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Game Preview: WSN @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, May 5, 2013 @PNC Park

Nationals, 16-15, 16-15 2nd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (27, LHP, 2-2, 5.34)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-2) 32.0 26 19 19 18 36 4 5.34
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 3-2 38.0 32 22 22 21 42 4 5.21 50
2013-04-30 @ATL L 4.0 7 5 5 5 9 1 96 32
2013-04-25 CIN W 8.0 1 1 1 2 7 1 112 81
2013-04-20 @NYM ND 4.0 5 5 5 4 5 0 90 33
2013-04-14 ATL L 5.0 7 7 7 3 3 2 98 25
2013-04-09 CHW ND 5.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 99 60
2013-04-03 MIA W 6.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 91 71
2012-09-27 @PHI W 6.0 6 3 3 3 6 0 106 51
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 13.0 8 4 4 6 12 2 2.77 62
2012-05-16 PIT W 7.0 4 3 3 2 10 1 106 65
2010-06-27 PIT ND 6.0 4 1 1 4 2 1 87 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-7    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-12   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sat, May  4  @PIT  W   5-4       16-15  2nd  2.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  3  @PIT  L   1-3       15-15  2nd  2.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  2  @ATL  W   3-1       15-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  1  @ATL  W   2-0       14-14  2nd  3.5 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 30  @ATL  L   1-8       13-14  2nd  4.5 gb
 26 Mon, Apr 29  @ATL  L   2-3       13-13  2nd  3.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 28   CIN  L   2-5       13-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 27   CIN  W   6-3       13-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 26   CIN  W   1-0       12-11  2nd  3.5 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 25   CIN  W   8-1       11-11  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Pirates, 17-13, 17-13 2nd, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (34, LHP, 2-1, 3.91)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-1) 25.1 20 12 11 7 18 5 3.91
2012 (12-13) 205.2 205 99 86 56 139 21 3.76
2011 (11-11) 191.0 182 81 74 69 166 25 3.49
Last 7 GS 3-1 37.1 30 17 16 10 28 7 3.86 53
2013-04-29 @MIL L 3.2 6 7 7 4 2 3 88 19
2013-04-24 @PHI ND 5.2 9 3 3 2 5 2 105 42
2013-04-19 ATL W 7.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 82 80
2013-04-08 @ARI ND 2.1 2 2 1 0 0 0 38 47
2013-04-03 CHC W 6.2 2 0 0 1 6 0 103 75
2012-09-30 CIN ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 105 58
2012-09-25 @NYM W 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 2 106 53
Last 5 v.WSN 3-1 29.2 31 12 12 6 25 3 3.64 53
2012-04-17 @WSN L 7.0 5 1 1 0 3 0 87 66
2011-09-10 @WSN W 6.0 7 3 3 0 7 1 108 53
2010-09-22 @WSN ND 6.1 6 3 3 2 6 1 114 53
2010-06-02 WSN W 5.0 5 1 1 3 8 0 115 58
2008-07-12 @WSN W 5.1 8 4 4 1 1 1 80 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-5    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  13-9    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  7-3    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  4   WSN  L   4-5       17-13  2nd  2.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  3   WSN  W   3-1       17-12  2nd  1.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  1  @MIL  W   6-4       16-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 30  @MIL  L   8-12      15-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 26 Mon, Apr 29  @MIL  L   4-10      15-11  1st  0.5 up
 25 Sun, Apr 28  @STL  W   9-0       15-10  1st  0.5 up
 24 Sat, Apr 27  @STL  W   5-3       14-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 26  @STL  L   1-9       13-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 25  @PHI  W   6-4       13-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 24  @PHI  W   5-3       12-9   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 04, 2013 WSN  5 @PIT  4        W:Tyler Clippard (2-1), L: Tony Watson (1-1), S: Rafael Soriano (10)
Fri, May 03, 2013 PIT  3  WSN  1        W:A.J. Burnett (3-2), L: Ross Detwiler (1-3), S: Jason Grilli (12)

Thu, May 17, 2012 PIT  5 @WSN  3        W:James McDonald (3-2), L: Jordan Zimmermann (2-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (8)
Wed, May 16, 2012 WSN  7  PIT  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (5-1), L: Erik Bedard (2-5), S: Henry Rodriguez (9)
Thu, May 10, 2012 WSN  4 @PIT  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (3-0), L: Kevin Correia (1-3), S: Henry Rodriguez (7)
Wed, May 09, 2012 PIT  4  WSN  2        W:Brad Lincoln (2-0), L: Ross Detwiler (3-2), S: Joel Hanrahan (6)
Tue, May 08, 2012 PIT  5  WSN  4        W:Tony Watson (2-0), L: Henry Rodriguez (1-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 03, 2011 PIT 10 @WSN  2        W:Kevin Correia (11-6), L: Jason Marquis (7-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 WSN  4  PIT  3        W:Ryan Mattheus (1-0), L: Tony Watson (0-1), S: Drew Storen (20)
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 PIT  5 @WSN  3        W:Jose Veras (2-2), L: Sean Burnett (3-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (24)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 1-1; 2012 - PIT won 3-2; 2011 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - PIT leads 305-278

