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Game Preview: ATL @ WSN, 1:35pm, Sunday, April 14, 2013 @Nationals Park

Braves, 10-1, 10-1 1st, 3 up

SP: Paul Maholm (31, LHP, 2-0, 0.00)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 12.2 7 0 0 4 13 0 0.00
2012 (13-11) 189.0 178 80 77 53 140 20 3.67
2011 (6-14) 162.1 160 72 66 50 97 11 3.66
Last 7 GS 4-2 42.2 35 12 10 13 40 2 2.11 59
2013-04-08 @MIA W 7.0 1 0 0 3 7 0 98 79
2013-04-03 PHI W 5.2 6 0 0 1 6 0 97 62
2012-10-01 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 3 8 1 105 64
2012-09-26 MIA W 6.2 5 0 0 0 6 0 104 70
2012-09-18 @MIA ND 6.2 4 2 2 1 5 0 103 62
2012-09-12 @MIL L 4.1 9 8 6 2 2 1 86 17
2012-09-07 @NYM W 5.1 5 0 0 3 6 0 104 61
Last 5 v.WSN 1-4 31.0 31 20 20 9 28 5 5.81 48
2012-08-21 @WSN L 7.0 7 4 4 1 6 2 99 52
2011-05-16 @WSN L 6.1 4 3 3 2 7 1 102 58
2011-04-25 WSN W 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 0 99 67
2010-09-04 WSN L 4.1 9 7 7 2 4 1 85 19
2009-08-02 WSN L 6.1 7 4 4 2 3 1 98 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-1    Road:    5-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-0    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  7-1    vsCntrl: 3-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 13  @WSN  W   3-1       10-1   1st  3.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 12  @WSN  W   6-4 (10)   9-1   1st  2.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 10  @MIA  W   8-0        8-1   1st  1.5 up
  8 Tue, Apr  9  @MIA  W   3-2        7-1   1st  1.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr  8  @MIA  W   2-0        6-1   1st  1.0 up
  6 Sun, Apr  7   CHC  W   5-1        5-1   1st  1.0 up
  5 Sat, Apr  6   CHC  W   6-5        4-1   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  5   CHC  W   4-1        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  4   PHI  L   0-2        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  3   PHI  W   9-2        2-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:10-1    Last 30:10-1
Nationals, 7-4, 7-4 2nd, 3 GB, tied for WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (27, LHP, 1-0, 0.82)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-0) 11.0 6 1 1 4 12 0 0.82
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 5-1 42.0 25 9 7 17 43 1 1.50 64
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
2012-09-22 MIL W 7.0 3 2 0 1 5 0 90 71
2012-09-16 @ATL L 5.0 4 2 2 4 5 0 110 52
2012-09-10 @NYM W 6.0 3 1 1 5 6 1 104 63
2012-09-05 CHC W 7.0 3 0 0 0 9 0 93 80
Last 5 v.ATL 2-2 21.2 17 11 11 14 24 1 4.57 52
2012-09-16 @ATL L 5.0 4 2 2 4 5 0 110 52
2012-07-01 @ATL W 5.0 5 4 4 4 4 1 114 41
2012-06-03 ATL L 4.2 7 3 3 3 5 0 91 40
2012-05-27 @ATL W 7.0 1 2 2 3 10 0 108 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-2    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-4    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 13   ATL  L   1-3        7-4   2nd  3.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 12   ATL  L   4-6 (10)   7-3   2nd  2.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 11   CHW  W   7-4        7-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 10   CHW  W   5-2        6-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  9   CHW  W   8-7        5-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7  @CIN  L   3-6        4-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6  @CIN  W   7-6 (11)   4-1   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  5  @CIN  L   0-15       3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  4   MIA  W   6-1        3-0   1st  1.0 up
  2 Wed, Apr  3   MIA  W   3-0        2-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-4    Last 30: 7-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 ATL  3 @WSN  1        W:Tim Hudson (2-0), L: Stephen Strasburg (1-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (6)
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 ATL  6 @WSN  4 (10)   W:Eric O'Flaherty (2-0), L: Craig Stammen (2-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (5)

