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Game Preview: WSN @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Nationals, 48-48, 48-48 3rd, 11½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (25, RHP, 6-7, 2.66)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-7) 115.0 102 39 34 21 82 4 2.66
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 3-1 47.2 39 8 7 7 34 1 1.32 64
2011-07-10 COL W 6.1 4 0 0 0 6 0 88 71
2011-07-04 CHC ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 5 0 93 44
2011-06-29 @LAA L 8.0 4 1 0 1 4 0 93 75
2011-06-24 @CHW ND 7.0 6 0 0 1 4 0 94 68
2011-06-18 BAL W 6.1 8 2 2 2 2 1 99 49
2011-06-12 @SDP ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 101 78
2011-06-07 @SFG W 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 91 65
Last 5 v.HOU 0-1 6.1 5 4 3 3 6 1 4.26 52
2009-07-12 @HOU L 6.1 5 4 3 3 6 1 102 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-18   Road:   20-30   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  35-38   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast: 14-21   vsCntrl:15-10   vsWest: 11-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Mon, Jul 18  @HOU  W   5-2       48-48  3rd 11.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 17  @ATL  L   8-9       47-48  4th 12.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 16  @ATL  W   5-2       47-47  4th 11.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 15  @ATL  L   1-11      46-47  4th 12.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 10   COL  W   2-0       46-46  4th 11.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul  9   COL  L   1-2       45-46  4th 11.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul  8   COL  L   2-3       45-45  4th 11.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul  7   CHC  L   9-10      45-44  4th 10.5 gb
 88 Wed, Jul  6   CHC  W   5-4       45-43  4th 10.0 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  5   CHC  W   3-2       44-43  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:18-12
Astros, 31-65, 31-65 6th, 20 GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (28, LHP, 3-11, 5.76)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-11) 100.0 104 70 64 53 88 13 5.76
2010 (6-4) 87.1 73 37 33 47 70 8 3.40
2009 (12-4) 166.0 149 55 54 56 119 20 2.93
Last 7 GS 0-5 36.1 47 33 31 22 36 4 7.68 38
2011-07-07 @FLA L 5.2 5 5 5 7 8 1 115 40
2011-07-02 BOS L 6.2 7 5 5 3 3 1 117 40
2011-06-26 TBR ND 5.0 9 5 5 3 8 1 111 34
2011-06-20 @TEX L 2.2 8 7 5 1 3 0 84 20
2011-06-15 PIT ND 5.0 6 2 2 4 7 0 108 50
2011-06-09 STL L 5.1 6 6 6 2 5 0 93 35
2011-06-03 @SDP L 6.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 104 48
Last 5 v.WSN 1-0 16.2 9 4 3 12 11 1 1.62 58
2010-09-21 @WSN ND 6.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 111 69
2010-04-15 WSN ND 5.1 3 1 0 6 0 0 97 54
2009-05-29 WSN W 5.1 3 3 3 3 5 1 96 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-36   Road:   16-29   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  17-50   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  10-16
 vsEast:  5-18   vsCntrl:15-26   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Mon, Jul 18   WSN  L   2-5       31-65  6th 20.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 17   PIT  L   5-7 (11)  31-64  6th 19.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 16   PIT  W   6-4       31-63  6th 19.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 15   PIT  L   0-4       30-63  6th 19.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 10  @FLA  L   4-5       30-62  6th 19.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul  9  @FLA  L   1-6       30-61  6th 18.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul  8  @FLA  L   3-6       30-60  6th 18.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul  7  @FLA  L   0-5       30-59  6th 17.0 gb
 88 Wed, Jul  6  @PIT  W   8-2       30-58  6th 17.0 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  5  @PIT  L   1-5       29-58  6th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 7-23
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 WSN  5 @HOU  2        W:Jason Marquis (8-4), L: Jordan Lyles (0-5), S: Drew Storen (25)

Thu, Sep 23, 2010 WSN  7  HOU  2        W:Ross Detwiler (1-2), L: Nelson Figueroa (5-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 22, 2010 WSN  4  HOU  3        W:Tyler Clippard (11-6), L: Jeff Fulchino (2-1), S: Sean Burnett (3)
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 WSN  8  HOU  4        W:Tyler Clippard (10-6), L: Felipe Paulino (1-9), S: none
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 HOU  8 @WSN  2        W:Bud Norris (9-8), L: Livan Hernandez (10-12), S: none
Thu, Jun 03, 2010 HOU  6  WSN  4        W:Matt Lindstrom (2-1), L: Matt Capps (0-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 02, 2010 HOU  5  WSN  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-7), L: John Lannan (2-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 01, 2010 HOU  8  WSN  7        W:Wilton Lopez (2-0), L: Matt Capps (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 31, 2010 WSN 14 @HOU  4        W:Luis Atilano (5-1), L: Roy Oswalt (3-7), S: none
Sun, Jul 12, 2009 HOU  5  WSN  0        W:Brian Moehler (6-5), L: Jordan Zimmermann (3-4), S: Jose Valverde (8)
Season Series: 2011 - WSN over 1-0; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - HOU leads 239-192

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
Nationals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Happ*
