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Game Preview: MIA @ WSN, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 4, 2012 @Nationals Park

Marlins, 49-58, 49-58 4th, 14½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (33, LHP, 9-10, 3.60)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-10) 135.0 137 58 54 27 81 15 3.60
2011 (13-9) 205.1 221 93 82 45 109 21 3.59
2010 (13-13) 210.1 246 105 100 49 99 17 4.28
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.0 45 16 15 14 37 3 3.14 54
2012-07-30 @ATL L 4.1 8 6 6 4 3 1 102 22
2012-07-24 ATL ND 5.0 5 3 2 4 4 0 95 47
2012-07-19 @CHC L 5.0 6 4 4 1 1 1 71 39
2012-07-14 WSN W 7.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 86 66
2012-07-05 @MIL W 7.2 6 0 0 0 8 0 105 75
2012-06-30 PHI W 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 1 99 61
2012-06-24 TOR W 7.0 7 0 0 2 7 0 114 68
Last 5 v.WSN 2-0 20.0 23 10 10 4 13 1 4.50 50
2012-07-14 WSN W 7.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 86 66
2004-06-18 @MON ND 6.0 10 7 7 1 4 1 107 27
2002-06-09 MON W 7.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 90 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-27   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  30-42   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 17-21   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 13-7  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Fri, Aug  3  @WSN  W   5-2       49-58  4th 14.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3  @WSN  L   4-7       48-58  4th 14.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2  @ATL  L   1-6       48-57  4th 14.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1  @ATL  W   4-2       48-56  4th 13.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31  @ATL  L   1-7       47-56  4th 14.5 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30  @ATL  L   2-8       47-55  4th 14.5 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29   SDP  W   5-4 (10)  47-54  4th 14.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28   SDP  W   4-2       46-54  4th 14.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27   SDP  L   2-7       45-54  4th 14.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 25   ATL  L   1-7       45-53  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Nationals, 63-43, 63-43 1st, 2 up

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (26, RHP, 8-6, 2.28)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-6) 134.1 119 38 34 24 96 12 2.28
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
Last 7 GS 5-0 44.0 35 6 5 7 32 1 1.02 64
2012-07-28 @MIL W 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 93 63
2012-07-23 @NYM ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 89 66
2012-07-18 NYM W 6.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 95 68
2012-07-13 @MIA W 6.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 87 69
2012-07-08 COL ND 7.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 95 67
2012-07-03 SFG W 6.0 7 2 1 0 7 0 99 59
2012-06-27 @COL W 7.0 8 1 1 3 1 0 95 55
Last 5 v.MIA 1-3 27.2 30 17 16 6 22 6 5.20 48
2012-07-13 @MIA W 6.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 87 69
2012-05-28 @MIA L 6.0 8 4 4 0 4 2 98 44
2011-07-26 FLA L 6.2 8 6 6 0 5 2 90 39
2011-05-06 @FLA ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 89 58
2010-09-12 FLA L 3.0 5 5 4 3 1 2 80 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-22   Road:   33-21   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  44-30   vsLHP:  19-13   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 27-17   vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest: 11-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Fri, Aug  3   MIA  L   2-5       63-43  1st  2.0 up
105 Fri, Aug  3   MIA  W   7-4       63-42  1st  2.0 up
104 Thu, Aug  2   PHI  W   3-0       62-42  1st  2.5 up
103 Wed, Aug  1   PHI  L   2-3       61-42  1st  2.5 up
102 Tue, Jul 31   PHI  L   0-8       61-41  1st  2.5 up
101 Sun, Jul 29  @MIL  W  11-10(11)  61-40  1st  4.0 up
100 Sat, Jul 28  @MIL  W   4-1       60-40  1st  4.0 up
 99 Fri, Jul 27  @MIL  L   0-6       59-40  1st  4.0 up
 98 Thu, Jul 26  @MIL  W   8-2       59-39  1st  5.0 up
 97 Wed, Jul 25  @NYM  W   5-2       58-39  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 MIA  5 @WSN  2        W:Josh Johnson (7-7), L: Gio Gonzalez (13-6), S: Steve Cishek (6)
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 WSN  7  MIA  4        W:John Lannan (2-0), L: Brad Hand (0-1), S: Tyler Clippard (22)
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 MIA  5  WSN  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (5-7), L: Edwin Jackson (5-5), S: Mike Dunn (1)
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 WSN  4 @MIA  0        W:Stephen Strasburg (10-4), L: Ricky Nolasco (8-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 MIA  2  WSN  1        W:Mark Buehrle (9-8), L: Gio Gonzalez (12-4), S: Steve Cishek (2)
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 WSN  5 @MIA  1        W:Jordan Zimmermann (6-6), L: Josh Johnson (5-6), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2012 MIA  5  WSN  3        W:Josh Johnson (3-3), L: Chien-Ming Wang (1-1), S: Heath Bell (10)
Tue, May 29, 2012 MIA  3  WSN  1        W:Anibal Sanchez (3-3), L: Edwin Jackson (1-3), S: Heath Bell (9)
Mon, May 28, 2012 MIA  5  WSN  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (3-3), L: Jordan Zimmermann (3-5), S: Heath Bell (8)
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 WSN  3  MIA  2 (10)   W:Tom Gorzelanny (1-0), L: Edward Mujica (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - MIA over 6-5; 2011 - MIA won 11-7; 2010 - MIA won 13-5; All-Time - MIA leads 175-134

