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Game Preview: STL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Friday, April 18, 2014 @Nationals Park

Cardinals, 10-6, 10-6 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: (2014, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced WSN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    6-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-5    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @WSN  W   8-0       10-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIL  L   1-5        9-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @MIL  W   6-1        9-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @MIL  W   4-0        8-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   CHC  W   6-4        7-5   2nd  3.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   CHC  W  10-4        6-5   2nd  3.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   CHC  L   3-6 (11)   5-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9   CIN  L   0-4        5-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8   CIN  W   7-5        5-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   CIN  W   5-3        4-3   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-6    Last 30:10-6 
Nationals, 9-7, 9-7 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (28, LHP, 2-1, 3.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-1) 18.0 15 7 7 7 17 2 3.50
2013 (11-8) 195.2 169 79 73 76 192 17 3.36
2012 (21-8) 199.1 149 69 64 76 207 9 2.89
Last 7 GS 4-3 46.0 38 15 15 13 39 3 2.93 59
2014-04-13 @ATL L 6.0 9 6 6 4 6 2 103 32
2014-04-08 MIA W 6.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 101 69
2014-04-02 @NYM W 6.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 91 67
2013-09-24 @STL L 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 0 110 63
2013-09-19 MIA W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 105 51
2013-09-14 PHI L 6.0 9 4 4 2 5 1 98 41
2013-09-09 @NYM W 9.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 110 91
Last 5 v.STL 1-1 16.0 11 2 2 3 14 0 1.13 73
2013-09-24 @STL L 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 0 110 63
2012-08-31 STL W 9.0 5 0 0 3 8 0 119 82
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-6    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Thu, Apr 17   STL  L   0-8        9-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIA  W   6-3        9-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @MIA  L   2-11       8-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @MIA  W   9-2        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @ATL  L   2-10       7-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @ATL  L   3-6        7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @ATL  L   6-7 (10)   7-3   1st  1.0 up
  9 Thu, Apr 10   MIA  W   7-1        7-2   1st  2.0 up
  8 Wed, Apr  9   MIA  W  10-7        6-2   1st  1.0 up
  7 Tue, Apr  8   MIA  W   5-0        5-2   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-7    Last 30: 9-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 STL  8 @WSN  0        W:Adam Wainwright (3-1), L: Taylor Jordan (0-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 25, 2013 STL  4  WSN  1        W:Shelby Miller (15-9), L: Jordan Zimmermann (19-9), S: Trevor Rosenthal (3)
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 STL  2  WSN  0        W:Michael Wacha (4-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (11-8), S: Trevor Rosenthal (2)
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 STL  4  WSN  3        W:Adam Wainwright (18-9), L: Tanner Roark (7-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)
Wed, Apr 24, 2013 STL  4 @WSN  2        W:Jaime Garcia (2-1), L: Stephen Strasburg (1-4), S: Edward Mujica (4)
Tue, Apr 23, 2013 STL  2 @WSN  0        W:Adam Wainwright (4-1), L: Ross Detwiler (1-1), S: Edward Mujica (3)
Mon, Apr 22, 2013 STL  3 @WSN  2        W:Shelby Miller (3-1), L: Dan Haren (1-3), S: Edward Mujica (2)
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 STL 10  WSN  4        W:Lance Lynn (18-7), L: Ross Detwiler (10-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 WSN  6 @STL  4 (10)   W:Drew Storen (3-1), L: Sam Freeman (0-2), S: Craig Stammen (1)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 STL 12  WSN  2        W:Adam Wainwright (14-13), L: Edwin Jackson (9-11), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - STL over 1-0; 2013 - STL won 6-0; 2012 - WSN won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 302-285

