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Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Washington Nationals, at Dodger Stadium, August 12, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Start Time:

7:10pt (local), 10:10et

Venue:

Dodger Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

75° (based on last ten years)

Nationals

Manager:

Matt Williams

Game #:

116

On This Date:

22-20

Dodgers

Manager:

Don Mattingly

Game #:

115

On This Date:

54-61

Season Series
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 WSN  5  LAD  3     
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 LAD  4 @WSN  2     
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 LAD  5 @WSN  0     
Mon, Aug 10, 2015 WSN  8 @LAD  3     
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 LAD  5  WSN  0     

Wed, Aug 12, 2015 WSN    @LAD 10:10pm

                         All times ET

Washington Nationals

58-54, 2nd, 2½ GB, 8 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-23   Road:   27-31   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  43-44   vsLHP:  15-10   1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug 11  @LAD  L   0-5       58-54  2nd  2.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug 10  @LAD  W   8-3       58-53  2nd  1.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  9   COL  L   4-6       57-53  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  8   COL  W   6-1       57-52  2nd  1.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  7   COL  L   4-5       56-52  2nd  2.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  6   ARI  W   8-3       56-51  2nd  1.5 gb
106 Wed, Aug  5   ARI  L   4-11      55-51  2nd  2.0 gb
105 Tue, Aug  4   ARI  W   5-4       55-50  2nd  1.0 gb
104 Mon, Aug  3   ARI  L   4-6       54-50  2nd  1.0 gb
103 Sun, Aug  2  @NYM  L   2-5       54-49  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Los Angeles Dodgers

63-50, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   38-19   Road:   25-31   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  52-38   vsLHP:  11-12   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 18-13   vsCntrl: 8-13   vsWest: 29-20 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug 11   WSN  W   5-0       63-50  1st  2.5 up
112 Mon, Aug 10   WSN  L   3-8       62-50  1st  2.5 up
111 Sun, Aug  9  @PIT  L   6-13      62-49  1st  3.0 up
110 Sat, Aug  8  @PIT  L   5-6       62-48  1st  3.0 up
109 Fri, Aug  7  @PIT  L   4-5 (10)  62-47  1st  3.0 up
108 Thu, Aug  6  @PHI  W  10-8       62-46  1st  3.0 up
107 Wed, Aug  5  @PHI  W   4-3       61-46  1st  2.0 up
106 Tue, Aug  4  @PHI  L   2-6       60-46  1st  2.0 up
105 Sun, Aug  2   LAA  W   5-3 (10)  60-45  1st  2.5 up
104 Sat, Aug  1   LAA  W   3-1       59-45  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 LAD  5  WSN  0        W:Zack Greinke (12-2), L: Joe Ross (3-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 10, 2015 WSN  8 @LAD  3        W:Gio Gonzalez (9-4), L: Brett Anderson (6-7), S: none
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 LAD  5 @WSN  0        W:Zack Greinke (9-2), L: Max Scherzer (10-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 LAD  4 @WSN  2        W:Clayton Kershaw (7-6), L: Doug Fister (3-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 WSN  5  LAD  3        W:Casey Janssen (1-2), L: Pedro Baez (2-2), S: Drew Storen (28)

Wed, Sep 03, 2014 WSN  8 @LAD  5 (14)   W:Blake Treinen (2-3), L: Kevin Correia (7-16), S: none
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 LAD  4  WSN  1        W:Clayton Kershaw (17-3), L: Doug Fister (12-6), S: Kenley Jansen (39)
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 WSN  6 @LAD  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (7-9), L: Roberto Hernandez (8-10), S: Rafael Soriano (31)
Wed, May 07, 2014 WSN  3  LAD  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (3-2), L: Dan Haren (4-1), S: Rafael Soriano (7)
Tue, May 06, 2014 LAD  8 @WSN  3        W:Clayton Kershaw (2-0), L: Blake Treinen (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - LAD over 3-2; 2014 - WSN won 4-2; 2013 - LAD won 5-1; All-Time - LAD leads 265-193

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (29, RHP, 8-7, 3.44)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (8-7)			141.1	148	59	54	25	105	12	3.44
2014 (14-5)			199.2	185	67	59	29	182	13	2.66
2013 (19-9)			213.1	192	81	77	40	161	19	3.25

Last 7 GS		2-2	41.2	40	19	19	6	36	7	4.10	54
2015-08-07	COL	ND	6.2	4	1	1	0	6	0	106	68
2015-08-02	@NYM	L	6.0	6	5	5	2	7	3	95	45
2015-07-28	@MIA	L	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	76	44
2015-07-22	NYM	ND	7.0	7	3	3	0	6	0	102	57
2015-07-17	LAD	ND	4.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	63	50
2015-07-11	@BAL	W	5.0	9	4	4	0	4	2	95	37
2015-07-05	SFG	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	100	74

