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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 7:10pm, Thursday, May 12, 2011 @Turner Field

Nationals, 18-18, 18-18 4th, 6 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (25, RHP, 2-4, 4.10)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-4) 41.2 43 23 19 9 24 1 4.10
2010 (1-2) 31.0 31 20 17 10 27 8 4.94
2009 (3-5) 91.1 95 51 47 29 92 10 4.63
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.2 43 23 19 9 24 1 4.10 49
2011-05-06 @FLA ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 89 58
2011-05-01 SFG W 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 0 107 54
2011-04-26 NYM L 5.1 9 5 5 0 1 0 73 31
2011-04-20 @STL L 6.0 8 5 5 2 3 0 96 37
2011-04-14 PHI L 7.0 5 4 1 0 4 1 85 61
2011-04-08 @NYM W 5.1 6 2 2 0 4 0 99 52
2011-04-03 ATL L 6.0 4 3 2 3 2 0 84 53
Last 5 v.ATL 2-1 17.0 13 6 5 5 10 2 2.65 56
2011-04-03 ATL L 6.0 4 3 2 3 2 0 84 53
2010-09-24 ATL W 5.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 83 61
2009-04-20 ATL W 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 72 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-7    Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  15-12   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast: 10-13   vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Wed, May 11  @ATL  W   7-3 (11)  18-18  4th  6.0 gb
 35 Tue, May 10  @ATL  W   7-6       17-18  4th  6.0 gb
 34 Sun, May  8  @FLA  L   0-8       16-18  4th  6.5 gb
 33 Sat, May  7  @FLA  W   5-2       16-17  4th  6.5 gb
 32 Fri, May  6  @FLA  W   3-2 (10)  15-17  4th  6.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  5  @PHI  L   3-7       14-17  4th  7.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  4  @PHI  L   4-7       14-16  4th  6.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  3  @PHI  L   1-4       14-15  4th  5.5 gb
 28 Mon, May  2   SFG  W   2-0       14-14  3rd  4.5 gb
 27 Sun, May  1   SFG  W   5-2       13-14  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Braves, 20-18, 20-18 3rd, 5 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (38, RHP, 3-3, 3.22)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-3) 44.2 42 16 16 14 41 2 3.22
2010 (16-12) 193.2 204 88 86 61 136 18 4.00
2009 (15-10) 194.2 232 109 101 63 111 16 4.67
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.0 39 16 16 12 35 2 3.69 53
2011-05-06 @PHI W 6.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 97 71
2011-05-01 STL ND 5.0 6 4 4 2 5 0 91 42
2011-04-25 @SDP ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 8 1 107 59
2011-04-20 @LAD L 3.0 9 5 5 1 5 0 78 25
2011-04-16 NYM W 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 99 56
2011-04-10 PHI L 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 1 99 57
2011-04-05 @MIL L 6.0 5 1 1 3 7 0 108 62
Last 5 v.WSN 3-2 30.2 25 8 8 4 31 2 2.35 61
2011-03-31 @WSN W 5.2 3 0 0 2 6 0 105 67
2010-09-25 @WSN W 5.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 103 60
2010-09-13 WSN W 8.0 6 0 0 0 12 0 105 82
2010-08-19 WSN L 7.0 6 4 4 0 6 1 98 55
2010-07-29 @WSN L 5.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 98 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-9    Road:   11-9    ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  13-13   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Wed, May 11   WSN  L   3-7 (11)  20-18  3rd  5.0 gb
 37 Tue, May 10   WSN  L   6-7       20-17  3rd  4.0 gb
 36 Sun, May  8  @PHI  W   5-2       20-16  3rd  3.5 gb
 35 Sat, May  7  @PHI  L   0-3       19-16  3rd  4.5 gb
 34 Fri, May  6  @PHI  W   5-0       19-15  3rd  3.5 gb
 33 Thu, May  5   MIL  W   2-1       18-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 32 Wed, May  4   MIL  W   8-0       17-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 31 Wed, May  4   MIL  W   8-3       16-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 30 Mon, May  2   MIL  W   6-2       15-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 29 Sun, May  1   STL  W   6-5       14-15  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 11, 2011 WSN  7 @ATL  3 (11)   W:Drew Storen (3-1), L: Scott Linebrink (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2011 WSN  7 @ATL  6        W:Jason Marquis (4-1), L: Tim Hudson (4-3), S: Drew Storen (8)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 ATL 11 @WSN  2        W:Tim Hudson (1-0), L: Jordan Zimmermann (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 WSN  6  ATL  3        W:John Lannan (1-0), L: Tommy Hanson (0-1), S: Sean Burnett (1)
Thu, Mar 31, 2011 ATL  2 @WSN  0        W:Derek Lowe (1-0), L: Livan Hernandez (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (1)