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 (3.45 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
52.Contreras
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
29.Morris
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
37.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
33.Bernadina* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 27/21 .040/.111/.040/.151 .167/.145 .087 25/.122 0/0 0/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP 12/.583 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 124/100 .286/.298/.513/.811 .643/.851 .843 100/.862 3/1 4/7
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 94/74 .180/.223/.337/.560 .583/.554 .680 70/.558 1/0 2/2
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 124/89 .315/.403/.639/1.042 .547/1.240 .815 99/1.017 1/2 9/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 23/.696 3/.333 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/no AB 106/83 .163/.264/.283/.547 .735/.498 .822 92/.623 1/0 3/1
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 53/36 .240/.269/.300/.569 .824/.441 .740 50/.531 0/0 0/1
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 38/18 .171/.211/.286/.496 .544/.444 .503 35/.541 0/0 0/0
40.Ramos G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 35/26 .219/.286/.406/.692 .583/.728 .798 23/.261 0/1 2/3
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.071 11/.818 1/3.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 122/88 .282/.352/.336/.689 .530/.746 .610 95/.671 4/1 0/0
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/1.167 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/60 .234/.333/.422/.755 .517/.825 .816 65/.669 1/0 2/1
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 3/.000 12/.334 ··· 4/3.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 35/33 .156/.229/.156/.385 1.000/.345 .368 25/.414 0/1 0/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 13/.847 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 107/82 .260/.308/.400/.708 .598/.740 .726 82/.689 2/0 4/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 21/1.013 3/.666 ··· 7/.429 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 70/53 .220/.329/.373/.701 1.009/.609 .596 46/.695 1/0 1/4
IP 25.1 17.2 13.0 7.2 16.0 6.0 15.0 20.0 TOTAL .228/.293/.375/.668 .594/.692 .655 .648 14/7 28/25
ERA-K/9 3.91/6.4 /0.0 3.06/5.1 0.69/14.5 5.87/7.0 0.56/8.4 1.50/4.5 4.80/7.8 1.35/7.7 3.81/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramos (5-1-1)
 Suzuki (11-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 104/.213 / 77/.246 51/.152 33/.394 58/.172 19/.125 62/.208 78/.113 .231  Harper
 Bernadina
 Span
 Werth
 Moore
28/1/2/3
0/4/5/1
0/28/0/1
0/0/27/1
4/0/2/0
OPS .686 .727 .409 .909 .414 .576 .703 .434 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/1.127 / 21/.619 29/.476 13/.385 26/.423 6/.533 22/.420 21/.333 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.549 / 56/.768 22/.325 20/1.250 32/.406 13/.594 40/.875 57/.454 .713
Home 46/.205 / 21/.616 24/.304 9/.667 32/.281 12/.250 32/.536 46/.613
Last 28d days 79/.797 / 68/.802 44/.402 33/.909 47/.426 19/.576 53/.743 74/.460
HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 // 3/4/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/1 2/2/0 0/1/2 30/24/9
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·X·X···X o···oX·· ·X·X···X o··oX··· X···X··X X··X··X·
Pirates Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
30.Duke*
G/S/vB
52.Mattheus
G/S/vB
63.Rodriguez
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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 110/78 .178/.236/.327/.563 .573/.559 .533 88/.665 0/0 5/6
12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.714 21/1.172 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 11/.800 1/.000 87/62 .192/.241/.256/.497 .255/.597 .604 74/.503 0/0 1/3
2.Inge G/S/vP 12/.440 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 31/20 .300/.323/.333/.656 .636/.666 .000 31/.656 0/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 94/91 .291/.340/.477/.817 .667/.823 .683 80/.917 1/0 3/1
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 132/102 .328/.394/.513/.907 .948/.894 .839 108/.990 10/2 4/2
55.Martin G/S/vP 8/1.025 2/.000 22/1.217 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 5/.000 ··· 101/75 .270/.356/.539/.896 .696/.954 .780 84/1.033 1/1 6/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 6/.900 10/1.278 3/.833 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/2.400 3/1.334 119/92 .259/.319/.444/.764 .873/.729 .981 96/.760 6/1 4/0
17.McDonald G/S/vP 5/.400 2/5.000 3/1.334 3/.667 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 26/21 .087/.192/.130/.323 .400/.293 .250 24/.303 0/0 0/2
19.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 25/12 .318/.400/.818/1.218 .538/2.139 1.667 21/1.376 0/0 3/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/5 .250/.250/.625/.875 1.667/.400 .875 8/.875 0/0 1/0
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.953 9/1.015 3/1.667 3/.667 1/.000 16/.599 7/.453 65/36 .259/.338/.556/.894 1.221/.599 .868 46/1.154 0/0 4/0
23.Snider* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 76/70 .294/.368/.397/.765 .533/.784 .967 69/.848 0/1 0/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP 6/.167 7/.286 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 55/34 .204/.278/.306/.584 .100/.895 .669 45/.677 1/0 1/0
IP 32.0 11.1 14.1 12.0 9.2 13.0 14.2 10.1 TOTAL .243/.310/.399/.709 .638/.733 .761 .787 19/5 33/20
ERA-K/9 5.34/10.1 3.97/8.0 6.28/6.3 3.00/7.5 3.72/6.5 2.77/8.3 2.45/10.4 5.23/10.5 3.58/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (15-8-3)
 McKenry (9-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 138/.220 47/.162 65/.305 52/.292 43/.147 49/.196 56/.220 47/.333 .243  McCutchen
 Inge
 Jones
 Snider
 Marte
 Tabata
0/29/0/3
0/0/1/1
0/0/8/1
1/0/20/1
28/4/0/1
5/0/12/0
OPS .722 .548 .813 .681 .561 .614 .593 .881 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.574 22/.283 20/.874 20/.976 21/.899 19/.655 21/.490 22/1.129 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.770 25/.796 45/.786 32/.491 22/.227 30/.588 35/.657 25/.680 .685
Road 45/1.020 19/.356 39/.874 26/.801 19/.760 22/.656 28/.491 16/1.313
Last 28d days 117/.785 37/.683 51/.705 35/.619 33/.453 36/.487 44/.567 37/.933
HR/SB/CS 4/0/2 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/1/0 1/3/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 2/1/0 30/17/3
Usage ····X··· o····X·o ····X··X ·X····X· ····o·X· o·XX···o ·X····X· ·····o·o

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.