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Game Preview: WSN @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Nationals, 20-19, 20-192nd, 5 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (25, LHP, 1-2, 6.51)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-2)			37.1	51	27	27	22	13	4	6.51
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		1-2	37.1	51	27	27	22	13	4	6.51	37
2010-05-13	@COL	ND	4.2	6	4	4	4	1	0	91	33
2010-05-02	@FLA	L	5.0	9	6	6	3	2	1	88	24
2010-04-26	@CHC	ND	6.0	5	3	3	5	1	0	93	46
2010-04-21	COL	ND	6.0	11	4	4	1	2	1	107	35
2010-04-16	MIL	ND	7.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	102	57
2010-04-10	@NYM	W	5.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	99	42
2010-04-05	PHI	L	3.2	7	5	5	3	0	1	72	24

Last 5 v.STL		0-2	20.2	15	6	6	9	6	3	2.61	57
2009-08-28	@STL	ND	8.0	4	2	2	2	2	1	91	66
2008-06-05	STL	L	6.0	4	2	2	4	0	1	97	52
2008-04-06	@STL	L	6.2	7	2	2	3	4	1	100	53

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

 Home:   11-8    Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  15-12   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Mon, May 17  @STL  L   2-6       20-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 16  @COL  L   1-2       20-18  2nd  4.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 15  @COL  L   3-4       20-17  2nd  3.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 15  @COL  L   2-6       20-16  2nd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Cardinals, 22-17, 22-172nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (35, RHP, 4-1, 3.06)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-1)			53.0	41	21	18	16	52	6	3.06
2009 (17-4)			192.2	156	49	48	38	144	7	2.24
2008 (0-1)			15.1	16	5	3	4	7	0	1.76

Last 7 GS		3-1	47.0	36	19	16	16	49	4	3.06	60
2010-05-13	HOU	L	8.0	6	4	4	3	5	1	109	56
2010-05-07	@PIT	ND	7.0	8	2	2	0	8	0	107	61
2010-05-02	CIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	100	78
2010-04-27	ATL	W	6.0	3	2	2	3	4	0	89	59
2010-04-21	@ARI	ND	7.0	6	3	3	2	10	0	111	61
2010-04-16	NYM	W	7.0	4	1	0	3	10	0	106	74
2010-04-11	@MIL	ND	5.0	7	7	5	2	4	3	88	31

Last 5 v.WSN		2-1	35.1	34	12	11	3	29	2	2.80	60
2006-09-06	@WSN	ND	5.1	9	5	4	2	7	0	110	37
2006-04-29	WSN	ND	7.0	9	1	1	0	3	1	105	58
2005-05-29	WSN	L	7.0	8	3	3	0	8	0	112	57
2004-08-05	MON	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	108	76
2004-05-09	@MON	W	8.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	91	70

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

 Home:   11-6    Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  18-12   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Mon, May 17   WSN  W   6-2       22-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 16  @CIN  L   2-7       21-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 15  @CIN  L   3-4       21-16  1st  0.5 up
 36 Fri, May 14  @CIN  W   4-3       21-15  1st  1.5 up
 35 Thu, May 13   HOU  L   1-4       20-15  1st  0.5 up
 34 Wed, May 12   HOU  L   6-9       20-14  1st  1.0 up
 33 Tue, May 11   HOU  L   3-6       20-13  1st  2.0 up
 32 Sun, May  9  @PIT  W  11-4       20-12  1st  3.5 up
 31 Sat, May  8  @PIT  L   0-2       19-12  1st  3.5 up
 30 Fri, May  7  @PIT  W   4-3       19-11  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 17, 2010 STL  6  WSN  2        W:Kyle Lohse (1-3), L: Craig Stammen (1-2), S: none

