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Game Preview: WSN @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @Busch Stadium III

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Monday, April 18, 2011. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Nationals, 8-7, 8-7 3rd, 1½ GB

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (25, RHP, 1-2, 2.45)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-2) 18.1 15 9 5 3 10 1 2.45
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 35.1 35 21 16 8 22 8 4.08 49
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
2010-10-01 @NYM ND 6.0 3 1 1 0 3 1 82 65
2010-09-24 ATL W 5.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 83 61
2010-09-18 @PHI L 3.0 9 5 5 1 3 3 76 23
2010-09-12 FLA L 3.0 5 5 4 3 1 2 80 29
Last 5 v.STL 0-1 9.2 15 10 10 1 10 4 9.31 35
2010-08-26 STL ND 4.0 7 5 5 1 4 1 70 31
2009-05-01 STL L 5.2 8 5 5 0 6 3 101 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-4    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  5-7    vsCntrl: 3-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sun, Apr 17   MIL  W   5-1        8-7   3rd  2.5 gb
 14 Sun, Apr 17   MIL  W   8-4        7-7   3rd  2.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 15   MIL  W   4-3 (10)   6-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 12 Thu, Apr 14   PHI  L   0-4        5-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 11 Wed, Apr 13   PHI  L   2-3        5-6   3rd  3.0 gb
 10 Tue, Apr 12   PHI  W   7-4        5-5   2nd  2.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10  @NYM  W   7-3 (11)   4-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9  @NYM  L   4-8        3-5   5th  3.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8  @NYM  W   6-2        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @FLA  W   5-3 (11)   2-4   5th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-7    Last 30: 8-7 
Cardinals, 8-8, 8-8 3rd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Jaime Garcia (24, LHP, 2-0, 1.35)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-0) 20.0 16 4 3 5 20 0 1.35
2010 (13-8) 163.1 151 64 49 64 132 9 2.70
2008 (1-1) 16.0 14 10 10 8 8 4 5.63
Last 7 GS 4-2 42.0 44 17 14 15 41 2 3.00 54
2011-04-14 @LAD W 5.0 8 3 2 2 2 0 91 41
2011-04-09 @SFG ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 9 0 82 68
2011-04-03 SDP W 9.0 4 0 0 2 9 0 102 86
2010-09-13 CHC L 6.0 7 4 2 1 4 0 87 49
2010-09-08 @MIL L 4.0 7 7 7 2 4 1 77 22
2010-09-03 CIN W 6.2 6 2 2 3 6 1 98 57
2010-08-27 @WSN W 5.1 8 0 0 4 7 0 94 55
Last 5 v.WSN 1-0 5.1 8 0 0 4 7 0 0.00 55
2010-08-27 @WSN W 5.1 8 0 0 4 7 0 94 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-4    Road:    6-4    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   6-6    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Sun, Apr 17  @LAD  L   1-2        8-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 16  @LAD  W   9-2        8-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 15  @LAD  W  11-2        7-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 14  @LAD  W   9-5        6-7   4th  2.5 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 13  @ARI  W  15-5        5-7   5th  3.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12  @ARI  L   8-13       4-7   5th  4.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11  @ARI  W   8-2        4-6   5th  3.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10  @SFG  W   6-1        3-6   5th  3.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9  @SFG  L   2-3        2-6   5th  4.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8  @SFG  L   4-5 (12)   2-5   5th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-8    Last 30: 8-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 29, 2010 WSN  4  STL  2        W:John Lannan (6-6), L: Adam Wainwright (17-9), S: Drew Storen (3)
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 WSN 14  STL  5        W:Livan Hernandez (9-9), L: Kyle Lohse (2-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 STL  4 @WSN  2        W:Jaime Garcia (12-6), L: Scott Olsen (3-7), S: Ryan Franklin (22)
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 WSN 11  STL 10 (13)   W:Doug Slaten (4-1), L: Blake Hawksworth (4-8), S: none
Tue, May 18, 2010 STL  3  WSN  2        W:Chris Carpenter (5-1), L: Tyler Clippard (7-3), S: Ryan Franklin (9)
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
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - Tied 3-3; 2009 - STL won 6-1; All-Time - STL leads 290-277

