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Game Preview: WSN @ COL, 2:10pm, Saturday, May 15, 2010 @Coors Field

Nationals, 20-15, 20-152nd, 1½ GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (35, RHP, 4-1, 1.04)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (4-1) 43.1 29 6 5 14 14 4 1.04
2009 (9-12) 183.2 220 112 111 67 102 19 5.44
2008 (13-11) 180.0 257 129 121 43 67 25 6.05
Last 7 GS 5-1 49.2 38 9 8 15 16 4 1.45 62
2010-05-09 FLA ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 1 110 65
2010-05-04 ATL W 5.1 5 2 1 5 1 1 123 48
2010-04-27 @CHC W 7.0 6 1 1 1 1 0 99 61
2010-04-22 COL L 8.0 4 2 2 2 5 2 94 69
2010-04-17 MIL W 9.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 112 80
2010-04-11 @NYM W 7.0 5 0 0 3 1 0 88 65
2009-10-02 @ATL W 6.1 9 3 3 1 2 0 93 44
Last 5 v.COL 1-2 37.1 34 7 7 8 17 2 1.69 62
2010-04-22 COL L 8.0 4 2 2 2 5 2 94 69
2008-05-17 @COL L 7.1 8 3 3 0 0 0 101 50
2007-08-31 COL ND 7.0 9 0 0 1 2 0 114 60
2007-05-22 COL ND 8.0 9 1 1 1 8 0 124 67
2007-05-17 @COL W 7.0 4 1 1 4 2 0 116 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-8    Road:    9-7    ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  15-9    vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   8-3 
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  5-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Thu, May 13  @COL  W  14-6  (8)  20-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 12  @NYM  W   6-4       19-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 11  @NYM  L   6-8       18-15  2nd  2.5 gb
 32 Mon, May 10  @NYM  W   3-2       18-14  2nd  2.0 gb
 31 Sun, May  9   FLA  W   3-2       17-14  2nd  2.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  8   FLA  W   5-4       16-14  3rd  2.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  7   FLA  L   2-4       15-14  3rd  3.0 gb
 28 Thu, May  6   ATL  W   3-2       15-13  2nd  2.0 gb
 27 Wed, May  5   ATL  L   6-7 (10)  14-13  3rd  2.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  4   ATL  W   6-3       14-12  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Rockies, 16-18, 16-184th, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (26, RHP, 6-1, 0.93)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-1) 48.1 28 5 5 20 49 0 0.93
2009 (15-12) 218.0 183 87 84 85 198 13 3.47
2008 (12-12) 198.2 182 97 88 103 172 11 3.99
Last 7 GS 6-1 48.1 28 5 5 20 49 0 0.93 70
2010-05-09 @LAD L 7.0 2 1 1 4 5 0 104 70
2010-05-03 @SDP W 7.0 4 1 1 2 13 0 120 76
2010-04-27 ARI W 6.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 95 72
2010-04-22 @WSN W 7.1 5 0 0 2 5 0 121 71
2010-04-17 @ATL W 9.0 0 0 0 6 7 0 128 88
2010-04-11 SDP W 6.0 7 2 2 3 7 0 115 54
2010-04-05 @MIL W 6.0 8 1 1 1 6 0 99 57
Last 5 v.WSN 3-1 32.1 27 11 11 14 23 0 3.06 56
2010-04-22 @WSN W 7.1 5 0 0 2 5 0 121 71
2009-08-18 @WSN W 8.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 108 64
2008-08-07 WSN L 5.0 8 6 6 6 4 0 94 25
2007-08-25 WSN W 7.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 100 69
2007-07-19 @WSN ND 5.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 106 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-7    Road:    8-11   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  10-11   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  7-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Thu, May 13   WSN  L   6-14 (8)  16-18  4th  6.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 12   PHI  W   4-3 (10)  16-17  4th  5.0 gb
 32 Mon, May 10   PHI  L   5-9       15-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  9  @LAD  L   0-2       15-16  3rd  4.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  8  @LAD  W   8-0       15-15  3rd  4.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  7  @LAD  L   5-6       14-15  3rd  4.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  5  @SDP  W   6-5 (12)  14-14  3rd  3.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  4  @SDP  L   2-3       13-14  3rd  4.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  3  @SDP  W   5-2       13-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  2  @SFG  W   4-1       12-13  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 13, 2010 WSN 14 @COL  6  (8)   W:Doug Slaten (1-0), L: Jhoulys Chacin (2-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 22, 2010 COL  2 @WSN  0        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (4-0), L: Livan Hernandez (2-1), S: Franklin Morales (3)
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 WSN  6  COL  4        W:Tyler Clippard (3-0), L: Rafael Betancourt (0-1), S: Matt Capps (7)
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 COL 10 @WSN  4        W:Jorge de la Rosa (2-1), L: Scott Olsen (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 19, 2010 WSN  5  COL  2        W:Craig Stammen (1-0), L: Aaron Cook (0-2), S: Matt Capps (6)