G/S/vB
66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB
52.Escalona*
G/S/vB
59.Lopez
G/S/vB
54.Melancon
G/S/vB
43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 204/142 .230/.299/.328/.626 .580/.646 .531 36/1.009 8/2 3/0
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 268/201 .264/.322/.378/.700 .465/.779 .519 106/.625 15/2 5/0
13.Cora* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 127/119 .233/.286/.276/.562 .875/.539 .499 11/.273 2/0 0/3
6.Desmond G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 364/269 .224/.267/.308/.575 .608/.564 .575 83/.464 20/4 3/13
18.Espinosa# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 396/297 .246/.333/.468/.801 .919/.761 .738 100/.844 12/2 17/6
26.Flores G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/7 .200/.200/.300/.500 .667/.429 .600 8/.375 0/0 0/1
15.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 219/148 .260/.335/.352/.687 .685/.687 .614 20/.803 2/2 2/7
38.Morse G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 314/225 .307/.354/.537/.890 .801/.925 .911 86/.830 2/3 16/4
19.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 244/219 .273/.311/.493/.805 .382/.851 .802 64/.704 2/1 12/2
3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 262/191 .252/.328/.435/.763 .727/.775 .629 64/.830 0/2 9/3
12.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/70 .156/.260/.172/.432 .667/.421 .519 23/.542 0/0 0/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 400/306 .211/.318/.352/.669 .615/.685 .632 98/.444 11/3 10/6
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 8/.804 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 166/138 .255/.343/.421/.764 .815/.754 .811 97/.708 1/0 5/6
IP 100.0 41.1 18.0 43.0 44.1 21.1 TOTAL .236/.306/.371/.677 .638/.689 .641 .658 80/22 87/59
ERA-K/9 5.76/7.9 4.35/5.2 2.50/8.0 2.93/7.3 3.05/7.3 2.53/11.0 /0.0 4.65/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (4-0-0)
 Ramos (25-14-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 448/.273 192/.285 75/.222 179/.255 187/.241 87/.234 / .268  Nix
 Werth
 Bernadina
 Ankiel
 Morse
 Hairston
57/4/5/6
0/0/91/5
26/48/3/5
0/59/0/4
27/0/0/3
18/7/0/0
OPS .822 .758 .624 .664 .648 .691 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.897 71/.894 44/.522 70/.869 80/.637 38/.598 / .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.804 121/.680 31/.766 109/.529 107/.655 49/.765 / .756
Home 254/.773 99/.775 46/.557 107/.782 94/.664 58/.715 /
Last 28d days 82/.992 41/.800 28/.575 48/.611 48/.744 30/.522 /
HR/SB/CS 13/7/5 3/7/1 1/5/1 2/1/1 3/3/1 3/3/1 // 112/90/20
Usage ········ ·o·o···· ·ooo···· X·X····· ·Xo····· oX·o····
Astros Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.94 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
48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB
63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
22.Storen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/2.000 6/.334 5/1.000 6/.450 3/.000 ··· ··· 263/195 .246/.317/.369/.685 .658/.694 .565 70/.806 1/0 4/5
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/37 .200/.282/.229/.511 .500/.506 .449 8/.375 1/0 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.071 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/3.000 419/305 .289/.350/.392/.742 .724/.749 .780 94/.715 35/5 1/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 81/59 .197/.215/.276/.492 .855/.366 .495 48/.609 0/0 0/4
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/1.666 321/242 .243/.283/.385/.669 .576/.699 .596 57/.619 2/2 6/8
8.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.500 ··· 2/2.000 170/130 .307/.320/.436/.755 1.137/.639 .817 70/.757 0/1 4/3
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.500 3/1.000 20/.461 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 386/292 .271/.319/.429/.748 .960/.682 .784 83/.897 3/2 7/4
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 110/56 .210/.245/.314/.560 .605/.515 .621 39/.651 0/0 2/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 15/.734 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 395/296 .318/.359/.484/.843 .767/.868 .879 85/.789 7/0 11/4
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· ··· 130/109 .246/.279/.336/.615 .824/.577 .700 13/.692 1/0 1/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 233/171 .257/.311/.316/.627 .641/.620 .615 46/.652 3/0 1/6
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 327/266 .285/.362/.403/.765 .547/.816 .886 56/.559 1/1 4/6
IP 115.0 33.1 54.1 36.2 9.1 33.2 48.1 TOTAL .260/.311/.380/.690 .705/.686 .715 .676 72/16 53/72
ERA-K/9 2.66/6.4 5.67/5.1 1.82/11.3 3.68/7.1 3.86/4.8 2.94/9.6 2.42/7.1 3.60/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (24-4-1)
 Quintero (31-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 460/.237 147/.273 201/.150 159/.245 40/.229 146/.220 191/.191 .255  Pence
 Lee
 Bourn
 Michaels
 Bogusevic
0/0/90/9
70/0/0/7
0/92/0/3
25/0/3/1
13/0/0/0
OPS .603 .779 .537 .672 .708 .590 .555 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.639 64/.759 97/.583 59/.943 10/.633 66/.590 76/.535 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.568 83/.795 104/.491 100/.509 30/.733 80/.585 115/.568 .704
Road 258/.556 74/.732 98/.528 95/.650 12/.817 90/.631 94/.537
Last 28d days 104/.500 39/1.116 45/.427 43/.845 40/.708 60/.661 41/.561
HR/SB/CS 4/2/4 5/2/0 8/2/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 0/5/0 4/1/0 75/41/25
Usage ········ ·X······ ·Xo····· ···X···· ···X···· ·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.