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Game Preview: WSN @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, September 4, 2010 @PNC Park

Nationals, 57-78, 57-78 5th, 21 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (25, LHP, 6-6, 4.95)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-6)			111.0	142	69	61	40	46	10	4.95
2009 (9-13)			206.1	210	100	89	68	89	22	3.88
2008 (9-15)			182.0	172	89	79	72	117	23	3.91

Last 7 GS		4-2	40.0	49	20	18	5	23	3	4.05	48
2010-08-29	STL	W	7.2	8	1	1	0	4	0	93	63
2010-08-24	CHC	L	5.0	7	5	4	0	3	2	83	38
2010-08-19	@ATL	W	5.1	7	2	2	1	5	0	105	50
2010-08-13	ARI	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	102	65
2010-08-06	@LAD	W	6.0	5	3	2	2	2	1	92	52
2010-08-01	PHI	ND	5.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	96	47
2010-06-20	CHW	L	4.0	11	5	5	0	1	0	69	21

Last 5 v.PIT		0-3	27.2	39	19	17	8	13	3	5.53	41
2010-06-09	PIT	ND	4.2	10	5	4	3	2	0	92	25
2009-07-31	@PIT	L	7.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	115	41
2009-05-20	PIT	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	104	62
2008-06-11	@PIT	L	6.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	93	53
2008-05-02	PIT	L	3.0	6	6	5	2	0	1	85	23

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

 Home:   34-31   Road:   23-47   ExtrInn: 2-9 
 vsRHP:  44-57   vsLHP:  13-21   1-Run:  17-24
 vsEast: 23-28   vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Sep  3  @PIT  L   5-8       57-78  5th 21.0 gb
134 Wed, Sep  1  @FLA  L  10-16      57-77  5th 21.5 gb
133 Tue, Aug 31  @FLA  L   0-1 (10)  57-76  5th 20.5 gb
132 Mon, Aug 30  @FLA  W   9-3       57-75  5th 19.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 29   STL  W   4-2       56-75  5th 19.5 gb
130 Sat, Aug 28   STL  W  14-5       55-75  5th 19.5 gb
129 Fri, Aug 27   STL  L   2-4       54-75  5th 19.5 gb
128 Thu, Aug 26   STL  W  11-10(13)  54-74  5th 19.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 25   CHC  L   0-4       53-74  5th 20.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 24   CHC  L   4-5       53-73  5th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Pirates, 45-89, 45-89 6th, 33 GB, 31½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (28, LHP, 7-13, 5.18)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-13)			156.1	193	99	90	54	78	14	5.18
2009 (8-9)			194.2	221	102	96	60	119	14	4.44
2008 (9-9)			206.1	201	89	85	63	139	21	3.71

Last 7 GS		1-5	36.1	60	37	35	12	19	5	8.67	31
2010-08-30	@CHC	L	3.1	9	8	8	1	3	0	73	12
2010-08-24	STL	ND	6.2	7	2	2	1	4	1	113	55
2010-08-19	FLA	L	5.2	8	4	4	2	2	1	90	37
2010-08-14	@HOU	L	6.2	9	3	3	1	4	1	101	47
2010-08-08	COL	L	2.2	7	8	6	2	1	1	82	15
2010-08-03	CIN	W	6.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	90	38
2010-07-29	@COL	L	5.1	11	8	8	3	3	1	120	14

Last 5 v.WSN		0-3	31.0	40	19	19	9	21	7	5.52	44
2009-08-02	WSN	L	6.1	7	4	4	2	3	1	98	44
2009-05-20	@WSN	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	114	64
2008-06-10	WSN	ND	6.2	10	4	4	0	4	4	88	42
2008-05-03	@WSN	L	5.0	10	7	7	3	2	1	102	18
2007-07-01	WSN	L	7.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	90	51