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

For the 2010 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB
44.Batista
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
43.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 240/177 .232/.321/.389/.709 .452/.801 .625 65/.584 3/1 6/4
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 44/.612 2/1.500 2/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 194/159 .210/.266/.278/.544 .390/.577 .536 18/.533 4/1 0/2
6.Desmond G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/1.000 574/420 .269/.308/.392/.700 .799/.664 .716 64/.649 17/5 10/34
18.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/84 .214/.277/.447/.723 .846/.684 .637 56/.875 0/2 6/1
26.Flores G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 1/2.000 / /
15.Hairston G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.333 3/2.334 11/1.295 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 476/333 .244/.299/.353/.652 .678/.642 .580 31/.574 9/6 10/7
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 5/.600 9/1.445 8/.821 5/no AB 8/.821 3/2.000 1/.000 615/423 .261/.320/.468/.788 .758/.802 .773 56/.707 0/1 25/11
38.Morse G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 293/194 .289/.352/.519/.870 .999/.806 .886 46/.513 0/1 15/0
19.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 10/.100 5/.600 17/.548 3/1.167 ··· ··· 182/163 .291/.350/.455/.805 .889/.795 .917 25/.655 0/1 4/0
3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/66 .278/.305/.405/.710 1.375/.544 .781 34/.983 0/0 1/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.666 22/.559 3/.000 25/.370 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 421/320 .266/.294/.347/.640 .716/.616 .562 28/.493 2/3 4/4
12.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· 17/.829 ··· 14/.457 3/.000 ··· ··· 111/107 .232/.306/.475/.781 .250/.798 .952 12/.333 2/0 6/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 5/.900 4/.500 3/.333 6/.167 ··· 5/1.350 2/1.500 652/453 .296/.388/.532/.921 .881/.937 .829 63/.683 13/3 27/4
IP 163.1 82.2 67.1 65.0 36.0 52.1 30.2 TOTAL .226/.316/.351/.667 .614/.682 .671 .667 12/4 13/11
ERA-K/9 2.70/7.3 3.70/6.0 3.61/7.0 3.46/5.8 4.00/5.5 2.24/9.3 3.52/8.5 3.57/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramos (10-1-1)
 Rodriguez (42-22-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 695/.243 350/.234 285/.243 264/.230 151/.233 208/.220 133/.241 .254  Werth
 Ankiel
 Nix
 Morse
 Stairs
 Desmond
 Hairston
0/21/135/8
0/70/0/5
50/5/4/3
0/0/72/2
13/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
4/0/8/0
OPS .638 .693 .696 .661 .640 .618 .748 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.550 137/.758 97/.763 111/.750 87/.551 72/.789 55/.866 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 559/.660 213/.651 188/.664 153/.597 64/.759 136/.531 78/.665 .752
Home 362/.582 225/.698 140/.752 129/.571 75/.563 115/.569 54/.963
Last 28d days 78/.539 30/.679 34/.439 25/1.258 17/.779 29/.568 6/.900
HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 9/8/3 5/2/2 7/2/1 2/1/3 5/3/1 4/2/0 13/6/3
Usage ·····X·· ···X··X· ··o··X·· ··o··o·· ··o·o··· ····o··X ·····X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (5.50 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB
23.Balester
G/S/vB
17.Burnett*
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
22.Storen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.667 3/1.667 8/1.300 1/no AB 3/1.667 2/.500 2/1.000 481/389 .248/.368/.413/.781 .517/.847 .868 57/1.061 3/2 14/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/30 .265/.324/.324/.648 1.000/.559 .358 29/.573 1/0 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 270/192 .296/.361/.404/.765 .873/.721 .957 54/.909 1/1 4/9
27.Greene G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/64 .221/.328/.327/.655 .678/.634 .775 13/.718 2/0 2/8
64.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/15 .143/.200/.143/.343 /.343 .522 / 0/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.000 4/.750 3/.333 675/496 .312/.390/.532/.922 .982/.900 .934 43/1.235 9/5 28/3
15.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 323/247 .300/.359/.422/.780 .741/.791 .851 22/.753 2/4 4/1
13.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/1.056 ··· ··· 299/177 .207/.263/.304/.567 .501/.611 .590 20/.596 3/1 5/5
4.Molina G/S/vP 5/1.350 1/.000 9/1.056 3/.666 4/.833 1/no AB 2/.000 521/370 .262/.329/.342/.671 .570/.714 .612 50/.631 8/4 6/5
5.Pujols G/S/vP 5/3.000 ··· 11/1.080 2/3.000 4/2.000 3/.667 2/.500 700/504 .312/.414/.596/1.011 1.076/.983 1.032 73/.721 14/4 42/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.829 ··· ··· 288/190 .238/.313/.302/.615 .608/.600 .651 / 6/2 1/8
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 534/403 .276/.361/.498/.859 .810/.875 .778 75/1.031 12/8 23/5
3.Theriot G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 4/.250 5/.000 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 640/462 .270/.321/.312/.633 .673/.617 .628 73/.710 20/9 2/10
IP 31.0 21.0 63.0 91.0 65.1 40.2 55.1 TOTAL .290/.353/.445/.797 .654/.831 .602 .797 10/3 18/10
ERA-K/9 4.94/7.8 2.57/12.0 2.14/8.9 3.07/11.1 5.65/7.3 3.10/8.0 3.58/8.5 3.44/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (58-30-5)
 Molina (35-33-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 135/.256 89/.203 261/.220 378/.212 295/.285 174/.225 232/.241 .244  Holliday
 Jay
 Rasmus
 Lohse
155/0/0/8
9/27/61/5
0/134/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .817 .633 .581 .646 .892 .626 .655 .665
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.812 40/.790 110/.711 173/.708 144/.924 81/.385 90/.624 .637
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 69/.819 49/.492 151/.487 205/.594 151/.860 93/.844 142/.674 .687
Road 57/.746 36/.993 122/.622 197/.685 132/1.034 107/.718 100/.751
Last 28d days 74/.600 / 28/.536 40/.421 38/.959 18/.826 42/.528
HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 2/0/1 3/4/0 8/5/1 16/3/0 2/3/1 3/2/1 9/4/3
Usage ·····X·· ····X··X ··o·o··X ··X·X·X· ··o··oo· ··X·Xo··

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.