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Game Preview: HOU @ WSN, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 @Nationals Park

Astros, 4-6, 4-6 2nd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (33, LHP, 0-1, 2.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-1)			11.1	12	7	3	3	7	0	2.38
2011 (11-11)			191.0	182	81	74	69	166	25	3.49
2010 (11-12)			195.0	183	95	78	68	178	16	3.60

Last 7 GS		1-3	42.1	43	20	16	15	33	5	3.40	52
2012-04-11	ATL	L	5.0	6	4	3	1	5	0	82	45
2012-04-06	COL	ND	6.1	6	3	0	2	2	0	97	55
2011-09-26	STL	ND	6.1	8	2	2	3	2	0	102	48
2011-09-21	@CIN	L	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	95	63
2011-09-16	@CHC	ND	5.2	6	3	3	4	5	1	107	46
2011-09-10	@WSN	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	7	1	108	53
2011-09-04	MIL	L	6.0	6	3	3	3	8	2	106	53

Last 5 v.WSN		3-1	28.0	32	18	18	10	29	4	5.79	46
2011-09-10	@WSN	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	7	1	108	53
2010-09-22	@WSN	ND	6.1	6	3	3	2	6	1	114	53
2010-06-02	WSN	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	115	58
2008-07-12	@WSN	W	5.1	8	4	4	1	1	1	80	36
2007-08-21	WSN	L	5.1	6	7	7	4	7	1	108	31

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

 Home:    3-3    Road:    1-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @WSN  L   3-6        4-6   2nd  3.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15  @MIA  L   4-5 (11)   4-5   2nd  2.5 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14  @MIA  W   5-4        4-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13  @MIA  L   4-5 (11)   3-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11   ATL  L   3-6        3-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10   ATL  L   4-6        3-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9   ATL  W   8-3        3-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8   COL  W   3-2        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   COL  W   7-3        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6   COL  L   3-5        0-1   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6

Nationals, 8-3, 8-3 1st, ½ up

SP: Gio Gonzalez (26, LHP, 0-0, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-0)			10.2	9	4	4	3	13	0	3.38
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		4-1	44.2	39	15	14	14	43	4	2.82	58
2012-04-12	CIN	ND	7.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	97	80
2012-04-07	@CHC	ND	3.2	7	4	4	3	6	0	74	34
2011-09-28	@SEA	W	8.0	2	0	0	3	11	0	109	86
2011-09-23	@LAA	W	7.1	3	1	1	2	5	1	101	71
2011-09-17	DET	W	7.0	8	1	1	2	4	0	101	59
2011-09-12	LAA	W	6.2	7	2	2	1	6	1	119	57
2011-09-06	KCR	L	5.0	10	7	6	3	4	2	98	22

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:    4-1    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   7-3    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Mon, Apr 16   HOU  W   6-3        8-3   1st  0.5 up
 10 Sun, Apr 15   CIN  L   5-8 (11)   7-3   1st  0.5 up
  9 Sat, Apr 14   CIN  W   4-1        7-2   1st  0.5 up
  8 Fri, Apr 13   CIN  W   2-1 (13)   6-2   1st  0.5 up
  7 Thu, Apr 12   CIN  W   3-2 (10)   5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @NYM  W   4-0        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @NYM  W   6-2        3-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @NYM  L   3-4        2-2   2nd  2.0 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @CHC  L   3-4        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @CHC  W   7-4        2-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-3    Last 30: 8-3

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 WSN  6  HOU  3        W:Stephen Strasburg (2-0), L: Kyle Weiland (0-2), S: Henry Rodriguez (2)

Sun, Sep 11, 2011 WSN  8  HOU  2        W:Tom Gorzelanny (3-6), L: Henry Sosa (2-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 HOU  9 @WSN  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (11-10), L: John Lannan (9-12), S: none
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 WSN  4  HOU  3 (11)   W:Tyler Clippard (3-0), L: Lucas Harrell (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 HOU  3  WSN  2 (11)   W:Wilton Lopez (2-4), L: Todd Coffey (3-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 HOU  7  WSN  6        W:J.A. Happ (4-11), L: Jordan Zimmermann (6-8), S: Mark Melancon (8)
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
Season Series: 2012 - WSN over 1-0; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - HOU leads 242-195

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 R. Wolf 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

R. Wolf 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.

Astros Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (2.73 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 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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 234/174 .276/.297/.357/.654 .766/.618 .657 41/.877 7/3 2/2

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 182/167 .287/.348/.457/.805 .421/.839 .799 36/.511 4/2 4/2

6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 160/142 .228/.275/.342/.617 .300/.654 .574 17/1.099 1/1 2/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 28/.389 / /

16.Downs G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 222/169 .276/.347/.518/.864 1.032/.812 .781 7/.143 0/0 10/6

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 25/.613 / /

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 405/302 .251/.291/.378/.670 .635/.681 .737 43/.814 2/2 7/15

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 5/.600 12/1.200 5/1.400 1/.000 3/.333 9/.444 653/498 .275/.342/.446/.788 1.028/.715 .779 46/.738 4/3 18/7