Last 5 v.LAD		1-1	24.0	29	13	13	5	20	4	4.88	47
2015-07-17	LAD	ND	4.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	63	50
2014-09-03	@LAD	ND	6.1	4	2	2	2	8	1	94	63
2014-05-05	LAD	ND	4.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	55	55
2013-07-21	LAD	L	2.0	8	7	7	2	1	2	58	11
2013-05-13	@LAD	W	7.2	9	2	2	0	5	0	101	58

SP: Clayton Kershaw (27, LHP, 9-6, 2.51)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (9-6)			154.0	116	49	43	30	197	12	2.51
2014 (21-3)			198.1	139	42	39	31	239	9	1.77
2013 (16-9)			236.0	164	55	48	52	232	11	1.83

Last 7 GS		4-1	54.0	37	8	6	5	66	1	1.00	75
2015-08-07	@PIT	ND	6.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	97	41
2015-08-01	LAA	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	115	84
2015-07-23	@NYM	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	11	0	104	92
2015-07-18	@WSN	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	14	0	101	90
2015-07-08	PHI	W	9.0	8	0	0	0	13	0	123	84
2015-07-03	NYM	ND	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	102	68
2015-06-27	@MIA	L	7.0	7	3	1	0	9	0	101	64

Last 5 v.WSN		5-0	38.2	22	3	3	3	51	3	0.70	79
2015-07-18	@WSN	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	14	0	101	90
2014-09-02	WSN	W	8.0	3	1	1	2	8	1	108	78
2014-05-06	@WSN	W	7.0	9	0	0	0	9	0	89	68
2013-07-21	@WSN	W	7.0	2	2	2	0	9	2	97	74
2013-05-14	WSN	W	8.2	5	0	0	1	11	0	132	84

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

Nationals Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB 52.Baez
G/S/vB 63.Garcia
G/S/vB 56.Howell*
G/S/vB 74.Jansen
G/S/vB 54.Johnson
G/S/vB 12.Nicasio
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Desmond G/S/vP 27/.340 7/.143 3/.666 ··· 3/2.667 7/.000 6/1.500 1/2.000 444/352 .224/.273/.383/.656 .728/.637 .599 96/.900 9/3 14/22

5.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.334 1/.000 16/.527 ··· 424/329 .311/.363/.416/.780 .715/.799 .734 96/.792 1/2 7/4

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 13/.385 8/.946 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 7/.000 1/2.000 348/266 .246/.321/.405/.725 .791/.705 .770 53/.509 4/2 10/3

34.Harper* G/S/vP 9/.555 14/.629 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 5/1.850 3/.000 ··· 446/313 .333/.460/.650/1.110 1.025/1.146 1.067 103/.916 4/4 29/4

59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 9/.111 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 114/97 .200/.292/.300/.592 .396/.618 .587 33/.409 0/0 3/0

12.Moore G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 159/110 .203/.252/.351/.603 .568/.617 .622 25/.290 0/0 4/0

40.Ramos G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 348/261 .237/.267/.359/.626 .577/.642 .593 66/.423 0/0 9/4

6.Rendon G/S/vP 10/.600 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 149/121 .266/.356/.352/.707 .816/.680 .786 69/.672 0/2 1/1

25.Robinson* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 230/204 .268/.348/.410/.758 1.062/.720 .900 65/.729 0/0 5/4

3.Taylor G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 353/274 .240/.284/.371/.655 .582/.676 .712 102/.616 14/3 10/3

28.Werth G/S/vP 30/1.010 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 5/.400 1/.000 173/133 .192/.260/.285/.545 .630/.516 .472 54/.465 0/0 3/2

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 18/.944 8/.375 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 6/.334 5/1.400 1/4.000 293/225 .232/.290/.414/.705 .972/.621 .632 59/1.082 1/0 9/2

IP 154.0 41.2 34.2 40.1 33.1 29.1 51.2 47.0 TOTAL .250/.316/.394/.710 .721/.707 .716 .673 44/17 112/64

ERA-K/9

2.51/11.5

3.46/7.8

2.34/11.4

3.79/12.3

1.35/8.4

2.76/16.3

4.18/6.8

3.06/10.0

3.53/8.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lobaton (16-6-3)
Ramos (25-17-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 600/.206 172/.236 136/.220 164/.217 146/.256 112/.181 221/.286 199/.223 .246 Taylor
Harper
Werth
Moore
Espinosa
Robinson
Zimmerman 38/58/3/5
0/1/103/4
39/0/1/2
14/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
22/0/10/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .563 .653 .610 .631 .608 .586 .722 .633 .673

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.606 75/.653 36/.757 52/.619 71/.518 51/.610 95/.644 69/.910 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 456/.549 97/.655 100/.559 112/.636 75/.690 61/.565 126/.780 130/.493 .645

