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Game Preview: WSN @ HOU, 2:05pm, Thursday, June 3, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Nationals, 26-28, 26-285th, 5½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: J.D. Martin (27, RHP, 0-1, 1.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-1) 6.0 4 4 1 0 5 1 1.50
2009 (5-4) 77.0 85 40 38 24 37 14 4.44
Last 7 GS 2-1 38.0 38 19 16 12 22 5 3.79 50
2010-05-29 @SDP L 6.0 4 4 1 0 5 1 88 59
2009-10-04 @ATL ND 6.0 6 1 1 0 2 1 73 58
2009-09-29 NYM ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 0 0 95 44
2009-09-24 LAD ND 3.0 6 5 5 2 4 1 68 29
2009-09-18 @NYM W 5.1 7 2 2 2 3 0 98 47
2009-09-11 @FLA W 5.0 2 2 2 4 4 1 97 55
2009-09-06 FLA ND 6.2 6 2 2 2 4 1 96 56
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-10   Road:   12-18   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  20-19   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 12-11   vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  7-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Wed, Jun  2  @HOU  L   1-5       26-28  5th  5.5 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  1  @HOU  L   7-8       26-27  5th  4.5 gb
 52 Mon, May 31  @HOU  W  14-4       26-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 51 Sun, May 30  @SDP  L   2-3 (11)  25-26  4th  4.0 gb
 50 Sat, May 29  @SDP  L   2-4       25-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 49 Fri, May 28  @SDP  W   5-3       25-24  3rd  3.0 gb
 48 Thu, May 27  @SFG  L   4-5       24-24  4th  3.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 26  @SFG  W   7-3       24-23  3rd  3.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 25  @SFG  L   2-4       23-23  4th  4.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 23   BAL  W   4-3 (10)  23-22  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Astros, 19-34, 19-346th, 11½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (38, RHP, 0-2, 7.29)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-2) 21.0 32 17 17 7 6 3 7.29
2009 (8-12) 154.2 187 101 94 51 91 21 5.47
2008 (11-8) 150.0 166 79 76 36 82 20 4.56
Last 7 GS 0-4 32.1 47 32 29 13 14 7 8.07 35
2010-05-29 @CIN L 2.2 10 8 8 1 0 3 66 5
2009-09-30 @PHI L 4.1 6 7 7 3 1 0 73 21
2009-09-25 CIN L 2.1 8 7 7 1 2 1 77 14
2009-09-19 @MIL ND 6.0 5 2 1 2 3 0 91 57
2009-09-12 PIT ND 6.0 7 2 2 3 4 0 101 51
2009-09-07 PHI ND 5.2 5 3 3 3 2 2 89 46
2009-09-01 @CHC L 5.1 6 3 1 0 2 1 80 50
Last 5 v.WSN 1-2 23.1 39 15 15 14 14 1 5.79 38
2009-07-12 WSN W 6.1 7 0 0 2 2 0 103 59
2009-05-04 @WSN ND 5.0 8 2 2 2 5 0 93 46
2006-05-03 @WSN ND 4.0 9 3 3 4 1 0 101 29
2005-09-28 WSN L 3.1 6 7 7 2 3 1 69 21
2005-07-31 WSN L 4.2 9 3 3 4 3 0 109 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-19   Road:    8-15   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  14-28   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  3-14 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Wed, Jun  2   WSN  W   5-1       19-34  6th 11.5 gb
 52 Tue, Jun  1   WSN  W   8-7       18-34  6th 12.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 31   WSN  L   4-14      17-34  6th 12.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 30  @CIN  W   2-0 (10)  17-33  6th 12.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 29  @CIN  L   2-12      16-33  6th 13.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 28  @CIN  L   6-15      16-32  6th 12.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 27  @MIL  L   3-4 (10)  16-31  6th 11.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 26  @MIL  W   5-0       16-30  6th 10.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 25  @MIL  L   1-6       15-30  6th 10.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 23   TBR  L   6-10      15-29  6th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 02, 2010 HOU  5  WSN  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-7), L: John Lannan (2-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 01, 2010 HOU  8  WSN  7        W:Wilton Lopez (2-0), L: Matt Capps (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 31, 2010 WSN 14 @HOU  4        W:Luis Atilano (5-1), L: Roy Oswalt (3-7), S: none

