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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 1:35pm, Sunday, August 18, 2013 @Turner Field

Nationals, 60-62, 60-62 2nd, 14½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (27, LHP, 7-5, 3.42)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-5) 144.2 123 57 55 57 146 14 3.42
2012 (21-8) 199.1 149 69 64 76 207 9 2.89
2011 (16-12) 202.0 175 81 70 91 197 17 3.12
Last 7 GS 2-2 39.2 47 19 19 13 42 5 4.31 50
2013-08-13 SFG ND 4.0 4 0 0 2 2 0 69 54
2013-08-06 ATL L 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 96 61
2013-07-31 @DET L 3.1 11 10 10 1 3 2 77 0
2013-07-25 PIT ND 5.2 8 3 3 4 11 1 119 48
2013-07-20 LAD ND 6.0 4 0 0 2 11 0 98 73
2013-07-10 @PHI W 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 1 116 64
2013-07-05 SDP W 6.2 8 3 3 1 5 1 110 50
Last 5 v.ATL 0-4 28.0 27 17 17 14 29 3 5.46 49
2013-08-06 ATL L 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 96 61
2013-06-01 @ATL ND 7.0 3 1 1 1 7 0 105 73
2013-04-30 @ATL L 4.0 7 5 5 5 9 1 96 32
2013-04-14 ATL L 5.0 7 7 7 3 3 2 98 25
2012-09-16 @ATL L 5.0 4 2 2 4 5 0 110 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-29   Road:   24-33   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  41-46   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 24-25   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest: 15-14 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Sat, Aug 17  @ATL  W   8-7 (15)  60-62  2nd 14.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 16  @ATL  L   2-3 (10)  59-62  2nd 15.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 15   SFG  L   3-4       59-61  2nd 14.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 14   SFG  W   6-5       59-60  2nd 14.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 13   SFG  W   4-2       58-60  2nd 14.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 11   PHI  W   6-0       57-60  2nd 14.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 10   PHI  W   8-5       56-60  2nd 14.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  9   PHI  W   9-2       55-60  2nd 15.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  7   ATL  L   3-6       54-60  2nd 15.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  6   ATL  L   1-2       54-59  2nd 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Braves, 75-48, 75-48 1st, 14½ up

SP: Julio Teheran (22, RHP, 9-6, 3.08)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-6) 143.0 137 52 49 31 127 17 3.08
2012 (0-0) 6.1 5 4 4 1 5 0 5.68
2011 (1-1) 19.2 21 11 11 8 10 4 5.03
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.2 35 16 13 12 39 5 2.74 58
2013-08-12 PHI L 6.0 6 4 4 1 6 1 95 49
2013-08-06 @WSN W 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 90 62
2013-08-01 COL W 5.0 5 1 1 2 11 0 103 62
2013-07-27 STL ND 7.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 88 78
2013-07-22 @NYM ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 90 64
2013-07-14 CIN L 5.1 7 5 5 2 3 2 96 35
2013-07-09 @MIA W 7.1 7 4 1 2 3 1 95 55
Last 5 v.WSN 1-1 24.0 27 10 10 7 24 2 3.75 52
2013-08-06 @WSN W 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 90 62
2013-05-31 WSN L 6.2 7 3 3 1 9 0 96 56
2013-04-29 WSN ND 5.1 10 2 2 1 5 0 91 44
2013-04-12 @WSN ND 6.0 6 4 4 3 6 1 97 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-18   Road:   32-30   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  55-35   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  19-14
 vsEast: 34-19   vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest: 18-12 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 17   WSN  L   7-8 (15)  75-48  1st 14.5 up
122 Fri, Aug 16   WSN  W   3-2 (10)  75-47  1st 15.5 up
121 Wed, Aug 14   PHI  W   6-3       74-47  1st 14.0 up
120 Tue, Aug 13   PHI  W   3-1       73-47  1st 14.0 up
119 Mon, Aug 12   PHI  L   1-5       72-47  1st 14.0 up
118 Sun, Aug 11   MIA  W   9-4       72-46  1st 14.5 up
117 Sat, Aug 10   MIA  L   0-1       71-46  1st 14.5 up
116 Fri, Aug  9   MIA  W   5-0       71-45  1st 15.5 up
115 Wed, Aug  7  @WSN  W   6-3       70-45  1st 15.5 up
114 Tue, Aug  6  @WSN  W   2-1       69-45  1st 14.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:17-3    Last 30:22-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 17, 2013 WSN  8 @ATL  7 (15)   W:Craig Stammen (6-5), L: Kris Medlen (10-11), S: Dan Haren (1)
