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Game Preview: COL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @Nationals Park

Rockies, 66-53, 2nd, 4½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Jason Marquis (30, RHP, 13-8, 3.55)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (13-8)			157.1	148	68	62	51	78	11	3.55
2008 (11-9)			167.0	172	87	84	70	91	15	4.53
2007 (12-9)			191.2	190	111	98	76	109	22	4.60

Last 7 GS		3-3	48.0	41	16	15	15	27	2	2.81	57
2009-08-13	PIT	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	106	70
2009-08-08	CHC	L	6.0	8	5	5	5	4	1	100	35
2009-08-02	@CIN	ND	7.0	4	3	3	2	4	1	101	59
2009-07-28	@NYM	L	6.0	7	3	2	1	3	0	86	50
2009-07-19	@SDP	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	96	71
2009-07-11	ATL	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	97	48
2009-07-06	WSN	W	8.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	104	69

Last 5 v.WSN		2-2	34.1	27	13	13	10	16	3	3.41	56
2009-07-06	WSN	W	8.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	104	69
2008-08-22	WSN	ND	5.1	4	4	4	3	3	0	88	44
2006-09-04	@WSN	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	92	60
2006-04-28	WSN	L	5.0	8	7	7	4	3	2	94	22
2005-08-27	@WSN	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	91	86

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

 Home:   32-23   Road:   34-30   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  46-35   vsLHP:  20-18   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:22-10   vsWest: 20-24 IL:11-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 18  @WSN  W   4-3       66-53  2nd  4.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16  @FLA  W   7-3       65-53  2nd  5.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @FLA  L   3-10      64-53  2nd  5.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14  @FLA  L   5-6       64-52  2nd  5.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug 13   PIT  W  10-1       64-51  2nd  5.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12   PIT  W   8-0       63-51  2nd  5.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11   PIT  L   3-7       62-51  2nd  6.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10   CHC  W  11-5       62-50  2nd  5.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9   CHC  W  11-5       61-50  2nd  5.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   CHC  L   5-6       60-50  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Nationals, 43-76, 5th, 25½ GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Collin Balester (23, RHP, 1-2, 6.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			24.0	26	17	16	6	13	9	6.00
2008 (3-7)			80.0	92	53	49	28	50	12	5.51

Last 7 GS		1-3	30.2	42	29	28	7	18	12	8.22	38
2009-08-13	@CIN	L	5.0	5	5	5	2	2	3	73	37
2009-08-07	ARI	ND	4.1	8	5	5	1	3	3	82	29
2009-08-02	@PIT	ND	5.2	5	2	2	2	3	1	85	52
2009-07-28	@MIL	W	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	93	57
2009-07-23	STL	L	3.0	3	3	2	1	2	1	54	44
2008-09-26	@PHI	L	1.2	7	7	7	1	1	1	52	13
2008-09-19	SDP	ND	5.0	9	5	5	0	4	2	96	33

Has never faced COL.

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

 Home:   26-34   Road:   17-42   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  34-58   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast: 13-34   vsCntrl:13-20   vsWest: 10-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 18   COL  L   3-4       43-76  5th 25.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16  @CIN  W   5-4       43-75  5th 24.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 15  @CIN  W  10-6       42-75  5th 24.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14  @CIN  W   2-0       41-75  5th 25.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 13  @CIN  L   0-7       40-75  5th 25.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12  @ATL  L   2-6       40-74  5th 24.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @ATL  L   1-8       40-73  5th 23.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9   ARI  W   9-2       40-72  5th 22.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8   ARI  W   5-2       39-72  5th 23.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7   ARI  W   7-6       38-72  5th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 08, 2009 COL 10  WSN  4        W:Jorge de la Rosa (6-7), L: Ross Detwiler (0-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 07, 2009 COL  5  WSN  4        W:Alan Embree (2-2), L: Julian Tavarez (3-7), S: Huston Street (21)
Mon, Jul 06, 2009 COL  1  WSN  0        W:Jason Marquis (11-5), L: Craig Stammen (1-4), S: Huston Street (20)