Sun, Jul 12, 2009 HOU  5  WSN  0        W:Brian Moehler (6-5), L: Jordan Zimmermann (3-4), S: Jose Valverde (8)
Sat, Jul 11, 2009 WSN 13 @HOU  2        W:Craig Stammen (2-4), L: Mike Hampton (5-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2009 HOU  6  WSN  5        W:Jeff Fulchino (3-3), L: Joe Beimel (0-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 HOU  9  WSN  4        W:Alberto Arias (2-0), L: John Lannan (6-6), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 WSN 11  HOU 10 (11)   W:Joel Hanrahan (1-1), L: LaTroy Hawkins (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 WSN  9  HOU  4        W:John Lannan (1-3), L: Wesley Wright (1-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 HOU  5 @WSN  0        W:Brandon Backe (6-9), L: Odalis Perez (2-7), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - HOU leads 2-1; 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - HOU won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 237-188

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  5.68

LAA  4.51

HOU  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.26

CHC  4.47

ARI  5.98

 BA

R. Cano  .373

C. Rasmus  .272

A. Ramirez  .162

 OBP

J. Morneau  .484

T. Hunter  .343

A. Ramirez  .227

 SLG

J. Morneau  .683

A. Pagan  .431

G. Beckham  .241

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.168

P. Sandoval  .778

A. Ramirez  .496

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .78

J. Verlander  3.75

G. Floyd  6.64

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.42

A. Burnett  6.69

N. Blackburn  2.36

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Nationals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB		 41.Daigle
G/S/vB		 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 96/84 .241/.295/.402/.697 .455/.731 .658 72/.742 2/1 2/3
6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 185/126 .265/.302/.406/.708 .834/.649 .695 91/.661 3/1 4/14
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 26/.689 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 3/2.500 4/.750 8/.393 31/.690 2/.000 220/149 .280/.386/.548/.935 .907/.948 .970 103/.955 0/0 10/4
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 51/30 .304/.360/.370/.730 1.003/.535 .718 15/.829 0/0 0/2
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 20/1.063 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 5/.650 9/.666 33/.666 3/1.334 183/118 .316/.341/.397/.737 .881/.667 .593 88/.785 1/2 0/2
22.Harris* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/.666 3/1.167 19/.263 1/.000 99/86 .179/.286/.369/.655 .385/.700 .418 44/.527 2/2 4/0
20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 17/.753 4/.750 8/1.071 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/1.117 7/.143 1/.000 151/127 .246/.327/.346/.673 .908/.629 .649 65/.733 7/0 2/5
25.Maldonado G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/4 .125/.222/.500/.722 .200/1.250 .722 9/.722 0/0 1/0
1.Morgan* G/S/vP 13/.481 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 7/.971 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.250 225/154 .260/.330/.350/.680 .606/.714 .556 104/.557 12/9 0/4
28.Morse G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 8/.875 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· 22/8 .263/.364/.263/.627 .516/.833 .558 16/.745 0/0 0/0
23.Nieves G/S/vP 3/2.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 84/68 .203/.232/.291/.523 .125/.622 .465 48/.610 0/0 1/1
16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 2/5.000 4/.000 4/.500 25/1.087 ··· 212/149 .272/.427/.512/.939 1.014/.907 .830 101/1.045 4/0 10/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 13/1.121 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 2/3.000 12/.639 3/3.000 46/1.160 1/2.000 188/140 .302/.399/.591/.990 .936/1.000 1.108 116/.941 1/0 11/6
IP 21.0 12.2 10.2 1.1 20.1 22.1 22.1 74.0 4.0 TOTAL .258/.333/.407/.741 .788/.721 .685 .735 37/19 47/54
ERA-K/9 7.29/2.6 6.39/7.8 1.69/5.9 0.00/0.0 7.52/10.2 2.82/7.7 3.63/6.1 3.04/7.2 6.75/4.5 4.52/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Maldonado (0-2-1)
