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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 4:05pm, Saturday, May 26, 2012 @Turner Field

Nationals, 27-18, 27-18 1st, 2 up

SP: Stephen Strasburg (23, RHP, 4-1, 2.21)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-1)			53.0	41	16	13	13	64	3	2.21
2011 (1-1)			24.0	15	5	4	2	24	0	1.50
2010 (5-3)			68.0	56	25	22	17	92	5	2.91

Last 7 GS		3-1	40.0	34	15	12	9	50	3	2.70	59
2012-05-20	BAL	W	5.0	4	3	1	1	8	0	90	58
2012-05-15	SDP	L	4.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	81	35
2012-05-10	@PIT	W	6.0	5	2	1	3	13	0	103	66
2012-05-04	PHI	ND	6.0	3	3	3	1	4	2	76	57
2012-04-28	@LAD	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	101	72
2012-04-21	MIA	ND	6.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	94	69
2012-04-16	HOU	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	93	56

Last 5 v.ATL		0-2	10.1	11	7	5	2	10	0	4.35	49
2011-09-23	ATL	L	4.0	5	3	2	0	3	0	75	45
2010-06-28	@ATL	L	6.1	6	4	3	2	7	0	92	52

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

 Home:   15-8    Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  21-13   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast:  9-3    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Fri, May 25  @ATL  W   7-4       27-18  1st  2.0 up
 44 Wed, May 23  @PHI  L   1-4       26-18  1st  0.5 up
 43 Tue, May 22  @PHI  W   5-2       26-17  1st  0.5 up
 42 Mon, May 21  @PHI  W   2-1       25-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Sun, May 20   BAL  W   9-3       24-17  2nd  1.5 gb
 40 Sat, May 19   BAL  L   5-6       23-17  2nd  1.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 18   BAL  L   1-2 (11)  23-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 38 Thu, May 17   PIT  L   3-5       23-15  2nd  0.5 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   PIT  W   7-4       23-14  1st  0.5 up
 36 Tue, May 15   SDP  L   1-6       22-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Braves, 26-21, 26-21 2nd, 2 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Mike Minor (24, LHP, 2-4, 6.96)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-4)			53.0	58	43	41	19	48	12	6.96
2011 (5-3)			82.2	93	39	38	30	77	7	4.14
2010 (3-2)			40.2	53	28	27	11	43	6	5.98

Last 7 GS		1-3	40.2	50	36	35	14	38	12	7.75	39
2012-05-21	@CIN	L	6.0	5	4	4	4	4	4	113	46
2012-05-16	MIA	L	4.2	6	6	6	3	3	0	94	28
2012-05-11	@STL	ND	4.2	8	6	6	0	7	3	95	31
2012-05-05	@COL	ND	5.0	10	8	8	4	4	2	98	15
2012-04-30	PIT	L	6.1	8	7	7	3	9	2	107	35
2012-04-24	@LAD	ND	6.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	79	46
2012-04-19	@ARI	W	8.0	5	2	1	0	9	0	112	75

Last 5 v.WSN		1-2	15.2	15	7	7	5	16	2	4.02	52
2011-09-25	@WSN	L	4.2	6	1	1	2	5	1	86	51
2010-09-15	WSN	L	5.0	4	4	4	1	6	1	77	48
2010-08-17	WSN	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	105	57

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

 Home:   10-8    Road:   16-13   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  17-12   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest:  8-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Fri, May 25   WSN  L   4-7       26-21  2nd  2.0 gb
 46 Thu, May 24  @CIN  L   3-6       26-20  2nd  1.0 gb
 45 Wed, May 23  @CIN  L   1-2       26-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 44 Tue, May 22  @CIN  L   3-4       26-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 43 Mon, May 21  @CIN  L   1-4       26-17  1st  0.5 up
 42 Sun, May 20  @TBR  W   2-0       26-16  1st  1.5 up
 41 Sat, May 19  @TBR  L   2-5       25-16  1st  1.5 up
 40 Fri, May 18  @TBR  W   5-3       25-15  1st  1.5 up
 39 Thu, May 17   MIA  W   7-0       24-15  1st  0.5 up
 38 Wed, May 16   MIA  L   4-8       23-15  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 25, 2012 WSN  7 @ATL  4        W:Chien-Ming Wang (1-0), L: Tim Hudson (3-2), S: Tyler Clippard (2)

