757 44/.899 39/.302 67/.584 33/.736 146/.704 41/.845 68/1.126 4/1.750 127/.845 36/.806

HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 3/0/2 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/1/0 4/3/0 14/6/6 2/4/1 3/1/1 1/0/0 9/14/2 3/0/1 102/68/29

Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ·o·X··oX oo··oo·X X·X··X·· X·X··XXX ···X···· oo··X··· X····X·· oX······ ··X····X ·oX···X·

Nationals Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Johnson
G/S/vB 52.Ayala
G/S/vB 40.Calero
G/S/vB 48.Donnelly
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB 44.Sanches
G/S/vB 56.VandenHurk
G/S/vB 41.Volstad
G/S/vB 64.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 183/154 .255/.328/.352/.679 .729/.670 .717 64/.573 0/0 1/4

10.Belliard G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 5/.600 1/.000 8/.625 4/.750 5/.400 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 143/89 .198/.254/.282/.536 .611/.492 .518 39/.619 1/0 2/3

34.Dukes G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 6/.000 ··· 8/.125 ··· 2/.500 6/1.000 ··· 220/164 .240/.305/.405/.710 .810/.675 .762 9/.365 2/7 6/3

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 9/.708 4/1.250 2/.500 ··· 3/.667 3/1.167 17/.635 3/.333 11/.573 ··· 3/1.000 8/1.550 ··· 441/316 .275/.404/.550/.954 .770/1.034 .867 93/.973 0/1 27/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 182/131 .271/.315/.367/.682 .945/.583 .617 78/.566 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 8/.750 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 11/.664 1/.000 7/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 380/282 .305/.321/.420/.741 .761/.733 .775 76/.695 1/4 5/13

22.Harris* G/S/vP 9/.611 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 231/198 .230/.367/.385/.752 .686/.761 .817 50/.557 9/2 4/3

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 252/198 .246/.305/.316/.621 .817/.569 .563 30/.493 5/3 1/6

25.Kearns G/S/vP 10/1.000 3/.333 5/.600 ··· 7/.929 ··· 12/.633 2/2.500 6/1.500 ··· 3/2.000 5/1.550 ··· 210/144 .197/.338/.306/.644 .553/.680 .703 27/.607 1/1 3/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 442/332 .308/.372/.393/.765 .461/.863 .793 103/.937 32/15 3/3

23.Nieves G/S/vP 7/.829 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 146/103 .256/.301/.301/.602 .463/.660 .531 31/.851 0/0 0/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 2/.500 9/.347 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 295/224 .305/.417/.598/1.015 1.158/.972 .863 92/1.209 3/2 17/4

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 17/.698 ··· ··· ··· 9/.476 4/.000 23/.672 3/.000 12/.633 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.400 ··· 462/341 .293/.359/.499/.858 .768/.887 .834 94/.931 0/0 21/13

IP 141.0 37.2 38.2 11.0 30.0 40.1 117.0 48.0 38.2 28.1 17.0 132.1 7.2 TOTAL .264/.346/.409/.755 .755/.755 .734 .795 46/26 97/111

ERA-K/9

2.87/7.3

4.30/6.4

1.86/11.4

0.82/8.2

6.30/7.8

2.01/8.3

5.00/9.1

3.94/8.4

2.79/8.6

0.95/9.2

2.65/8.5

4.35/6.2

0.00/4.7

4.21/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 575/.232 165/.301 157/.180 45/.200 144/.295 160/.189 500/.271 206/.218 171/.217 121/.220 69/.226 544/.255 30/.179 .256

OPS .612 .841 .487 .589 .817 .553 .766 .708 .666 .591 .756 .758 .412 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 306/.645 60/1.281 62/.648 22/.742 80/.797 78/.656 278/.750 114/.749 78/.729 58/.568 46/.838 293/.814 14/.607 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.575 105/.602 95/.388 23/.447 64/.841 82/.460 222/.787 92/.658 93/.616 63/.612 23/.594 251/.693 16/.250 .702

Road 275/.657 54/.616 77/.415 23/.399 50/.612 65/.304 241/.796 84/.576 66/.538 37/.745 45/.858 284/.728 11/.545

Last 28d days 108/.686 27/.839 29/.442 41/.598 4/.500 32/.733 131/.703 54/.895 41/.552 34/.478 69/.756 133/.697 /

HR/SB/CS 9/10/5 5/4/1 0/6/0 1/1/0 2/3/1 4/3/0 14/10/2 8/8/1 2/1/2 1/3/1 2/0/1 22/15/9 0/0/0 99/90/27

Usage ·····X·· ··X·X··· ··X·X··· ·X·oXo·· ·o······ ···ooo·· ·X····X· ··XX·oo· ··X··oo· ··X····· ····X··· ···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.