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Game Preview: DET @ WSN, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 @Nationals Park

Tigers, 19-11, 19-11 1st, 1½ up

SP: Anibal Sanchez (29, RHP, 3-2, 1.82)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 39.2 31 9 8 11 50 0 1.82
2012 (9-13) 195.2 200 95 84 48 167 20 3.86
2011 (8-9) 196.1 187 85 80 64 202 20 3.67
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.0 38 10 9 12 54 0 1.76 64
2013-05-01 MIN L 6.0 5 3 3 2 9 0 115 57
2013-04-26 ATL W 8.0 5 0 0 1 17 0 121 88
2013-04-19 @LAA L 6.2 11 3 2 0 3 0 92 45
2013-04-14 @OAK W 7.0 3 1 1 4 8 0 113 71
2013-04-09 TOR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 0 114 66
2013-04-03 @MIN ND 5.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 95 65
2012-09-30 @MIN ND 6.1 7 1 1 1 4 0 102 58
Last 5 v.WSN 3-0 34.0 18 6 4 8 38 2 1.06 71
2012-05-29 WSN W 7.0 3 1 0 1 5 0 101 73
2012-04-21 @WSN ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 8 2 85 67
2011-09-26 WSN ND 5.0 5 3 2 5 5 0 104 47
2011-05-14 @WSN W 8.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 114 83
2011-05-08 WSN W 7.0 2 0 0 0 11 0 117 84
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-4    Road:    9-7    ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  16-7    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sun, May  5  @HOU  W   9-0       19-11  1st  0.5 up
 29 Sat, May  4  @HOU  W  17-2       18-11  1st  0.5 up
 28 Fri, May  3  @HOU  W   4-3       17-11  1st  0.5 up
 27 Thu, May  2  @HOU  W   7-3 (14)  16-11  1st    Tied
 26 Wed, May  1   MIN  L   2-6       15-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 25 Tue, Apr 30   MIN  W   6-1       15-10  1st  0.5 up
 24 Mon, Apr 29   MIN  W   4-3       14-10  1st  0.5 up
 23 Sun, Apr 28   ATL  W   8-3       13-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Sat, Apr 27   ATL  W   7-4       12-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 21 Fri, Apr 26   ATL  W  10-0       11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Nationals, 17-15, 17-15 2nd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (27, RHP, 5-1, 1.64)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-1) 44.0 26 8 8 7 27 2 1.64
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 5-1 50.1 33 11 11 9 32 2 1.97 65
2013-05-01 @ATL W 8.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 107 86
2013-04-26 CIN W 9.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 91 88
2013-04-21 @NYM L 5.0 2 2 2 3 4 1 96 56
2013-04-15 @MIA W 9.0 6 3 3 1 6 0 103 68
2013-04-10 CHW W 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 0 90 59
2013-04-04 MIA W 6.0 8 1 1 2 1 1 89 51
2012-09-29 @STL ND 6.1 7 3 3 2 5 0 112 50
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-7    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-12   vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Sun, May  5  @PIT  W   6-2       17-15  2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 17, 2010 DET  8  WSN  3        W:Jeremy Bonderman (3-4), L: Luis Atilano (5-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 16, 2010 DET  8  WSN  3        W:Justin Verlander (8-4), L: Livan Hernandez (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 DET  7  WSN  4        W:Max Scherzer (3-6), L: John Lannan (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (14)
Wed, Jun 20, 2007 DET  8 @WSN  4        W:Jeremy Bonderman (8-0), L: Saul Rivera (1-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 DET 15 @WSN  1        W:Chad Durbin (6-3), L: Jason Simontacchi (4-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 18, 2007 DET  9 @WSN  8        W:Mike Maroth (5-2), L: Matt Chico (3-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 12, 2002 MON  2 @DET  1 (10)   W:Scott Stewart (2-1), L: Juan Acevedo (1-2), S: Graeme Lloyd (5)
Tue, Jun 11, 2002 DET  2  MON  1        W:Mark Redman (3-6), L: Matt Herges (2-1), S: Juan Acevedo (9)
Mon, Jun 10, 2002 DET  6  MON  4        W:Adam Bernero (2-2), L: Javier Vazquez (4-3), S: Juan Acevedo (8)
Sun, Jun 15, 1997 MON 10  DET  2        W:Jeff Juden (7-2), L: Brian Moehler (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 8-4