Sun, Sep 16, 2012 ATL  5  WSN  1        W:Mike Minor (9-10), L: Gio Gonzalez (19-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 ATL  5  WSN  4        W:Eric O'Flaherty (3-0), L: Ryan Mattheus (5-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (36)
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 ATL  2  WSN  1        W:Craig Kimbrel (2-1), L: Sean Burnett (1-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 ATL  5 @WSN  1        W:Kris Medlen (5-1), L: Ross Detwiler (7-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 WSN  4  ATL  1        W:Stephen Strasburg (15-5), L: Paul Maholm (11-8), S: Tyler Clippard (28)
Mon, Aug 20, 2012 WSN  5  ATL  4 (13)   W:Craig Stammen (6-1), L: Cristhian Martinez (5-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 WSN  9  ATL  2        W:Ross Detwiler (5-3), L: Jair Jurrjens (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2012 WSN  5  ATL  2        W:John Lannan (1-0), L: Cristhian Martinez (4-2), S: Tyler Clippard (16)
Season Series: 2013 - ATL over 2-0; 2012 - WSN won 10-8; 2011 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - ATL leads 316-287

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.

Braves Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.55 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 8/.929 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 30/30 .138/.133/.172/.306 /.306 .400 1/ 0/0 0/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 205/165 .234/.278/.432/.710 .468/.768 .580 34/.658 1/1 9/6
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 34/1.178 / /
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 12/.666 10/1.575 6/1.583 2/.500 4/.500 1/.000 5/.800 5/.650 651/394 .269/.335/.479/.814 .635/.934 .875 45/.460 21/8 27/5
23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 8/.500 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/1.400 528/377 .281/.326/.451/.777 .672/.819 .743 34/.851 5/1 15/19
7.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.667 4/.250 24/.917 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 288/127 .290/.337/.398/.735 .798/.654 .827 10/.422 2/2 3/2
11.Laird G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 14/.929 0/0 2/4
14.Pena# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/2.000 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 18/1.092 0/0 0/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/2.000 4/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 360/303 .211/.297/.294/.591 .356/.636 .544 7/1.286 27/9 4/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 182/117 .289/.335/.416/.751 .796/.726 .651 37/.445 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 11/.878 17/.651 19/1.446 3/.333 5/.000 14/1.583 20/.578 11/1.364 630/420 .220/.348/.384/.732 .776/.710 .803 45/.685 4/3 19/12
2.Upton G/S/vP 11/.182 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 5/.400 ··· 633/454 .246/.298/.454/.752 .792/.737 .687 43/.394 31/6 28/3
8.Upton G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.000 12/.944 4/.000 3/.333 2/.000 7/.686 3/.833 628/439 .280/.355/.430/.785 .830/.766 .670 48/1.256 18/8 17/5
IP 199.1 72.2 13.2 66.1 29.1 67.2 88.1 30.1 TOTAL .252/.327/.434/.760 .613/.830 .745 .760 8/2 18/8
ERA-K/9 2.89/9.3 3.72/10.4 1.32/6.6 2.85/5.6 5.83/9.5 2.26/9.2 2.34/8.9 2.37/7.1 3.96/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 822/.206 307/.204 56/.212 265/.241 131/.181 279/.217 370/.215 116/.210 .273  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Johnson
 DeWitt
 Johnson
0/2/154/11
0/142/0/10
0/0/149/6
0/87/0/4
37/32/29/3
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .582 .621 .556 .710 .640 .639 .636 .496 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.659 156/.519 16/.646 99/.784 59/.710 155/.713 135/.605 41/.635 .827
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 644/.561 151/.725 40/.520 166/.666 72/.581 124/.549 235/.655 75/.418 .714
Home 360/.550 168/.735 34/.594 150/.724 66/.384 142/.714 177/.566 61/.524
Last 28d days 41/.500 25/.620 17/.978 32/.820 15/.750 26/.908 23/.965 25/.681
HR/SB/CS 9/12/1 7/8/0 0/3/0 8/2/1 4/7/2 6/3/1 7/12/1 0/6/0 13/7/2
Usage ····X··· ·Xo·X··o o······· X·X···X· X·····o· ··XoX··X ·X··X··X ·X·oo··X

