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Game Preview: DET @ WSN, 1:05pm, Sunday, March 16, 2014 @Nationals Park

Tigers, 93-69, 93-69

SP: Justin Verlander (30, RHP, 13-12, 3.46)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-12) 218.1 212 94 84 75 217 19 3.46
2012 (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
2011 (24-5) 251.0 174 73 67 57 250 24 2.40
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.2 38 15 13 13 51 3 2.62 60
2013-09-29 @MIA ND 6.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 80 75
2013-09-23 @MIN ND 6.0 6 0 0 3 12 0 107 69
2013-09-18 SEA L 7.0 4 3 3 3 6 1 124 60
2013-09-13 KCR W 6.2 9 3 3 0 7 0 111 51
2013-09-07 @KCR L 7.0 8 4 4 1 7 1 114 51
2013-09-01 CLE ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 116 73
2013-08-27 OAK L 5.0 4 5 3 3 3 1 104 43
Last 5 v.WSN 2-0 14.0 11 4 4 5 17 2 2.57 64
2013-07-31 WSN W 6.0 4 1 1 5 6 0 103 61
2010-06-16 WSN W 8.0 7 3 3 0 11 2 116 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   51-30   Road:   42-39   ExtrInn: 6-13
 vsRHP:  66-46   vsLHP:  27-23   1-Run:  20-26
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:47-29   vsWest: 17-17 IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @MIA  L   0-1       93-69  1st  1.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28  @MIA  L   1-2 (10)  93-68  1st  2.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27  @MIA  L   2-3       93-67  1st  3.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 25  @MIN  W   1-0       93-66  1st  4.5 up
158 Tue, Sep 24  @MIN  W   4-2       92-66  1st  4.5 up
157 Mon, Sep 23  @MIN  L   3-4 (11)  91-66  1st  4.5 up
156 Sun, Sep 22   CHW  L   3-6       91-65  1st  5.0 up
155 Sat, Sep 21   CHW  W   7-6 (12)  91-64  1st  6.0 up
154 Fri, Sep 20   CHW  W  12-5       90-64  1st  6.0 up
153 Thu, Sep 19   SEA  W   5-4       89-64  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Nationals, 86-76, 86-76

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (27, RHP, 19-9, 3.25)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (19-9) 213.1 192 81 77 40 161 19 3.25
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 5-2 50.1 44 16 16 7 40 2 2.86 61
2013-09-25 @STL L 7.0 6 4 4 0 2 1 94 51
2013-09-20 MIA W 9.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 107 91
2013-09-15 PHI W 7.0 7 2 2 2 7 0 102 60
2013-09-10 @NYM W 5.0 8 3 3 1 4 0 85 42
2013-09-04 @PHI W 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 105 59
2013-08-30 NYM L 7.2 6 3 3 1 6 1 93 60
2013-08-24 @KCR W 7.2 8 2 2 1 7 0 114 61
Last 5 v.DET 1-0 7.0 7 1 1 2 7 0 1.29 64
2013-05-08 DET W 7.0 7 1 1 2 7 0 101 64
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

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 31, 2013 DET 11  WSN  1        W:Justin Verlander (11-8), L: Gio Gonzalez (7-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 30, 2013 DET  5  WSN  1        W:Anibal Sanchez (9-7), L: Stephen Strasburg (5-9), S: none
Thu, May 09, 2013 WSN  5  DET  4        W:Dan Haren (4-3), L: Doug Fister (4-1), S: Rafael Soriano (12)
Wed, May 08, 2013 WSN  3  DET  1        W:Jordan Zimmermann (6-1), L: Anibal Sanchez (3-3), S: Rafael Soriano (11)

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
Season Series: 2013 - tied 2-2; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 10-6

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.

