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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 8:05pm, Sunday, May 27, 2012 @Turner Field

Nationals, 28-18, 28-18 1st, 2½ up

SP: Gio Gonzalez (26, LHP, 6-1, 1.98)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-1) 54.2 32 12 12 22 69 1 1.98
2011 (16-12) 202.0 175 81 70 91 197 17 3.12
2010 (15-9) 200.2 171 75 72 92 171 15 3.23
Last 7 GS 6-1 44.0 23 8 8 19 56 1 1.64 68
2012-05-21 @PHI W 6.0 3 0 0 3 9 0 108 72
2012-05-16 PIT W 7.0 4 3 3 2 10 1 106 65
2012-05-11 @CIN W 5.0 5 2 2 4 9 0 115 54
2012-05-05 PHI W 7.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 107 71
2012-04-29 @LAD L 6.0 3 2 2 5 7 0 88 60
2012-04-24 @SDP W 6.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 91 72
2012-04-17 HOU W 7.0 2 0 0 2 8 0 91 79
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-8    Road:   13-10   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  21-13   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast: 10-3    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Sat, May 26  @ATL  W   8-4       28-18  1st  2.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Braves, 26-22, 26-22 4th, 3 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon Beachy (25, RHP, 5-2, 1.77)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-2) 61.0 40 16 12 15 44 4 1.77
2011 (7-3) 141.2 125 62 58 46 169 16 3.68
2010 (0-2) 15.0 16 9 5 7 15 0 3.00
Last 7 GS 4-1 49.0 33 11 11 10 35 4 2.02 65
2012-05-22 @CIN L 7.0 6 4 4 1 5 3 92 53
2012-05-17 MIA W 9.0 5 0 0 0 6 0 122 83
2012-05-12 @STL W 6.0 2 1 1 4 6 0 98 66
2012-05-06 @COL W 6.1 4 2 2 3 5 0 109 59
2012-05-01 PHI ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 104 61
2012-04-25 @LAD ND 6.1 7 2 2 1 6 1 109 56
2012-04-20 @ARI W 7.1 4 0 0 1 5 0 111 74
Last 5 v.WSN 1-1 16.0 17 10 10 8 22 1 5.63 49
2011-09-24 @WSN L 6.0 5 4 4 4 9 0 108 51
2011-08-03 @WSN W 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 1 85 40
2010-09-26 @WSN ND 5.0 5 2 2 3 9 0 96 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-9    Road:   16-13   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  17-13   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  4-9    vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest:  8-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Sat, May 26   WSN  L   4-8       26-22  4th  3.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 26, 2012 WSN  8 @ATL  4        W:Stephen Strasburg (5-1), L: Kris Medlen (1-1), S: Tyler Clippard (3)
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
Season Series: 2012 - WSN over 2-0; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - WSN won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 306-279