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 (4.18 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (2.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 48.Ayala
G/S/vB		 53.Gearrin
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
33.Bernadina* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 261/233 .291/.372/.405/.777 .940/.758 .764 3/.333 15/3 5/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP 12/1.300 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 7/.000 7/.310 4/.000 1/2.000 547/423 .292/.335/.511/.845 .902/.828 .888 43/.888 21/6 25/15
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 10/.200 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 7/.714 8/.536 3/.333 2/2.500 658/465 .247/.315/.402/.717 .775/.694 .712 42/.564 20/6 17/13
34.Harper* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 3/.666 ··· 597/395 .270/.340/.477/.817 .715/.869 .832 46/1.157 18/6 22/7
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 11/.899 2/.000 6/.367 ··· 6/.000 11/.664 3/.666 1/.000 647/459 .271/.343/.510/.853 .825/.864 .871 33/.609 1/1 33/7
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 416/315 .273/.317/.354/.671 .532/.715 .716 6/.900 5/3 3/4
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 171/70 .263/.327/.513/.840 .780/.929 .578 6/.000 3/0 10/0
40.Ramos G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 96/83 .265/.354/.398/.752 .762/.748 .604 23/.991 0/0 3/1
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 568/392 .283/.342/.395/.738 .739/.737 .881 49/.824 17/6 4/4
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 5/1.400 442/341 .235/.276/.328/.605 .628/.598 .542 19/1.060 2/0 6/5
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 7/1.071 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 105/96 .269/.343/.441/.784 1.000/.760 .847 13/.237 0/0 3/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 29/.986 2/.000 7/.286 2/.000 8/.536 7/.143 ··· ··· 344/257 .300/.387/.440/.827 1.037/.755 .915 47/.798 8/2 5/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 22/.697 1/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 7/.143 11/.364 4/1.000 2/2.500 641/469 .282/.346/.478/.824 .861/.810 .908 44/.692 5/2 25/19
IP 189.0 36.0 75.0 20.0 62.2 57.1 16.2 39.0 TOTAL .254/.323/.462/.785 .680/.809 .797 .785 6/3 17/10
ERA-K/9 3.67/6.7 2.00/8.2 2.64/6.1 1.80/9.0 1.01/16.7 1.73/7.2 5.40/11.3 3.46/11.1 1.98/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramos (19-4-2)
 Suzuki (65-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 786/.250 142/.211 320/.272 80/.233 231/.126 230/.229 76/.250 172/.229 .206  Harper
 Span
 Werth
 Bernadina
 Lombardozzi
 Moore
7/92/65/8
0/125/0/6
0/11/76/4
57/37/7/3
41/0/0/2
40/0/2/1
OPS .714 .547 .717 .642 .358 .602 .766 .674 .559
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 176/.703 58/.528 144/.759 32/.992 122/.331 78/.305 39/.869 87/.606 .611
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 610/.718 84/.559 176/.683 48/.411 109/.387 152/.759 37/.656 85/.743 .511
Road 405/.771 74/.654 153/.739 30/.633 105/.334 135/.597 23/.961 82/.717
Last 28d days 50/.418 15/.481 13/.923 11/.182 20/.206 25/.467 24/.467 16/.688
HR/SB/CS 20/6/6 1/2/0 7/5/0 1/1/0 3/8/1 3/1/2 2/0/0 3/5/2 6/10/1
Usage ·····X·· ······X· ·o······ ···X···o oo··oX·· oo··Xo·X ···X···X ·o····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.