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

For the 2013 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
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
64.Treinen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 319/267 .284/.335/.503/.839 .654/.876 .806 65/.885 0/1 17/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 13/.308 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 196/153 .274/.333/.377/.710 .608/.740 .661 39/.643 6/0 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 1/2.000 717/495 .318/.392/.481/.873 .820/.897 .775 71/.748 3/3 11/12
21.Craig G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 2/1.000 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .826 62/.438 2/0 13/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 129/95 .203/.240/.293/.533 .235/.643 .626 7/.971 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 358/292 .238/.290/.366/.656 .529/.684 .702 22/.293 6/3 5/14
3.Ellis G/S/vP 6/.200 ··· 3/.666 7/.714 7/.286 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 480/336 .270/.323/.351/.674 .743/.644 .611 4/.000 4/1 6/6
7.Holliday G/S/vP 4/.250 1/2.000 4/1.250 5/1.350 1/.000 10/1.025 6/.533 1/2.000 602/458 .300/.389/.490/.879 .799/.903 .790 69/.784 6/1 22/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 7/1.071 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.450 2/.000 628/491 .276/.351/.370/.721 .620/.749 .711 32/.787 10/5 7/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 5/.650 5/.600 4/.500 6/.334 6/.834 2/.000 541/426 .319/.359/.477/.836 .883/.823 .855 63/.898 3/2 12/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 19/.868 7/.929 1/no AB ··· 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .705 58/.766 3/3 11/4
43.Robinson G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 171/77 .250/.345/.319/.664 .598/.746 .686 12/.444 5/1 2/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 62/55 .153/.194/.169/.363 .000/.410 .451 61/.615 3/0 0/0
IP 195.2 60.0 71.0 71.1 66.2 81.2 61.2 TOTAL .250/.320/.377/.697 .523/.742 .656 .697 7/2 12/12
ERA-K/9 3.36/8.8 3.15/7.8 2.41/9.3 4.04/4.9 3.11/6.9 2.76/8.7 4.52/8.5 /0.0 4.10/10.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (12-6-2)
 Molina (26-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 819/.231 245/.218 275/.152 316/.315 277/.251 339/.262 267/.267 / .256  Jay
 Bourjos
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Peralta
 Robinson
0/152/0/4
0/53/0/2
136/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/22/1
3/0/0/0
26/27/34/0
OPS .668 .651 .517 .811 .668 .682 .729 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.568 107/.741 141/.507 83/.705 118/.785 133/.756 113/.816 / .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 640/.696 138/.581 134/.527 233/.849 159/.584 206/.634 154/.668 / .724
Home 405/.675 114/.665 139/.539 151/.868 150/.637 166/.874 140/.796 /
Last 28d days 76/.742 31/.661 33/.635 38/.679 24/.542 37/.804 20/.350 33/.686
HR/SB/CS 17/11/5 7/2/2 9/2/0 5/2/0 7/3/0 4/9/3 7/4/1 // 17/5/3
Usage ····X··· X·o·o·oo ·oo···X· ····X·X· ·oo····o ··X··X·· ·o····o· X··X·X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Choate*
G/S/vB
61.Maness
G/S/vB
44.Martinez
G/S/vB
41.Neshek
G/S/vB
26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB
46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 655/507 .280/.331/.453/.784 .766/.789 .871 66/.661 21/6 20/20
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 167/130 .158/.193/.272/.465 .529/.448 .482 40/.784 1/0 3/2
19.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 278/190 .234/.296/.341/.637 .869/.536 .621 24/.798 1/0 5/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 1/.000 497/339 .274/.368/.486/.854 .648/.947 .910 59/.836 11/4 20/6
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 590/448 .237/.332/.403/.735 .566/.791 .720 65/.915 4/1 20/11
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 25/.492 0/0 0/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 311/205 .249/.320/.394/.714 .653/.745 .760 36/.559 0/1 7/3
15.McLouth* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 593/463 .258/.329/.399/.729 .640/.753 .705 29/.380 30/7 12/1
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 178/98 .222/.260/.347/.607 .508/.687 .584 13/.769 0/0 4/1
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 394/277 .265/.329/.396/.725 .830/.682 .694 67/.914 1/1 7/16
21.Souza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 5/.650 / /
4.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .375/.444/.625/1.069 1.333/.900 .500 4/2.500 0/0 0/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.833 ··· 532/408 .318/.398/.532/.931 1.092/.884 .896 65/.885 10/1 25/2
IP 35.1 62.0 28.1 40.1 75.1 39.2 TOTAL .258/.326/.438/.764 .953/.712 .647 .764 4/3 19/20
ERA-K/9 2.29/7.1 2.32/5.1 5.08/7.6 3.35/6.5 2.63/12.9 0.45/11.3 3.29/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (0-0-0)
 Lobaton (63-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 141/.208 249/.281 124/.282 177/.252 311/.223 152/.128 .228  Harper
 Werth
 McLouth
 Moore
97/9/16/13
0/0/126/7
136/3/0/4
29/0/6/0
OPS .537 .725 .704 .738 .608 .432 .648
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.492 79/.726 51/.764 60/.922 137/.586 79/.388 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 42/.635 170/.724 73/.661 117/.644 174/.626 73/.479 .603
Road 70/.523 119/.754 45/.611 95/.853 146/.664 73/.436
Last 28d days 18/.284 28/.904 36/.431 30/.563 33/.825 23/.367
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/1/1 6/2/1 4/0/2 1/0/1 11/6/5
Usage ·o···o·· ·Xo··o·· ···X··X· ·oo···X· ····X·X· ··o·X·X·

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.