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Game Preview: BAL @ WSN, 1:35pm, Sunday, May 20, 2012 @Nationals Park

Orioles, 27-14, 27-14 1st, 2 up

SP: Wei-Yin Chen (26, LHP, 4-0, 2.45)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-0)			44.0	39	16	12	14	32	3	2.45

Last 7 GS		4-0	44.0	39	16	12	14	32	3	2.45	56
2012-05-15	NYY	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	105	63
2012-05-10	TEX	W	7.2	6	2	1	1	5	0	103	65
2012-05-04	@BOS	ND	5.0	5	4	3	3	4	0	100	44
2012-04-28	OAK	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	107	63
2012-04-22	@LAA	ND	6.1	5	1	1	3	5	0	96	61
2012-04-17	@CHW	W	5.1	6	2	2	2	4	0	99	50
2012-04-10	NYY	ND	5.2	7	4	2	1	6	1	101	48

Has never faced WSN as starter.

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

 Home:   12-9    Road:   15-5    ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  21-11   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   8-3 
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl: 8-1    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Sat, May 19  @WSN  W   6-5       27-14  1st  2.0 up
 40 Fri, May 18  @WSN  W   2-1 (11)  26-14  1st  2.0 up
 39 Thu, May 17  @KCR  W   5-3       25-14  1st  1.0 up
 38 Wed, May 16  @KCR  W   4-3 (15)  24-14  1st    Tied
 37 Tue, May 15   NYY  W   5-2       23-14  1st    Tied
 36 Mon, May 14   NYY  L   5-8       22-14  1st    Tied
 35 Sun, May 13   TBR  L   8-9       22-13  1st  1.0 up
 34 Sat, May 12   TBR  W   5-3       22-12  1st  2.0 up
 33 Fri, May 11   TBR  W   4-3       21-12  1st  1.0 up
 32 Thu, May 10   TEX  L   3-7       20-12  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Nationals, 23-17, 23-17 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Stephen Strasburg (23, RHP, 3-1, 2.25)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-1)			48.0	37	13	12	12	56	3	2.25
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	41.0	32	12	11	11	51	3	2.41	61
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
2012-04-11	@NYM	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	9	0	108	74

Has never faced BAL as starter.

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

 Home:   14-8    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  18-13   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  6-2    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 35 Mon, May 14   SDP  W   8-5       22-13  1st  0.5 up
 34 Sun, May 13  @CIN  L   6-9       21-13  2nd  0.5 gb
 33 Sat, May 12  @CIN  W   2-1       21-12  1st  0.5 up
 32 Fri, May 11  @CIN  W   7-3       20-12  1st  0.5 up
 31 Thu, May 10  @PIT  W   4-2       19-12  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 19, 2012 BAL  6 @WSN  5        W:Jason Hammel (5-1), L: Ross Detwiler (3-3), S: Jim Johnson (15)
Fri, May 18, 2012 BAL  2 @WSN  1 (11)   W:Kevin Gregg (2-1), L: Ryan Mattheus (2-1), S: Pedro Strop (3)

Sun, Jun 19, 2011 BAL  7 @WSN  4        W:Chris Jakubauskas (2-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (2-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2011 WSN  4  BAL  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (5-6), L: Brian Matusz (1-2), S: Drew Storen (17)
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 WSN  8  BAL  4        W:Sean Burnett (3-3), L: Jeremy Accardo (3-3), S: none
Sun, May 22, 2011 BAL  2  WSN  1        W:Jim Johnson (3-1), L: Jordan Zimmermann (2-5), S: Kevin Gregg (8)
Sat, May 21, 2011 BAL  8  WSN  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-6), L: John Lannan (2-5), S: none
Fri, May 20, 2011 WSN 17 @BAL  5        W:Henry Rodriguez (1-0), L: Jake Arrieta (5-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 27, 2010 BAL  4  WSN  3        W:David Hernandez (3-6), L: Tyler Clippard (8-5), S: Alfredo Simon (9)
Sat, Jun 26, 2010 BAL  6  WSN  5        W:Jason Berken (1-1), L: Sean Burnett (0-4), S: Alfredo Simon (8)
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 2-0; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - BAL won 4-2; All-Time - BAL leads 27-26

