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Washington Nationals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, at Nationals Park, August 3, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, August 3, 2015

Start Time:

7:05et (local)

Venue:

Nationals Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

87° (based on last ten years)

D'backs

Manager:

Chip Hale

Game #:

106

On This Date:

12-7

Nationals

Manager:

Matt Williams

Game #:

107

On This Date:

25-19

Season Series
Mon, May 11, 2015 WSN 11 @ARI  1     
Tue, May 12, 2015 ARI 14  WSN  6     
Wed, May 13, 2015 WSN  9 @ARI  6     

Mon, Aug 03, 2015 ARI    @WSN  7:05pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 ARI    @WSN  7:05pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 ARI    @WSN  7:05pm
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 ARI    @WSN  4:05pm

                         All times ET

Arizona Diamondbacks

50-53, 3rd, 9 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-27   Road:   24-26   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  39-38   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast: 10-13   vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest: 24-26 IL: 9-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Sun, Aug  2  @HOU  L   1-4       50-53  3rd  9.0 gb
102 Sat, Aug  1  @HOU  L   2-9       50-52  3rd  8.0 gb
101 Fri, Jul 31  @HOU  W   6-4 (10)  50-51  3rd  7.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 29  @SEA  W   8-2       49-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28  @SEA  W   8-4       48-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 27  @SEA  W   4-3 (10)  47-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 26   MIL  W   3-0       46-51  3rd  8.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25   MIL  W   2-0       45-51  3rd  9.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 24   MIL  L   1-2       44-51  3rd 10.5 gb
 94 Thu, Jul 23   MIL  W   8-3       44-50  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Washington Nationals

54-49, 1st, Tied / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-19   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  41-41   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest:  9-4  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Sun, Aug  2  @NYM  L   2-5       54-49  1st    Tied
102 Sat, Aug  1  @NYM  L   2-3       54-48  1st  1.0 up
101 Fri, Jul 31  @NYM  L   1-2 (12)  54-47  1st  2.0 up
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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 13, 2015 WSN  9 @ARI  6        W:Aaron Barrett (3-0), L: Addison Reed (0-2), S: Drew Storen (10)
Tue, May 12, 2015 ARI 14  WSN  6        W:Rubby De La Rosa (4-2), L: Stephen Strasburg (2-4), S: none
Mon, May 11, 2015 WSN 11 @ARI  1        W:Max Scherzer (3-3), L: Josh Collmenter (3-4), S: none

Thu, Aug 21, 2014 WSN  1  ARI  0        W:Rafael Soriano (4-1), L: Oliver Perez (2-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 WSN  3  ARI  2        W:Rafael Soriano (3-1), L: Evan Marshall (4-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 19, 2014 WSN  8  ARI  1        W:Stephen Strasburg (10-10), L: Chase Anderson (7-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 WSN  5  ARI  4 (11)   W:Craig Stammen (3-4), L: Will Harris (0-3), S: none
Wed, May 14, 2014 WSN  5 @ARI  1        W:Tyler Clippard (4-2), L: Brad Ziegler (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2014 ARI  3  WSN  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (4-2), L: Stephen Strasburg (3-3), S: none
Mon, May 12, 2014 WSN  6 @ARI  5        W:Tyler Clippard (3-2), L: Addison Reed (1-3), S: Rafael Soriano (8)
Season Series: 2015 - WSN over 2-1; 2014 - WSN won 6-1; 2013 - WSN won 4-2; All-Time - WSN leads 68-51

SP: Zack Godley (25, RHP, 2-0, 2.25)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-0)			12.0	11	3	3	3	11	2	2.25

Last 7 GS		2-0	12.0	11	3	3	3	11	2	2.25	59
2015-07-28	@SEA	W	6.0	7	3	3	3	4	2	94	47
2015-07-23	MIL	W	6.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	88	71

Has never faced WSN as starter.

