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Game Preview: WSN @ PHI, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 21, 2010 @Citizens Bank Park

Nationals, 52-70, 52-70 5th, 20 GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Stephen Strasburg (21, RHP, 5-3, 2.97)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-3)			63.2	54	24	21	17	86	5	2.97

Last 7 GS		3-2	38.1	35	19	16	12	45	3	3.76	54
2010-08-15	ARI	ND	5.0	5	3	1	0	7	1	85	56
2010-08-10	FLA	L	4.1	6	6	6	2	4	1	84	29
2010-07-21	@CIN	W	5.2	7	3	3	1	7	0	97	49
2010-07-16	@FLA	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	99	68
2010-07-09	SFG	W	6.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	95	69
2010-07-03	NYM	ND	5.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	96	53
2010-06-28	@ATL	L	6.1	6	4	3	2	7	0	92	52

Has never faced PHI as starter.

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

 Home:   31-27   Road:   21-43   ExtrInn: 1-8 
 vsRHP:  39-51   vsLHP:  13-19   1-Run:  16-22
 vsEast: 21-25   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Fri, Aug 20  @PHI  L   0-1       52-70  5th 20.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @ATL  W   6-2       52-69  5th 19.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18  @ATL  L   2-3       51-69  5th 20.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 17  @ATL  L   2-10      51-68  5th 19.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 15   ARI  W   5-3       51-67  5th 17.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 14   ARI  L   2-9       50-67  5th 17.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 13   ARI  W   4-2       50-66  5th 17.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 12   FLA  L   0-5       49-66  5th 17.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 11   FLA  L   5-9       49-65  5th 17.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 10   FLA  L   2-8       49-64  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Phillies, 69-52, 69-52 2nd, 2½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Kyle Kendrick (25, RHP, 8-5, 4.45)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-5)			137.2	145	75	68	37	69	22	4.45
2009 (3-1)			26.1	27	11	10	9	15	1	3.42
2008 (11-9)			155.2	194	103	95	57	68	23	5.49

Last 7 GS		3-2	41.0	42	19	18	10	24	8	3.95	50
2010-08-15	@NYM	W	6.2	6	1	1	1	4	1	101	61
2010-08-10	LAD	L	3.1	8	6	5	2	1	0	77	21
2010-08-04	@FLA	W	6.0	8	2	2	0	5	1	86	53
2010-07-29	ARI	ND	6.1	4	1	1	3	5	1	102	63
2010-07-24	COL	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	103	63
2010-07-19	@STL	L	5.0	7	7	7	3	2	3	92	24
2010-07-08	CIN	ND	6.2	3	1	1	0	4	1	73	68

Last 5 v.WSN		1-1	20.1	31	22	22	7	9	3	9.74	33
2010-04-14	WSN	ND	1.2	6	6	6	3	1	0	52	17
2010-04-08	@WSN	ND	4.0	6	5	5	0	2	1	55	32
2008-09-28	WSN	ND	4.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	53	43
2008-09-01	@WSN	L	4.0	8	6	6	3	1	1	84	20
2008-07-31	@WSN	W	6.2	7	2	2	1	4	0	110	55