Tigers Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
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		 38.Jordan
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/1.636 ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .700 / 2/0 9/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 ··· 14/.557 ··· 1/.000 8/.250 ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 4/.500 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 .913 / 4/1 44/13
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
20.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 32/.905 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 487/322 .257/.309/.378/.687 .783/.638 .672 / 46/13 8/8
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .812 / 1/1 8/3
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .250/.250/.333/.583 1.250/.250 .000 / 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.429 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 23/.434 ··· 31/.926 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 584/425 .313/.365/.451/.817 .868/.798 .832 / 9/1 16/4
1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 77/45 .118/.200/.191/.391 .536/.284 .448 / 1/0 1/2
14.Jackson G/S/vP 4/.500 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 14/.357 ··· 10/.311 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .861 / 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .488 / 2/0 1/3
3.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 8/.542 ··· ··· ··· 23/.849 ··· 14/1.198 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .611 / 21/9 19/18
4.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 416/315 .273/.317/.354/.671 .532/.715 .634 / 5/3 3/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 10/.000 ··· 12/1.333 ··· 1/2.000 4/3.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 / /// / / / /
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1 .500/.500/.500/1.000 .000/2.000 1.000 / 0/0 0/0
IP 195.2 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 TOTAL .283/.346/.434/.780 .764/.788 .742 35/20 176/76
ERA-K/9 2.94/7.0 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 /0.0 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 3.59/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Holaday (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 805/.251 261/.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 .249  Hunter
 Davis
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Lombardozzi
 Dirks
0/0/134/14
114/6/24/8
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
41/0/0/2
59/1/24/1
OPS .686 .637 .704 .621 .681 .683 .627 .582 .710 .885 .639 .636 .496 .649 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 419/.650 125/.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 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 386/.723 136/.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 .667
Home 403/.710 127/.781 52/.475 168/.735 371/.669 335/.658 28/.786 360/.550 / 150/.724 100/.733 / 142/.714 177/.566 61/.524 316/.709
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 18/10/2 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 15/14/2 142/95/20
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.

Nationals Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 56.Ortega
G/S/vB		 21.Porcello
G/S/vB		 39.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 33/.766 3/.000 1/.000 547/423 .292/.335/.511/.845 .902/.828 .888 / 21/6 25/15
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/.466 ··· ··· 658/475 .247/.315/.402/.717 .775/.694 .712 / 20/6 17/13
7.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 398/199 .263/.299/.504/.803 .867/.739 .740 / 8/2 20/1
34.Harper* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.411 ··· 1/.000 597/395 .270/.340/.477/.817 .715/.869 .832 / 18/6 22/7
26.Kobernus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.467 ··· ··· ··· 37/.548 8/1.089 1/.000 647/459 .271/.343/.510/.853 .825/.864 .871 / 1/1 33/7
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/27 .267/.389/.333/.722 1.306/.515 .895 / 0/0 0/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 8/.000 2/1.000 197/134 .222/.323/.317/.640 .751/.584 .602 / 0/1 2/4
15.McLouth* G/S/vP 13/.641 ··· ··· 7/.619 6/.367 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.555 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 12/.250 11/.282 2/.000 298/221 .241/.314/.380/.694 .581/.731 .832 / 12/1 7/1
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 171/70 .263/.327/.513/.840 .780/.929 .578 / 3/0 10/0
3.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 .500 / 3/0 0/0
40.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 18/.764 2/1.000 ··· 96/83 .265/.354/.398/.752 .762/.748 .604 / 0/0 3/1
6.Rendon G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Solano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/27 .314/.351/.571/.923 1.389/.758 .929 / 1/0 2/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 45/.877 1/no AB ··· 5/.650 13/.334 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 32/.785 ··· ··· ··· 9/.666 20/.879 7/1.000 568/392 .283/.342/.395/.738 .739/.737 .881 / 17/6 4/4
4.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
28.Werth G/S/vP 3/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/.539 ··· ··· 344/257 .300/.387/.440/.827 1.037/.755 .915 / 8/2 5/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/.628 6/.933 1/2.000 641/469 .282/.346/.478/.824 .861/.810 .908 / 5/2 25/19
IP 238.1 13.1 20.2 54.0 64.1 2.2 176.1 16.0 195.2 187.2 99.1 TOTAL .251/.313/.398/.710 .674/.723 .735 88/28 161/107
ERA-K/9 2.64/9.0 0.68/12.2 /0.0 4.35/9.6 4.00/8.5 /0.0 2.80/10.9 3.38/13.3 4.59/5.5 3.94/5.6 /0.0 /0.0 3.86/7.7 3.74/11.1 3.99/8.5 3.61/8.8

 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 956/.217 53/.133 / 95/.302 245/.324 / 257/.231 13/.250 783/.310 72/.302 / / 820/.265 787/.250 416/.247 .247  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 .601 .420 .835 .854 .631 .891 .808 .777 .716 .721 .732 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 536/.608 24/.345 / 37/.609 130/.685 / 151/.617 6/.167 415/.883 38/.890 / / 444/.645 436/.831 127/.671 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 420/.593 29/.484 / 58/.962 115/1.050 / 106/.650 7/1.429 368/.725 34/.653 / / 376/.797 351/.588 289/.759 .670
Road 511/.657 24/.604 / 47/.686 127/.902 / 108/.538 3/1.667 382/.813 46/.728 / / 430/.721 444/.749 223/.704
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 19/16/4 0/1/1 // 3/4/0 5/5/2 // 7/3/1 1/0/0 16/18/5 0/1/1 // // 20/23/4 23/15/9 12/8/6 128/128/29
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.