Fri, Aug 16, 2013 ATL  3  WSN  2 (10)   W:Scott Downs (4-3), L: Ian Krol (1-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 07, 2013 ATL  6 @WSN  3        W:Kris Medlen (9-10), L: Ryan Mattheus (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (36)
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 ATL  2 @WSN  1        W:Julio Teheran (9-5), L: Gio Gonzalez (7-5), S: Craig Kimbrel (35)
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 ATL  3 @WSN  2        W:David Carpenter (3-0), L: Tyler Clippard (6-2), S: Jordan Walden (1)
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 ATL  6  WSN  3        W:Paul Maholm (7-4), L: Nate Karns (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (17)
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 ATL  2  WSN  1 (10)   W:Jordan Walden (2-1), L: Henry Rodriguez (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 31, 2013 WSN  3 @ATL  2        W:Craig Stammen (3-1), L: Julio Teheran (3-2), S: Rafael Soriano (15)
Thu, May 02, 2013 WSN  3 @ATL  1        W:Dan Haren (3-3), L: Kris Medlen (1-4), S: Rafael Soriano (9)
Wed, May 01, 2013 WSN  2 @ATL  0        W:Jordan Zimmermann (5-1), L: Paul Maholm (3-3), S: Rafael Soriano (8)
Season Series: 2013 - ATL over 11-4; 2012 - WSN won 10-8; 2011 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - ATL leads 325-291

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 2013 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
Nationals Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Teheran
G/S/vB
43.Avilan*
G/S/vB
20.Ayala
G/S/vB
48.Carpenter
G/S/vB
32.Downs*
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
38.Varvaro
G/S/vB
52.Walden
G/S/vB
58.Wood*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
33.Bernadina* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.833 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 167/148 .178/.247/.270/.517 .269/.550 .449 14/.143 3/0 2/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP 12/.917 3/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 1/no AB 11/.000 7/.000 3/.666 3/.000 497/380 .276/.329/.470/.799 .797/.800 .738 95/.776 16/3 17/14
7.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.333 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 147/33 .182/.238/.402/.640 .744/.285 .375 23/.685 2/0 8/1
34.Harper* G/S/vP 9/1.985 9/.476 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.750 4/.500 1/no AB 3/1.667 348/239 .261/.361/.498/.860 .570/.991 .800 93/.808 6/4 17/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 12/.958 7/.000 6/.367 1/.000 3/.000 10/.500 4/.500 1/.000 3/.000 454/333 .238/.322/.425/.747 .552/.820 .712 95/.735 3/1 18/8
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.572 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 234/165 .256/.268/.318/.587 .549/.603 .530 38/.801 3/3 0/2
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 117/64 .164/.205/.291/.496 .394/.579 .418 4/1.000 0/0 3/1
40.Ramos G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 163/118 .295/.325/.474/.800 .788/.804 .873 70/.786 0/1 7/6
6.Rendon G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 277/195 .266/.322/.409/.731 .873/.674 .777 87/.662 1/0 6/14
2.Span* G/S/vP 12/1.333 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 9/.666 3/.000 4/.500 6/.800 3/.000 499/363 .260/.311/.354/.665 .415/.758 .572 100/.623 11/5 2/0
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 8/.661 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 9/.222 2/.000 2/1.000 7/1.000 ··· 272/220 .221/.281/.311/.593 .561/.600 .583 26/.507 2/0 3/5
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· 9/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 109/100 .181/.211/.295/.506 .778/.481 .595 12/.333 0/2 3/2
28.Werth G/S/vP 9/.583 3/.333 9/.777 2/1.000 3/.000 9/.619 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 367/277 .335/.409/.534/.943 1.080/.898 .975 95/1.233 7/0 17/2
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 9/.000 5/.600 4/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 9/.347 6/.666 3/3.333 3/.000 461/327 .267/.343/.433/.775 .831/.754 .794 106/.686 5/0 14/17
IP 143.0 52.0 21.0 47.2 36.1 49.1 55.1 40.2 51.2 TOTAL .245/.305/.388/.693 .641/.712 .655 .734 59/22 114/84
