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Game Preview: SFG @ WSN, 7:05pm, Friday, July 9, 2010 @Nationals Park

Giants, 45-40, 45-40 4th, 5 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Matt Cain (25, RHP, 6-7, 2.98)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-7)			114.2	94	40	38	39	82	8	2.98
2009 (14-8)			217.2	184	73	70	73	171	22	2.89
2008 (8-14)			217.2	206	95	91	91	186	19	3.76

Last 7 GS		3-3	46.1	47	19	19	17	31	5	3.69	53
2010-07-04	@COL	ND	7.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	110	55
2010-06-29	LAD	L	5.0	7	4	4	3	6	0	105	40
2010-06-24	@HOU	L	2.2	9	7	7	2	2	2	72	12
2010-06-19	@TOR	L	7.2	6	3	3	2	3	1	113	56
2010-06-13	OAK	W	7.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	116	60
2010-06-08	@CIN	W	9.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	116	76
2010-06-02	COL	W	8.0	4	1	1	3	5	1	114	72

Last 5 v.WSN		4-0	33.1	29	6	6	5	24	1	1.62	63
2009-06-04	@WSN	W	5.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	82	58
2009-05-12	WSN	ND	7.0	9	4	4	1	4	1	100	46
2008-07-24	WSN	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	113	83
2008-06-09	@WSN	W	6.1	8	1	1	1	6	0	107	58
2007-08-08	WSN	W	6.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	109	68

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

 Home:   25-17   Road:   20-23   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  33-28   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:19-7    vsWest:  9-20 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Thu, Jul  8  @MIL  W   9-3       45-40  4th  5.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  7  @MIL  W  15-2       44-40  4th  5.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  6  @MIL  W   6-1       43-40  4th  6.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  5  @MIL  W   6-1       42-40  4th  7.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  4  @COL  L   3-4 (15)  41-40  4th  7.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  3  @COL  W  11-8       41-39  4th  6.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  2  @COL  L   3-6       40-39  4th  6.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  1  @COL  L   3-7       40-38  4th  5.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 30   LAD  L   2-8       40-37  4th  5.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 29   LAD  L   2-4       40-36  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Nationals, 38-48, 38-48 5th, 12½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Stephen Strasburg (21, RHP, 2-2, 2.45)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-2)			36.2	29	11	10	10	53	2	2.45

Last 7 GS		2-2	36.2	29	11	10	10	53	2	2.45	63
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
2010-06-23	KCR	L	6.0	9	1	1	0	9	0	95	59
2010-06-18	CHW	ND	7.0	4	1	1	0	10	0	85	75
2010-06-13	@CLE	W	5.1	2	1	1	5	8	1	95	63
2010-06-08	PIT	W	7.0	4	2	2	0	14	1	94	75

Has never faced SFG as starter.

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

 Home:   24-19   Road:   14-29   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  27-37   vsLHP:  11-11   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl: 9-9    vsWest:  9-11 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Thu, Jul  8   SDP  L   1-7       38-48  5th 12.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  7   SDP  W   7-6       38-47  5th 12.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  6   SDP  W   6-5       37-47  5th 12.0 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  4   NYM  L   5-9       36-47  5th 12.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  3   NYM  W   6-5       36-46  5th 12.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  2   NYM  L   3-5       35-46  5th 12.5 gb
 80 Thu, Jul  1   NYM  W   2-1       35-45  5th 11.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 30  @ATL  L   1-4       34-45  5th 12.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 29  @ATL  W   7-2       34-44  5th 11.0 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 28  @ATL  L   0-5       33-44  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 27, 2010 SFG  5  WSN  4        W:Santiago Casilla (1-0), L: Sean Burnett (0-2), S: Brian Wilson (12)
Wed, May 26, 2010 WSN  7 @SFG  3        W:Luis Atilano (4-1), L: Tim Lincecum (5-1), S: none
Tue, May 25, 2010 SFG  4  WSN  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (3-4), L: Livan Hernandez (4-3), S: Brian Wilson (11)

