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Washington Nationals vs. Cleveland Indians, at Nationals Park, August 9, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Start Time:

7:05et (local)

Venue:

Nationals Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 2-game series

Average Temp:

83° (based on last ten years)

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

113

On This Date:

60-46

Nationals

Manager:

Dusty Baker

Game #:

113

On This Date:

27-17

Season Series
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 CLE  7  WSN  6     
Wed, Jul 27, 2016 WSN  4 @CLE  1     

Tue, Aug 09, 2016 CLE    @WSN  7:05pm
Wed, Aug 10, 2016 CLE    @WSN  4:05pm

                         All times ET

Cleveland Indians

62-47, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-20   Road:   31-27   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  41-37   vsLHP:  21-10   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl:31-16   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sun, Aug  7  @NYY  L   2-3       62-47  1st  2.0 up
108 Sat, Aug  6  @NYY  W   5-2       62-46  1st  2.0 up
107 Fri, Aug  5  @NYY  L   7-13      61-46  1st  2.0 up
106 Thu, Aug  4   MIN  W   9-2       61-45  1st  3.0 up
105 Wed, Aug  3   MIN  L   5-13      60-45  1st  2.0 up
104 Tue, Aug  2   MIN  L   6-10      60-44  1st  3.0 up
103 Mon, Aug  1   MIN  L   5-12      60-43  1st  4.0 up
102 Sun, Jul 31   OAK  W   8-0       60-42  1st  4.5 up
101 Sat, Jul 30   OAK  W   6-3       59-42  1st  4.5 up
100 Fri, Jul 29   OAK  W   5-3       58-42  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Washington Nationals

66-45, 1st, 7½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-21   Road:   33-24   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  51-34   vsLHP:  15-11   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast: 30-14   vsCntrl:15-15   vsWest: 11-12 IL:10-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sun, Aug  7   SFG  W   1-0       66-45  1st  7.0 up
110 Sat, Aug  6   SFG  L   1-7       65-45  1st  7.0 up
109 Fri, Aug  5   SFG  W   5-1       65-44  1st  7.0 up
108 Wed, Aug  3  @ARI  W   8-3       64-44  1st  7.0 up
107 Tue, Aug  2  @ARI  W  10-4       63-44  1st  6.0 up
106 Mon, Aug  1  @ARI  W  14-1       62-44  1st  5.0 up
105 Sun, Jul 31  @SFG  L   1-3       61-44  1st  4.0 up
104 Sat, Jul 30  @SFG  L   3-5       61-43  1st  5.0 up
103 Fri, Jul 29  @SFG  W   4-1       61-42  1st  6.0 up
102 Thu, Jul 28  @SFG  W   4-2       60-42  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 27, 2016 WSN  4 @CLE  1        W:Stephen Strasburg (14-1), L: Carlos Carrasco (7-4), S: Blake Treinen (1)
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 CLE  7  WSN  6        W:Bryan Shaw (2-4), L: Jonathan Papelbon (2-4), S: none

Sun, Jun 16, 2013 CLE  2  WSN  0        W:Corey Kluber (5-4), L: Stephen Strasburg (3-6), S: Vinnie Pestano (1)
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 WSN  7 @CLE  6        W:Drew Storen (1-1), L: Vinnie Pestano (1-2), S: Rafael Soriano (18)
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 CLE  2  WSN  1        W:Joe Smith (3-0), L: Fernando Abad (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 13, 2010 WSN  9 @CLE  4        W:Stephen Strasburg (2-0), L: David Huff (2-8), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 CLE  7  WSN  1        W:Roberto Hernandez (5-5), L: J.D. Martin (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 CLE  7  WSN  2        W:Jake Westbrook (4-3), L: Luis Atilano (5-3), S: Chris Perez (6)
Sun, Jun 24, 2007 WSN  3  CLE  1        W:Jason Simontacchi (5-5), L: Jake Westbrook (1-3), S: Chad Cordero (13)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 CLE  4 @WSN  3        W:Tom Mastny (5-2), L: Chad Cordero (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (21)
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 7-7

SP: Trevor Bauer (25, RHP, 7-5, 4.08)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-5)			119.0	111	58	54	49	107	12	4.08
2015 (11-12)			176.0	152	90	89	79	170	23	4.55
2014 (5-8)			153.0	151	76	71	60	143	16	4.18

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.2	41	28	25	20	35	6	5.82	45
2016-08-03	MIN	L	2.2	8	8	7	5	1	0	80	8
2016-07-29	OAK	ND	5.1	5	3	2	2	4	2	104	50
2016-07-22	@BAL	L	4.0	5	5	5	4	5	2	82	33
2016-07-16	@MIN	ND	6.0	7	4	3	3	6	0	116	47
2016-07-07	NYY	L	5.2	8	5	5	2	4	1	89	35
2016-06-27	@ATL	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	100	56
2016-06-22	TBR	W	9.0	3	1	1	1	10	0	113	86

Has never faced WSN as starter.

