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Washington Nationals vs. Texas Rangers, at Nationals Park, May 30, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 30, 2014
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
Nationals Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Nationals Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Ron Washington
Game #:
55
On This Date:
26-26
Nationals
Manager:
Matt Williams
Game #:
54
On This Date:
16-28
Season Series

Fri, May 30, 2014 TEX    @WSN  7:05pm
Sat, May 31, 2014 TEX    @WSN 12:05pm
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 TEX    @WSN  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
28-26, 3rd, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-13   Road:   15-13   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  20-17   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 8-3    vsWest: 13-11 IL: 3-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Thu, May 29  @MIN  W   5-4       28-26  3rd  4.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28  @MIN  W   1-0       27-26  3rd  5.0 gb
 52 Tue, May 27  @MIN  L   3-4       26-26  3rd  5.0 gb
 51 Mon, May 26  @MIN  W   7-2       26-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @DET  W  12-4       25-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @DET  W  12-2       24-25  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @DET  L   2-7       23-25  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @DET  W   9-2       23-24  4th  7.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   SEA  W   4-3       22-24  4th  8.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   SEA  L   2-6       21-24  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Washington Nationals
25-27, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-14   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  17-21   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:   6-11
 vsEast: 12-11   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Wed, May 28   MIA  L   5-8 (10)  25-27  3rd  3.0 gb
 51 Mon, May 26   MIA  L   2-3       25-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @PIT  W   5-2       25-25  3rd  3.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @PIT  L   2-3       24-25  3rd  3.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @PIT  L   3-4       24-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @PIT  L   1-3       24-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   CIN  L   1-2       24-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   CIN  W   9-4       24-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 19   CIN  L   3-4 (15)  23-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18   NYM  W   6-3       23-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 TEX  5 @WSN  3        W:Vicente Padilla (10-3), L: Luis Ayala (1-4), S: C.J. Wilson (15)
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 TEX 13 @WSN  3        W:Kason Gabbard (2-3), L: Garrett Mock (0-2), S: Luis Mendoza (1)
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 WSN  4  TEX  3 (14)   W:Joel Hanrahan (3-2), L: Jamey Wright (4-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 WSN  8 @TEX  2        W:Travis Hughes (1-0), L: C.J. Wilson (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 TEX  7  WSN  4        W:Ricardo Rodriguez (2-0), L: Tony Armas (3-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 TEX  8  WSN  1        W:Kenny Rogers (9-2), L: John Patterson (3-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2003 MON  3  TEX  2        W:Scott Stewart (3-1), L: Francisco Cordero (2-6), S: Rocky Biddle (16)
Sat, Jun 07, 2003 MON  5  TEX  4        W:Claudio Vargas (3-2), L: Brian Shouse (0-1), S: Luis Ayala (1)
Fri, Jun 06, 2003 MON 13  TEX 10        W:Livan Hernandez (5-4), L: Colby Lewis (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - WSN leads 5-4

SP: Colby Lewis (34, RHP, 4-3, 5.10)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-3) 42.1 59 24 24 15 37 4 5.10
2012 (6-6) 105.0 99 48 40 14 93 16 3.43
2011 (14-10) 200.1 187 103 98 56 169 35 4.40
Last 7 GS 4-2 37.0 51 20 20 15 33 3 4.86 44
2014-05-25 @DET W 5.2 5 2 2 5 2 0 108 48
2014-05-20 SEA L 6.0 9 5 5 3 6 0 104 37
2014-05-12 @HOU W 5.2 7 0 0 2 8 0 108 61
2014-05-07 COL L 3.2 12 7 7 0 1 1 79 10
2014-05-02 @LAA W 5.2 7 2 2 1 6 0 87 52
2014-04-26 @SEA ND 5.0 5 3 3 3 6 2 91 48
2014-04-19 CHW W 5.1 6 1 1 1 4 0 85 55
Last 5 v.WSN 0-1 3.0 7 7 7 4 3 0 21.00 16
2003-06-06 @MON L 3.0 7 7 7 4 3 0 79 16

SP: Stephen Strasburg (25, RHP, 3-4, 3.42)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-4) 68.1 70 32 26 18 81 5 3.42
2013 (8-9) 183.0 136 71 61 56 191 16 3.00
2012 (15-6) 159.1 136 62 56 48 197 15 3.16
Last 7 GS 2-2 47.1 46 15 12 9 48 2 2.28 60
2014-05-24 @PIT L 7.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 110 56
2014-05-19 CIN ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 96 60
2014-05-13 @ARI L 7.0 8 3 3 0 6 0 98 55
2014-05-07 LAD W 7.1 7 2 2 2 6 0 114 60
2014-05-02 @PHI ND 6.0 6 3 0 1 5 1 83 58
2014-04-25 SDP W 7.0 7 0 0 2 11 0 109 72
2014-04-20 STL ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 90 62
Has never faced TEX as starter.