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

 Home:   31-36   Road:   14-53   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  27-65   vsLHP:  18-24   1-Run:  18-20
 vsEast:  8-15   vsCntrl:25-42   vsWest: 10-19 IL: 2-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Sep  3   WSN  W   8-5       45-89  6th 33.0 gb
133 Wed, Sep  1  @CHC  L   3-5       44-89  6th 34.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 31  @CHC  W  14-7       44-88  6th 33.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 30  @CHC  L   2-14      43-88  6th 33.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 29  @MIL  L   4-8       43-87  6th 32.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 28  @MIL  L   7-8 (11)  43-86  6th 31.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27  @MIL  L   2-7       43-85  6th 31.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 25   STL  W   5-2       43-84  6th 30.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 24   STL  W   4-3       42-84  6th 30.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 23   STL  L   2-10      41-84  6th 31.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 PIT  8  WSN  5        W:Zach Duke (7-12), L: Livan Hernandez (9-10), S: Joel Hanrahan (3)
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 WSN  4  PIT  2        W:Livan Hernandez (5-3), L: Zach Duke (3-7), S: Tyler Clippard (1)
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 WSN  7  PIT  5        W:Drew Storen (2-0), L: D. J. Carrasco (1-2), S: Matt Capps (20)
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 WSN  5  PIT  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (1-0), L: Jeff Karstens (1-2), S: Matt Capps (19)

Mon, Aug 03, 2009 WSN  8 @PIT  4        W:Tyler Clippard (2-1), L: Charlie Morton (2-4), S: Mike MacDougal (8)
Sun, Aug 02, 2009 WSN  5 @PIT  3        W:Sean Burnett (2-2), L: Paul Maholm (6-6), S: Mike MacDougal (7)
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 PIT 11  WSN  6        W:Virgil Vasquez (2-5), L: Craig Stammen (3-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 PIT  5  WSN  4        W:Ross Ohlendorf (9-8), L: John Lannan (7-8), S: Matt Capps (21)
Thu, May 21, 2009 WSN  5  PIT  4        W:Julian Tavarez (1-3), L: Tom Gorzelanny (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (4)
Wed, May 20, 2009 PIT  2 @WSN  1        W:John Grabow (2-0), L: Joel Hanrahan (1-2), S: Matt Capps (8)
Season Series: 2010 - WSN over 3-1; 2009 - PIT won 5-3; 2008 - WSN won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 297-269

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 5.43

STL 4.53

SEA 3.22

RA/G

SDP 3.54

FLA 4.35

PIT 5.43

J. Hamilton .362

C. McGehee .285

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Upton .359

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Hamilton .638

J. Mauer .472

R. Tejada .213

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.066

D. Young .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

C. Buchholz 2.21

B. Cecil 3.74

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

J. Danks 7.04

M. Buehrle 4.00

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

Nationals Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (5.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 43.Gallagher
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 36.Ledezma*
G/S/vB 53.McDonald
G/S/vB 47.Meek
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 30.Resop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 360/317 .267/.321/.426/.748 .796/.741 .711 91/.702 13/2 10/3

6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 463/337 .283/.319/.420/.739 .868/.691 .709 96/.922 14/4 9/29

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 36/.413 1/no AB 3/.333 5/1.300 ··· 3/1.167 6/1.833 ··· 553/387 .269/.363/.557/.920 .772/.984 .912 96/.772 0/0 33/8

18.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/4 .500/.500/1.333/1.833 2.500/1.500 1.833 6/1.833 0/0 1/0

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/92 .283/.315/.348/.663 .712/.633 .617 40/.565 0/0 0/4

22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 4/1.250 5/.600 ··· 3/.000 9/.500 1/no AB 221/203 .190/.295/.354/.650 .715/.644 .575 48/.724 4/2 7/2

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.334 7/1.096 ··· ··· 26/.962 ··· 351/313 .252/.320/.335/.655 .721/.647 .661 86/.583 12/1 3/9

30.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 88/35 .143/.307/.271/.578 .711/.394 .654 29/.634 5/1 2/0

32.Mench G/S/vP 8/1.071 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .133/.188/.133/.321 .533/.200 .400 15/.205 0/0 0/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 1/no AB 501/371 .255/.314/.315/.629 .562/.654 .590 59/.515 33/15 0/5

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 198/124 .297/.338/.524/.863 .925/.826 .845 79/.790 0/1 10/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 166/133 .209/.247/.320/.567 .637/.549 .574 25/1.223 0/0 3/5

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 6/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.000 1/.000 365/282 .264/.287/.333/.620 .747/.583 .540 69/.540 2/3 2/3

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 16/.626 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 5/1.400 3/1.000 529/399 .300/.386/.525/.911 .976/.889 .940 100/.814 4/1 25/13