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.47

TEX  4.30

MIA  2.91

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

MIN  4.28

HOU  6.18

 BA

M. Cabrera  .385

J. Jaso  .270

A. Hicks  .122

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .465

D. Murphy  .328

J. Keppinger  .188

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .663

D. Brown  .425

A. Hicks  .200

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.098

O. Infante  .760

J. Keppinger  .397

 ERA

J. Westbrook  1.07

J. De La Rosa  3.52

P. Humber  8.82

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  14.18

J. Happ  7.09

J. Saunders  3.07

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

Tigers Batters (5.47 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
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
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 91/76 .193/.264/.349/.613 .133/.714 .475 63/.586 0/0 4/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 15/1.302 ··· 1/.000 8/.250 ··· ··· 142/109 .385/.465/.615/1.080 .966/1.111 .938 105/1.107 1/0 6/1
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 87/75 .243/.337/.365/.702 .586/.718 .683 62/.767 3/0 2/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 46/1.135 ··· ··· 5/2.600 8/.625 2/.500 140/95 .304/.429/.571/1.000 1.140/.935 .920 105/1.004 0/1 8/1
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 6/.000 ··· ··· 128/98 .361/.406/.479/.885 .774/.918 .936 90/.893 1/0 1/0
4.Infante G/S/vP 15/.771 12/.167 16/.751 4/.833 5/.200 2/1.000 5/.400 4/.000 110/80 .298/.327/.433/.760 .920/.698 .513 83/.750 1/0 3/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 146/109 .288/.352/.394/.746 .758/.742 .691 107/.719 5/0 2/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/31 .189/.286/.297/.583 .909/.450 .494 36/.628 1/0 0/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.225 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 130/90 .220/.277/.297/.574 .581/.570 .586 100/.634 0/0 1/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 40/15 .211/.231/.316/.547 .341/.867 .696 36/.552 0/0 1/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.708 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 125/91 .298/.339/.404/.742 1.071/.622 .709 95/.786 1/1 2/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 27/19 .154/.185/.269/.454 .679/.368 .650 19/.544 0/0 0/0
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 39/11 .324/.410/.471/.881 .654/1.364 .713 31/.832 0/0 1/0
IP 44.0 12.1 14.1 12.0 9.2 14.0 14.2 11.1 TOTAL .285/.352/.428/.780 .782/.779 .717 .793 13/2 31/9
ERA-K/9 1.64/5.5 3.65/8.0 6.28/6.3 3.00/7.5 3.72/6.5 2.57/7.7 2.45/10.4 4.76/9.6 3.53/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (13-6-3)
 Pena (5-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 165/.168 50/.150 65/.305 52/.292 43/.147 53/.200 56/.220 50/.313 .241  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/27/2
22/0/0/1
0/30/0/1
10/2/7/0
14/0/0/0
OPS .446 .511 .813 .681 .561 .625 .593 .827 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.428 22/.283 20/.874 20/.976 21/.899 21/.590 21/.490 23/1.076 .669
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/.464 28/.697 45/.786 32/.491 22/.227 32/.648 35/.657 27/.630 .683
Home 83/.491 28/.675 26/.710 26/.561 24/.333 27/.579 28/.696 31/.644
Last 28d days 112/.317 34/.457 51/.705 35/.619 33/.453 31/.366 38/.488 33/.988
HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/1/0 1/3/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 2/1/0 31/17/3
Usage ······X· ··oo···· ·······X ····X··· ·······o ··Xo·XX· ····X··· ··o·····
Nationals Batters (3.53 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 56.Ortega
G/S/vB		 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
33.Bernadina* G/S/vP 23/.317 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 31/23 .103/.161/.103/.265 .125/.310 .500 29/.245 0/0 0/0
20.Desmond G/S/vP 27/.890 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 129/102 .282/.295/.500/.795 .645/.834 .777 97/.730 4/1 4/7
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 15/.277 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/75 .185/.224/.370/.594 .761/.547 .485 66/.599 1/0 3/2
34.Harper* G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/89 .312/.400/.633/1.033 .531/1.240 1.265 92/.968 1/2 9/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 31/.426 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.555 110/84 .168/.273/.295/.567 .769/.507 .338 88/.552 1/0 3/1
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/37 .235/.264/.294/.558 .824/.428 .269 50/.505 0/0 0/1
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/19 .179/.214/.359/.573 .467/.684 .472 37/.655 0/0 1/0
40.Ramos G/S/vP 15/.929 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/28 .278/.333/.500/.833 .764/.860 .583 23/.435 0/1 2/3
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.167 13/.862 127/90 .278/.346/.330/.677 .543/.729 .749 92/.623 5/1 0/0
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 76/60 .234/.333/.422/.755 .517/.825 .659 61/.647 1/0 2/1
18.Tracy* G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 36/34 .152/.222/.152/.374 1.000/.335 .452 25/.414 0/1 0/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 31/.527 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 107/82 .260/.308/.400/.708 .598/.740 .697 74/.638 2/0 4/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 48/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 75/55 .222/.333/.365/.698 1.033/.585 .805 43/.738 1/0 1/5
IP 39.2 13.0 14.1 13.1 3.0 2.1 20.0 4.0 TOTAL .231/.295/.381/.675 .608/.699 .682 .619 16/7 30/26
ERA-K/9 1.82/11.3 2.08/15.9 1.88/10.7 2.70/12.2 0.00/15.0 0.00/15.7 1.35/9.4 0.00/6.8 3.36/9.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 159/.214 59/.208 57/.160 54/.204 9/.000 8/.000 75/.171 13/.000 .232  Harper
 Bernadina
 Span
 Werth
 Moore
28/1/2/3
1/4/5/1
0/29/0/1
0/0/27/1
4/0/3/0
OPS .542 .627 .583 .645 .000 .125 .455 .077 .638
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.545 25/.581 32/.595 23/.828 5/.000 4/.000 29/.212 6/.167 .583
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.538 34/.662 25/.566 31/.508 4/.000 4/.250 46/.608 7/.000 .694
Road 78/.563 31/.591 37/.464 29/.322 6/.000 8/.125 50/.584 4/.250
Last 28d days 112/.583 49/.622 39/.542 32/.813 9/.000 8/.125 50/.429 13/.077
HR/SB/CS 0/3/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 16/18/6
Usage ······X· ···X···X ·····X·o ··X··oX· ·····Xo· ·····X·· ····X··X ····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.