Sun, Aug 30, 2009 STL  2  WSN  1        W:Adam Wainwright (16-7), L: Garrett Mock (3-6), S: Ryan Franklin (35)
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 STL  9  WSN  4        W:Mitchell Boggs (2-2), L: Craig Stammen (4-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 STL  3  WSN  2        W:Jason Motte (4-4), L: Jason Bergmann (2-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 STL  4 @WSN  1  (7)   W:Adam Wainwright (11-6), L: Collin Balester (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 02, 2009 WSN  6  STL  1        W:Shairon Martis (3-0), L: Joel Pineiro (4-1), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2009 STL  6 @WSN  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (2-2), L: Jordan Zimmermann (2-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 30, 2009 STL  9 @WSN  4        W:Chris Perez (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (0-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 WSN 10  STL  9 (10)   W:Brian Sanches (2-0), L: Ryan Franklin (2-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 STL  4 @WSN  1        W:Todd Wellemeyer (7-1), L: John Lannan (4-6), S: Ryan Franklin (7)
Season Series: 2010 - STL leads 1-0; 2009 - STL won 6-1; 2008 - STL won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 288-274

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 5.76

ATL 4.50

HOU 2.95

RA/G

SDP 2.92

DET 4.53

PIT 6.21

D. Pedroia .290

R. Weeks .250

OBP

D. Pedroia .367

R. Weeks .355

SLG

D. Pedroia .535

M. Scutaro .346

OPS

D. Pedroia .902

M. Scutaro .709

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.12

C. Sabathia 3.71

R. Rowland-Smith 7.62

K/9IP

B. Morrow 11.85

M. Latos 6.65

N. Blackburn 2.51

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Nationals Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
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/no AB ··· ··· 54/47 .306/.358/.469/.828 .333/.895 .888 53/.845 2/1 2/2

6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/87 .271/.320/.441/.761 .896/.695 .684 83/.744 3/0 3/7

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 28/.542 8/1.333 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 10/.644 2/.000 1/.000 157/108 .252/.376/.550/.925 .702/1.025 .930 99/1.056 0/0 9/3

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/24 .297/.350/.351/.701 .937/.534 .757 22/.683 0/0 0/2

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 8/.250 6/.667 17/.686 ··· ··· 5/.800 4/1.000 1/.000 8/.375 126/76 .311/.336/.403/.739 1.005/.582 .642 78/.673 1/2 0/2

22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 16/.580 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 5/.650 80/70 .179/.291/.373/.664 .500/.690 .416 50/.518 2/2 3/0

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 43/.581 ··· ··· ··· 10/.543 ··· 5/1.000 118/100 .255/.333/.373/.706 1.033/.648 .672 78/.726 5/0 2/2

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.583 7/.857 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 162/106 .266/.344/.385/.728 .616/.786 .613 104/.716 8/8 0/3

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 11/3 .273/.273/.273/.545 .500/.667 .571 5/.800 0/0 0/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 47/38 .196/.196/.239/.435 .000/.541 .318 34/.424 0/0 0/0

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 31/1.026 3/.000 22/.422 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/1.500 118/81 .336/.359/.445/.804 .863/.778 .727 70/.614 2/1 1/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 7/.429 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 147/104 .259/.408/.474/.882 .820/.907 .757 86/.755 4/0 6/0

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/.000 6/.967 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 120/90 .318/.367/.645/1.012 .993/1.015 1.115 80/1.028 0/0 8/3

IP 53.0 15.1 16.1 44.1 15.1 17.1 8.0 14.0 11.1 TOTAL .260/.332/.418/.750 .789/.733 .701 .726 29/17 35/33

ERA-K/9

3.06/8.8

3.52/8.2

2.76/5.0

1.42/7.3

2.35/6.5

2.08/8.3

2.25/6.8

3.86/9.6

0.79/4.8

2.86/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nieves (8-1-0)
Rodriguez (6-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.210 66/.224 65/.281 177/.197 72/.297 71/.194 28/.130 60/.273 42/.091 .242 Morgan
Willingham
Guzman
Morse
Harris
Bernadina 0/37/0/2
37/0/0/2
0/0/4/0
0/0/2/0
17/1/16/0
3/3/16/0

