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Game Preview: COL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 20, 2009 @Nationals Park

Rockies, 67-53, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3 up in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (26, RHP, 7-7, 4.73)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-7)			118.0	154	70	62	29	84	11	4.73
2008 (4-4)			78.1	83	45	40	35	44	11	4.60
2007 (3-5)			85.0	100	58	58	40	64	12	6.14

Last 7 GS		2-3	31.2	54	23	23	8	25	2	6.54	39
2009-08-14	@FLA	L	4.0	6	3	3	4	3	0	95	37
2009-08-09	CHC	W	5.0	11	3	3	0	4	0	70	37
2009-08-04	@PHI	W	6.2	9	3	3	0	6	1	93	50
2009-07-30	@NYM	L	1.1	7	5	5	0	1	0	39	21
2009-07-24	SFG	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	94	47
2009-07-18	@SDP	ND	5.2	5	1	1	3	7	0	105	59
2009-07-12	ATL	ND	3.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	57	23

Last 5 v.WSN		0-0	5.2	10	4	4	2	3	2	6.35	34
2009-07-07	WSN	ND	5.2	10	4	4	2	3	2	111	34

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

 Home:   32-23   Road:   35-30   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  47-35   vsLHP:  20-18   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:22-10   vsWest: 20-24 IL:11-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 19  @WSN  W   5-4       67-53  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Nationals, 43-77, 5th, 26½ GB, 24 GB in WC

SP: Garrett Mock (26, RHP, 2-4, 5.27)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-4)			42.2	59	31	25	23	32	5	5.27
2008 (1-3)			41.0	37	20	19	23	46	4	4.17

Last 7 GS		2-3	34.1	48	25	19	18	35	7	4.98	43
2009-08-14	@CIN	W	6.0	6	0	0	4	6	0	101	62
2009-08-08	ARI	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	7	1	97	58
2009-08-03	@PIT	ND	4.0	7	3	2	4	1	1	87	35
2009-07-29	@MIL	ND	5.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	91	38
2009-07-24	SDP	L	5.1	9	5	3	1	5	1	90	38
2009-07-19	CHC	L	3.1	8	7	4	2	3	1	63	23
2008-08-11	@MIL	L	4.2	5	4	4	3	9	2	102	44

Has never faced COL.

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

 Home:   26-35   Road:   17-42   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  34-59   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast: 13-34   vsCntrl:13-20   vsWest: 10-12 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 COL  4 @WSN  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (11-9), L: Sean Burnett (2-3), S: Huston Street (30)
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
Season Series: 2009 - COL leads 5-0; 2008 - COL won 4-3; 2007 - COL won 4-3; All-Time - COL leads 79-56

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 5.80

DET 4.62

SDP 3.89

RA/G

SFG 3.71

NYY 4.65

BAL 5.42

J. Mauer .383

J. Fox .292

A. Casilla .180

OBP

J. Mauer .448

M. Bourn .363

R. Cedeno .236

SLG

A. Pujols .676

S. Victorino .478

A. Casilla .225

OPS

A. Pujols 1.117

B. Butler .843

A. Casilla .493

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.27

D. Braden 3.89

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.45

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 49.Mock
G/S/vB 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 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 1/.000 ··· 6/.583 ··· ··· 6/1.583 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.250 3/1.000 2/.000 6/.334 329/206 .227/.310/.344/.654 .827/.553 .635 57/.773 0/0 8/7

12.Barmes G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/2.500 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 5/1.000 ··· 450/341 .249/.298/.465/.763 .993/.692 .669 87/.683 9/8 20/9

24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 429/305 .270/.366/.412/.778 .874/.737 .711 70/.924 26/9 4/3

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 175/146 .282/.337/.526/.863 .922/.851 .849 68/1.206 8/1 8/0

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 5/1.800 5/.450 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 7/.857 3/3.500 5/1.400 3/.000 443/315 .304/.386/.538/.924 .805/.970 .881 91/.728 1/3 17/3

17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.833 12/1.144 473/335 .318/.397/.494/.891 .690/.981 .834 96/.729 0/1 11/3

20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.000 ··· 298/223 .226/.336/.448/.783 .924/.736 .700 63/.741 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 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/235 .291/.387/.474/.861 1.026/.838 .822 59/.779 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 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 362/275 .232/.323/.473/.796 .737/.815 .773 68/.694 7/3 18/7

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 119/82 .250/.325/.356/.681 .731/.658 .627 31/.780 0/1 2/0

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 6/.533 4/1.750 1/.000 5/1.350 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 6/.167 2/2.500 460/331 .273/.359/.535/.894 .936/.878 .778 100/1.146 15/9 23/6

IP 42.2 25.1 33.0 50.1 30.1 159.0 37.0 27.1 19.0 13.1 94.2 36.0 TOTAL .261/.340/.444/.785 .809/.775 .729 .798 82/40 140/74