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 WSN  4  ATL  2        W:Sean Burnett (1-7), L: Kyle Farnsworth (3-2), S: Drew Storen (5)
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 ATL  5 @WSN  0        W:Derek Lowe (15-12), L: Yuniesky Maya (0-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 WSN  8  ATL  3        W:Jordan Zimmermann (1-2), L: Tim Hudson (16-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 WSN  4 @ATL  2        W:John Lannan (8-7), L: Mike Minor (3-1), S: Drew Storen (4)
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 WSN  6 @ATL  0        W:Livan Hernandez (10-11), L: Jair Jurrjens (7-6), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - WSN over 3-2; 2010 - WSN won 10-8; 2009 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 299-271

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 2011 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

STL  5.22

LAA  4.18

MIN  3.23

 RA/G

ATL  3.18

CIN  4.35

MIN  5.34

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

J. Johnson  1.63

G. Floyd  3.67

J. Lackey  8.01

 K/9IP

M. Garza  11.77

J. McDonald  6.87

C. Pavano  3.64

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

Nationals Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 19.Linebrink
G/S/vB		 50.Martinez
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 12/.417 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 19/19 .235/.316/.294/.610 /.610 .393 19/.610 2/0 0/0
43.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 15/2 .077/.143/.077/.220 .258/.000 .222 15/.220 0/0 0/0
13.Cora* G/S/vP 11/.500 1/2.000 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 61/56 .250/.300/.286/.586 .800/.565 .485 48/.609 1/0 0/0
6.Desmond G/S/vP 20/1.192 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 11/.586 136/103 .224/.254/.384/.638 .781/.592 .592 84/.720 12/1 3/8
18.Espinosa# G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/1.000 144/104 .207/.308/.364/.671 .744/.640 .701 101/.593 3/1 3/3
15.Hairston G/S/vP 35/.499 1/2.000 5/.733 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.833 2/.000 101/71 .231/.300/.319/.619 .459/.684 .531 78/.741 1/2 1/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 18/.291 3/.000 10/.900 4/.250 4/1.000 6/1.166 4/.000 140/103 .202/.314/.311/.625 .504/.667 .710 97/.641 1/0 3/0
38.Morse G/S/vP 16/.721 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 92/59 .238/.272/.321/.593 .542/.621 .724 56/.712 1/1 2/0
19.Nix* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 68/61 .284/.294/.507/.802 .429/.845 .791 49/.816 1/1 4/1
3.Ramos G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 87/60 .295/.356/.462/.818 .825/.808 .528 61/.707 0/2 2/2
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 32/.581 1/2.000 6/1.100 1/.000 4/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 60/50 .214/.254/.321/.576 .700/.549 .639 36/.717 0/0 1/1
12.Stairs* G/S/vP 19/.544 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 5/.900 ··· 24/24 .056/.292/.056/.347 /.347 .457 14/.298 0/0 0/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 29/.785 3/1.667 9/.889 3/1.167 4/.250 2/.500 6/.333 149/111 .234/.329/.430/.759 .462/.847 .708 95/.753 5/1 6/3
IP 44.2 16.2 12.0 17.0 18.2 8.0 20.2 TOTAL .225/.297/.345/.642 .585/.661 .620 .650 31/10 27/23
ERA-K/9 3.22/8.3 2.70/13.5 7.50/9.0 3.71/5.3 0.96/7.7 2.25/10.1 0.87/8.7 2.94/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramos (7-4-0)
 Rodriguez (7-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.249 68/.203 57/.346 67/.186 74/.212 32/.160 74/.134 .226  Werth
 Morse
 Nix
 Bernadina
 Bixler
 Hairston
0/0/34/2
23/0/0/1
19/2/2/1
2/4/1/1
2/0/0/0
8/6/0/0
OPS .626 .548 1.057 .663 .551 .500 .374 .615
