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New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals, at Citi Field, July 31, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, July 31, 2015

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Citi Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

81° (based on last ten years)

Nationals

Manager:

Matt Williams

Game #:

104

On This Date:

24-19

Mets

Manager:

Terry Collins

Game #:

103

On This Date:

21-25

Season Series
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 NYM  3 @WSN  1     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 WSN  2  NYM  1     
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 NYM  6 @WSN  3     
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 WSN  8 @NYM  2     
Fri, May 01, 2015 NYM  4  WSN  0     
Sat, May 02, 2015 WSN  1 @NYM  0     
Sun, May 03, 2015 WSN  1 @NYM  0     
Mon, Jul 20, 2015 WSN  7  NYM  2     
Tue, Jul 21, 2015 NYM  7 @WSN  2     
Wed, Jul 22, 2015 WSN  4  NYM  3     

Fri, Jul 31, 2015 WSN    @NYM  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 01, 2015 WSN    @NYM  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 02, 2015 WSN    @NYM  8:08pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 NYM    @WSN  1:05pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 NYM    @WSN  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 NYM    @WSN  7:05pm
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 WSN    @NYM  7:10pm
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 WSN    @NYM  7:10pm
Sun, Oct 04, 2015 WSN    @NYM  3:10pm

                         All times ET

Washington Nationals

54-46, 1st, 3 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-19   Road:   26-27   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  41-38   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  17-10
 vsEast: 27-17   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest:  9-4  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Thu, Jul 30  @MIA  W   1-0       54-46  1st  3.0 up
 99 Wed, Jul 29  @MIA  W   7-2       53-46  1st  2.0 up
 98 Tue, Jul 28  @MIA  L   1-4       52-46  1st  1.0 up
 97 Sun, Jul 26  @PIT  L   1-3       52-45  1st  2.0 up
 96 Sat, Jul 25  @PIT  W   9-3       52-44  1st  3.0 up
 95 Fri, Jul 24  @PIT  L   5-7       51-44  1st  3.0 up
 94 Thu, Jul 23  @PIT  L   3-7       51-43  1st  3.0 up
 93 Wed, Jul 22   NYM  W   4-3       51-42  1st  3.0 up
 92 Tue, Jul 21   NYM  L   2-7       50-42  1st  2.0 up
 91 Mon, Jul 20   NYM  W   7-2       50-41  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

New York Mets

52-50, 2nd, 3 GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   35-18   Road:   17-32   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  42-40   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast: 24-17   vsCntrl: 9-17   vsWest: 14-12 IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Thu, Jul 30   SDP  L   7-8       52-50  2nd  3.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29   SDP  L   3-7       52-49  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28   SDP  W   4-0       52-48  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26   LAD  W   3-2 (10)  51-48  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25   LAD  W  15-2       50-48  2nd  3.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24   LAD  L   2-7       49-48  2nd  3.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23   LAD  L   0-3       49-47  2nd  3.0 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @WSN  L   3-4       49-46  2nd  3.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @WSN  W   7-2       49-45  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @WSN  L   2-7       48-45  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 22, 2015 WSN  4  NYM  3        W:Matt Thornton (1-0), L: Bobby Parnell (1-1), S: Drew Storen (29)
Tue, Jul 21, 2015 NYM  7 @WSN  2        W:Jacob deGrom (10-6), L: Joe Ross (2-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 20, 2015 WSN  7  NYM  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (7-4), L: Matt Harvey (8-7), S: none
Sun, May 03, 2015 WSN  1 @NYM  0        W:Doug Fister (2-1), L: Dillon Gee (0-2), S: Drew Storen (7)
Sat, May 02, 2015 WSN  1 @NYM  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (2-2), L: Jon Niese (2-2), S: Drew Storen (6)
Fri, May 01, 2015 NYM  4  WSN  0        W:Matt Harvey (5-0), L: Max Scherzer (1-3), S: Jeurys Familia (10)
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 WSN  8 @NYM  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (2-2), L: Jacob deGrom (2-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 NYM  6 @WSN  3        W:Matt Harvey (1-0), L: Stephen Strasburg (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 WSN  2  NYM  1        W:Jordan Zimmermann (1-0), L: Jacob deGrom (0-1), S: Drew Storen (1)
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 NYM  3 @WSN  1        W:Bartolo Colon (1-0), L: Max Scherzer (0-1), S: Buddy Carlyle (1)
Season Series: 2015 - WSN over 6-4; 2014 - WSN won 15-4; 2013 - WSN won 12-7; All-Time - WSN leads 401-389

SP: Gio Gonzalez (29, LHP, 8-4, 3.83)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (8-4)			105.2	111	48	45	39	92	5	3.83
2014 (10-10)			158.2	134	66	63	56	162	10	3.57
2013 (11-8)			195.2	169	79	73	76	192	17	3.36

