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Game Preview: WSN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Sunday, April 8, 2012 @Wrigley Field

Nationals, 2-0, 2-0 1st, Tied

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-11)			161.1	154	62	57	31	124	12	3.18
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		2-3	41.1	45	17	17	10	37	7	3.70	52
2011-08-28	@CIN	ND	4.1	6	3	3	1	6	2	81	44
2011-08-23	ARI	L	6.1	5	2	2	2	4	1	109	57
2011-08-18	CIN	W	5.2	6	0	0	2	1	0	102	56
2011-08-11	@CHC	L	6.2	9	4	4	2	7	2	107	45
2011-08-05	@COL	W	5.2	4	2	2	2	8	0	96	59
2011-07-31	NYM	ND	6.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	107	63
2011-07-26	FLA	L	6.2	8	6	6	0	5	2	90	39

Last 5 v.CHC		0-2	18.0	23	13	12	4	20	3	6.00	45
2011-08-11	@CHC	L	6.2	9	4	4	2	7	2	107	45
2011-07-04	CHC	ND	6.0	8	4	4	1	5	0	93	44
2009-07-18	CHC	L	5.1	6	5	4	1	8	1	100	45

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

 Home:    0-0    Road:    2-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-0    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @CHC  W   7-4        2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Thu, Apr  5  @CHC  W   2-1        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-0    Last 20: 2-0    Last 30: 2-0

Cubs, 0-2, 0-2 6th, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-4)			88.0	64	35	29	50	87	5	2.97
2010 (2-2)			19.1	21	22	18	20	9	4	8.38
2009 (1-3)			34.2	46	29	29	15	21	7	7.53

Last 7 GS		2-3	24.1	29	21	21	15	14	6	7.77	38
2010-09-26	STL	L	4.1	7	8	8	7	2	1	95	12
2010-09-19	@FLA	W	6.0	3	3	3	3	4	2	92	55
2010-09-13	@STL	W	5.2	6	0	0	4	1	0	105	54
2009-09-23	@MIL	L	5.0	5	3	3	1	3	2	82	47
2009-08-12	PHI	L	3.1	8	7	7	0	4	1	74	20

Has never faced WSN as starter.

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

 Home:    0-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Sat, Apr  7   WSN  L   4-7        0-2   6th  1.5 gb
  1 Thu, Apr  5   WSN  L   1-2        0-1   5th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-2    Last 20: 0-2    Last 30: 0-2

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 WSN  7 @CHC  4        W:Ryan Mattheus (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-1), S: Henry Rodriguez (1)
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 WSN  2 @CHC  1        W:Tyler Clippard (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (0-1), S: Brad Lidge (1)

Thu, Aug 11, 2011 CHC  4  WSN  3        W:Ryan Dempster (10-8), L: Jordan Zimmermann (7-10), S: Carlos Marmol (26)
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 CHC  4  WSN  2        W:Rodrigo Lopez (3-3), L: Ross Detwiler (1-2), S: Carlos Marmol (25)
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 WSN  3 @CHC  1        W:Chien-Ming Wang (1-2), L: Matt Garza (5-9), S: Drew Storen (30)
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 CHC 10 @WSN  9        W:Sean Marshall (5-2), L: Henry Rodriguez (3-2), S: Carlos Marmol (18)
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 WSN  5  CHC  4        W:Ryan Mattheus (2-0), L: Kerry Wood (1-4), S: Drew Storen (22)
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 WSN  3  CHC  2        W:Ross Detwiler (1-0), L: Ramon Ortiz (0-1), S: Drew Storen (21)
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 WSN  5  CHC  4 (10)   W:Henry Rodriguez (3-1), L: Marcos Mateo (1-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 CHC  4 @WSN  0        W:Ryan Dempster (12-8), L: Jason Marquis (0-7), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - WSN over 2-0; 2011 - WSN won 4-3; 2010 - CHC won 4-2; All-Time - WSN leads 294-272

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

For the 2011 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 J. Vazquez 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