Sun, Sep 25, 2011 WSN  3  ATL  0        W:Ross Detwiler (4-5), L: Mike Minor (5-3), S: Drew Storen (42)
Sat, Sep 24, 2011 WSN  4  ATL  1        W:Chien-Ming Wang (4-3), L: Brandon Beachy (7-3), S: Drew Storen (41)
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 ATL  7 @WSN  4        W:Tim Hudson (16-10), L: Stephen Strasburg (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (46)
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 ATL  5  WSN  2        W:Tim Hudson (14-8), L: Chien-Ming Wang (2-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (42)
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 ATL  3  WSN  1        W:Derek Lowe (9-12), L: John Lannan (8-11), S: Craig Kimbrel (41)
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 WSN  9 @ATL  2        W:Livan Hernandez (8-12), L: Jair Jurrjens (13-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 ATL  6 @WSN  4        W:Brandon Beachy (5-2), L: Chien-Ming Wang (0-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (32)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 WSN  9  ATL  3        W:John Lannan (8-7), L: Derek Lowe (6-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 WSN  5  ATL  3        W:Livan Hernandez (6-10), L: Jair Jurrjens (12-4), S: Drew Storen (27)
Season Series: 2012 - WSN over 1-0; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - WSN won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 306-278

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 2012 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 TEX 5.57 SFG 4.13 PIT 2.82	RA/G WSN 3.29 MIA 4.11 MIN 5.64	BA D. Wright .397 D. Barney .265 R. Weeks .157	OBP D. Wright .495 L. Morrison .331 C. Barmes .209	SLG J. Hamilton .768 B. McCann .421 A. Ramirez .253	OPS J. Hamilton 1.199 M. Aviles .754 A. Ramirez .481	ERA B. Beachy 1.77 T. Cahill 3.74 C. Buchholz 7.84	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.64 R. Halladay 7.17 D. Lowe 2.30

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.57

SFG 4.13

PIT 2.82

RA/G

WSN 3.29

MIA 4.11

MIN 5.64

D. Wright .397

D. Barney .265

R. Weeks .157

OBP

D. Wright .495

L. Morrison .331

C. Barmes .209

SLG

J. Hamilton .768

B. McCann .421

A. Ramirez .253

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.199

M. Aviles .754

A. Ramirez .481

ERA

B. Beachy 1.77

T. Cahill 3.74

C. Buchholz 7.84

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.64

R. Halladay 7.17

D. Lowe 2.30

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Nationals Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB 32.Durbin
G/S/vB 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 13/1.385 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 120/104 .241/.292/.411/.702 .313/.765 .709 81/.688 1/3 3/0

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· 4/2.500 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/.333 96/93 .224/.305/.365/.670 .000/.693 .589 48/.829 4/1 2/0

20.Desmond G/S/vP 8/.804 5/.450 1/no AB 4/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 3/.833 15/.421 205/164 .276/.302/.474/.777 .634/.813 .708 111/.880 5/2 8/7

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.600 1/.000 5/.600 5/.600 180/141 .217/.303/.338/.641 .895/.572 .736 93/.695 5/3 4/4

26.Flores G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 8/.929 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 80/58 .236/.278/.333/.612 .694/.583 .539 56/.589 0/2 1/0

34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/74 .269/.355/.462/.818 .864/.796 .648 103/.815 2/2 2/3

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 47/.803 3/.000 4/.250 4/.000 6/.666 4/.000 175/130 .289/.383/.530/.913 .878/.925 1.123 85/.846 1/1 8/3

1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 99/78 .310/.375/.379/.754 .325/.863 .492 62/.812 0/0 0/2

49.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.250/.000/.250 /.250 4/.250 0/0 0/0

57.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/6 .176/.176/.176/.353 .182/.667 .286 17/.353 0/0 0/0

21.Nady G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/2.000 19/1.196 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/47 .130/.183/.260/.443 .505/.396 .342 30/.533 1/0 3/1

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 21/.921 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 54/47 .250/.315/.479/.794 1.286/.713 .553 29/1.110 0/0 3/0

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 8/.661 14/.786 23/.870 4/.250 6/1.467 3/.000 6/.334 7/.143 139/116 .256/.345/.372/.717 .451/.772 .677 71/.763 2/1 2/1