ERA-K/9

5.27/6.7

6.75/5.0

4.36/7.6

3.22/6.4

2.67/10.7

3.68/3.8

3.41/4.4

4.61/3.0

6.16/6.2

2.70/5.4

5.13/4.1

3.75/5.8

4.99/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 205/.333 100/.277 138/.254 209/.199 121/.155 673/.273 159/.242 122/.304 72/.306 44/.256 400/.278 163/.267 .278

OPS .906 .926 .787 .653 .626 .758 .691 .882 .943 .784 .779 .798 .807

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.897 46/.884 52/1.090 96/.642 65/.348 167/.930 75/.677 60/1.143 37/1.341 17/.706 223/.808 75/.798 .858

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.913 54/.962 86/.612 113/.660 56/.953 506/.701 84/.702 62/.618 35/.568 27/.833 177/.744 88/.799 .769

Home 110/.913 35/1.129 56/.689 84/.593 74/.542 364/.652 85/.594 71/.971 33/1.001 24/.500 185/.782 95/.699

Last 28d days 123/.903 100/.926 52/.586 44/.838 71/.648 137/.774 45/.526 103/.861 16/.464 44/.784 95/1.055 39/.712

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 9/0/2 5/3/1 6/4/1 5/1/0 16/6/6 2/4/1 5/0/1 3/1/0 3/0/0 12/15/2 3/0/1 127/71/30

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

Nationals Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Hammel
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 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB 21.Marquis
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 6/1.334 6/.334 ··· 7/.429 ··· 5/.000 7/1.000 4/.833 6/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 215/183 .232/.307/.330/.637 .723/.622 .721 61/.462 0/1 3/5

10.Belliard G/S/vP 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 6/.750 ··· 20/.839 6/1.000 6/.333 14/1.121 ··· 7/1.071 6/.167 176/118 .228/.280/.352/.632 .603/.646 .645 49/.911 2/0 4/4

34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 272/211 .244/.305/.407/.712 .740/.703 .766 61/.672 2/8 7/4

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 3/.000 15/1.050 3/.666 16/.742 1/.000 11/.637 34/1.205 13/.840 39/.837 1/.000 17/1.009 ··· 498/368 .282/.414/.574/.988 .803/1.059 .888 95/1.194 0/1 31/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 219/166 .267/.303/.366/.669 .947/.583 .637 76/.505 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/4.000 9/.722 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.000 8/.250 4/.000 9/.347 ··· ··· 3/1.000 433/331 .308/.328/.421/.749 .771/.742 .808 93/.954 3/5 5/14

22.Harris* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 4/.750 10/.800 ··· 5/2.550 6/.400 7/1.881 8/.393 ··· 6/1.467 1/.000 250/215 .224/.355/.376/.730 .641/.743 .823 45/.598 9/2 4/3

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 4/1.334 13/.826 1/.000 6/.666 3/1.334 505/387 .310/.372/.387/.759 .478/.841 .794 107/.912 40/17 3/3

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

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.733 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 172/128 .261/.302/.318/.621 .452/.679 .480 42/.570 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 4/1.750 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.500 15/.829 9/.666 13/.749 ··· 11/1.065 ··· 352/278 .307/.415/.588/1.003 1.159/.964 .882 99/1.046 3/3 19/5

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/3.000 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 11/.673 9/1.069 13/.581 13/.808 1/2.000 9/.347 2/.000 516/389 .302/.368/.521/.889 .791/.918 .906 103/1.209 1/0 24/13

IP 118.0 46.0 40.1 142.0 34.1 45.0 37.0 166.1 163.1 24.0 135.2 50.0 TOTAL .267/.346/.414/.760 .757/.761 .753 .825 57/33 113/124

ERA-K/9

4.73/6.4

3.72/5.9

2.68/9.4

4.31/4.8

3.41/8.9

8.20/6.6

2.19/5.1

3.41/7.8

3.58/4.4

2.63/8.2

4.58/9.3

3.24/10.1

4.23/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 530/.320 201/.267 162/.213 613/.293 138/.207 210/.314 143/.175 698/.229 655/.250 95/.224 587/.258 196/.210 .266

OPS .841 .744 .620 .800 .610 .952 .577 .628 .677 .682 .763 .590 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 283/.906 80/.716 72/.796 337/.822 69/.721 119/1.041 68/.769 374/.695 329/.657 30/.507 139/.528 89/.560 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 247/.766 121/.761 90/.494 276/.772 69/.499 91/.842 75/.409 324/.552 326/.697 65/.756 448/.839 107/.612 .724

Road 286/.699 103/.932 90/.643 343/.789 70/.562 109/1.074 74/.556 385/.620 331/.653 54/.710 278/.770 90/.520

Last 28d days 111/1.031 38/.866 33/.385 96/.948 28/.644 16/.767 71/.620 148/.534 106/.744 40/.739 139/.812 33/.690

HR/SB/CS 11/10/2 4/2/1 3/4/1 18/4/4 1/1/0 10/9/0 3/1/0 8/11/3 11/11/3 4/1/0 16/14/3 5/8/0 100/79/21

Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· o··X··o· ···X···· ···X···· ·····Xo· ···X···· ·X·····X X·····X· o··X···X ···X···· oX·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.