J. Vazquez 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 54.Camp
G/S/vB 48.Dolis
G/S/vB 22.Garza
G/S/vB 19.Lopez
G/S/vB 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 32.Volstad
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 6/.334 3/1.000 3/.000 23/.712 1/2.000 337/265 .243/.301/.362/.664 .461/.720 .535 8/.625 17/3 7/1

15.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 0/ 0/0 0/0

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/1.350 1/.000 5/1.400 15/1.183 20/1.011 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 6/.167 97/52 .279/.351/.302/.653 .667/.639 .616 7/.000 1/1 0/2

20.Desmond G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 5/1.000 9/.730 7/.286 1/2.000 29/1.466 4/.500 639/498 .253/.298/.358/.656 .642/.659 .661 10/.733 25/10 8/23

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.750 3/.000 7/.286 1/.000 3/.000 15/.718 3/2.667 658/509 .236/.323/.414/.737 .857/.707 .707 10/1.025 17/6 21/14

26.Flores G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 91/70 .209/.253/.314/.567 .538/.575 .404 / 0/0 1/1

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/2.334 3/.666 8/.804 10/.100 1/3.000 15/.708 15/.833 177/128 .172/.288/.258/.546 .395/.603 .642 9/1.431 1/0 3/0

1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 32/31 .194/.219/.226/.445 .000/.459 .765 2/1.000 0/0 0/1

21.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· 16/.464 7/.453 ··· ··· 10/1.450 223/110 .248/.287/.359/.646 .702/.589 .644 / 2/0 4/3

3.Ramos G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 ··· 6/.334 5/.833 ··· 9/.722 1/no AB 435/336 .267/.334/.445/.779 .789/.776 .649 8/.393 0/2 15/5

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 7/1.071 9/.708 ··· 5/.800 3/.333 / /// / 3/1.667 / /

28.Werth G/S/vP 7/1.262 5/.000 ··· 11/.964 10/1.786 25/1.025 7/.821 1/.000 35/.205 8/.125 649/512 .232/.330/.389/.718 .675/.730 .700 9/.222 19/3 20/8

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 11/.664 15/.762 19/.701 7/.971 ··· 27/1.359 8/1.333 440/365 .289/.355/.443/.798 .919/.773 .746 9/.476 3/1 12/12

IP 88.0 66.1 1.1 198.0 97.2 162.1 74.0 67.2 165.2 51.0 TOTAL .232/.321/.348/.668 /.668 .668 .668 1/0 2/1

ERA-K/9

2.97/8.9

4.21/4.3

0.00/6.9

3.32/9.0

4.42/5.0

3.66/5.4

4.01/12.0

4.12/5.7

4.89/6.4

3.35/10.1

4.50/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (16-4-2)
Ramos (48-23-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 380/.200 292/.303 4/.000 839/.245 430/.299 687/.262 327/.205 292/.286 719/.289 224/.236 .232 Werth
Bernadina
Nady
Carroll 0/19/134/11
36/56/10/6
10/0/0/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .613 .821 .250 .654 .867 .711 .643 .812 .799 .715 .668

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.660 138/.913 3/.333 392/.634 188/.791 128/.697 145/.561 119/.685 363/.909 78/.649 1.093

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 230/.581 154/.738 1/.000 447/.672 242/.927 559/.714 182/.710 173/.902 356/.689 146/.750 .364

Home 174/.616 164/.865 / 477/.610 210/.811 392/.670 176/.657 134/.866 349/.751 125/.720

Last 28d days / 6/.667 3/.000 23/.654 / / 9/1.524 / / 9/1.667

HR/SB/CS 5/16/2 3/8/2 0/0/0 14/10/5 18/6/7 11/7/3 5/12/1 12/5/3 23/10/4 5/3/1 2/1/0

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (2.50 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (2.50 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 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 33.Jackson
G/S/vB 54.Lidge
G/S/vB 52.Mattheus
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Baker G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 5/.400 5/.650 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 212/83 .269/.302/.383/.685 .812/.491 .571 9/.476 0/0 3/1