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

 Home:   41-21   Road:   28-31   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  51-36   vsLHP:  18-16   1-Run:  20-12
 vsEast: 24-21   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest: 16-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 20   WSN  W   1-0       69-52  2nd  2.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 19   SFG  L   2-5       68-52  2nd  2.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 18   SFG  W   8-2       68-51  2nd  2.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 17   SFG  W   9-3       67-51  2nd  2.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 15  @NYM  W   3-1       66-51  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 14  @NYM  W   4-0       65-51  2nd  2.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 13  @NYM  L   0-1       64-51  2nd  3.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 12   LAD  W  10-9       64-50  2nd  2.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 11   LAD  W   2-0       63-50  2nd  2.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug 10   LAD  L   9-15      62-50  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 PHI  1  WSN  0        W:Roy Halladay (16-8), L: Jason Marquis (0-6), S: Brad Lidge (17)
Sun, Aug 01, 2010 PHI  6 @WSN  4 (11)   W:Jose Contreras (6-3), L: Collin Balester (0-1), S: Brad Lidge (11)
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 WSN  7  PHI  5        W:Drew Storen (3-2), L: Brad Lidge (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 30, 2010 WSN  8  PHI  1        W:Craig Stammen (3-4), L: Roy Oswalt (6-13), S: none
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 WSN  7 @PHI  5        W:Tyler Clippard (2-0), L: Danys Baez (0-1), S: Matt Capps (4)
Wed, Apr 14, 2010 PHI 14  WSN  7        W:Nelson Figueroa (1-1), L: Jason Bergmann (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 12, 2010 PHI  7  WSN  4        W:Cole Hamels (2-0), L: Jason Marquis (0-2), S: Ryan Madson (2)
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 WSN  6  PHI  5        W:Tyler Clippard (1-0), L: Nelson Figueroa (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1)
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 PHI  8 @WSN  4        W:Cole Hamels (1-0), L: Jason Marquis (0-1), S: Ryan Madson (1)
Mon, Apr 05, 2010 PHI 11 @WSN  1        W:Roy Halladay (1-0), L: John Lannan (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - PHI over 6-4; 2009 - PHI won 15-3; 2008 - PHI won 12-6; All-Time - PHI leads 369-328

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 5.28

LAA 4.44

SEA 3.30

RA/G

SDP 3.42

FLA 4.30

ARI 5.50

J. Hamilton .354

M. Fontenot .286

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Damon .357

B. Wood .180

SLG

M. Cabrera .646

H. Pence .465

B. Wood .219

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.078

R. Ludwick .814

B. Wood .399

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.06

J. Verlander 3.77

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.49

R. Wells 6.99

M. Buehrle 3.82

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Nationals Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Kendrick
G/S/vB 55.Baez
G/S/vB 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 37.Durbin
G/S/vB 57.Herndon
G/S/vB 54.Lidge
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 16.Romero*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 306/270 .267/.322/.408/.730 .781/.724 .703 75/.678 9/2 7/3

6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 1/.000 413/294 .272/.312/.415/.727 .842/.681 .678 92/.925 14/3 9/28

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 12/.750 5/2.800 10/.200 8/1.643 1/.000 25/.781 13/1.098 3/no AB 500/346 .266/.354/.557/.911 .783/.969 .892 98/.819 0/0 31/7

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 123/70 .278/.306/.357/.662 .715/.623 .628 36/.560 0/0 0/3

22.Harris* G/S/vP 14/1.429 7/1.171 4/.583 7/.572 ··· 11/.964 7/1.000 8/.000 195/177 .179/.278/.339/.618 .715/.607 .547 37/.395 2/2 6/2

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 10/1.167 8/.946 17/.647 12/.533 2/1.000 3/1.667 4/.000 11/.473 297/262 .261/.331/.348/.680 .787/.665 .688 75/.733 12/1 3/9

30.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 74/27 .105/.297/.228/.525 .736/.192 .542 21/.454 4/1 2/0

32.Mench G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 4/.833 ··· ··· 10/1.000 2/.000 5/.800 10/5 .100/.100/.100/.200 .400/.000 .286 10/.200 0/0 0/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 4/2.083 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 452/328 .262/.321/.324/.646 .591/.666 .587 47/.720 30/14 0/5

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/2.334 ··· 157/90 .277/.318/.500/.818 .931/.735 .888 71/.564 0/1 9/0

3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/23 .258/.281/.355/.636 1.333/.356 1.000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.750 48/.583 5/.933 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.400 6/.533 325/248 .272/.294/.350/.644 .780/.602 .564 68/.617 2/3 2/2

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 16/1.702 3/3.334 2/.000 13/.853 1/.000 9/1.333 22/.933 2/.000 473/353 .305/.391/.545/.937 .974/.923 .949 98/1.065 3/1 24/12