Last 7 GS		4-1	40.2	38	14	12	14	30	2	2.66	55
2015-07-25	@PIT	W	5.0	5	3	1	0	5	0	74	54
2015-07-20	NYM	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	107	53
2015-07-10	@BAL	ND	6.0	6	1	1	3	5	1	106	58
2015-07-03	SFG	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	82	69
2015-06-21	PIT	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	85	71
2015-06-15	@TBR	L	3.1	8	5	5	3	1	0	79	22
2015-06-10	@NYY	ND	6.1	4	2	2	3	5	0	103	59

Last 5 v.NYM		3-2	32.2	25	10	9	10	38	0	2.48	62
2015-07-20	NYM	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	107	53
2015-05-02	@NYM	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	111	72
2014-09-25	NYM	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	12	0	103	85
2014-09-12	@NYM	L	6.2	6	4	3	1	7	0	110	54
2014-08-05	NYM	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	89	48

SP: Matt Harvey (26, RHP, 9-7, 3.16)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (9-7)			125.1	106	46	44	31	116	16	3.16
2013 (9-5)			178.1	135	46	45	31	191	7	2.27
2012 (3-5)			59.1	42	19	18	26	70	5	2.73

Last 7 GS		3-3	45.2	37	14	12	17	34	4	2.36	59
2015-07-25	LAD	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	2	101	60
2015-07-20	@WSN	L	7.0	5	5	4	4	3	0	99	48
2015-07-11	ARI	W	7.0	5	2	2	4	9	1	109	64
2015-07-04	@LAD	L	5.0	7	3	3	5	4	1	100	40
2015-06-27	CIN	ND	6.0	4	1	0	2	3	0	90	63
2015-06-21	@ATL	L	6.2	6	1	1	1	5	0	115	62
2015-06-16	TOR	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	107	75

Last 5 v.WSN		2-1	35.0	22	7	5	7	33	1	1.29	69
2015-07-20	@WSN	L	7.0	5	5	4	4	3	0	99	48
2015-05-01	WSN	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	93	69
2015-04-09	@WSN	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	91	72
2013-07-26	@WSN	ND	8.0	5	1	0	1	7	0	99	76
2013-06-28	WSN	ND	7.0	3	1	1	0	11	1	109	78

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

Nationals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Harvey
G/S/vB 46.Clippard
G/S/vB 27.Familia
G/S/vB 36.Gilmartin*
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 47.Robles
G/S/vB 54.Torres*
G/S/vB 52.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Desmond G/S/vP 20/.929 ··· 8/.411 ··· 20/.950 1/2.000 5/1.400 13/.725 398/318 .217/.264/.364/.628 .617/.631 .563 76/.736 6/3 11/21

5.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.583 6/1.100 4/.000 ··· 10/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 373/291 .314/.362/.413/.775 .659/.808 .713 69/.773 1/2 5/3

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 10/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 332/254 .253/.324/.416/.740 .746/.738 .775 65/.679 4/2 10/3

34.Harper* G/S/vP 17/.176 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 3/.500 ··· 1/.000 11/.773 397/279 .335/.463/.690/1.153 1.039/1.203 1.127 83/1.100 4/4 29/4

59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 97/84 .202/.302/.321/.624 .444/.644 .639 21/.296 0/0 3/0

12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 152/104 .213/.263/.369/.632 .580/.654 .646 37/.642 0/0 4/0

40.Ramos G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.100 ··· 1/.000 7/1.286 315/236 .237/.263/.368/.631 .620/.635 .613 62/.399 0/0 9/4

6.Rendon G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/.311 100/83 .271/.360/.341/.701 .849/.668 .738 20/.550 0/2 0/1

25.Robinson* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 208/183 .269/.346/.409/.755 1.110/.709 .899 69/.739 0/0 4/4

3.Taylor G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 305/238 .247/.293/.385/.678 .546/.715 .764 82/.683 12/3 9/3

26.Uggla G/S/vP 10/.786 19/.576 5/.400 ··· 21/.881 ··· 2/1.000 11/.586 124/86 .194/.298/.296/.595 .724/.536 .665 26/.322 0/1 1/2

28.Werth G/S/vP 15/.564 7/1.571 6/.533 ··· 15/.988 ··· 2/1.000 9/1.158 128/98 .209/.289/.282/.571 .486/.597 .485 9/.444 0/0 2/2

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 15/.904 ··· 3/.666 ··· 17/1.221 ··· 3/.333 10/1.178 246/189 .216/.272/.369/.642 .715/.619 .647 12/1.235 1/0 6/2

IP 125.1 40.2 48.2 31.2 14.2 28.2 34.1 40.2 TOTAL .251/.317/.397/.713 .683/.723 .730 .669 39/17 100/61

ERA-K/9

3.16/8.3

2.66/8.4

2.22/9.1

2.27/8.5

4.91/5.5

4.08/7.8

3.15/9.2

3.76/7.3

3.31/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lobaton (13-5-3)
Ramos (25-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 505/.228 175/.179 193/.203 130/.226 60/.308 119/.217 154/.206 165/.275 .242 Taylor
Harper
Werth
Moore
Espinosa
Robinson 38/46/3/5
0/1/92/4
29/0/0/2
14/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
20/0/8/0

