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Game Preview: TBR @ WSN, 7:05pm, Thursday, June 21, 2012 @Nationals Park

Rays, 38-30, 38-30 3rd, 3 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Moore (23, LHP, 4-5, 4.16)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-5) 75.2 68 42 35 36 79 11 4.16
2011 (1-0) 9.1 9 3 3 3 15 1 2.89
Last 7 GS 3-3 41.0 29 19 13 18 51 5 2.85 58
2012-06-15 MIA W 7.0 1 0 0 3 8 0 107 80
2012-06-09 @MIA W 6.0 5 4 4 2 9 1 102 53
2012-06-03 BAL W 6.0 7 2 1 3 4 1 93 53
2012-05-28 CHW L 7.0 4 2 2 1 10 1 104 70
2012-05-22 TOR ND 4.2 3 4 2 4 6 0 97 48
2012-05-17 BOS L 6.0 5 3 3 1 8 2 106 57
2012-05-12 @BAL L 4.1 4 4 1 4 6 0 101 47
Has never faced WSN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-15   Road:   17-15   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  29-17   vsLHP:   9-13   1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest: 10-3  IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Wed, Jun 20  @WSN  L   2-3       38-30  3rd  3.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 19  @WSN  W   5-4       38-29  3rd  3.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 17   MIA  W   3-0       37-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 16   MIA  L   3-4 (15)  36-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 64 Fri, Jun 15   MIA  W  11-0       36-28  3rd  2.5 gb
 63 Thu, Jun 14   NYM  L   6-9       35-28  3rd  2.5 gb
 62 Wed, Jun 13   NYM  L   1-9       35-27  3rd  2.0 gb
 61 Tue, Jun 12   NYM  L   2-11      35-26  2nd  1.0 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10  @MIA  W   4-2       35-25  1st  0.5 up
 59 Sat, Jun  9  @MIA  W  13-4       34-25  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Nationals, 39-27, 39-27 1st, 3 up

SP: Gio Gonzalez (26, LHP, 8-3, 2.52)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-3) 78.2 48 22 22 32 97 1 2.52
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 5-2 42.0 28 15 15 19 56 1 3.21 60
2012-06-15 NYY L 6.0 5 3 3 2 8 0 109 56
2012-06-09 @BOS W 6.1 3 2 2 2 5 0 98 62
2012-06-03 ATL L 4.2 7 3 3 3 5 0 91 40
2012-05-27 @ATL W 7.0 1 2 2 3 10 0 108 74
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
Last 5 v.TBR 1-1 12.0 8 4 4 9 12 0 3.00 58
2010-05-07 TBR L 7.0 3 3 3 5 7 0 103 61
2008-08-12 TBR W 5.0 5 1 1 4 5 0 105 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-14   Road:   20-13   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  30-20   vsLHP:   9-7    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 14-8    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Wed, Jun 20   TBR  W   3-2       39-27  1st  3.0 up
 65 Tue, Jun 19   TBR  L   4-5       38-27  1st  3.0 up
 64 Sun, Jun 17   NYY  L   1-4       38-26  1st  4.0 up
 63 Sat, Jun 16   NYY  L   3-5 (14)  38-25  1st  4.0 up
 62 Fri, Jun 15   NYY  L   2-7       38-24  1st  4.0 up
 61 Wed, Jun 13  @TOR  W   6-2       38-23  1st  5.0 up
 60 Tue, Jun 12  @TOR  W   4-2       37-23  1st  4.0 up
 59 Mon, Jun 11  @TOR  W   6-3       36-23  1st  3.0 up
 58 Sun, Jun 10  @BOS  W   4-3       35-23  1st  2.0 up
 57 Sat, Jun  9  @BOS  W   4-2       34-23  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 20, 2012 WSN  3  TBR  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (9-1), L: Chris Archer (0-1), S: Tyler Clippard (10)
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 TBR  5 @WSN  4        W:David Price (9-4), L: Chien-Ming Wang (2-3), S: Fernando Rodney (20)

Sun, Jun 14, 2009 TBR  5  WSN  4        W:Dan Wheeler (2-1), L: Ron Villone (3-3), S: J.P. Howell (3)
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 TBR  8  WSN  3        W:Andy Sonnanstine (5-6), L: Jason Bergmann (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 TBR  4  WSN  3        W:J.P. Howell (2-2), L: Ron Villone (3-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 WSN  6  TBD  2        W:Ramon Ortiz (6-6), L: Jae Weong Seo (2-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 01, 2006 WSN  4  TBD  3 (10)   W:Chad Cordero (3-3), L: Brian Meadows (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 TBD 11 @WSN  1        W:Tim Corcoran (2-0), L: Mike O'Connor (3-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2001 MON 10  TBD  2        W:Tony Armas (8-8), L: Bryan Rekar (1-11), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2001 MON  6  TBD  2        W:Javier Vazquez (8-9), L: Joe Kennedy (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 10-10