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 5.59 KCR 4.10 PIT 2.88	RA/G LAD 3.33 SDP 4.05 COL 5.44	BA D. Wright .409 J. Kipnis .263 C. Barmes .153	OBP D. Wright .510 A. Gordon .328 C. Barmes .179	SLG J. Hamilton .788 H. Kendrick .415 M. Byrd .237	OPS J. Hamilton 1.225 A. Gonzalez .750 C. Barmes .450	ERA B. Beachy 1.33 R. Romero 3.64 C. Buchholz 7.77	K/9IP G. Gonzalez 11.09 K. Drabek 7.39 D. Lowe 2.22

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.59

KCR 4.10

PIT 2.88

RA/G

LAD 3.33

SDP 4.05

COL 5.44

D. Wright .409

J. Kipnis .263

C. Barmes .153

OBP

D. Wright .510

A. Gordon .328

C. Barmes .179

SLG

J. Hamilton .788

H. Kendrick .415

M. Byrd .237

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.225

A. Gonzalez .750

C. Barmes .450

ERA

B. Beachy 1.33

R. Romero 3.64

C. Buchholz 7.77

K/9IP

G. Gonzalez 11.09

K. Drabek 7.39

D. Lowe 2.22

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Orioles Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.35 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 52.Mattheus
G/S/vB 45.Perry
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

11.Andino G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 157/122 .269/.316/.379/.695 .838/.654 .690 97/.624 0/2 3/6

13.Avery* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 33/27 .286/.375/.464/.839 .750/.846 .859 33/.839 0/0 0/0

24.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 121/83 .227/.289/.436/.726 .566/.795 .717 82/.815 0/1 6/7

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 138/110 .287/.326/.457/.783 .643/.821 .772 85/.791 0/2 5/3

25.Exposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/8 .077/.143/.077/.220 .333/.125 .200 15/.220 0/0 0/0

3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/45 .152/.167/.217/.384 1.000/.327 .133 45/.420 0/0 1/0

35.Hall G/S/vP ··· 11/1.170 ··· 23/.872 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/2 .200/.556/.800/1.356 1.571/.500 9/1.356 0/0 1/0

2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 3/3.000 4/.250 29/1.214 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 184/146 .259/.304/.488/.793 1.088/.714 .746 115/.908 0/0 9/2

36.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.925 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 65/53 .179/.292/.357/.649 .875/.599 .574 39/1.016 2/0 2/1

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 3/1.167 1/.000 7/.286 2/.000 2/2.500 180/138 .310/.356/.619/.975 .836/1.017 1.011 111/.987 6/3 14/1

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 5/.933 3/.666 1/5.000 4/.750 2/1.000 3/1.334 185/139 .258/.335/.472/.808 .633/.865 .718 114/.857 1/1 8/1

6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 14/4 .308/.308/.462/.769 1.111/.000 .000 14/.769 0/0 0/2

32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 7/.000 3/.000 3/.666 156/120 .243/.321/.479/.799 .736/.818 .790 101/.689 0/0 8/4

IP 48.0 12.0 18.0 17.0 19.0 6.2 17.2 23.0 TOTAL .250/.311/.445/.756 .819/.737 .742 .771 11/12 64/39

ERA-K/9

2.25/10.5

0.75/11.2

3.50/10.5

4.76/5.8

2.37/5.7

10.80/4.0

4.08/11.7

1.57/10.2

3.01/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Exposito (1-0-0)
Wieters (16-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.214 47/.186 79/.206 77/.286 79/.239 30/.357 76/.145 91/.195 .218 Markakis
Jones
Avery
Hall
Betemit
Flaherty 0/0/39/2
0/41/0/1
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
3/0/1/0

