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Game Preview: DET @ WSN, 2:05pm, Saturday, March 29, 2014 @Nationals Park

Tigers, 93-69, 93-69

SP: Anibal Sanchez (29, RHP, 14-8, 2.57)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (14-8) 182.0 156 56 52 54 202 9 2.57
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 3-1 42.1 39 14 14 13 50 3 2.98 58
2013-09-28 @MIA ND 5.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 66 71
2013-09-22 CHW L 5.0 8 4 4 2 6 0 99 39
2013-09-17 SEA ND 6.1 6 2 2 2 10 1 125 61
2013-09-11 @CHW W 7.1 5 0 0 4 10 0 116 74
2013-09-06 @KCR W 7.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 98 63
2013-08-31 CLE W 6.2 6 3 3 1 5 1 106 54
2013-08-26 OAK ND 5.0 5 4 4 3 6 1 112 44
Last 5 v.WSN 2-1 32.0 26 10 7 8 27 3 1.97 61
2013-07-30 WSN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 1 0 95 62
2013-05-08 @WSN L 6.0 8 3 2 0 8 1 98 54
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
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: Tanner Roark (26, RHP, 7-1, 1.51)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-1) 53.2 38 11 9 11 40 1 1.51
Last 7 GS 3-1 31.0 24 7 6 4 21 1 1.74 62
2013-09-29 @ARI ND 7.0 3 1 0 1 3 0 95 71
2013-09-23 @STL L 5.0 9 4 4 1 5 1 97 37
2013-09-17 ATL W 7.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 101 78
2013-09-12 @NYM W 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 78 54
2013-09-07 @MIA W 6.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 71 68
Has never faced DET 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
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

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 57.Roark
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB
58.Fister
G/S/vB
47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
38.Jordan
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 11/1.636 2/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 3/.333 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .700 / 2/0 9/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 14/.557 ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.666 697/502 .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 ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .812 / 1/1 8/3
28.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 6/.833 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 5/.450 2/.000 6/.834 ··· 8/.750 89/69 .259/.326/.457/.783 .671/.816 .864 / 1/1 4/3
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .250/.250/.333/.583 1.250/.250 .000 / 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 8/.393 ··· ··· 23/.434 31/.926 ··· 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 7/.429 584/425 .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 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 14/.357 10/.311 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .861 / 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 12/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 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 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .611 / 21/9 19/18
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 10/.000 12/1.333 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· / /// / / / /
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/17 .412/.500/.412/.912 .833/.929 .912 / 1/0 0/2
IP 65.1 72.2 164.1 161.2 199.1 67.2 88.1 30.1 159.1 195.2 TOTAL .283/.346/.434/.780 .764/.788 .742 35/20 176/76
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.48/7.4 3.72/10.4 3.40/5.8 3.45/7.6 2.89/9.3 /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)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Holaday (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 261/.201 307/.204 686/.241 673/.249 822/.206 / 279/.217 370/.215 116/.210 653/.230 805/.251 .249  Hunter
 Davis
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Dirks
0/0/134/14
114/6/24/8
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
59/1/24/1
OPS .637 .621 .681 .683 .582 .639 .636 .496 .649 .686 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 125/.575 156/.519 165/.513 387/.734 178/.659 / 155/.713 135/.605 41/.635 344/.714 419/.650 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 136/.693 151/.725 521/.734 286/.611 644/.561 / 124/.549 235/.655 75/.418 309/.578 386/.723 .667
Home / 127/.781 168/.735 371/.669 335/.658 360/.550 / 142/.714 177/.566 61/.524 316/.709 403/.710
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 7/4/3 7/8/0 15/3/2 15/2/4 9/12/1 // 6/3/1 7/12/1 0/6/0 15/14/2 18/10/2 142/95/20
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 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
21.Porcello
G/S/vB
39.Putkonen
G/S/vB
57.Reed
G/S/vB
43.Rondon
G/S/vB
37.Scherzer
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
35.Verlander
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP 33/.766 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 6/.333 547/423 .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
205.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 210/142 .338/.383/.451/.834 .980/.762 1.011 / 0/1 2/7
7.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 398/199 .263/.299/.504/.803 .867/.739 .740 / 8/2 20/1
34.Harper* G/S/vP 10/1.411 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 597/395 .270/.340/.477/.817 .715/.869 .832 / 18/6 22/7
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 37/.548 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.467 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.089 1/.000 3/.000 647/459 .271/.343/.510/.853 .825/.864 .871 / 1/1 33/7
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 197/134 .222/.323/.317/.640 .751/.584 .602 / 0/1 2/4
15.McLouth* G/S/vP 12/.250 ··· 7/.619 6/.367 ··· ··· 9/.555 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 11/.282 2/.000 13/.641 298/221 .241/.314/.380/.694 .581/.731 .832 / 12/1 7/1
40.Ramos G/S/vP 18/.764 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 96/83 .265/.354/.398/.752 .762/.748 .604 / 0/0 3/1
6.Rendon G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 / /// / / / /
2.Span* G/S/vP 9/.666 1/no AB 5/.650 13/.334 ··· 2/.000 32/.785 ··· ··· ··· 20/.879 7/1.000 45/.877 568/392 .283/.342/.395/.738 .739/.737 .881 / 17/6 4/4
28.Werth G/S/vP 34/.539 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/no AB 344/257 .300/.387/.440/.827 1.037/.755 .915 / 8/2 5/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 54/.628 1/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.933 1/2.000 6/.167 641/469 .282/.346/.478/.824 .861/.810 .908 / 5/2 25/19
IP 195.2 13.1 20.2 54.0 64.1 176.1 16.0 187.2 99.1 238.1 TOTAL .251/.313/.398/.710 .674/.723 .735 88/28 161/107
ERA-K/9 3.86/7.7 0.68/12.2 4.35/9.6 4.00/8.5 /0.0 2.80/10.9 4.59/5.5 3.94/5.6 /0.0 /0.0 3.74/11.1 3.99/8.5 2.64/9.0 3.61/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (42-8-0)
 Ramos (19-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 820/.265 53/.133 95/.302 245/.324 / 257/.231 783/.310 72/.302 / / 787/.250 416/.247 956/.217 .247  Harper
 Span
 Werth
 Hairston
 McLouth
7/92/65/8
0/125/0/6
0/11/76/4
59/14/48/1
64/10/3/1
OPS .716 .420 .835 .854 .631 .808 .777 .721 .732 .601 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 444/.645 24/.345 37/.609 130/.685 / 151/.617 415/.883 38/.890 / / 436/.831 127/.671 536/.608 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 376/.797 29/.484 58/.962 115/1.050 / 106/.650 368/.725 34/.653 / / 351/.588 289/.759 420/.593 .670
Road 430/.721 24/.604 47/.686 127/.902 / 108/.538 382/.813 46/.728 / / 444/.749 223/.704 511/.657
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 20/23/4 0/1/1 3/4/0 5/5/2 // 7/3/1 16/18/5 0/1/1 // // 23/15/9 12/8/6 19/16/4 128/128/29
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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.