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  5.62

ARI  4.19

PIT  2.83

 RA/G

WSN  3.30

SDP  4.21

MIN  5.65

 BA

P. Konerko  .396

A. Soriano  .263

R. Weeks  .155

 OBP

D. Wright  .489

C. Hart  .332

C. Barmes  .203

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .771

S. Castro  .420

B. Ryan  .254

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.201

A. Escobar  .760

C. Barmes  .482

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.77

T. Cahill  3.74

C. Buchholz  7.84

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  12.00

R. Halladay  7.17

H. Alvarez  2.60

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

Nationals Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Beachy
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 6/.500 3/.667 13/1.385 3/.000 5/.600 1/4.000 4/.250 1/.000 122/106 .246/.295/.430/.725 .313/.790 .759 82/.732 1/3 3/0
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 2/.000 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/.250 5/.450 1/no AB 4/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 3/.833 16/.393 209/165 .275/.301/.475/.776 .591/.827 .709 111/.880 5/2 8/7
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 9/.985 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.600 2/.000 5/.600 5/.600 185/143 .222/.306/.364/.670 1.040/.563 .788 94/.764 5/3 5/4
26.Flores G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.000 8/.929 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 84/60 .237/.277/.329/.606 .720/.562 .535 56/.627 0/2 1/0
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 112/75 .278/.366/.495/.861 1.011/.784 .745 104/.860 2/2 3/3
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 47/.803 4/.000 4/.250 4/.000 6/.666 5/.600 180/131 .288/.378/.529/.907 .880/.917 1.102 86/.844 1/1 8/3
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 99/78 .310/.375/.379/.754 .325/.863 .492 58/.820 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/6 .158/.158/.158/.316 .154/.667 .222 16/.250 0/0 0/0
21.Nady G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 19/1.196 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 86/48 .136/.186/.272/.458 .545/.388 .381 30/.641 1/0 3/1
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 21/.921 2/1.000 4/.500 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 55/48 .265/.327/.510/.837 1.286/.765 .656 29/1.221 0/0 3/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/1.334 14/.786 23/.870 5/.200 6/1.467 3/.000 6/.334 8/.393 144/117 .256/.347/.368/.715 .505/.765 .675 76/.756 2/1 2/1
IP 61.0 16.2 26.1 17.0 24.2 25.2 16.2 17.1 TOTAL .245/.315/.398/.713 .677/.724 .700 .787 24/15 45/26
ERA-K/9 1.77/6.5 5.94/7.0 2.73/6.2 2.12/13.8 4.38/6.6 3.16/5.3 4.32/8.1 3.63/13.0 4.14/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (8-4-1)
 Maldonado (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.183 74/.262 107/.284 70/.167 99/.263 101/.245 74/.297 85/.333 .260  Ankiel
 Bernadina
 Harper
 Nady
 Lombardozzi
 Moore
0/36/0/2
21/8/0/1
7/7/18/1
21/0/9/0
6/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .501 .874 .706 .469 .777 .648 .781 .956 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.395 27/.630 51/.769 33/.249 49/.421 44/.598 29/.322 30/.934 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.583 47/1.017 56/.649 37/.654 50/1.115 57/.686 45/1.094 55/.968 .759
Home 83/.378 30/.729 48/.599 27/.561 39/.718 49/.676 20/1.137 34/1.142
Last 28d days 133/.500 39/.651 50/.647 31/.337 58/.803 54/.813 41/.767 47/1.261
HR/SB/CS 4/5/3 5/0/1 2/1/1 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/0/0 2/1/1 3/1/0 49/34/14
Usage ····X··· X··o···o ·oo··X·· o·····o· ·o·o···X X·o·oo·· ·o·oo··o X·oo··o·
Braves Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Boscan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 2.000/.000 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/0
24.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 10/.844 5/.400 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 7/.629 12/.606 223/146 .304/.354/.425/.779 .565/.893 .756 123/.736 13/5 4/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 6/.167 16/.588 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 56/20 .292/.375/.458/.833 1.025/.485 .929 31/.851 0/0 2/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/65 .226/.250/.464/.714 .625/.746 .916 52/.638 0/1 5/4
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 7/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 195/122 .247/.303/.443/.745 .724/.758 .623 103/.723 0/0 7/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 6/2.033 6/.666 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 7/1.000 182/117 .241/.337/.430/.767 .616/.856 .789 96/.753 9/3 6/1
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 38/1.209 69/62 .258/.319/.339/.658 .619/.662 .774 48/.729 0/0 1/1
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 17/.886 9/.222 14/.071 ··· 2/.000 7/.000 12/1.167 151/103 .254/.331/.418/.749 .706/.768 .990 77/.777 1/0 6/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/108 .261/.290/.341/.630 .494/.681 .589 84/.574 2/0 1/5
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 10/1.189 14/.000 10/1.250 ··· 4/.000 9/1.792 7/.000 203/138 .333/.406/.508/.914 1.131/.808 1.021 109/1.023 7/1 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 ··· 4/.500 13/.763 10/1.214 ··· 4/.000 14/.517 9/1.319 207/140 .257/.367/.434/.801 .927/.743 .733 114/.815 0/2 7/6
2.Wilson G/S/vP 13/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 58/34 .170/.196/.170/.366 .310/.406 .438 29/.498 0/0 0/0
IP 54.2 13.1 21.2 24.0 6.2 19.0 25.1 3.0 TOTAL .260/.326/.407/.733 .741/.729 .761 .732 32/12 49/26
ERA-K/9 1.98/11.4 0.68/10.8 2.91/11.2 3.75/6.4 10.80/4.0 4.74/10.9 1.42/9.6 3.00/0.0 2.97/8.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 219/.167 53/.191 90/.177 103/.253 30/.357 83/.164 101/.198 11/.273 .220  Prado
 Diaz
 Heyward
 Bourn
 Hinske
42/0/0/3
8/0/4/2
0/1/44/2
0/47/0/1
1/0/4/0
OPS .498 .519 .483 .711 1.007 .622 .519 .909 .627
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 41/.542 22/.545 46/.419 38/.705 18/1.007 39/.671 34/.454 5/1.000 .654
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.488 31/.490 44/.548 65/.714 12/1.000 44/.574 67/.554 6/.833 .609
Road 117/.596 32/.634 49/.395 50/.737 / 44/.937 51/.598 11/.909
Last 28d days 102/.557 26/.542 42/.224 48/.539 30/1.007 44/.806 57/.501 11/.909
HR/SB/CS 1/3/1 0/0/0 0/4/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 3/1/2 1/1/0 1/0/0 30/27/8
Usage ·····X·· ·X···o·· oo··o·o· X···X·X· ·······X ···X·o·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.