SP: Max Scherzer (31, RHP, 12-6, 2.87)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (12-6)			156.2	107	51	50	38	198	24	2.87
2015 (14-12)			228.2	176	74	71	34	276	27	2.79
2014 (18-5)			220.1	196	80	77	63	252	18	3.15

Last 7 GS		4-1	49.1	28	9	8	10	60	4	1.46	71
2016-08-03	@ARI	W	8.0	4	3	3	1	11	2	103	72
2016-07-29	@SFG	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	116	67
2016-07-23	SDP	ND	7.0	4	2	2	0	10	1	99	71
2016-07-17	PIT	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	103	67
2016-07-09	@NYM	W	7.0	3	1	0	2	9	0	117	76
2016-07-04	MIL	L	6.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	114	64
2016-06-29	NYM	W	7.1	2	0	0	1	10	0	108	83

Last 5 v.CLE		2-0	31.2	32	15	14	12	28	3	3.98	52
2014-09-04	@CLE	ND	6.0	4	3	2	3	6	0	124	57
2014-07-19	CLE	ND	5.2	6	2	2	4	4	2	118	49
2014-06-22	@CLE	W	6.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	114	62
2014-05-21	@CLE	ND	7.0	12	7	7	2	5	1	113	28
2013-08-08	@CLE	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	100	65

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

Indians Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Scherzer
G/S/vB 18.Belisle
G/S/vB 27.Kelley
G/S/vB 43.Melancon
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 46.Perez*
G/S/vB 52.Petit
G/S/vB 36.Solis*
G/S/vB 45.Treinen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Almonte# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 59/36 .278/.305/.463/.768 .876/.699 .673 44/.902 0/0 1/0

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 29/.598 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 292/254 .296/.345/.457/.802 .680/.820 .773 62/.737 5/0 6/1

20.Davis G/S/vP 15/.421 5/.800 8/.821 4/.500 4/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 360/237 .261/.323/.414/.737 .707/.753 .794 56/.617 28/3 10/5

38.Gimenez G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 115/94 .210/.250/.305/.555 .588/.547 .588 28/.737 0/0 3/1

6.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/169 .247/.357/.411/.768 1.094/.606 .647 48/.683 2/1 7/3

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 35/.544 2/2.500 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 472/330 .284/.345/.491/.835 .765/.865 .823 92/.940 9/3 19/6

12.Lindor# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 474/334 .306/.356/.450/.806 .795/.811 .703 92/.738 14/4 13/7

1.Martinez# G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/44 .269/.300/.358/.658 .588/.700 .594 8/.393 0/2 1/3

26.Napoli G/S/vP 12/.350 2/.000 9/1.222 2/.000 5/.650 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 446/327 .253/.339/.513/.851 .903/.833 .672 91/1.081 4/1 28/10

30.Naquin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 239/209 .318/.384/.603/.987 .815/1.009 .871 63/1.049 3/1 13/2

55.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 56/42 .093/.268/.116/.384 .143/.471 .433 41/.362 0/0 0/1

11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 404/300 .302/.360/.428/.788 .828/.774 .670 88/.855 12/5 6/5

41.Santana# G/S/vP 46/.320 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 476/353 .244/.342/.474/.817 .684/.866 .841 94/.691 4/1 24/3

IP 156.2 28.1 40.1 45.2 35.0 30.2 49.2 34.1 44.2 TOTAL .262/.326/.438/.764 .740/.772 .706 .789 80/20 144/60

ERA-K/9

2.87/11.4

1.91/7.3

2.90/13.8

1.38/8.7

4.37/8.0

4.40/10.8

2.72/6.7

2.10/10.5

2.01/8.1

3.22/9.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (14-3-4)
Perez (4-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 610/.190 114/.252 161/.225 176/.195 152/.270 136/.246 200/.242 144/.197 175/.230 .230 Davis
Chisenhall
Almonte
Naquin
Guyer
Martinez
Ramirez 51/52/1/8
0/2/82/5
10/2/9/3
0/69/4/2
28/18/12/2
8/8/9/2
48/0/0/1