SP: Doug Fister (31, RHP, 4-6, 4.39)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-6)			80.0	96	43	39	18	42	9	4.39
2014 (16-6)			164.0	153	52	44	24	98	18	2.41
2013 (14-9)			208.2	229	91	85	44	159	14	3.67

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.1	50	21	20	8	24	4	4.46	47
2015-07-29	@MIA	W	6.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	96	59
2015-07-23	@PIT	L	5.0	9	4	4	1	6	1	99	38
2015-07-18	LAD	L	5.0	9	4	4	2	1	0	91	32
2015-07-06	CIN	ND	6.0	8	2	1	1	2	0	86	51
2015-07-01	@ATL	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	2	98	44
2015-06-25	ATL	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	111	72
2015-06-18	TBR	L	5.1	9	5	5	0	3	1	87	33

Last 5 v.ARI		0-0	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	1.29	69
2014-05-14	@ARI	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	100	69

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

D'backs Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Fister
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ahmed G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 328/244 .221/.280/.329/.609 .825/.535 .625 70/.371 4/5 6/10

7.Castillo G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 215/153 .246/.321/.476/.797 .759/.813 .890 66/1.064 0/0 11/4

44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 1/2.000 457/360 .342/.458/.592/1.051 1.123/1.030 1.029 93/.902 17/4 22/2

23.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/22 .158/.273/.211/.483 /.483 .250 23/.483 0/0 0/0

2.Hill G/S/vP 10/1.200 ··· ··· 22/.417 ··· 6/.167 5/.400 6/1.000 231/152 .218/.290/.325/.615 .588/.630 .554 38/.619 5/1 4/3

5.Inciarte* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/3.000 3/.000 332/238 .290/.317/.385/.703 .474/.791 .642 65/.768 10/6 3/5

19.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 197/171 .279/.340/.425/.765 .785/.761 .837 77/.720 3/1 3/4

16.Owings G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 354/272 .230/.259/.323/.582 .415/.633 .478 71/.567 13/3 3/2

4.Pennington# G/S/vP 23/.186 ··· 5/.400 8/.375 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 7/.286 149/133 .236/.317/.283/.601 .800/.577 .613 37/.669 3/0 1/6

6.Peralta* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 325/267 .281/.351/.493/.844 .737/.867 .838 71/.980 5/2 9/0

11.Pollock G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 427/334 .305/.361/.465/.826 .849/.819 .821 83/.893 23/6 11/2

8.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 17/.978 2/no AB 8/.000 5/.900 ··· 6/.750 4/1.833 6/1.100 114/92 .162/.263/.283/.546 .573/.539 .350 15/.343 0/0 2/2

24.Tomas G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 319/243 .295/.329/.424/.753 .787/.743 .755 72/.593 5/2 6/7

IP 80.0 29.0 23.0 40.2 23.1 70.2 38.1 24.2 TOTAL .261/.323/.402/.725 .714/.728 .711 .716 91/32 90/50

ERA-K/9

4.39/4.7

3.72/10.9

2.74/5.9

1.55/9.1

1.93/8.9

4.71/5.6

1.64/11.3

2.19/5.8

3.58/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castillo (16-3-5)
Hernandez (1-1-1)
Saltalamacchia (15-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 353/.299 118/.222 89/.202 164/.207 91/.230 298/.282 150/.203 102/.200 .256 Pollock
Peralta
Inciarte
Tomas
Pennington 0/96/0/4
79/1/4/3
36/14/40/3
1/0/38/2
5/0/0/1

OPS .794 .594 .548 .585 .632 .782 .499 .529 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.686 36/.523 35/.393 76/.706 39/.442 138/.859 85/.633 52/.466 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.924 82/.625 54/.644 88/.481 52/.778 160/.718 65/.322 50/.595 .663

Home 185/.737 46/.518 47/.539 96/.537 48/.757 84/.779 84/.555 49/.510

Last 28d days 74/.862 28/.368 28/.291 30/.519 34/.659 44/.819 25/.414 16/.650

HR/SB/CS 9/1/3 1/4/1 1/0/0 3/1/0 2/2/1 12/1/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 80/38/22