Thu, Jun 04, 2009 SFG  4 @WSN  1  (6)   W:Matt Cain (7-1), L: Ross Detwiler (0-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 SFG  5 @WSN  1        W:Randy Johnson (5-4), L: Jordan Zimmermann (2-3), S: Brian Wilson (13)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 WSN 10  SFG  6        W:Ron Villone (3-0), L: Bob Howry (0-3), S: none
Wed, May 13, 2009 WSN  6 @SFG  3        W:Shairon Martis (5-0), L: Barry Zito (1-3), S: Kip Wells (2)
Tue, May 12, 2009 SFG  9  WSN  7        W:Brandon Medders (2-1), L: Joe Beimel (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 11, 2009 SFG 11  WSN  7        W:Randy Johnson (3-3), L: Daniel Cabrera (0-4), S: Brian Wilson (8)
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 SFG  1  WSN  0        W:Matt Cain (6-8), L: Tim Redding (7-5), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - SFG leads 2-1; 2009 - SFG won 4-2; 2008 - SFG won 7-0; All-Time - SFG leads 225-207

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

BOS 5.40

LAA 4.58

PIT 3.20

RA/G

SDP 3.33

FLA 4.44

ARI 5.76

M. Cabrera .347

J. Gomes .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

C. Guillen .351

B. Wood .186

SLG

M. Cabrera .647

J. Heyward .455

B. Wood .228

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.070

J. Bruce .803

B. Wood .414

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

H. Kuroda 3.87

C. Narveson 6.02

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.26

A. Harang 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.19

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Giants Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
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 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB 58.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Burrell G/S/vP ··· ··· 19/.387 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 195/148 .253/.338/.424/.762 .716/.777 .688 78/.870 0/1 7/2

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 24/.606 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 346/242 .298/.384/.556/.940 .910/.954 .981 106/1.043 3/0 17/3

10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 59/54 .327/.373/.527/.900 .400/.949 .992 28/.984 0/0 2/0

28.Posey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/102 .336/.375/.528/.903 .995/.873 1.114 84/.795 0/1 6/2

16.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 34/.770 5/2.200 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 157/109 .310/.361/.373/.735 .926/.650 .754 61/.684 3/0 1/4

33.Rowand G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 8/.536 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 5/.200 2/.500 1/2.000 244/184 .236/.279/.393/.672 .652/.677 .710 54/.733 2/2 7/0

21.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 9/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 201/157 .294/.348/.373/.721 1.163/.594 .648 102/.628 1/1 1/0

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 358/261 .270/.324/.393/.717 .560/.775 .582 95/.642 2/2 6/5

12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 169/125 .258/.327/.377/.705 .737/.693 .766 33/.526 4/3 2/1

56.Torres# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 3/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 307/216 .280/.377/.471/.849 .664/.931 .841 104/.816 17/4 6/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 38/.817 2/.000 5/.500 3/1.167 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 310/245 .251/.323/.440/.763 .887/.730 .683 85/.594 1/2 12/5

22.Whiteside G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/86 .263/.327/.463/.790 .794/.789 .723 35/.619 1/2 4/1

IP 36.2 81.2 46.0 29.0 38.2 51.1 8.1 16.2 23.2 TOTAL .262/.327/.407/.733 .767/.721 .727 .725 34/20 79/40

ERA-K/9

2.45/13.0

4.85/4.3

4.30/5.9

2.79/8.1

3.26/7.4

2.63/10.0

1.08/8.7

3.24/5.4

2.28/7.2

4.21/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Posey (4-4-0)
Whiteside (22-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 147/.215 365/.281 194/.226 131/.246 173/.302 213/.229 33/.226 74/.262 97/.225 .275 Schierholtz
Torres
Rowand
Huff
Burrell 0/0/64/7
28/36/30/6
0/57/0/4
27/0/18/3
23/0/0/2

OPS .549 .804 .700 .632 .788 .661 .628 .690 .590 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.702 172/.836 75/.793 56/.810 81/.730 102/.757 16/.517 29/.468 41/.887 .774

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.391 193/.776 119/.644 75/.503 92/.838 111/.570 17/.732 45/.836 56/.385 .736