OPS .609 .638 .738 .495 .754 .722 .684 .584 .660 .661

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 322/.727 46/.543 56/.938 78/.551 80/.777 69/.611 86/.894 52/.500 61/.710 .679

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.481 68/.703 105/.632 98/.451 72/.728 67/.836 114/.533 92/.634 114/.634 .647

Home 241/.568 60/.667 93/.636 98/.431 73/.662 77/.643 76/.567 79/.605 86/.568

Last 28d days 110/.566 37/.556 34/1.011 32/.414 36/1.072 34/.775 22/.679 19/.681 34/.535

HR/SB/CS 24/3/1 1/1/2 7/1/0 2/2/0 3/2/0 3/2/0 7/2/0 1/0/1 4/1/1 103/38/20

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

Nationals Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Bauer
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB 58.House*
G/S/vB 34.McAllister
G/S/vB 24.Miller*
G/S/vB 61.Otero
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Difo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/12 .375/.412/.500/.912 .800/.962 .000 17/.912 1/0 0/1

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 418/319 .224/.324/.412/.735 .752/.728 .771 86/.515 7/1 18/9

48.Goodwin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 449/324 .233/.374/.438/.812 .722/.848 .808 81/.468 15/7 20/2

14.Heisey G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/68 .214/.304/.418/.722 .818/.661 .752 28/.640 0/1 5/0

20.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 431/295 .350/.390/.615/1.004 .929/1.038 .950 69/1.111 3/3 21/8

40.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 372/282 .338/.387/.556/.943 .992/.928 .982 79/1.035 0/0 18/3

6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 450/354 .265/.351/.436/.787 .851/.770 .769 80/.980 12/6 13/5

9.Revere* G/S/vP 4/1.417 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.661 8/.750 2/.000 3/1.334 296/245 .208/.258/.285/.542 .669/.517 .535 60/.435 11/5 2/2

25.Robinson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 152/125 .211/.272/.353/.625 .499/.654 .540 44/.456 0/0 5/0

29.Severino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/11 .375/.545/.375/.920 /.920 .333 8/1.125 0/0 0/0

7.Turner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 94/63 .303/.340/.506/.846 .657/.941 .760 86/.826 8/1 2/1

28.Werth G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/.792 ··· 1/.000 418/304 .249/.340/.418/.758 1.007/.664 .703 79/.740 4/1 13/1

IP 119.0 47.0 12.0 2.2 30.2 48.0 45.0 47.1 TOTAL .252/.326/.428/.754 .795/.740 .740 .739 76/29 147/45

ERA-K/9

4.08/8.1

2.49/11.5

6.00/8.2

3.38/6.7

5.28/9.4

1.50/15.4

1.60/7.8

3.80/9.3

3.88/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramos (25-15-7)
Severino (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 514/.244 185/.189 52/.277 14/.500 147/.291 182/.175 180/.219 198/.237 .243 Harper
Werth
Revere
Goodwin
Turner
Robinson
Heisey 0/0/102/5
90/0/2/3
20/59/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/7/0/0
3/0/0/0
17/3/11/0

OPS .697 .621 .750 1.000 .856 .531 .566 .746 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 254/.704 94/.656 32/.777 7/1.514 73/.638 50/.637 84/.523 89/.807 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 260/.690 91/.586 20/.703 7/.571 74/1.081 132/.490 96/.601 109/.697 .720

Road 253/.673 101/.612 28/.649 / 66/.891 89/.537 84/.630 103/.805

Last 28d days 96/.966 29/.500 32/.626 / 22/1.100 34/.659 34/.587 48/.654

HR/SB/CS 12/4/2 6/2/1 0/1/0 0/0/1 4/7/0 6/0/0 2/1/0 7/2/1 129/37/18

Usage ·····X·· ·o····o· ···X··oX ········ ···o·X·X ··X·X··o ····ooX· ····X·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 2016 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

BOS 5.44

SDP 4.47

ATL 3.56

RA/G

CHC 3.40

TBR 4.41

ARI 5.50

J. Altuve .356

J. Turner .274

C. Rasmus .211

OBP

M. Trout .427

L. Forsythe .342

F. Galvis .256

SLG

D. Ortiz .617

T. Tulowitzki .450

A. Escobar .310

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.014

J. Schoop .791

A. Escobar .589

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

J. Tomlin 3.81

S. Gray 5.74

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.94

C. Tillman 7.63

M. Pelfrey 4.06

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.