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

Nationals Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Godley
G/S/vB 40.Chafin*
G/S/vB 55.Collmenter
G/S/vB 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB 41.Hudson
G/S/vB 59.Perez*
G/S/vB 43.Reed
G/S/vB 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.000 4/.000 4/1.750 6/.533 1/.000 6/.334 410/330 .216/.264/.359/.622 .617/.624 .708 76/.777 6/3 11/21

5.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 17/1.486 2/1.500 1/.000 386/304 .314/.360/.417/.777 .659/.810 .854 71/.809 1/2 6/3

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 6/.533 1/.000 4/.500 2/1.500 1/5.000 5/.000 333/255 .249/.320/.411/.731 .746/.726 .685 54/.468 4/2 10/3

34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 410/292 .331/.456/.672/1.128 1.039/1.164 1.185 83/.912 4/4 29/4

59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 106/93 .204/.295/.312/.607 .444/.624 .607 29/.355 0/0 3/0

12.Moore G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 153/105 .211/.261/.366/.628 .580/.647 .615 32/.485 0/0 4/0

40.Ramos G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 319/240 .234/.260/.363/.623 .620/.624 .654 53/.270 0/0 9/4

6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.450 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 113/96 .286/.363/.388/.751 .849/.732 .650 33/.782 0/2 1/1

25.Robinson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 210/185 .267/.348/.406/.754 1.110/.708 .595 60/.744 0/0 4/4

3.Taylor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 317/250 .237/.282/.369/.651 .546/.679 .577 82/.561 12/3 9/3

26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 11/.364 5/.000 4/.000 37/.953 1/.000 2/.500 124/86 .194/.298/.296/.595 .724/.536 .499 23/.317 0/1 1/2

28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.200 4/.250 ··· 25/1.285 2/2.000 9/.619 141/111 .205/.284/.279/.562 .486/.583 .762 22/.465 0/0 2/2

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 8/.804 4/.000 28/.846 1/.000 4/.000 259/202 .209/.266/.355/.621 .715/.594 .635 25/.715 1/0 6/2

IP 12.0 54.2 88.1 14.2 44.0 27.2 27.1 45.2 TOTAL .249/.313/.392/.705 .683/.712 .692 .619 39/17 102/61

ERA-K/9

2.25/8.2

2.63/6.6

4.58/4.3

3.07/8.6

3.27/9.2

3.25/10.7

5.60/8.2

1.18/5.5

4.07/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lobaton (13-6-3)
Ramos (25-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 47/.256 219/.217 375/.307 60/.255 185/.222 124/.231 125/.298 171/.161 .258 Taylor
Harper
Werth
Moore
Espinosa
Robinson
Zimmerman 38/49/3/5
0/1/95/4
32/0/1/2
14/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
20/0/8/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .784 .569 .871 .753 .651 .649 .842 .476 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.581 92/.534 184/.834 23/.568 86/.625 63/.509 53/.723 84/.615 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/.945 127/.594 191/.908 37/.852 99/.673 61/.804 72/.927 87/.347 .728

Road 26/.993 97/.498 155/.829 22/.864 81/.696 47/.648 61/.606 65/.430

Last 28d days 47/.784 46/.408 47/.843 25/.327 29/.630 21/.438 12/.667 37/.378

HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 1/1/0 15/3/4 2/1/0 4/4/2 2/2/0 2/2/1 2/0/1 116/49/19

Usage ·····X·· o····oXo ·X··Xo·· X····o·o ··X···o· o·····o· ··o·X··· ··o····X

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 5.29

PIT 4.13

NYM 3.55

RA/G

STL 2.93

CLE 4.22

COL 5.15

M. Cabrera .350

H. Ramirez .266

M. Zunino .180

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .458

C. Davis .327

M. Zunino .237

SLG

B. Harper .672

M. Moustakas .420

B. Hamilton .288

OPS

B. Harper 1.128

K. Wong .751

M. Zunino .554

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.41

J. Zimmermann 3.54

K. Kendrick 6.43

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.68

K. Hendricks 7.56

M. Pelfrey 4.26

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.