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.642 35/.556 20/.789 29/.755 23/.435 18/.485 22/.296 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.607 33/.539 37/1.200 38/.587 51/.606 14/.496 52/.404 .581
Home 73/.668 38/.762 33/1.061 31/.508 36/.596 19/.566 34/.357
Last 28d days 113/.677 52/.600 32/1.171 38/.640 51/.360 19/.387 51/.424
HR/SB/CS 2/2/2 0/0/2 3/2/0 3/0/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/1 20/21/11
Usage ·····X·· X··X·Xo· X···o··X ·X······ o··o·ooo o···X··· XX·X·oo·
Braves Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 60.Coffey
G/S/vB		 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 20/15 .125/.300/.125/.425 .200/.500 .347 15/.582 0/0 0/0
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 139/97 .233/.331/.383/.714 .861/.651 .703 93/.791 0/1 4/2
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 5/.800 4/.000 3/.000 6/.900 ··· ··· 4/1.250 147/111 .243/.274/.414/.688 .806/.650 .765 98/.698 0/0 5/1
24.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/5 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 .500 5/.500 0/0 0/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.333 4/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 147/114 .220/.322/.433/.755 .762/.753 .707 98/.660 2/1 7/1
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 3/.000 3/2.667 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 45/40 .357/.378/.690/1.068 1.000/1.076 1.162 37/1.312 0/1 4/0
10.Jones# G/S/vP 6/.667 12/1.083 7/1.738 7/1.404 ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 149/94 .273/.349/.447/.796 .890/.741 .923 98/.789 0/0 3/2
4.Mather G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 13/6 .182/.250/.273/.523 .619/.400 .452 13/.523 0/0 0/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 5/.650 14/.445 6/.334 5/2.250 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 136/92 .314/.382/.405/.787 .637/.861 .828 86/.749 1/1 2/2
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 5/.000 6/.733 10/.583 3/.667 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 149/105 .258/.354/.367/.721 .570/.788 .813 99/.797 1/2 2/1
14.Prado G/S/vP 5/1.400 8/.821 8/.000 8/.625 ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 175/128 .276/.314/.411/.725 .536/.791 .785 117/.745 1/3 4/2
8.Ross G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 28/19 .333/.357/.704/1.061 .347/1.368 1.077 25/1.040 0/0 3/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.000 12/.833 7/.929 ··· 3/.000 3/2.000 159/115 .209/.264/.392/.656 .400/.754 .671 107/.707 1/2 6/2
IP 41.2 14.2 22.2 12.1 5.0 6.2 20.2 TOTAL .241/.308/.390/.698 .631/.725 .738 .726 6/11 40/17
ERA-K/9 4.10/5.2 5.52/4.3 1.59/11.1 2.92/11.0 1.80/12.6 1.35/8.1 0.44/6.5 3.71/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (19-8-3)
 Ross (2-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 175/.267 60/.278 84/.197 52/.205 22/.188 32/.321 79/.151 .257  Prado
 Heyward
 McLouth
 Hinske
 Mather
37/0/0/2
0/0/37/1
0/36/0/0
3/0/2/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .675 .637 .565 .635 .597 .978 .448 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.661 26/.487 45/.562 21/.960 12/.958 18/1.209 28/.481 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.691 34/.751 39/.568 31/.393 10/.200 14/.630 51/.430 .664
Road 73/.693 29/.456 47/.424 40/.690 19/.704 18/.896 45/.322
Last 28d days 101/.732 36/.800 50/.684 33/.626 22/.597 17/1.204 49/.421
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 0/0/0 2/0/2 1/0/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 23/14/8
Usage ·····X·· oo··oo·o oX···X·· X··X··XX ···X··X· o·····X· oo··oX··

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.