Sun, Aug 17, 2008 COL  7 @WSN  2        W:Aaron Cook (15-8), L: Odalis Perez (5-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 COL 13 @WSN  6        W:Livan Hernandez (11-9), L: John Lannan (6-12), S: none
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 COL  4 @WSN  3        W:Jorge de la Rosa (6-6), L: Tim Redding (8-8), S: Brian Fuentes (23)
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 WSN  6 @COL  3        W:Odalis Perez (5-8), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (8-10), S: Joel Hanrahan (3)
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 WSN  6 @COL  3        W:Jay Bergmann (2-8), L: Jeff Francis (3-8), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 COL  8  WSN  2        W:Manuel Corpas (2-3), L: Luis Ayala (1-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 WSN  9 @COL  4        W:Tim Redding (8-6), L: Aaron Cook (14-7), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - COL leads 4-0; 2008 - COL won 4-3; 2007 - COL won 4-3; All-Time - COL leads 78-56

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 5.81

DET 4.62

SDP 3.88

RA/G

SFG 3.69

NYY 4.67

BAL 5.42

J. Mauer .380

D. Lee .292

A. Casilla .180

OBP

J. Mauer .446

C. McGehee .363

R. Cedeno .239

SLG

A. Pujols .683

A. Jones .476

A. Casilla .225

OPS

A. Pujols 1.127

S. Rolen .839

A. Casilla .493

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.74

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Rockies Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Balester
G/S/vB 57.Bergmann
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
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 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

27.Atkins G/S/vP ··· 5/.733 ··· ··· 6/1.583 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 3/1.000 ··· 6/.334 326/203 .229/.313/.347/.660 .827/.562 .646 55/.804 0/0 8/7

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.000 3/1.667 ··· 446/337 .249/.299/.459/.758 .993/.685 .658 87/.618 9/7 19/9

24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 425/302 .270/.365/.413/.778 .882/.732 .709 66/.927 26/9 4/3

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 170/142 .285/.341/.517/.858 .761/.877 .837 66/1.262 8/1 7/0

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 5/.450 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.857 3/3.500 3/.333 2/.000 439/312 .304/.387/.533/.920 .812/.963 .874 91/.667 1/3 17/3

17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.000 12/1.144 469/332 .318/.397/.495/.892 .685/.984 .834 96/.805 0/1 11/3

20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· 294/219 .229/.337/.453/.790 .924/.744 .711 59/.771 0/1 14/4

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 53/42 .178/.288/.200/.488 .384/.515 .360 14/.452 0/0 0/2

7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 268/234 .291/.384/.474/.858 1.026/.835 .818 62/.739 4/0 9/0

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 302/183 .253/.321/.416/.737 .845/.671 .674 49/.597 9/5 6/3

9.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 361/274 .232/.324/.475/.799 .737/.818 .777 70/.673 7/3 18/7

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 2/no AB ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 119/82 .250/.325/.356/.681 .731/.658 .627 34/.794 0/1 2/0

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 4/1.750 ··· 5/1.350 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 456/327 .275/.360/.539/.899 .936/.885 .785 100/1.146 15/9 23/6

IP 24.0 33.0 50.1 30.1 159.0 36.0 27.1 42.2 15.1 11.1 94.2 35.0 TOTAL .261/.341/.444/.785 .806/.776 .728 .797 82/40 137/74

ERA-K/9

6.00/4.9

4.36/7.6

3.22/6.4

2.67/10.7

3.68/3.8

3.50/4.5

4.61/3.0

5.27/6.7

7.04/5.9

2.38/5.6

5.13/4.1

3.86/5.4

5.00/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 100/.277 134/.261 206/.195 114/.155 673/.273 159/.242 122/.304 205/.333 72/.306 44/.256 378/.282 162/.269 .279

OPS .926 .801 .628 .606 .758 .691 .882 .906 .943 .784 .788 .804 .807

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.884 52/1.090 94/.583 61/.353 167/.930 75/.677 60/1.143 99/.897 37/1.341 17/.706 212/.800 74/.810 .856

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.962 82/.627 112/.667 53/.904 506/.701 84/.702 62/.618 106/.913 35/.568 27/.833 166/.773 88/.799 .771

Home 35/1.129 52/.718 81/.531 67/.499 364/.652 85/.594 71/.971 110/.913 33/1.001 24/.500 163/.804 94/.707

Last 28d days 100/.926 49/.596 41/.723 64/.615 137/.774 48/.491 103/.861 123/.903 16/.464 44/.784 101/.999 38/.732