OPS .626 .663 .636 .529 .774 .641 .564 .806 .444 .656

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.577 22/.883 23/.826 36/.297 31/.900 23/.317 16/.872 19/.806 25/.583 .684

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.669 44/.555 42/.530 141/.587 41/.678 48/.804 12/.167 41/.804 17/.248 .637

Home 111/.465 22/.764 29/.690 50/.278 32/.795 32/.366 12/.000 32/.585 20/.633

Last 28d days 139/.554 33/.480 36/.611 128/.597 46/.811 39/.402 19/.678 34/.824 25/.543

HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/1 2/0/0 2/3/1 1/0/2 3/0/0 1/1/0 24/8/11

Usage ····X··· ·X·o··o· X··XX··· ···X···· ··X··X·· X··o·X·· o··o·o·· o·o···X· ·oo··o··

Cardinals Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
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 39.Walker
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 148/112 .307/.382/.465/.847 1.095/.769 1.203 104/.871 1/0 3/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 11/.637 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 14/.703 153/128 .293/.353/.450/.803 .708/.822 .611 95/.696 2/1 4/0

15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/24 .304/.304/.391/.696 /.696 .636 24/.696 0/0 0/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.096 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 18/16 .188/.278/.438/.715 .000/.813 .500 14/.940 0/0 1/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 10/.786 4/.250 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 54/34 .250/.321/.396/.717 .929/.579 .729 11/.545 2/0 1/0

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 164/126 .297/.374/.490/.864 .645/.929 1.095 102/.803 0/2 5/0

22.Mather G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/21 .216/.237/.297/.534 .572/.500 .500 22/.571 1/0 0/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 6/.900 7/1.464 8/.250 3/.666 1/no AB 2/5.000 138/102 .270/.348/.369/.717 .646/.742 .509 86/.774 5/2 2/2

5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 10/.800 10/1.214 11/1.155 ··· 2/.500 4/.833 171/137 .324/.427/.572/.999 .642/1.094 1.083 105/.923 1/0 8/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 139/117 .278/.391/.548/.939 .390/1.048 .579 88/.971 4/4 7/1

13.Ryan G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 120/90 .162/.248/.219/.467 .441/.471 .529 71/.435 0/0 0/7

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 9/1.111 1/no AB 3/.333 1/.000 158/135 .234/.310/.291/.601 .928/.546 .581 98/.623 1/1 1/6

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/23 .344/.344/.563/.906 .778/.957 .750 23/.957 0/0 2/0

IP 37.1 27.2 22.1 10.2 20.1 26.1 4.1 19.2 TOTAL .258/.334/.403/.737 .641/.765 .745 .731 18/11 35/25

ERA-K/9

6.51/3.1

3.90/4.5

6.04/4.8

3.38/9.3

1.77/8.0

2.05/10.3

2.08/6.3

4.58/9.1

4.53/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (0-1-0)
Molina (6-10-1)
Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.329 126/.257 100/.235 48/.244 84/.227 110/.193 18/.375 78/.267 .267 Jay
Rasmus
Holliday
Ludwick
Stavinoha
Mather
Lohse 2/1/4/2
0/37/0/1
35/0/0/1
1/4/34/0
1/0/6/0
6/9/3/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .922 .752 .814 .716 .591 .592 .819 .762 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/1.187 63/.839 40/1.011 28/.872 44/.621 52/.647 5/.933 29/.421 .784

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.837 63/.664 60/.696 20/.449 40/.558 58/.542 13/.769 49/.965 .756

Road 102/.933 73/.710 43/.916 23/.636 34/.679 52/.715 18/.819 42/.798

Last 28d days 105/1.006 126/.752 49/.888 30/.535 49/.473 72/.615 18/.819 35/.681

HR/SB/CS 4/5/0 3/1/1 5/2/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 38/14/4

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ····X·XX ··X··X·o o····o·· ·X···oo· o·o·o·oX ··o··ooo

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.