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  5.12

WSN  4.28

MIA  3.66

 RA/G

WSN  3.57

TEX  4.34

COL  5.79

 BA

A. McCutchen  .373

C. Headley  .271

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

C. Johnson  .339

J. Smoak  .253

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .630

K. Morales  .432

J. Carroll  .289

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

M. Bourn  .770

J. Smoak  .573

 ERA

J. Zimmermann  2.28

M. Moore  3.84

J. Guthrie  6.56

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.43

W. Chen  7.37

D. Lowe  3.10

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

Marlins Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.57 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		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 52.Mattheus
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 16/.690 7/.572 13/.408 7/.000 7/.286 3/.666 13/.885 4/.250 264/180 .261/.335/.321/.655 .516/.732 .566 94/.634 30/3 1/4
14.Buck G/S/vP 10/.633 4/.250 4/.250 2/.500 7/1.429 2/.000 5/.400 4/.500 298/215 .173/.289/.306/.594 .490/.635 .589 59/.464 0/0 8/7
6.Cousins* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 65/57 .161/.188/.290/.478 .000/.548 .515 23/.269 0/1 1/0
29.Dobbs* G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/1.000 8/.417 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.900 3/.666 194/173 .306/.330/.372/.702 .810/.688 .720 51/.653 4/2 2/3
9.Hayes G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 112/81 .213/.241/.269/.510 .467/.525 .492 24/.426 1/0 0/5
2.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 37/20 .061/.162/.061/.223 .118/.311 .327 17/.176 3/0 0/0
26.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.200 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 118/40 .235/.339/.392/.731 .601/.995 .751 34/.609 1/0 4/1
45.Lee G/S/vP 12/.917 5/.600 5/.600 10/.550 13/1.098 4/1.000 10/.522 4/1.167 382/291 .290/.353/.397/.751 .612/.794 .704 93/.772 2/0 6/4
22.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 2/.000 75/48 .194/.267/.403/.670 .542/.744 .563 22/.909 1/1 3/0
11.Petersen* G/S/vP 4/1.250 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 84/68 .169/.289/.197/.486 .619/.454 .405 24/.303 4/1 0/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 21/.697 10/.347 14/.413 6/1.350 27/.643 2/.000 6/.733 5/1.400 480/335 .284/.347/.428/.775 .676/.820 .701 101/.986 25/6 7/13
20.Ruggiano G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 158/96 .353/.417/.647/1.064 1.410/.858 1.080 66/.792 8/5 8/2
17.Solano G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 98/52 .282/.354/.365/.719 .683/.749 .784 44/.615 4/0 0/2
IP 134.1 41.0 49.1 20.0 50.0 38.1 59.0 5.0 TOTAL .243/.309/.381/.690 .693/.689 .669 .656 112/27 92/73
ERA-K/9 2.28/6.4 1.98/9.0 2.92/11.1 2.70/11.2 3.42/7.2 3.05/5.6 2.29/8.5 3.60/5.4 3.30/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (34-16-7)
 Hayes (22-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 537/.238 161/.219 201/.162 83/.254 211/.241 155/.262 253/.224 23/.211 .234  Petersen
 Bonifacio
 Kearns
 Dobbs
 Solano
 Hernandez
 Cousins
 Ruggiano
11/18/4/2
0/48/0/1
18/0/8/0
16/0/12/0
10/0/0/0
14/6/6/0
4/18/7/0
17/27/12/0
OPS .632 .585 .541 .746 .713 .764 .648 .611 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 289/.613 64/.426 106/.474 44/.595 93/.689 57/.947 94/.607 4/1.750 .694
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.653 97/.696 95/.614 39/.921 118/.731 98/.657 159/.674 19/.330 .654
Home 255/.615 84/.587 104/.654 50/.684 113/.722 91/.703 116/.577 13/.862
