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Game Preview: WSN @ STL, 1:05pm, Saturday, March 8, 2014 @Busch Stadium III

Nationals, 86-76, 86-76

SP: Taylor Jordan (24, RHP, 1-3, 3.66)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-3) 51.2 59 27 21 11 29 3 3.66
Last 7 GS 1-2 41.2 48 22 18 9 25 3 3.89 48
2013-08-16 @ATL ND 6.0 7 2 0 3 3 0 94 54
2013-08-10 PHI ND 5.0 7 4 4 1 3 1 77 39
2013-08-04 @MIL ND 5.1 4 4 4 2 2 0 85 44
2013-07-28 NYM W 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 87 64
2013-07-23 PIT L 7.2 9 5 4 1 4 1 99 46
2013-07-14 @MIA ND 6.0 8 2 2 0 4 1 73 52
2013-07-09 @PHI L 5.2 8 4 3 1 2 0 89 40
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   47-34   Road:   39-42   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  60-56   vsLHP:  26-20   1-Run:  28-24
 vsEast: 43-33   vsCntrl:15-19   vsWest: 17-15 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @ARI  L   2-3       86-76  2nd 10.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @ARI  W   2-0       86-75  2nd  9.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @ARI  W   8-4       85-75  2nd 10.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25  @STL  L   1-4       84-75  2nd  9.5 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24  @STL  L   0-2       84-74  2nd  9.5 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23  @STL  L   3-4       84-73  2nd  8.5 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22   MIA  W   5-4       84-72  2nd  8.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22   MIA  L   2-4       83-72  2nd  8.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20   MIA  W   8-0       83-71  2nd  8.5 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19   MIA  W   3-2       82-71  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Cardinals, 97-65, 97-65

SP: (2013, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced WSN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   54-27   Road:   43-38   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  78-42   vsLHP:  19-23   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast: 23-10   vsCntrl:46-30   vsWest: 18-15 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   CHC  W   4-0       97-65  1st  3.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28   CHC  W   6-2       96-65  1st  3.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27   CHC  W   7-0       95-65  1st  3.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 25   WSN  W   4-1       94-65  1st  3.0 up
158 Tue, Sep 24   WSN  W   2-0       93-65  1st  2.0 up
157 Mon, Sep 23   WSN  W   4-3       92-65  1st  2.0 up
156 Sun, Sep 22  @MIL  L   4-6       91-65  1st  2.0 up
155 Sat, Sep 21  @MIL  W   7-2       91-64  1st  2.0 up
154 Fri, Sep 20  @MIL  W   7-6 (10)  90-64  1st  2.0 up
153 Thu, Sep 19  @COL  L   6-7 (15)  89-64  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 25, 2013 STL  4  WSN  1        W:Shelby Miller (15-9), L: Jordan Zimmermann (19-9), S: Trevor Rosenthal (3)
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 STL  2  WSN  0        W:Michael Wacha (4-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (11-8), S: Trevor Rosenthal (2)
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 STL  4  WSN  3        W:Adam Wainwright (18-9), L: Tanner Roark (7-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)
Wed, Apr 24, 2013 STL  4 @WSN  2        W:Jaime Garcia (2-1), L: Stephen Strasburg (1-4), S: Edward Mujica (4)
Tue, Apr 23, 2013 STL  2 @WSN  0        W:Adam Wainwright (4-1), L: Ross Detwiler (1-1), S: Edward Mujica (3)
Mon, Apr 22, 2013 STL  3 @WSN  2        W:Shelby Miller (3-1), L: Dan Haren (1-3), S: Edward Mujica (2)

Sun, Sep 30, 2012 STL 10  WSN  4        W:Lance Lynn (18-7), L: Ross Detwiler (10-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 WSN  6 @STL  4 (10)   W:Drew Storen (3-1), L: Sam Freeman (0-2), S: Craig Stammen (1)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 STL 12  WSN  2        W:Adam Wainwright (14-13), L: Edwin Jackson (9-11), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 WSN  4  STL  3        W:Ryan Mattheus (5-1), L: Lance Lynn (13-6), S: Tyler Clippard (29)
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 6-0; 2012 - WSN won 4-3; 2011 - WSN won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 301-285