IP 137.2 41.0 41.0 50.2 40.1 28.1 30.2 25.1 TOTAL .255/.321/.399/.719 .765/.703 .680 .691 89/32 114/107

ERA-K/9

4.45/4.5

5.27/4.8

3.51/9.9

3.38/8.2

4.46/4.5

4.13/11.1

3.23/12.0

4.26/6.8

3.89/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramos (5-0-0)
Rodriguez (24-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 580/.274 188/.312 173/.258 214/.250 176/.323 122/.226 129/.225 123/.213 .258 Bernadina
Morgan
Maxwell
Morse
Mench
Harris
Desmond
Gonzalez 8/20/76/7
0/104/0/2
1/9/16/1
0/0/38/1
1/0/0/0
36/2/28/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .803 .887 .715 .722 .797 .741 .637 .718 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 280/.949 73/1.005 72/.856 88/.854 55/.851 61/.770 60/.618 68/.577 .782

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.667 115/.813 101/.627 126/.630 121/.773 61/.712 69/.655 55/.914 .696

Home 252/.845 101/.894 83/.647 106/.632 75/.690 79/.755 59/.466 70/.712

Last 28d days 95/.766 24/.766 37/.583 51/.815 30/.618 46/.736 62/.456 25/1.226

HR/SB/CS 22/3/4 5/4/1 3/4/1 5/2/1 1/2/1 5/4/0 3/4/0 3/1/0 130/66/23

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

Phillies Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB 58.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 46/32 .238/.239/.429/.668 .148/.899 1.008 46/.668 1/1 2/1

10.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 8/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 162/82 .250/.323/.410/.733 .838/.628 .835 41/.973 5/0 4/0

3.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.750 2/1.000 1/.000 121/108 .279/.333/.486/.820 .817/.819 .859 42/.918 1/0 6/1

29.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 7/.429 6/.333 7/1.629 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· 472/335 .265/.350/.424/.774 .629/.836 .801 100/.894 3/3 11/1

27.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 35/.864 2/.000 6/.167 9/1.555 ··· 1/.000 429/305 .316/.350/.419/.768 .654/.813 .742 110/.698 3/0 6/4

11.Rollins# G/S/vP ··· 22/1.538 ··· 7/.143 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 285/196 .246/.337/.375/.712 .733/.702 .783 100/.656 15/0 5/5

51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· 4/1.250 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 308/218 .294/.380/.431/.811 .955/.753 .799 88/.910 0/1 5/5

23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· 16/.621 5/1.417 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 108/95 .226/.321/.376/.697 .258/.755 .666 13/.671 0/0 3/1

5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 146/80 .260/.329/.427/.756 .617/.875 .752 36/.615 2/0 6/1

26.Utley* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 6/.834 6/1.133 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 333/230 .276/.381/.459/.840 .978/.781 1.013 17/.686 5/1 11/10

21.Valdez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 275/199 .245/.279/.354/.633 .560/.660 .613 71/.667 4/0 4/3

8.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 469/334 .256/.316/.440/.755 .958/.683 .766 40/.745 23/3 15/2

28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 6/1.917 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 495/351 .302/.394/.525/.919 .817/.959 1.040 103/1.063 8/3 16/2

IP 63.2 64.2 45.2 70.0 32.0 31.0 39.0 TOTAL .260/.328/.413/.741 .731/.745 .773 .748 71/15 120/75

ERA-K/9

2.97/12.2

4.45/6.3

2.76/8.9

3.09/10.7

2.53/7.9

2.90/7.8

2.54/7.2

4.13/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ruiz (41-15-4)
Schneider (21-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 259/.227 282/.253 196/.217 291/.209 126/.197 132/.231 158/.226 .268 Victorino
Werth
Ibanez
Francisco
Brown
Gload 0/104/0/5
0/19/100/4
107/0/0/4
19/1/15/3
0/0/10/1
1/0/7/0

OPS .612 .750 .587 .642 .631 .600 .572 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.741 104/.859 91/.768 132/.718 44/.751 60/.397 60/.673 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.523 178/.689 105/.432 159/.577 82/.567 72/.776 98/.511 .718

Road 96/.617 97/.792 91/.692 153/.706 59/.625 81/.724 70/.677

Last 28d days 42/.874 74/.747 49/.392 44/.518 72/.778 37/.395 36/.447

HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 8/5/2 2/4/0 5/2/1 5/3/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 104/54/26

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