Home 99/.519 170/.830 119/.665 72/.538 112/.764 109/.513 24/.641 25/.492 59/.551

Last 28d days 123/.566 113/.794 53/.715 41/.607 40/.750 51/1.068 33/.628 29/.670 54/.625

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 10/1/3 6/4/2 1/3/0 5/1/1 3/2/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 75/34/18

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

Nationals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 53.Bautista
G/S/vB 40.Bumgarner*
G/S/vB 46.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 47.Ray
G/S/vB 54.Romo
G/S/vB 45.Runzler*
G/S/vB 38.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 195/172 .286/.351/.440/.791 .768/.793 .814 68/.860 7/2 5/3

6.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 286/204 .258/.298/.402/.699 .806/.655 .727 72/.676 6/1 6/21

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 19/.566 5/1.150 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 7/.829 ··· ··· 1/4.000 3/.000 353/240 .279/.365/.568/.934 .846/.974 .923 100/.887 0/0 20/5

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/49 .288/.325/.342/.667 .824/.574 .653 26/.577 0/0 0/2

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 17/.824 15/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.667 4/.667 ··· ··· 4/.000 296/195 .297/.338/.374/.712 .833/.651 .820 80/.730 3/2 1/9

22.Harris* G/S/vP 12/.650 4/1.250 9/.873 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 137/121 .161/.257/.314/.571 .388/.597 .701 26/.361 2/2 4/0

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 12/.166 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.956 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 199/173 .246/.318/.331/.650 .916/.610 .709 37/.576 9/0 2/8

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 359/253 .250/.311/.316/.627 .652/.616 .702 102/.525 19/12 0/5

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 70/34 .313/.371/.484/.856 .697/1.025 1.080 42/.711 0/0 3/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 119/96 .174/.209/.239/.447 .232/.499 .469 20/.377 0/0 1/3

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 13/.462 3/.667 ··· 4/1.000 4/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 220/162 .295/.324/.386/.711 .869/.653 .722 76/.510 2/3 1/2

16.Willingham G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 340/252 .278/.410/.505/.916 1.031/.876 1.026 95/.867 7/0 15/1

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 21/.937 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.775 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 8/1.025 324/240 .296/.386/.531/.916 .972/.896 .900 102/.781 1/1 16/8

IP 114.2 30.2 27.0 22.0 16.2 33.1 37.0 34.1 30.0 36.1 TOTAL .258/.328/.401/.728 .784/.707 .777 .679 59/26 76/85

ERA-K/9

2.98/6.4

4.70/8.2

3.00/11.3

2.86/6.1

2.16/14.6

3.24/4.9

2.92/4.9

2.36/9.2

3.30/9.6

1.98/12.4

3.46/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nieves (21-6-0)
Rodriguez (13-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 469/.227 144/.299 124/.208 87/.210 77/.238 140/.248 149/.189 136/.203 132/.248 158/.241 .238 Willingham
Bernadina
Morgan
Desmond
Morse
Harris
Gonzalez
Guzman 81/0/0/5
4/7/54/3
0/82/0/2
0/0/1/0
0/0/14/0
24/2/22/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/8/0

OPS .641 .829 .626 .622 .697 .735 .618 .625 .699 .623 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.622 49/.777 52/.571 23/.620 26/.319 58/.814 65/.756 46/.502 52/.675 72/.654 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.658 95/.852 72/.664 64/.621 51/.877 82/.680 84/.507 90/.686 80/.712 86/.598 .671

Road 250/.725 82/.910 77/.756 61/.582 34/.629 81/.802 79/.432 72/.801 66/.862 65/.554

Last 28d days 132/.849 48/.824 53/.603 87/.622 48/.859 56/.886 38/.446 35/.598 35/.718 47/.665

HR/SB/CS 8/11/4 3/1/1 1/5/0 3/3/0 1/1/1 1/4/1 4/3/0 5/0/1 1/2/2 1/0/0 64/73/27

Usage ····X··· ·o··ooX· X·o·Xo·· ··X····X X··XX··· ·X··X··X X··oX·o· ··o·oo·· o··Xoo·o X···XX··

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.