15.Barney G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 13/.583 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 571/466 .276/.313/.353/.666 .734/.650 .641 8/.500 9/2 2/12

24.Byrd G/S/vP 6/.900 2/.000 4/.750 4/.000 8/.542 6/.666 22/.937 6/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 482/370 .276/.324/.395/.719 .649/.740 .672 8/.393 3/2 9/3

13.Castro G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 5/1.600 3/.666 5/1.350 3/1.000 17/.544 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 715/550 .307/.341/.432/.773 .847/.751 .782 9/.667 22/9 10/29

51.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .250/.400/.500/.900 3.000/.000 / 0/0 0/0

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 8/.875 ··· 17/.762 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 506/373 .240/.323/.376/.698 .459/.787 .695 5/.650 4/3 10/4

11.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 11/.910 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 243/207 .265/.305/.413/.718 1.097/.654 .687 2/.000 1/0 5/7

5.Johnson G/S/vP 4/1.500 8/1.875 4/.250 6/2.000 3/1.333 14/.900 5/.900 5/.400 1/.000 4/1.000 1/no AB 266/157 .309/.348/.467/.816 .797/.829 .949 6/.933 2/1 5/3

6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 69/55 .288/.377/.508/.885 .774/.914 .982 1/.000 0/0 2/1

16.Mather G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 83/56 .213/.272/.307/.578 .708/.515 .492 4/.833 0/1 1/1

12.Soriano G/S/vP 9/1.222 8/2.054 1/.000 4/.750 5/1.750 20/.950 22/.702 6/.500 2/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 508/383 .244/.289/.469/.759 .812/.741 .754 7/.571 2/1 26/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 3/.666 3/3.000 2/.000 5/1.850 4/1.750 16/1.492 19/.417 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 474/357 .228/.310/.411/.721 .971/.643 .685 7/.286 0/0 17/13

2.Stewart* G/S/vP 6/.833 7/.714 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.500 2/.000 3/2.000 6/.833 136/111 .156/.243/.221/.464 .336/.492 .497 5/1.150 3/2 0/6

IP 161.1 56.2 88.1 66.0 202.0 105.0 199.2 19.1 32.0 65.2 10.1 TOTAL .206/.280/.265/.545 .976/.384 .545 .545 2/1 0/1

ERA-K/9

3.18/6.9

3.81/5.2

1.83/10.6

3.00/5.6

3.12/8.8

4.03/8.1

3.79/6.7

1.40/10.7

2.81/3.4

3.56/9.6

0.87/10.5

2.50/10.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Clevenger (1-0-0)
Soto (85-36-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 662/.251 242/.254 329/.162 277/.258 864/.230 447/.258 861/.290 86/.225 136/.228 295/.220 38/.088 .206 Soriano
Byrd
DeJesus
Johnson
DeWitt
Baker
LaHair
Mather 128/0/0/8
0/118/0/8
0/8/116/6
27/24/44/5
23/0/0/1
1/0/10/0
5/0/9/0
4/3/22/0

OPS .671 .702 .535 .704 .654 .753 .768 .635 .624 .596 .272 .545

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 307/.703 106/.593 154/.549 58/.548 195/.713 98/.497 432/.800 37/.372 63/.526 127/.608 16/.192 .671

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 355/.643 136/.788 175/.522 219/.742 669/.636 349/.826 429/.736 49/.838 73/.708 168/.586 22/.333 .520

Road 355/.643 119/.673 163/.553 142/.663 407/.692 224/.787 394/.813 51/.709 67/.912 156/.625 25/.330

Last 28d days / / 8/.125 / 21/.976 / / 4/1.000 3/.000 4/.250 9/.347

HR/SB/CS 12/3/6 6/2/0 11/3/5 7/3/2 17/19/4 15/8/1 16/22/1 0/6/1 1/3/1 1/13/0 0/1/0 0/2/1

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