OPS .658 .577 .588 .615 .749 .665 .719 .716 .667

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 246/.761 87/.363 89/.534 59/.711 21/1.006 42/.672 69/.799 59/.667 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.563 88/.792 104/.630 71/.532 39/.619 77/.661 85/.655 106/.741 .643

Home 269/.661 112/.700 136/.632 63/.635 35/.716 59/.768 84/.595 102/.742

Last 28d days 112/.708 32/.677 45/.868 28/.730 34/.953 25/.883 38/.785 35/.651

HR/SB/CS 16/8/3 3/5/1 5/2/1 1/0/1 0/1/1 3/1/0 6/3/0 3/0/1 88/51/16

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

Mets Batters (3.56 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 30.Barrett
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Campbell G/S/vP 15/.421 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/3.000 180/147 .181/.307/.282/.589 .543/.599 .495 24/.949 5/2 3/8

30.Conforto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/20 .211/.348/.316/.664 .333/.703 .664 23/.664 0/0 0/0

7.d'Arnaud G/S/vP 11/.546 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 9/.347 1/.000 ··· 77/72 .296/.338/.535/.873 .400/.908 .902 / 0/0 4/2

21.Duda* G/S/vP 20/.535 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/3.000 16/.646 9/1.000 5/.800 416/315 .240/.341/.458/.799 .905/.763 1.002 86/.825 0/1 18/1

4.Flores G/S/vP 14/.220 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 6/.833 3/.000 ··· 361/295 .249/.281/.378/.660 .809/.627 .675 74/.662 0/0 10/10

3.Granderson* G/S/vP 28/.402 1/.000 10/1.056 22/.836 1/.000 13/.968 4/1.000 30/.315 431/356 .255/.350/.440/.790 .341/.892 .817 95/.828 9/3 16/5

55.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 8/.250 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.833 3/.666 211/185 .267/.314/.446/.760 .708/.768 .699 59/.928 1/1 10/7

12.Lagares G/S/vP 23/1.296 5/.400 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 12/.482 4/.500 2/2.000 368/294 .254/.280/.333/.613 .750/.580 .617 67/.586 7/3 3/1

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 25/.878 ··· ··· 10/.944 1/.000 19/.610 12/.334 6/.533 321/247 .271/.324/.393/.717 .419/.808 .717 89/.665 1/2 6/10

9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 7/.000 ··· 111/101 .188/.261/.356/.618 .100/.669 .857 47/1.038 2/1 3/0

22.Plawecki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 215/179 .234/.280/.305/.585 .481/.606 .538 58/.637 0/0 2/1

11.Tejada G/S/vP 25/.740 1/.000 ··· 5/1.550 1/.000 11/.364 11/.364 4/1.000 269/213 .254/.322/.346/.668 .721/.654 .548 94/.717 2/1 2/5

2.Uribe G/S/vP 16/.837 3/.000 6/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 5/.900 265/205 .276/.332/.420/.752 .959/.692 .674 59/.735 2/0 9/7

IP 105.2 26.1 22.1 40.2 19.1 68.1 38.1 24.1 TOTAL .235/.300/.364/.664 .632/.672 .701 .708 39/13 88/59

ERA-K/9

3.83/7.8

4.10/11.0

2.82/6.1

1.55/9.1

1.86/9.3

4.87/5.3

1.64/11.3

1.85/5.9

3.59/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
d'Arnaud (8-4-0)
Plawecki (30-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 453/.275 109/.232 86/.207 164/.207 76/.236 291/.289 150/.203 98/.185 .258 Granderson
Johnson
Lagares
Campbell
Nieuwenhuis
Conforto 0/1/98/7
27/0/4/2
0/93/0/2
3/0/0/1
29/12/1/1
6/0/0/0

OPS .729 .626 .552 .585 .624 .802 .499 .474 .683

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.643 34/.555 35/.393 76/.706 32/.477 137/.866 85/.633 49/.371 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 346/.757 75/.658 51/.655 88/.481 44/.734 154/.747 65/.322 49/.581 .669

Road 248/.805 63/.706 39/.569 68/.653 28/.401 207/.811 66/.427 49/.431

Last 28d days 73/.658 19/.440 34/.480 33/.470 22/.558 54/.922 29/.395 14/.214

HR/SB/CS 5/4/4 1/4/1 1/0/0 3/1/0 1/2/1 12/1/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 74/38/21

Usage ·····X·· ··o··oo· ·o··o·X· o·····o· ··o··X·· ·X···X·X oo······ ····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

PIT 4.14

PHI 3.54

RA/G

STL 2.94

ATL 4.20

COL 5.18

M. Cabrera .350

C. Yelich .267

M. Zunino .182

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .464

K. Seager .327

M. Zunino .240

SLG

B. Harper .690

N. Walker .419

B. Hamilton .291

OPS

B. Harper 1.153

E. Longoria .752

M. Zunino .562

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.37

J. Niese 3.63

K. Kendrick 6.33

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.89

A. Burnett 7.58

M. Pelfrey 4.32

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.