 Nieves (11-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 95/.364 56/.229 49/.250 5/.200 92/.288 100/.303 98/.247 316/.272 18/.412 .275  Willingham
 Morgan
 Morse
 Harris
 Bernadina
 Guzman
52/0/0/2
0/51/0/2
0/0/4/0
19/2/19/0
4/5/26/0
0/0/7/0
OPS .967 .759 .599 .400 .875 .738 .676 .734 1.268 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/1.023 26/.549 17/.728 / 37/.881 44/.551 42/.676 133/.853 2/1.500 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.934 30/.938 32/.527 5/.400 55/.864 56/.878 56/.674 183/.646 16/1.238 .757
Home 57/.822 38/.718 35/.596 5/.400 52/.710 62/.788 58/.526 175/.784 /
Last 28d days 31/1.581 12/1.053 49/.599 5/.400 52/1.043 50/.821 49/.729 143/.676 18/1.268
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 3/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 1/2/1 1/1/0 6/5/4 2/0/0 46/38/16
Usage ····X··· o·X··X·· o·X··X·· X······· ··X·Xo·· ·X·o··X· ·X·X··oo ·X····X· ····X···
Astros Batters (3.17 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Martin
G/S/vB		 56.Atilano
G/S/vB		 43.Batista
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB		 58.Storen
G/S/vB		 39.Walker
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 14/1.207 8/1.300 10/1.700 1/no AB 2/.500 1/2.000 4/.500 163/136 .241/.362/.409/.771 .536/.821 .716 104/.824 0/1 5/1
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.559 3/.000 5/.400 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 7/.453 96/83 .253/.292/.308/.599 .322/.639 .622 43/.412 0/0 0/3
21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· 8/1.071 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 215/176 .271/.357/.335/.692 .528/.727 .716 103/.572 17/6 0/1
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 35/28 .161/.212/.194/.406 .833/.305 .375 33/.433 0/0 0/0
77.Feliz G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 20/1.029 4/.500 6/.334 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 180/141 .222/.250/.299/.549 .833/.471 .673 81/.523 1/1 2/6
8.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/1.417 192/144 .303/.354/.394/.749 .917/.694 .714 98/.819 1/1 0/4
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 16/.321 4/.500 11/.818 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.232 209/168 .208/.244/.345/.589 .768/.546 .638 99/.662 1/2 6/2
12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 154/121 .206/.267/.257/.524 .933/.416 .573 77/.511 0/1 1/7
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 47/21 .200/.234/.356/.590 .462/.754 .670 26/.397 0/0 2/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.300 204/166 .277/.309/.462/.770 .911/.739 .746 101/1.028 5/4 9/3
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 108/90 .233/.269/.301/.569 .284/.626 .580 61/.589 0/0 1/1
18.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 14/1.115 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 52/50 .191/.269/.255/.525 .000/.547 .487 23/.648 0/0 0/0
IP 6.0 44.0 32.0 17.1 25.0 34.2 8.1 6.2 28.1 TOTAL .234/.287/.331/.618 .682/.603 .640 .640 26/17 28/41
ERA-K/9 1.50/7.5 4.70/3.3 4.22/4.8 3.12/8.8 2.88/8.3 1.82/10.4 1.08/5.4 2.70/6.7 3.81/8.6 4.26/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (9-1-1)
 Quintero (21-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 23/.174 200/.269 134/.207 77/.235 111/.280 139/.177 35/.290 29/.182 117/.278 .266  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Sullivan
 Michaels
0/49/0/7
0/0/50/3
51/0/0/3
9/1/2/0
9/6/1/0
OPS .652 .793 .696 .660 .717 .568 .694 .561 .777 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.545 97/.873 54/.851 38/.781 54/.663 64/.513 13/.490 14/.641 44/.554 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 12/.750 103/.720 80/.599 39/.532 57/.767 75/.616 22/.809 15/.457 73/.908 .757
Road 23/.652 122/.733 56/.741 41/.685 48/.852 74/.695 29/.848 16/.733 68/.743
Last 28d days 23/.652 119/.830 56/.616 46/.575 43/.841 54/.702 35/.694 29/.561 55/.744
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 5/1/2 5/3/2 1/2/0 2/1/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 5/1/2 52/18/10
Usage ····X··· ··X····X ·o··X··· ·o·X··o· ·X·o·X·· ···X·X·X ·o·o··Xo ·X·o···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.