HR/SB/CS 9/0/2 5/3/1 5/4/1 4/1/0 16/6/6 2/4/1 5/0/1 5/1/1 3/1/0 3/0/0 11/15/2 3/0/1 124/71/30

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

Nationals Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 28.Cook
G/S/vB 31.Daley
G/S/vB 49.Eaton
G/S/vB 51.Fogg
G/S/vB 46.Hammel
G/S/vB 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB 56.Morales*
G/S/vB 29.de la Rosa*
G/S/vB 16.Street
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP 6/1.000 6/.334 ··· 7/.429 ··· 5/.000 7/1.000 6/1.334 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 214/182 .233/.308/.332/.640 .723/.625 .727 63/.466 0/1 2/5

10.Belliard G/S/vP 14/1.121 3/.666 ··· 6/.750 ··· 20/.839 6/1.000 1/no AB 6/.333 ··· 7/1.071 5/.200 175/117 .230/.282/.354/.636 .603/.651 .653 52/.856 2/0 4/4

34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 268/207 .244/.306/.409/.715 .740/.708 .775 57/.686 2/8 7/4

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 39/.837 15/1.050 3/.666 16/.742 1/.000 11/.637 34/1.205 3/.000 9/1.270 1/.000 17/1.009 ··· 494/364 .285/.417/.580/.997 .803/1.073 .904 95/1.231 0/1 31/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 215/162 .263/.299/.364/.663 .947/.572 .623 72/.477 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 9/.347 1/4.000 9/.722 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.000 8/.250 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 428/326 .309/.329/.423/.753 .771/.747 .818 92/.942 3/5 5/14

22.Harris* G/S/vP 8/.393 2/2.000 4/.750 10/.800 ··· 5/2.550 6/.400 3/.666 6/1.867 ··· 6/1.467 1/.000 249/214 .221/.352/.373/.725 .641/.737 .813 44/.561 9/2 4/3

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 13/.826 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 500/382 .306/.369/.383/.752 .478/.834 .780 106/.873 39/17 3/3

Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /

23.Nieves G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 169/125 .265/.302/.323/.624 .452/.685 .483 39/.581 0/0 1/4

8.Padilla G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .143/.143/.143/.286 1.000/.000 .667 7/.286 0/0 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP 13/.749 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.500 15/.829 4/1.750 5/.600 ··· 11/1.065 ··· 348/274 .308/.417/.589/1.006 1.159/.967 .885 99/1.157 3/3 19/5

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 13/.808 1/3.000 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 11/.673 9/1.069 3/1.666 9/.708 1/2.000 9/.347 1/.000 511/384 .305/.370/.525/.895 .791/.927 .919 102/1.225 1/0 24/13

IP 157.1 46.0 39.1 142.0 34.1 45.0 37.0 118.0 166.1 23.0 135.2 49.0 TOTAL .267/.346/.415/.761 .757/.762 .755 .829 56/33 113/124

ERA-K/9

3.55/4.5

3.72/5.9

2.75/9.4

4.31/4.8

3.41/8.9

8.20/6.6

2.19/5.1

4.73/6.4

3.41/7.8

2.74/8.2

4.58/9.3

3.12/10.3

4.25/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 655/.250 201/.267 162/.213 613/.293 138/.207 210/.314 143/.175 530/.320 665/.229 95/.224 587/.258 190/.200 .266

OPS .677 .744 .620 .800 .610 .952 .577 .841 .630 .682 .763 .576 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 329/.657 80/.716 72/.796 337/.822 69/.721 119/1.041 68/.769 283/.906 361/.702 30/.507 139/.528 86/.532 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.697 121/.761 90/.494 276/.772 69/.499 91/.842 75/.409 247/.766 304/.546 65/.756 448/.839 104/.611 .725

Road 331/.653 103/.932 90/.643 343/.789 70/.562 109/1.074 74/.556 286/.699 352/.623 54/.710 278/.770 84/.484

Last 28d days 106/.744 39/.842 33/.385 96/.948 31/.575 16/.767 71/.620 111/1.031 140/.557 40/.739 139/.812 30/.555

HR/SB/CS 11/11/3 4/2/1 3/4/1 18/4/4 1/1/0 10/9/0 3/1/0 11/10/2 8/10/3 4/1/0 16/14/3 5/8/0 100/78/21

Usage ·····X·· ··X·o··X ··X··o·· ··X····· ··X····o ····Xo·· ··X····X ····X··· X·····X· ··X···X· ··X····· X·o·····

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.