IP 156.1 48.1 58.2 15.0 41.2 68.1 47.0 14.0 TOTAL .256/.322/.399/.720 .761/.707 .687 .699 100/34 124/113

ERA-K/9

5.18/4.5

6.52/7.3

3.68/12.7

7.20/9.0

5.62/9.5

2.11/7.4

5.36/7.3

5.14/11.6

5.19/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nieves (30-10-1)
Ramos (5-0-0)
Rodriguez (27-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 709/.304 233/.284 239/.212 69/.303 185/.284 275/.195 212/.285 62/.226 .284 Bernadina
Morgan
Maxwell
Morse
Desmond
Gonzalez
Mench
Harris 19/22/77/8
0/116/0/2
2/12/19/1
0/0/48/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
40/2/31/0

OPS .831 .872 .635 .788 .759 .552 .830 .724 .812

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.673 108/.659 95/.732 28/.893 89/.882 119/.508 94/.895 25/1.208 .868

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 602/.859 125/1.047 144/.575 41/.718 96/.650 156/.584 118/.777 37/.446 .783

Home 364/.795 123/.838 135/.735 36/.734 105/.757 150/.457 109/.782 39/.822

Last 28d days 125/1.017 61/.911 36/.432 43/.693 126/.752 33/.986 50/.858 43/.637

HR/SB/CS 14/8/2 7/2/1 6/5/1 1/0/1 2/2/0 4/10/2 9/2/0 1/0/0 150/109/24

Usage ····X··· o··Xo·o· X·o···X· o·o·o·Xo ··X····X ·····o·· o·oo·ooo X··o··oo

Pirates Batters (3.49 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
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

17.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 274/174 .231/.318/.405/.722 .665/.755 .833 92/.617 0/0 10/11

23.Bowker* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 94/86 .198/.245/.337/.582 .000/.639 .420 4/.000 0/0 3/0

13.Cedeno G/S/vP 12/.666 5/1.200 4/1.750 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 401/296 .251/.294/.372/.666 .777/.626 .755 61/.733 12/2 6/9

73.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/25 .259/.310/.296/.607 .250/.653 .500 26/.599 0/1 0/1

41.Doumit# G/S/vP 9/1.000 5/1.800 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 390/256 .256/.333/.425/.759 .534/.878 .698 79/.840 1/0 12/7

46.Jones* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 550/347 .247/.309/.421/.730 .631/.789 .710 91/.565 6/3 20/10

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 255/164 .210/.273/.283/.556 .704/.476 .537 22/.227 1/1 3/11

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 7/1.171 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 534/382 .274/.351/.430/.781 .814/.767 .849 101/.719 28/8 12/4

85.Milledge G/S/vP 10/.900 7/.619 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 402/262 .271/.328/.377/.704 .915/.598 .726 38/.668 5/3 4/1

19.Snyder G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 315/234 .218/.331/.398/.730 .803/.702 .720 57/.546 0/0 13/1

31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 325/232 .310/.361/.421/.782 .806/.773 .884 102/.843 14/7 4/1

18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 346/250 .310/.354/.486/.840 .830/.843 .839 97/.970 2/2 9/6

24.Young# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 188/169 .247/.294/.425/.719 .842/.705 .835 28/.568 1/0 6/4

IP 111.0 74.0 50.2 78.2 38.1 35.1 44.2 TOTAL .240/.303/.370/.673 .687/.667 .697 .670 75/30 103/104

ERA-K/9

4.95/3.7

4.01/6.3

2.66/8.3

3.09/10.5

2.35/8.5

3.06/8.2

3.43/7.9

4.26/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (75-8-8)
Snyder (60-14-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 508/.311 317/.243 214/.224 325/.209 148/.181 153/.226 186/.229 .268 McCutchen
Milledge
Jones
Tabata
Young
Bowker
Doumit 0/125/0/7
62/0/43/6
1/0/47/4
66/12/0/2
0/0/19/2
16/0/9/1
0/0/11/0

OPS .811 .720 .606 .645 .578 .628 .603 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.847 120/.817 93/.750 146/.713 56/.644 68/.366 69/.660 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.798 197/.664 121/.497 179/.588 92/.537 85/.848 117/.570 .730

Road 258/.821 109/.765 96/.698 173/.656 70/.541 90/.724 79/.683

Last 28d days 99/.689 71/.741 36/.544 58/.543 49/.558 44/.575 42/.730

HR/SB/CS 10/15/2 9/6/3 3/4/0 6/3/1 5/3/0 2/1/1 1/2/0 121/58/28

Usage ·····X·· o·o····X o·····X· X··XX··o ···XX·o· ··X····· ··Xo·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.