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Game Preview: WSN @ CHC, 8:05pm, Monday, August 19, 2013 @Wrigley Field

Nationals, 60-63, 60-63 2nd, 15½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (27, RHP, 14-6, 3.02)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (14-6) 158.0 141 57 53 31 116 14 3.02
2012 (12-8) 195.2 186 69 64 43 153 18 2.94
2011 (8-11) 161.1 154 62 57 31 124 12 3.18
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.1 44 20 20 14 31 4 4.82 47
2013-08-14 SFG W 7.0 6 1 1 2 2 0 112 61
2013-08-07 ATL ND 4.0 7 2 2 2 5 0 88 43
2013-08-02 @MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 4 5 0 100 65
2013-07-26 NYM L 6.2 6 5 5 3 8 2 118 47
2013-07-21 LAD L 2.0 8 7 7 2 1 2 58 11
2013-07-11 @PHI L 6.1 8 2 2 0 6 0 79 55
2013-07-06 SDP ND 5.1 5 3 3 1 4 0 101 49
Last 5 v.CHC 1-3 32.0 34 17 15 5 33 4 4.22 53
2012-09-06 CHC W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 1 96 67
2012-04-08 @CHC L 7.0 6 2 1 0 4 0 80 63
2011-08-11 @CHC L 6.2 9 4 4 2 7 2 107 45
2011-07-04 CHC ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 5 0 93 44
2009-07-18 CHC L 5.1 6 5 4 1 8 1 100 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-29   Road:   24-34   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  41-47   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 24-26   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest: 15-14 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sun, Aug 18  @ATL  L   1-2       60-63  2nd 15.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Cubs, 53-70, 53-70 5th, 19 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (28, RHP, 6-11, 4.29)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-11) 159.1 154 82 76 63 163 16 4.29
2012 (9-13) 174.2 157 79 74 56 180 20 3.81
2011 (8-4) 88.0 64 35 29 50 87 5 2.97
Last 7 GS 1-3 40.0 46 30 29 21 40 6 6.53 43
2013-08-13 CIN ND 6.0 6 4 4 4 5 0 110 45
2013-08-08 @PHI L 3.1 11 9 9 0 3 1 83 5
2013-08-03 LAD L 6.0 7 3 3 5 9 0 112 50
2013-07-29 MIL ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 109 76
2013-07-24 @ARI ND 5.2 6 4 3 5 5 0 118 43
2013-07-19 @COL W 7.1 4 1 1 3 6 1 105 69
2013-07-10 LAA L 4.2 9 9 9 2 5 4 99 13
Last 5 v.WSN 1-2 20.2 19 11 7 3 21 3 3.05 57
2013-05-10 @WSN L 5.0 8 7 5 2 5 1 73 30
2012-09-03 @WSN L 7.0 7 1 1 1 8 1 108 66
2012-04-08 WSN W 8.2 4 3 1 0 8 1 110 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-38   Road:   29-32   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  37-51   vsLHP:  16-19   1-Run:  16-25
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:19-37   vsWest: 12-16 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sun, Aug 18   STL  L   1-6       53-70  5th 19.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 17   STL  L   0-4       53-69  5th 19.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 16   STL  W   7-0       53-68  4th 19.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 14   CIN  L   0-5       52-68  4th 19.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 13   CIN  L   4-6 (11)  52-67  4th 18.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 12   CIN  L   0-2       52-66  4th 18.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 11  @STL  L   4-8       52-65  4th 18.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 10  @STL  W   6-5       52-64  4th 18.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  9  @STL  W   3-0       51-64  4th 19.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  8  @PHI  L   1-12      50-64  4th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 12, 2013 CHC  2 @WSN  1        W:James Russell (1-0), L: Rafael Soriano (0-1), S: Kevin Gregg (6)
Sat, May 11, 2013 CHC  8 @WSN  2        W:Edwin Jackson (1-5), L: Stephen Strasburg (1-5), S: none
Fri, May 10, 2013 WSN  7  CHC  3        W:Ross Detwiler (2-3), L: Jeff Samardzija (1-5), S: none

Thu, Sep 06, 2012 WSN  9  CHC  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (10-8), L: Justin Germano (2-6), S: none
Wed, Sep 05, 2012 WSN  9  CHC  1        W:Gio Gonzalez (18-7), L: Chris Volstad (2-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 WSN 11  CHC  5        W:Edwin Jackson (9-9), L: Chris Rusin (0-2), S: none
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 WSN  2  CHC  1        W:Ross Detwiler (9-6), L: Jeff Samardzija (8-13), S: Tyler Clippard (30)
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 CHC  4  WSN  3        W:Jeff Samardzija (1-0), L: Jordan Zimmermann (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (1)
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 WSN  7 @CHC  4        W:Ryan Mattheus (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-1), S: Henry Rodriguez (1)
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 WSN  2 @CHC  1        W:Tyler Clippard (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (0-1), S: Brad Lidge (1)
Season Series: 2013 - CHC over 2-1; 2012 - WSN won 6-1; 2011 - WSN won 4-3; All-Time - WSN leads 299-275