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 COL  4 @WSN  1        W:Jason Hammel (8-7), L: Garrett Mock (2-5), S: Huston Street (32)
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 COL  5 @WSN  4        W:Jason Marquis (14-8), L: Collin Balester (1-3), S: Huston Street (31)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - WSN leads 3-2; 2009 - COL won 6-0; 2008 - COL won 4-3; All-Time - COL leads 82-59

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 2010 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

NYY  5.66

WSN  4.51

HOU  3.03

RA/G

SDP  3.00

DET  4.58

PIT  6.20

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

U. Jimenez  .93

J. Cueto  4.07

J. Beckett  7.46

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.93

M. Pelfrey  6.49

N. Blackburn  2.04

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Nationals Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
34.Belisle
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
45.Chacin
G/S/vB
60.Corpas
G/S/vB
31.Daley
G/S/vB
53.Flores*
G/S/vB
27.Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 44/38 .275/.341/.450/.791 .333/.868 .846 43/.810 2/0 2/2
6.Desmond G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 116/76 .262/.319/.447/.765 .911/.690 .669 77/.762 3/0 3/6
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 16/.670 15/1.050 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 5/1.600 3/1.667 19/1.099 ··· 147/98 .256/.388/.529/.917 .702/1.023 .914 103/1.006 0/0 7/3
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 38/24 .294/.351/.353/.704 1.000/.534 .775 23/.652 0/0 0/2
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 7/.000 2/3.000 7/1.571 10/.856 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 114/67 .315/.345/.417/.762 1.015/.601 .669 76/.783 1/2 0/2
22.Harris* G/S/vP 10/1.825 4/1.750 ··· 7/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 68/59 .182/.313/.418/.732 .556/.762 .451 42/.750 2/1 3/0
20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/1.500 6/.666 ··· 7/.762 3/1.334 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 109/91 .258/.343/.376/.719 1.033/.657 .693 77/.784 5/0 2/2
1.Morgan* G/S/vP 7/.900 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 5/.200 ··· 150/99 .263/.342/.391/.733 .639/.779 .605 99/.725 8/7 0/3
23.Nieves G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 44/35 .209/.209/.256/.465 .000/.588 .368 32/.452 0/0 0/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.888 3/.666 1/2.000 18/.520 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 106/72 .367/.390/.490/.880 .881/.880 .885 72/.800 2/1 1/1
3.Taveras G/S/vP ··· 5/1.600 15/.829 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 36/17 .206/.250/.265/.515 .921/.059 .561 20/.563 1/2 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 10/.600 2/.000 9/.904 4/1.250 2/.000 5/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 137/97 .273/.409/.500/.909 .813/.948 .795 90/.726 4/0 6/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 13/.581 1/3.000 6/.666 1/.000 3/3.334 5/.800 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 104/77 .319/.375/.691/1.066 1.118/1.046 1.297 78/1.099 0/0 8/3
IP 48.1 13.0 22.1 11.2 20.1 23.1 15.2 9.0 34.0 TOTAL .264/.340/.430/.770 .806/.754 .733 .770 29/14 33/32
ERA-K/9 0.93/9.1 0.69/3.5 2.42/8.5 5.40/10.8 2.66/8.4 3.09/6.6 4.02/8.0 3.00/4.0 6.35/7.1 4.05/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Nieves (7-1-0)
 Rodriguez (5-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.172 47/.205 93/.235 53/.333 82/.176 93/.163 72/.295 35/.226 158/.305 .250  Willingham
 Morgan
 Taveras
 Harris
 Bernadina
 Guzman
35/0/0/2
0/34/0/2
6/3/13/1
15/1/15/0
3/2/14/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .497 .574 .619 .832 .544 .550 .845 .637 1.004 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.417 24/.511 37/.570 27/.922 38/.482 33/1.078 23/.590 20/.600 31/.563 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 89/.584 23/.642 56/.650 26/.748 44/.593 60/.282 49/.976 15/.667 127/1.112 .746