OPS .577 .511 .556 .779 .684 1.007 .542 .518 .619

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.540 21/.476 38/.515 28/.854 23/.941 18/1.007 36/.511 29/.464 .655

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.616 26/.535 41/.590 49/.736 56/.582 12/1.000 40/.571 62/.545 .597

Home 90/.694 21/.348 38/.623 46/.765 51/.761 30/1.007 39/.263 50/.435

Last 28d days 94/.689 29/.516 46/.445 36/.717 41/.671 30/1.007 46/.696 56/.497

HR/SB/CS 3/5/1 0/0/0 0/4/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 1/2/0 2/1/1 1/1/0 26/25/7

Usage ····X··· ·Xo··oX· ·o·X·o·X ····X·o· ·oo···X· X···X··· o··o·XXo o·o··X··

Nationals Batters (3.65 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 16.Chen*
G/S/vB 38.Ayala
G/S/vB 37.Eveland*
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 40.Patton*
G/S/vB 47.Strop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/92 .242/.301/.379/.680 .455/.708 .718 77/.627 1/2 2/0

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 95/92 .226/.309/.369/.678 .000/.701 .765 54/.758 4/1 2/0

20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 184/153 .271/.293/.452/.745 .677/.759 .834 112/.736 4/1 6/7

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 160/130 .207/.291/.307/.598 .647/.586 .478 94/.586 3/3 3/4

26.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 62/46 .236/.279/.273/.551 .259/.653 .617 42/.432 0/1 0/0

34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 85/64 .230/.318/.419/.737 .833/.701 .928 85/.737 1/2 2/2

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 6/.367 3/2.000 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 154/120 .313/.403/.560/.962 1.025/.944 .650 86/1.072 1/1 7/3

1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 83/65 .324/.400/.394/.794 .258/.933 .960 61/.703 0/0 0/2

49.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/4 .000/.250/.000/.250 /.250 .250 4/.250 0/0 0/0

57.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/6 .200/.200/.200/.400 .222/.667 .500 15/.400 0/0 0/0

21.Nady G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 6/.533 4/1.250 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 73/45 .145/.192/.290/.482 .586/.414 .561 31/.573 1/0 3/1

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 3/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/43 .279/.347/.535/.882 1.500/.785 .999 34/1.101 0/0 3/0

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/2.500 18/1.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 122/108 .250/.352/.365/.718 .298/.773 .750 54/.780 2/1 2/1

IP 44.0 22.0 10.2 13.0 19.2 19.2 18.2 23.2 TOTAL .243/.315/.382/.696 .605/.718 .706 .716 20/12 36/25

ERA-K/9

2.45/6.5

1.64/5.7

3.38/3.4

3.46/6.9

0.92/6.4

1.37/9.1

4.34/5.8

1.14/7.6

3.37/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (6-3-0)
Maldonado (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 186/.231 92/.212 49/.222 55/.217 76/.174 75/.179 77/.247 89/.147 .242 Ankiel
Bernadina
Nady
Lombardozzi
Moore
Harper 0/30/0/1
18/8/0/1
17/0/7/0
3/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
7/5/12/0

OPS .639 .558 .686 .693 .515 .594 .751 .501 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.695 45/.616 20/.807 25/.749 41/.552 28/.545 39/.599 40/.611 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.624 47/.499 29/.607 30/.647 35/.469 47/.624 38/.916 49/.415 .673

Road 74/.678 44/.476 10/.200 33/.633 52/.516 45/.606 40/.736 45/.453

Last 28d days 109/.606 63/.619 49/.686 28/.220 41/.439 47/.496 46/.656 51/.441

HR/SB/CS 3/4/1 1/3/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 2/0/1 3/1/0 1/0/1 42/19/11

Usage ····X··· X·X··X·o ···X·X·· ·o·X··X· X·oXo··o ·o·o·oo· oo·X··X· ooo·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.