Last 28d days 112/.471 39/.660 57/.842 36/.833 34/.563 37/1.129 57/.773 23/.611
HR/SB/CS 12/7/0 3/4/0 4/4/0 1/1/0 5/4/1 6/2/0 4/11/0 0/1/0 88/76/13
Usage ······X· ·oX···o· XX···Xo· o·X····· ···X···· o·o··X·· X····X·X X··o··oo
Nationals Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB		 21.Bell
G/S/vB		 31.Cishek
G/S/vB		 40.Dunn*
G/S/vB		 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB		 39.Hatcher
G/S/vB		 23.LeBlanc*
G/S/vB		 58.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· 6/.200 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 194/174 .276/.358/.382/.740 .666/.749 .831 68/.795 11/2 3/0
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 26/.808 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 2/.500 80/46 .154/.291/.215/.507 .570/.456 .584 24/.554 1/0 0/0
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.000 5/.200 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 438/307 .239/.306/.386/.692 .805/.638 .638 102/.698 17/5 9/7
26.Flores G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 243/171 .221/.257/.319/.576 .577/.576 .552 56/.370 1/2 3/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 368/236 .258/.332/.418/.750 .689/.784 .751 95/.519 13/4 9/5
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 10/1.000 11/.455 1/.000 4/.500 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.333 4/1.250 415/300 .273/.347/.515/.862 .869/.860 .722 95/.963 1/1 21/5
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/25 .250/.344/.321/.665 1.143/.510 .831 31/.688 0/0 0/1
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 306/240 .262/.307/.344/.651 .520/.684 .699 104/.605 3/1 2/2
57.Moore G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 114/47 .288/.351/.510/.860 .820/.918 .563 36/.719 3/0 6/0
38.Morse G/S/vP 9/.222 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 237/171 .304/.329/.460/.789 .794/.787 .733 99/.869 0/1 8/1
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 8/.875 1/no AB 1/2.000 7/.971 ··· ··· ··· 60/52 .264/.333/.491/.824 1.125/.771 .953 5/.650 0/0 3/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 6/.533 9/.347 ··· 4/2.000 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.000 7/.453 122/93 .282/.393/.437/.830 .899/.809 .917 9/1.067 3/0 3/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.500 4/1.167 1/no AB 4/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 7/.286 403/298 .276/.345/.467/.812 .809/.813 .846 99/1.206 4/2 15/8
IP 135.0 42.0 44.2 29.1 51.2 4.2 20.0 41.1 TOTAL .255/.317/.414/.730 .737/.728 .715 .740 75/25 115/60
ERA-K/9 3.60/5.4 5.57/7.9 1.81/8.7 4.30/9.2 4.35/7.1 7.71/5.7 1.35/5.8 4.79/6.3 4.18/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (44-5-4)
 Leon (6-1-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 553/.270 194/.282 188/.219 130/.231 222/.268 23/.278 75/.232 183/.285 .262  Bernadina
 Harper
 Morse
 Lombardozzi
 DeRosa
 Werth
 Moore
37/26/5/3
7/42/57/3
23/0/31/2
38/0/0/2
9/0/6/1
0/6/27/1
23/0/1/0
OPS .724 .826 .651 .674 .741 1.101 .607 .762 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.631 96/.693 83/.821 58/.636 110/.791 14/1.409 26/.697 81/.895 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 408/.755 98/.951 105/.518 72/.706 112/.692 9/.619 49/.560 102/.656 .726
Road 257/.801 83/.970 88/.649 51/.730 118/.777 23/1.101 42/.616 80/.626
Last 28d days 98/.823 33/.667 27/.426 44/.583 46/.561 8/.708 58/.700 30/.862
HR/SB/CS 15/2/3 3/2/2 3/3/0 0/1/0 4/0/2 2/0/0 1/0/2 2/7/3 82/56/22
Usage ····X··· ··o··o·o o·o··Xo· ··X··oX· ·X··X··X X······· ··X··X·X X··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.