IP 53.0 15.2 26.1 16.0 24.2 24.2 16.2 16.1 TOTAL .243/.314/.391/.705 .644/.722 .684 .762 24/15 43/26

ERA-K/9

6.96/8.2

6.32/6.3

2.73/6.2

2.25/14.1

4.38/6.6

2.55/4.7

4.32/8.1

3.31/13.3

4.08/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (7-4-1)
Maldonado (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 231/.286 71/.274 107/.284 67/.175 99/.263 95/.227 74/.297 79/.318 .258 Ankiel
Bernadina
Harper
Nady
Lombardozzi
Moore 0/35/0/2
21/8/0/1
7/6/17/1
20/0/8/0
6/0/0/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .864 .915 .706 .491 .777 .580 .781 .893 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.928 25/.684 51/.769 31/.266 49/.421 41/.460 29/.322 27/.703 .686

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.844 46/1.041 56/.649 36/.674 50/1.115 54/.668 45/1.094 52/.988 .755

Home 77/.723 27/.813 48/.599 24/.638 39/.718 43/.529 20/1.137 28/1.021

Last 28d days 131/1.085 39/.651 50/.647 32/.429 58/.803 48/.699 44/.708 46/1.158

HR/SB/CS 12/6/0 5/0/1 2/1/1 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/0/0 2/1/1 2/1/0 47/34/14

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

Braves Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 40.Wang
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Bourn* G/S/vP 2/.000 10/.844 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 7/.629 12/.606 218/142 .307/.358/.431/.788 .573/.905 .779 123/.782 13/5 4/0

23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 6/.167 15/.629 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 55/20 .298/.382/.468/.850 1.057/.485 .969 30/.881 0/0 2/0

25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/63 .200/.226/.438/.664 .538/.706 .797 48/.542 0/1 5/4

5.Freeman* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.333 7/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 195/122 .247/.303/.443/.745 .724/.758 .623 107/.718 0/0 7/0

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 6/2.033 4/1.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 7/1.000 178/115 .239/.333/.432/.766 .637/.839 .786 96/.715 9/3 6/0

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.600 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.400 38/1.209 65/59 .271/.323/.356/.679 .733/.674 .849 45/.748 0/0 1/0

16.McCann* G/S/vP 5/.800 17/.886 8/.250 14/.071 ··· 2/.000 7/.000 12/1.167 150/102 .256/.333/.421/.754 .706/.777 1.008 80/.783 1/0 6/1

1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/105 .269/.298/.351/.649 .507/.702 .631 83/.618 2/0 1/5

14.Prado G/S/vP 5/.400 10/1.189 14/.000 9/1.413 ··· 4/.000 9/1.792 7/.000 199/135 .333/.404/.511/.916 1.150/.800 1.029 110/1.044 6/1 3/2

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.500 8/1.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 50/31 .222/.300/.422/.722 1.154/.492 .733 32/.519 0/0 2/1

26.Uggla G/S/vP 7/2.357 4/.500 13/.763 9/1.389 ··· 4/.000 14/.517 9/1.319 203/137 .256/.365/.419/.783 .943/.709 .680 114/.797 0/2 6/6

2.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 57/33 .170/.182/.170/.352 .310/.381 .400 30/.440 0/0 0/0

IP 53.0 13.1 21.0 21.0 6.2 19.0 25.0 3.0 TOTAL .260/.326/.408/.734 .747/.727 .764 .731 31/12 48/24

ERA-K/9

2.21/10.9

0.68/10.8

3.00/11.1

4.29/5.6

10.80/4.0

4.74/10.9

1.44/9.7

3.00/0.0

2.95/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (25-9-3)
Ross (9-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 211/.214 53/.191 88/.182 92/.262 30/.357 83/.164 99/.200 11/.273 .220 Prado
Diaz
Heyward
Bourn
Hinske 41/0/0/3
8/0/4/2
0/1/43/2
0/46/0/1
1/0/4/0

OPS .566 .519 .495 .743 1.007 .622 .517 .909 .625

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.560 22/.545 44/.439 32/.744 18/1.007 39/.671 34/.454 5/1.000 .650

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.572 31/.490 44/.548 60/.743 12/1.000 44/.574 65/.551 6/.833 .609

Road 101/.470 32/.634 47/.413 39/.822 / 44/.937 49/.597 11/.909

Last 28d days 87/.707 26/.542 40/.236 37/.564 30/1.007 44/.806 62/.459 11/.909

HR/SB/CS 3/6/1 0/0/0 0/4/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 3/1/2 1/1/0 1/0/0 29/26/8

Usage ·····X·· X···o··X o··o·o·o ···X·X·· ······X· ··X·o·o· ····X·o· X·······

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.