Home 270/.512 84/.533 69/.455 104/.609 76/.578 63/.447 94/.541 103/.693

Last 28d days 110/.389 33/.641 43/.542 10/.200 38/.823 34/.966 45/1.056 40/.528

HR/SB/CS 12/6/6 4/4/1 2/1/1 7/2/0 1/7/0 5/1/0 4/6/0 1/7/0 98/64/30

Usage ····X··· o··XX··X ·X·X··o· X······· ·X··oX·· ·o···oo· ··X·X·X· ··X·Xo··

Dodgers Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB 57.Roark
G/S/vB 22.Storen
G/S/vB 46.Thornton*
G/S/vB 64.Treinen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

5.Callaspo# G/S/vP 7/.453 12/.750 7/.953 1/.000 5/.650 5/.400 7/1.738 2/.500 254/211 .242/.324/.287/.611 .384/.659 .578 54/.683 0/0 1/4

3.Crawford* G/S/vP 14/.967 14/.693 16/.388 ··· ··· 1/no AB 17/.882 5/.800 77/68 .230/.250/.392/.642 .222/.699 .829 27/.591 2/0 2/0

17.Ellis G/S/vP 8/.946 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 117/72 .214/.330/.327/.657 .766/.585 .736 18/.600 0/0 2/0

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 15/.619 3/.666 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 3/1.334 337/301 .284/.365/.476/.841 .487/.886 .988 71/.800 2/2 12/3

23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 19/.816 4/1.500 3/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 4/.833 9/.347 2/2.000 458/355 .295/.370/.523/.893 .807/.919 .877 94/.962 0/1 22/4

9.Grandal# G/S/vP 9/.333 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 327/282 .287/.393/.495/.887 .797/.903 .893 70/.749 0/1 15/2

7.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/129 .238/.263/.470/.733 .703/.747 .591 26/.551 0/0 11/2

14.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 143/82 .285/.336/.508/.843 1.214/.582 .739 33/1.133 0/1 5/3

31.Pederson* G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 453/368 .220/.354/.442/.796 .687/.823 .707 87/.571 3/6 21/4

18.Peraza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1 .250/.400/.750/1.150 1.500/.000 1.150 5/1.150 0/0 0/0

66.Puig G/S/vP 5/.800 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 262/204 .246/.317/.432/.749 .831/.726 .823 81/.699 1/2 9/1

11.Rollins# G/S/vP 37/.670 8/.000 4/.750 ··· 13/.770 7/.572 4/.500 1/.000 433/354 .223/.278/.363/.640 .785/.608 .689 94/.773 9/7 11/9

33.Van Slyke G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 165/99 .257/.348/.421/.769 .899/.686 .889 34/.784 2/1 4/1

IP 141.1 25.0 43.2 26.1 74.1 43.1 27.1 44.1 TOTAL .256/.331/.427/.757 .743/.762 .771 .760 28/24 138/49

ERA-K/9

3.44/6.7

3.24/5.8

1.65/8.9

2.73/9.2

4.48/5.6

2.70/10.8

2.96/5.9

4.06/10.0

3.65/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ellis (14-13-1)
Grandal (47-17-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 584/.270 99/.215 177/.209 107/.248 312/.275 173/.210 113/.200 191/.265 .256 Van Slyke
Puig
Ethier
Pederson
Hernandez
Guerrero
Crawford 46/0/7/7
0/0/65/6
42/1/50/6
0/108/0/5
14/8/2/2
29/0/0/1
20/0/0/0

OPS .675 .578 .594 .676 .767 .534 .571 .714 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.751 39/.465 82/.743 46/.418 142/.844 96/.692 54/.524 95/.899 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.597 60/.646 95/.466 61/.880 170/.704 77/.339 59/.615 96/.526 .662

Road 244/.814 42/.558 68/.653 46/.463 218/.775 66/.427 53/.544 103/.659

Last 28d days 121/.679 33/.438 39/.599 49/.761 55/.671 42/.590 24/.750 18/.871

HR/SB/CS 12/6/6 1/0/0 4/1/0 2/2/1 12/1/1 2/0/1 2/1/0 2/4/1 93/41/23

Usage ····X··· ··o·oX·o ··o····X o·o·X·X· o·····X· ··X·Xo·o ···o·oX· o··o·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 2015 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

TOR 5.27

LAA 4.13

MIA 3.58

RA/G

STL 2.88

CLE 4.21

COL 5.18

P. Goldschmidt .337

M. Carpenter .267

M. Zunino .168

OBP

B. Harper .460

B. Crawford .326

M. Zunino .227

SLG

B. Harper .650

R. Cano .418

B. Hamilton .281

OPS

B. Harper 1.110

H. Ramirez .748

M. Zunino .523

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.65

C. Carrasco 3.68

K. Kendrick 6.43

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.56

J. Teheran 7.57

M. Pelfrey 4.28

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.