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Rangers Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB		 30.Barrett
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
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
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.250 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 230/161 .256/.313/.348/.661 .790/.608 .649 105/.735 13/4 2/8
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.900 3/2.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 170/120 .290/.353/.445/.798 .857/.774 .866 109/.872 0/0 5/6
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/75 .225/.282/.333/.615 .594/.626 .749 49/.597 0/0 2/2
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/79 .210/.289/.311/.600 .566/.617 .652 67/.618 1/0 3/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 7/1.571 2/.500 6/.533 5/2.800 2/.000 ··· 213/138 .297/.423/.465/.888 .988/.834 1.012 112/.815 3/3 6/2
60.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/17 .429/.455/.524/.978 .800/1.033 1.111 22/.978 0/0 0/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/135 .283/.333/.364/.697 .583/.744 .518 85/.643 11/4 2/3
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 155/131 .270/.314/.397/.711 .427/.758 .702 77/.695 0/0 2/2
16.Murphy G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 4/.000 7/.429 2/3.500 7/.429 2/.000 92/68 .218/.304/.333/.638 .633/.639 .721 20/.867 0/0 2/0
73.Odor* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/41 .275/.283/.451/.734 .071/.964 .949 55/.734 0/3 1/0
51.Rios G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/1.167 5/1.000 3/.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 225/162 .325/.356/.486/.841 1.215/.702 .897 105/.857 10/6 3/2
19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/16 .150/.227/.150/.377 .333/.393 .473 18/.284 0/2 0/0
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/18 .267/.290/.300/.590 .742/.471 .485 28/.556 0/1 0/0
IP 68.1 19.2 20.1 24.1 23.1 21.0 28.0 18.0 TOTAL .268/.332/.391/.723 .776/.700 .756 .742 39/23 34/36
ERA-K/9 3.42/10.7 0.92/11.4 4.43/10.2 1.48/11.5 5.01/5.4 0.86/7.7 2.57/7.1 1.00/9.5 3.30/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (16-13-3)
 Gimenez (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 290/.266 81/.217 87/.224 98/.179 111/.316 78/.171 110/.212 65/.145 .253  Martin
 Choo
 Rios
 Choice
 Robertson
 Moreland
0/50/0/4
35/0/0/2
0/0/49/2
20/7/5/1
5/2/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .686 .573 .631 .571 .914 .471 .546 .427 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.610 26/.646 38/.366 48/.683 31/.655 37/.570 48/.555 27/.444 .659
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.738 55/.541 49/.840 50/.467 80/1.020 41/.382 62/.538 38/.411 .709
Home 161/.612 50/.612 61/.583 61/.661 68/1.042 43/.341 67/.382 41/.477
Last 28d days 116/.653 46/.608 31/.641 38/.353 45/1.159 37/.479 50/.537 33/.533
HR/SB/CS 5/4/2 0/0/1 1/1/0 2/1/1 4/3/1 0/1/1 1/2/1 1/0/0 38/19/15
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o··X ·o·X·o·· ·X·X··o· ·o·····X ·o··o··· ····X··· ·o···oo·
Nationals Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 28.Soria
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 221/170 .234/.299/.408/.707 .538/.757 .739 97/.793 4/2 9/13
33.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 31/30 .200/.194/.233/.427 .000/.441 .563 18/.631 0/0 0/0
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 167/117 .209/.269/.379/.649 .778/.593 .640 75/.448 4/0 6/4
19.Frandsen G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 98/67 .239/.302/.318/.620 .491/.685 .422 54/.556 0/0 1/1
7.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/6 .421/.409/.526/.935 1.143/.367 1.010 20/.929 0/0 0/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 148/112 .317/.412/.508/.920 .722/.982 .945 35/1.015 0/0 6/2
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 96/72 .227/.292/.330/.621 .519/.655 .706 22/.325 0/0 1/1
15.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 107/91 .182/.321/.261/.582 .500/.595 .645 58/.622 4/0 1/2
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/51 .203/.286/.348/.634 .846/.531 .467 48/.554 0/0 3/2
40.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/60 .226/.275/.323/.598 .472/.617 .695 66/.627 0/0 1/0
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 226/173 .251/.311/.419/.730 .961/.658 .727 99/.527 3/0 5/5
2.Span* G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 11/.473 ··· 207/150 .260/.306/.370/.676 .655/.683 .653 106/.737 7/0 1/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 225/178 .283/.369/.399/.768 .875/.739 .747 100/.662 3/0 5/4
IP 42.1 22.1 18.0 24.2 52.1 19.0 27.0 TOTAL .246/.314/.381/.695 .765/.671 .673 .633 26/4 47/45
ERA-K/9 5.10/7.9 3.63/9.3 2.00/10.0 5.84/8.0 4.82/6.0 2.37/11.8 3.00/7.3 4.22/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (10-7-0)
 Ramos (7-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.337 97/.256 73/.206 118/.304 241/.310 74/.157 104/.202 .271  Werth
 Span
 Frandsen
 Moore
 Hairston
 McLouth
0/0/48/3
0/45/0/2
15/0/0/1
4/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
22/6/4/0
OPS .857 .710 .589 .766 .834 .418 .719 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.886 38/.766 31/.508 55/.732 75/.788 41/.552 39/.749 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.813 59/.674 42/.652 63/.794 166/.855 33/.250 65/.701 .765
Road 100/.777 56/.844 40/.779 69/.789 89/.912 42/.483 50/.775
Last 28d days 102/.909 44/.645 36/.725 51/.845 91/.936 30/.509 50/.643
HR/SB/CS 4/11/4 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/0 6/1/2 0/0/0 6/2/2 44/25/16
Usage ····X··· oo·X·X·· oo·o···o X·X···X· ····X··· ooX·o··· ·X···X·o

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 2014 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

COL  5.02

BOS  4.09

SDP  3.24

 RA/G

OAK  3.15

DET  4.26

ARI  4.95

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .369

E. Longoria  .264

C. Santana  .159

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .471

J. Heyward  .330

J. Gyorko  .218

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .702

B. Lawrie  .409

B. Miller  .255

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.174

B. Gardner  .736

B. Miller  .493

 ERA

A. Wainwright  1.67

T. Roark  3.47

K. Correia  6.34

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  10.67

A. Cashner  7.38

C. Young  3.77

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.