Home 48/.571 17/.423 46/.551 24/.875 26/.789 45/.620 39/.807 16/.732 89/1.101
Last 28d days 102/.456 43/.506 58/.531 33/1.026 82/.544 57/.496 54/.979 24/.610 111/1.098
HR/SB/CS 0/4/4 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/2 0/0/1 7/1/1 23/17/13
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o·oo ··X·X··X ·o······ ·X····X· ··o·X··· ·X··oo·o ·Xo·o·oo ····X···
Rockies Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB
56.Atilano
G/S/vB
43.Batista
G/S/vB
32.Bruney
G/S/vB
17.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
39.Walker
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 15/.895 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 6/.334 100/68 .222/.293/.344/.637 .636/.637 .660 65/.569 0/0 1/3
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 3/.000 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 141/91 .237/.348/.356/.704 .979/.557 .854 94/.816 5/3 1/0
23.Giambi* G/S/vP 14/.607 ··· 24/.444 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 38/26 .192/.395/.269/.664 1.000/.513 .962 24/.764 1/0 0/1
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 126/85 .325/.341/.492/.833 .865/.818 .915 92/.826 4/4 3/0
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 30/.911 ··· 16/.846 3/.666 7/.786 6/1.133 3/.666 8/1.375 8/.250 65/42 .327/.415/.636/1.052 .872/1.158 1.126 31/.804 0/0 3/1
17.Helton* G/S/vP 85/1.259 ··· 50/1.126 4/.500 6/.533 3/1.667 ··· 11/.728 11/1.255 125/80 .257/.368/.295/.663 .785/.592 .639 86/.602 0/0 0/1
6.Mora G/S/vP 17/.666 ··· 18/.915 6/.167 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.333 62/36 .268/.328/.375/.703 .718/.686 .629 49/.794 0/0 0/3
21.Olivo G/S/vP 20/1.000 ··· 7/1.166 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 96/68 .287/.344/.563/.907 .766/.964 1.286 72/.865 1/1 7/2
39.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .222/.300/.222/.522 .500/.500 .000 10/.522 0/0 0/0
7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 83/72 .266/.301/.506/.808 .382/.870 1.042 56/.785 0/0 4/1
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 8/1.214 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 63/37 .235/.381/.373/.754 .873/.677 .569 39/.558 0/2 2/0
9.Stewart* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/1.000 4/.917 3/.000 3/.666 3/.333 128/95 .294/.383/.523/.906 .747/.963 .635 80/.917 2/1 6/4
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 19/.489 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 6/1.100 4/1.167 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/.250 139/89 .317/.384/.439/.823 .799/.836 .895 91/.940 3/2 1/2
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/23 .250/.351/.344/.695 .452/.841 .928 37/.695 4/1 0/3
IP 43.1 22.2 22.1 16.2 8.2 19.1 25.0 3.0 18.2 TOTAL .267/.344/.421/.765 .781/.757 .855 .756 20/14 30/26
ERA-K/9 1.04/2.9 3.57/4.4 6.04/4.8 6.48/8.6 4.15/9.3 0.93/8.4 1.80/10.8 3.00/6.0 4.82/9.6 4.51/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Olivo (9-11-2)
 Phillips (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 171/.187 104/.261 100/.235 86/.302 40/.265 78/.200 104/.188 13/.417 74/.268 .268  Smith
 Gonzalez
 Spilborghs
 Hawpe
 Fowler
 Young
20/0/0/2
10/7/15/2
10/0/10/1
0/0/15/0
0/32/0/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .569 .710 .814 .843 .800 .549 .585 .878 .777 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.675 50/.670 40/1.011 35/.673 23/1.076 42/.549 48/.609 3/.333 27/.377 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.479 54/.746 60/.696 51/.963 17/.371 36/.548 56/.564 10/1.000 47/1.007 .766
Road 56/.567 51/.606 43/.916 46/1.050 15/.800 28/.579 46/.712 13/.878 38/.830
Last 28d days 110/.609 104/.710 72/.833 61/.764 27/.667 47/.396 69/.578 13/.878 54/.826
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 1/1/1 5/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/1 34/12/4
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ·X·XX·o· ·o·oo··X ··X·oooo ··o··oX· ··oo·XX· ·o·oX··· ··ooo··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.