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  5.30

PHI  4.34

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

WSN  3.35

BAL  4.32

COL  5.78

 BA

J. Votto  .367

M. Montero  .265

R. Weeks  .181

 OBP

J. Votto  .486

A. Escobar  .333

K. Suzuki  .256

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .674

W. Venable  .429

K. Suzuki  .268

 OPS

J. Votto  1.145

O. Infante  .764

K. Suzuki  .524

 ERA

R. Dickey  2.00

D. Haren  3.97

T. Lincecum  6.19

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.79

J. Johnson  7.50

H. Alvarez  2.70

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

Rays Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.35 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		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 52.Mattheus
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 189/143 .243/.302/.358/.660 .704/.647 .731 63/.521 9/1 3/0
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 176/108 .274/.341/.408/.749 .632/.840 .973 75/.763 10/4 4/9
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 239/170 .279/.387/.512/.899 .764/.954 .896 77/.861 2/0 11/1
21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 53/35 .244/.358/.333/.692 .929/.625 .908 41/.709 0/1 0/3
35.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/2.334 ··· 2/1.000 58/38 .164/.207/.291/.498 .618/.434 .357 58/.498 0/0 2/0
28.Molina G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 122/99 .198/.270/.351/.622 .415/.660 .688 40/.769 0/0 4/3
23.Pena* G/S/vP 9/.347 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 3/.666 291/188 .206/.361/.365/.726 .613/.790 .650 93/.688 1/1 9/3
10.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 102/79 .228/.294/.250/.544 .130/.661 .595 36/.438 1/2 0/6
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 224/155 .213/.261/.337/.598 .611/.588 .571 73/.463 3/0 5/8
44.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 48/26 .244/.292/.333/.625 .634/.615 .631 39/.474 0/0 0/2
24.Thompson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/8 .063/.167/.063/.229 .311/.125 5/.000 2/1 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.666 ··· 5/.900 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 228/153 .273/.322/.415/.736 .694/.756 .683 101/.614 12/2 5/2
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 5/1.267 ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 277/184 .229/.361/.427/.788 .734/.816 .951 91/.787 6/5 9/6
IP 78.2 24.0 30.1 6.0 33.0 21.1 35.1 TOTAL .235/.318/.381/.699 .675/.711 .718 .619 51/20 69/59
ERA-K/9 2.52/11.1 1.13/9.0 2.08/11.0 0.00/7.5 3.55/7.6 2.11/6.3 1.53/9.7 3.03/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (8-2-0)
 Molina (16-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 317/.173 92/.188 122/.144 24/.227 139/.242 89/.241 146/.200 .220  Upton
 Zobrist
 Joyce
 Jennings
 Matsui
 Johnson
 Thompson
0/53/0/6
0/0/43/2
32/0/34/2
28/17/0/0
7/0/2/0
3/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .507 .521 .434 .655 .708 .682 .573 .640
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.540 43/.442 64/.427 9/.472 60/.714 27/.870 49/.532 .662
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.498 49/.595 58/.440 15/.762 79/.702 62/.599 97/.594 .624
Home 150/.489 45/.478 60/.489 21/.654 78/.731 61/.746 73/.402
Last 28d days 98/.527 42/.531 37/.238 24/.655 47/.642 5/.200 47/.694
HR/SB/CS 1/6/1 1/1/0 0/4/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 49/41/12
Usage ·····X·· o··oo··· X···X··· ·X·Xoo·· ···X·X·· ·o·o···· ····X··X
Nationals Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Moore*
G/S/vB		 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 40.Davis
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 2/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 156/137 .222/.277/.396/.673 .263/.733 .656 40/.673 1/3 4/1
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· 9/.365 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 114/108 .235/.327/.378/.705 .333/.728 .721 18/.906 5/1 2/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 10/.675 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 291/232 .265/.292/.452/.744 .814/.725 .776 90/.673 8/2 11/11
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 265/204 .227/.312/.373/.685 1.094/.566 .518 89/.756 10/3 6/4
26.Flores G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/100 .236/.283/.339/.621 .511/.665 .736 63/.625 1/2 2/0
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 199/138 .291/.372/.514/.886 .957/.854 .849 96/.961 4/3 7/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.500 258/191 .256/.341/.498/.839 .663/.901 .631 87/.652 1/1 12/4
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 170/140 .268/.329/.346/.676 .374/.735 .788 76/.573 0/1 1/2
57.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/12 .306/.342/.528/.870 .669/1.318 .620 21/1.318 3/0 2/0
38.Morse G/S/vP ··· 10/.425 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 68/50 .219/.250/.328/.578 .575/.579 .686 68/.578 0/0 1/0
21.Nady G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 104/54 .143/.192/.265/.458 .513/.404 .549 22/.513 1/0 3/1
23.Solano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/13 .385/.385/.692/1.077 /1.077 .667 13/1.077 0/0 1/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 10/.775 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 230/181 .226/.296/.317/.613 .556/.628 .639 95/.506 2/1 3/3
IP 75.2 31.1 31.0 20.0 23.0 29.0 17.1 32.2 TOTAL .240/.306/.393/.698 .686/.702 .683 .684 39/17 66/38
ERA-K/9 4.16/9.4 2.87/7.5 2.03/9.3 5.85/8.1 1.57/10.6 3.72/11.2 2.08/7.8 1.10/8.5 3.46/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (16-5-3)
 Solano (4-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 328/.237 133/.258 129/.205 86/.257 89/.159 113/.198 72/.185 123/.174 .235  Ankiel
 Bernadina
 Lombardozzi
 Nady
 Harper
 Morse
 Moore
0/49/0/2
24/10/3/2
23/0/0/1
23/0/14/1
7/21/31/1
3/0/10/0
10/0/0/0
OPS .718 .699 .570 .833 .399 .663 .495 .431 .673
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.941 41/.811 57/.502 41/.766 42/.493 60/.630 36/.524 68/.416 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.662 92/.651 72/.618 45/.894 47/.313 53/.700 36/.465 55/.448 .655
Road 105/.796 58/.893 52/.397 42/.919 45/.588 54/.691 34/.431 58/.573
Last 28d days 104/.557 43/.744 38/.502 27/1.126 30/.175 34/.358 46/.495 37/.516
HR/SB/CS 11/6/1 4/1/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 5/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 66/41/8
Usage ·····X·· o···Xo·o ····X··X ······oX ·o··o··o o··oo·X· ······X· ·o·oX·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.