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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 62.Martinez
G/S/vB		 40.Miller
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 52.Wacha
G/S/vB		 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 13/.879 1/.000 5/1.350 ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 14/.572 547/423 .292/.335/.511/.845 .902/.828 .795 / 21/6 25/15
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 11/.728 3/.000 4/2.417 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 658/475 .247/.315/.402/.717 .775/.694 .721 / 20/6 17/13
7.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/1.834 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 398/199 .263/.299/.504/.803 .867/.739 .863 / 8/2 20/1
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.834 ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 3/1.000 3/.667 1/.000 3/.000 13/1.342 597/395 .270/.340/.477/.817 .715/.869 .802 / 18/6 22/7
26.Kobernus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 11/.523 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 4/1.417 5/.000 ··· 3/.333 37/.641 647/459 .271/.343/.510/.853 .825/.864 .836 / 1/1 33/7
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/27 .267/.389/.333/.722 1.306/.515 .273 / 0/0 0/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 197/134 .222/.323/.317/.640 .751/.584 .675 / 0/1 2/4
15.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 16/.962 298/221 .241/.314/.380/.694 .581/.731 .559 / 12/1 7/1
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 171/70 .263/.327/.513/.840 .780/.929 1.073 / 3/0 10/0
3.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 .000 / 3/0 0/0
40.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 96/83 .265/.354/.398/.752 .762/.748 .913 / 0/0 3/1
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.334 / /// / / / /
23.Solano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/27 .314/.351/.571/.923 1.389/.758 .919 / 1/0 2/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 11/.364 568/392 .283/.342/.395/.738 .739/.737 .593 / 17/6 4/4
4.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 17/.886 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.533 8/1.339 4/1.833 ··· 3/.000 25/.762 344/257 .300/.387/.440/.827 1.037/.755 .720 / 8/2 5/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 9/.444 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 29/.655 641/469 .282/.346/.478/.824 .861/.810 .746 / 5/2 25/19
IP 38.2 20.0 121.2 107.0 176.0 13.2 72.0 22.2 198.2 TOTAL .251/.313/.398/.710 .674/.723 .686 88/28 161/107
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.03/8.8 5.40/8.1 3.92/7.2 3.53/6.3 3.78/9.2 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 1.32/10.5 2.75/10.8 2.78/9.9 /0.0 /0.0 3.94/8.3 3.43/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (6-1-3)
 Lobaton (42-8-0)
 Ramos (19-4-2)
 Solano (5-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 168/.206 86/.230 515/.289 457/.271 744/.253 / / / 54/.184 279/.191 89/.175 / / 831/.259 .249  Harper
 Span
 Werth
 Hairston
 Moore
 McLouth
 Perez
7/92/65/8
0/125/0/6
0/11/76/4
59/14/48/1
40/0/2/1
64/10/3/1
3/4/0/0
OPS .569 .654 .730 .740 .728 .463 .576 .513 .701 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 116/.461 39/.808 102/.649 200/.917 370/.841 / / / 22/.485 134/.381 36/.395 / / 390/.724 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 52/.821 47/.534 413/.750 257/.607 374/.624 / / / 32/.445 145/.756 53/.597 / / 441/.681 .667
Home / 84/.517 30/.553 248/.668 288/.736 314/.655 / / / 28/.259 160/.556 36/.473 / / 452/.705
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 1/2/0 2/1/0 7/4/5 10/8/5 16/9/9 // // // 0/0/0 9/3/2 2/1/1 // // 15/2/3 112/39/26
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Jordan
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 71.Garcia
G/S/vB		 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 52.Mattheus
G/S/vB		 43.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB		 57.Roark
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB		 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 91/70 .244/.286/.384/.669 .440/.739 .759 / 0/0 2/3
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/1.181 ··· 13/.308 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 195/117 .220/.291/.315/.606 .606/.607 .613 / 3/1 3/1
56.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 3/2.000 10/.500 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .890 / 1/1 6/9
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 6/.000 5/.400 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .933 / 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .563 / 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 5/.000 8/.804 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .620 / 6/3 4/15
3.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 7/.714 21/.572 ··· 6/.200 3/.000 6/.533 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 7/.619 464/317 .258/.333/.364/.697 .877/.612 .770 / 5/0 7/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 5/1.350 ··· 2/.500 4/.250 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/1.025 6/.533 6/1.500 14/1.100 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .884 / 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.071 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 5/.450 3/.000 12/.955 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .948 / 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.333 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 5/.000 4/1.250 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 1.009 / 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.000 5/.800 3/.666 4/.500 6/.334 6/.834 3/.666 16/.967 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .881 / 12/3 22/3
60.Ortega* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .500/.667/.500/1.167 .000/2.000 / 1/0 0/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 7/.929 ··· 1/no AB ··· 9/.444 ··· 19/.868 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 5/.650 3/1.334 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .729 / 1/2 13/7
63.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .597 / 1/0 3/2
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 65.1 31.0 72.2 164.1 161.2 12.2 199.1 66.1 48.2 67.2 88.1 30.1 159.1 195.2 TOTAL .269/.332/.401/.733 .672/.755 .739 45/22 125/75
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.48/7.4 3.77/10.5 3.72/10.4 3.40/5.8 3.45/7.6 2.13/10.6 2.89/9.3 2.85/5.6 7.77/7.2 /0.0 2.26/9.2 2.34/8.9 2.37/7.1 3.16/11.1 2.94/7.0 3.59/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (18-8-3)
 Molina (38-35-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 261/.201 138/.254 307/.204 686/.241 673/.249 48/.186 822/.206 265/.241 233/.304 / 279/.217 370/.215 116/.210 653/.230 805/.251 .249  Holliday
 Robinson
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
 Jay
 Craig
 Ortega
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
0/90/0/2
7/0/15/1
0/116/0/1
8/0/23/1
0/1/0/0
OPS .637 .704 .621 .681 .683 .627 .582 .710 .885 .639 .636 .496 .649 .686 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 125/.575 70/.616 156/.519 165/.513 387/.734 16/.913 178/.659 99/.784 117/.861 / 155/.713 135/.605 41/.635 344/.714 419/.650 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 136/.693 68/.797 151/.725 521/.734 286/.611 32/.476 644/.561 166/.666 116/.906 / 124/.549 235/.655 75/.418 309/.578 386/.723 .667
Road / 134/.500 86/.845 139/.480 315/.695 338/.708 20/.330 462/.608 115/.691 133/1.006 / 137/.563 193/.700 55/.463 337/.591 402/.661
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 7/4/3 3/3/0 7/8/0 15/3/2 15/2/4 2/0/0 9/12/1 8/2/1 7/10/0 // 6/3/1 7/12/1 0/6/0 15/14/2 18/10/2 142/95/20
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

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.