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 (3.79 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
28.Bowden
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
50.Parker
G/S/vB
56.Rondon
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
46.Strop
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
33.Bernadina* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 167/148 .178/.247/.270/.517 .269/.550 .449 13/.154 3/0 2/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP 14/1.692 2/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 501/384 .274/.329/.467/.796 .797/.795 .731 95/.792 16/3 17/14
7.Hairston G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 147/33 .182/.238/.402/.640 .744/.285 .375 23/.685 2/0 8/1
34.Harper* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 353/243 .264/.365/.502/.866 .576/.996 .818 94/.833 6/4 17/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 11/1.273 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 13/.769 458/337 .235/.319/.421/.740 .552/.810 .698 95/.647 3/1 18/8
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 234/165 .256/.268/.318/.587 .549/.603 .530 37/.823 3/3 0/2
12.Moore G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 117/64 .164/.205/.291/.496 .394/.579 .418 4/1.000 0/0 3/1
40.Ramos G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 163/118 .295/.325/.474/.800 .788/.804 .873 66/.773 0/1 7/6
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 282/199 .263/.324/.404/.728 .861/.674 .766 88/.662 1/0 6/14
2.Span* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 504/367 .264/.314/.356/.670 .427/.761 .585 101/.627 11/5 2/0
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 5/.900 4/.750 7/.286 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 276/224 .219/.281/.308/.589 .561/.595 .576 30/.476 2/0 3/5
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.833 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 113/104 .193/.221/.312/.533 .778/.512 .635 15/.600 0/2 3/2
28.Werth G/S/vP 14/.748 ··· 11/.384 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 371/281 .334/.407/.531/.938 1.080/.892 .961 95/1.134 7/1 17/2
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 14/.071 2/.500 18/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 10/.600 462/328 .266/.342/.432/.774 .831/.751 .790 103/.707 5/0 14/17
IP 159.1 32.1 47.1 31.0 42.0 44.2 41.0 110.0 TOTAL .244/.305/.388/.693 .642/.711 .654 .723 59/23 114/84
ERA-K/9 4.29/9.2 4.45/5.9 2.85/7.8 2.32/9.9 5.57/6.9 2.82/6.8 5.05/9.9 4.50/6.9 3.97/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramos (21-6-3)
 Suzuki (53-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 685/.252 136/.250 202/.230 128/.209 193/.272 180/.227 186/.203 457/.259 .244  Werth
 Harper
 Bernadina
 Span
 Hairston
 Lombardozzi
 Moore
0/0/91/6
67/4/13/6
29/6/28/4
0/116/0/4
10/0/30/2
23/0/0/1
20/0/6/0
OPS .720 .710 .675 .586 .810 .683 .671 .760 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 316/.758 65/.608 101/.552 62/.624 85/.668 102/.489 75/.655 199/.780 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 369/.687 71/.795 101/.793 66/.549 108/.926 78/.948 111/.683 258/.743 .734
Home 359/.788 71/.511 91/.725 79/.491 96/.862 96/.652 95/.795 258/.737
Last 28d days 135/.749 58/.899 55/.760 40/.574 51/.759 30/.593 48/.415 111/.843
HR/SB/CS 16/13/5 2/0/2 5/3/1 2/3/0 6/4/1 4/5/2 4/1/0 13/6/6 114/84/32
Usage ·····X·· oo··o··X o····X·· ·oX··o·X ·X·····X o·o··ooo ·····X·· o···X···
Cubs Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
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
15.Barney G/S/vP 12/.705 5/.400 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 418/306 .217/.267/.324/.591 .661/.565 .651 87/.482 3/1 6/4
53.Castillo G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 355/264 .271/.350/.366/.717 .606/.754 .745 81/.859 2/0 4/9
13.Castro G/S/vP 13/.693 5/.933 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 530/382 .244/.280/.345/.625 .582/.641 .649 104/.528 8/3 7/15
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/1.334 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 318/269 .250/.330/.401/.732 .402/.793 .818 101/.654 3/0 6/1
2.Gillespie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/20 .178/.302/.222/.524 .514/.538 .693 36/.600 0/0 0/0
21.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/90 .308/.346/.458/.805 1.069/.689 .714 110/.720 1/3 4/3
54.McDonald G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/5 .167/.286/.167/.452 .500/.400 .333 7/.452 0/0 0/0
8.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 2/.000 45/39 .300/.378/.675/1.053 2.833/.835 .876 45/1.053 0/0 4/2
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 182/128 .288/.357/.509/.866 1.155/.749 .978 36/.775 0/1 10/3
1.Ransom G/S/vP 5/.400 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 182/76 .196/.298/.443/.741 .843/.593 .722 49/.365 0/0 9/8
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 3/.333 526/347 .230/.323/.425/.748 .672/.788 .825 112/.645 5/5 18/4
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.167 5/.200 376/323 .271/.325/.501/.827 .541/.867 .850 89/.845 6/2 16/2
22.Watkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/15 .133/.235/.133/.369 .000/.421 .282 17/.369 0/0 0/0
IP 158.0 28.1 54.1 24.0 10.0 51.1 65.2 45.1 TOTAL .239/.302/.395/.697 .685/.702 .734 .630 55/25 129/78
ERA-K/9 3.02/6.6 3.18/8.6 2.15/9.3 3.00/6.8 0.00/6.3 3.68/6.7 3.15/8.4 5.56/9.5 3.66/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (53-22-8)
 Navarro (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 641/.235 124/.280 212/.151 98/.239 35/.147 215/.254 273/.261 201/.284 .250  Schierholtz
 DeJesus
 Gillespie
 Lake
 McDonald
0/0/96/4
3/73/0/2
6/1/9/2
19/12/0/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .649 .687 .518 .701 .318 .687 .682 .798 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 340/.645 49/.735 114/.495 49/.552 16/.375 88/.887 105/.763 83/.986 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.653 75/.653 98/.545 49/.844 19/.269 127/.555 168/.630 118/.669 .689
Road 248/.693 61/.844 98/.540 45/.665 13/.237 88/.685 142/.500 91/.763
Last 28d days 103/.762 35/1.035 43/.720 37/1.030 35/.318 43/.823 50/.337 20/.929
HR/SB/CS 14/12/4 2/2/0 7/2/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 6/2/0 3/7/2 7/4/0 110/80/12
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·o·· ·o·Xoo·· ·Xo·o··· ·X···X·· ·X·XXo·· ·XX····· oXX·····

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.