ERA-K/9 3.08/8.0 1.21/5.2 3.00/6.4 1.89/10.6 1.49/7.4 1.09/13.5 3.09/5.2 2.66/10.4 2.61/9.9 3.21/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramos (21-6-3)
 Suzuki (50-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 595/.254 201/.151 90/.301 187/.195 147/.233 192/.169 229/.230 166/.205 204/.215 .240  Werth
 Harper
 Bernadina
 Span
 Hairston
 Lombardozzi
 Moore
0/0/90/6
66/4/13/6
29/6/28/4
0/115/0/4
10/0/30/2
23/0/0/1
20/0/6/0
OPS .719 .413 .753 .550 .607 .511 .611 .571 .542 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 297/.833 94/.376 32/.671 70/.634 65/.446 97/.593 102/.543 78/.433 64/.496 .657
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.605 107/.447 58/.791 117/.501 82/.744 95/.424 127/.665 88/.692 140/.561 .676
Home 305/.687 105/.393 47/.652 88/.519 88/.383 96/.423 128/.516 90/.537 125/.537
Last 28d days 120/.628 50/.391 38/.703 52/.384 35/.711 50/.376 38/.568 39/.587 117/.537
HR/SB/CS 17/6/1 0/1/1 1/2/1 3/3/3 1/1/0 3/2/2 2/4/0 2/8/0 1/1/2 95/58/26
Usage ·····X·· Xo·o··Xo Xo·X·o·· Xo·oo··X oo···o·· oX·oo··· X····ooo X······o ·X·····X
Braves Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
58.Abad*
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
59.Roark
G/S/vB
29.Soriano
G/S/vB
35.Stammen
G/S/vB
22.Storen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 18/.660 3/1.334 12/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 6/.000 474/329 .307/.386/.475/.861 .740/.916 .984 114/.855 1/0 15/8
24.Gattis G/S/vP 12/.962 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 269/196 .250/.309/.492/.800 .879/.771 .799 70/.623 0/0 15/5
59.Gosselin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 19/.422 1/.000 10/1.575 3/.666 2/.000 2/2.500 9/.444 7/.453 396/284 .258/.350/.432/.782 .795/.777 .866 107/1.016 2/4 13/0
4.Janish G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 3/.333 3/.333 20/13 .118/.200/.118/.318 .143/.397 .310 15/.433 0/0 0/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP 15/.733 1/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 10/.200 6/1.166 407/296 .335/.371/.474/.845 .934/.812 .856 105/.866 0/0 9/13
11.Laird G/S/vP 4/.250 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 93/56 .291/.385/.392/.777 .697/.831 1.063 9/.476 1/0 1/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.666 14/.220 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 11/.000 5/.400 302/212 .272/.348/.515/.863 .620/.972 .931 84/.747 0/1 18/2
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 165/146 .291/.383/.426/.808 .269/.884 .694 19/.388 11/3 3/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 18/1.357 2/.500 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 6/.000 4/.500 517/388 .241/.288/.358/.646 .674/.638 .672 104/.691 5/4 11/8
25.Terdoslavich# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 52/39 .261/.346/.348/.694 1.038/.588 .787 26/.878 1/0 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 21/.616 1/5.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 6/.533 7/.572 1/.000 358/260 .188/.270/.303/.572 .484/.606 .564 40/.624 10/4 8/4
8.Upton G/S/vP 15/.855 3/1.666 5/1.850 3/3.333 2/.000 4/.000 11/.404 5/.450 509/371 .269/.362/.486/.849 1.052/.779 .776 110/.979 7/1 23/4
IP 144.2 28.1 54.1 24.0 10.0 51.1 65.2 44.1 TOTAL .253/.326/.413/.739 .721/.745 .770 .753 41/22 149/65
ERA-K/9 3.42/9.1 3.18/8.6 2.15/9.3 3.00/6.8 0.00/6.3 3.68/6.7 3.15/8.4 5.68/9.8 3.67/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gattis (15-7-2)
 Laird (11-6-1)
 McCann (32-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 608/.227 124/.280 212/.151 98/.239 35/.147 215/.254 273/.261 198/.289 .250  Heyward
 Gattis
 Upton
 Schafer
 Upton
 Terdoslavich
0/12/80/4
23/0/0/2
0/92/0/2
12/18/11/2
91/0/27/1
6/0/2/0
OPS .669 .687 .518 .701 .318 .687 .682 .811 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.442 49/.735 114/.495 49/.552 16/.375 88/.887 105/.763 82/.999 .694
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 472/.737 75/.653 98/.545 49/.844 19/.269 127/.555 168/.630 116/.681 .692
Road 283/.675 61/.844 98/.540 45/.665 13/.237 88/.685 142/.500 88/.791
Last 28d days 96/.923 38/.950 43/.720 40/1.072 35/.318 43/.823 58/.382 20/1.011
HR/SB/CS 14/7/3 2/2/0 7/2/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 6/2/0 3/7/2 7/4/0 110/77/12
Usage ····X··· X·X·o··· o·Xoo··o Xo·o···· X···X··o X·XXo··o XX······ XX······

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.