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 9/1.194 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 341/224 .252/.303/.382/.685 .876/.582 .593 21/.679 1/1 6/15

14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 226/169 .274/.319/.423/.742 1.119/.620 .728 44/1.050 0/1 6/1

22.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 6/1.500 / /

1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 338/256 .242/.309/.315/.624 .560/.645 .586 49/.699 22/4 2/2

18.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 10/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 119/84 .271/.376/.396/.772 .826/.750 .938 14/.143 0/1 3/0

IP 202.0 56.2 88.1 105.0 19.1 32.0 65.2 10.1 TOTAL .257/.337/.384/.721 .789/.752 .655 .721 9/2 7/11

ERA-K/9

3.12/8.8

3.81/5.2

1.83/10.6

4.03/8.1

1.40/10.7

2.81/3.4

3.56/9.6

0.87/10.5

2.08/9.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Snyder (17-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 864/.230 242/.254 329/.162 447/.258 86/.225 136/.228 295/.220 38/.088 .195 Lee
Bogusevic
Martinez
Schafer
Buck
Wright
Downs 80/0/0/10
13/0/40/9
51/0/1/5
0/79/0/1
25/1/14/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .654 .702 .535 .753 .635 .624 .596 .272 .550

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.713 106/.593 154/.549 98/.497 37/.372 63/.526 127/.608 16/.192 .551

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 669/.636 136/.788 175/.522 349/.826 49/.838 73/.708 168/.586 22/.333 .549

Home 457/.620 123/.730 166/.518 223/.719 35/.527 69/.357 139/.561 13/.154

Last 28d days 45/.576 13/.692 24/.742 24/.649 23/.798 23/.673 22/.297 32/.608

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

Usage ····X··· X····Xo· ·X··X·X· o··X···X ·X·oX·X· oo·X·X·· XX·o·o·X ·X·Xo·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.

Nationals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 12/.083 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 7/1.286 1/.000 2/1.000 415/327 .239/.296/.363/.659 .586/.678 .727 12/.417 10/3 9/1

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 7/.143 ··· 1/no AB 337/265 .243/.301/.362/.664 .461/.720 .816 31/.440 17/3 7/1

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 34/1.120 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 16/.876 2/2.000 5/1.400 97/52 .279/.351/.302/.653 .667/.639 .701 27/.350 1/1 0/2

20.Desmond G/S/vP 9/.777 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 639/498 .253/.298/.358/.656 .642/.659 .650 55/.863 25/10 8/23

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 6/.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 658/509 .236/.323/.414/.737 .857/.707 .768 46/.611 17/6 21/14

26.Flores G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 18/.389 ··· ··· 91/70 .209/.253/.314/.567 .538/.575 .749 14/1.188 0/0 1/1

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 20/.700 ··· ··· 2/2.000 12/.500 39/.643 ··· 4/1.750 177/128 .172/.288/.258/.546 .395/.603 .416 52/.956 1/0 3/0

1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 32/31 .194/.219/.226/.445 .000/.459 .067 15/1.183 0/0 0/1

21.Nady G/S/vP 20/.544 ··· ··· 4/1.000 8/1.089 18/.575 ··· 1/.000 223/110 .248/.287/.359/.646 .702/.589 .649 30/.588 2/0 4/3

3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 435/336 .267/.334/.445/.779 .789/.776 .924 34/.681 0/2 15/5

18.Tracy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.339 ··· ··· / /// / 8/.625 / /

28.Werth G/S/vP 10/.600 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.833 5/.800 12/1.166 ··· 3/1.666 649/512 .232/.330/.389/.718 .675/.730 .737 51/.863 19/3 20/8

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 18/1.077 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/2.500 50/1.054 2/.000 1/2.000 440/365 .289/.355/.443/.798 .919/.773 .837 53/.619 3/1 12/12

IP 191.0 27.2 71.0 13.1 216.0 52.1 12.0 TOTAL .258/.344/.357/.701 .687/.703 .690 .701 5/2 6/9

ERA-K/9

3.49/7.8

2.93/9.4

/0.0

2.79/7.1

11.48/4.1

4.46/6.7

3.96/9.8

1.50/8.2

3.74/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 808/.251 125/.272 / 298/.264 71/.409 917/.267 231/.264 44/.154 .263 Werth
Ankiel
Bernadina
Nady 0/19/134/11
0/105/9/9
36/56/10/6
10/0/0/1

OPS .739 .809 .686 1.133 .751 .781 .583 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.628 54/.697 / 108/.804 25/2.071 404/.786 88/.755 30/.205 .633

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 646/.768 71/.889 / 190/.619 46/.628 513/.724 143/.796 14/1.352 .753

Road 458/.740 55/.977 / 143/.688 33/1.112 493/.727 105/.755 22/.282

Last 28d days 54/.622 22/.659 15/.533 29/.655 20/1.032 8/.536 22/.527 16/.804

HR/SB/CS 25/20/3 3/1/0 // 6/1/2 4/2/0 31/15/6 6/7/1 1/2/0 9/10/3

Usage ·····X·· ·X·X··Xo ··X··X·· ·X·X··X· X··o·oo· ··X····· ·o·X·o·o oo···X·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.