WSN @ ATL, Sunday, September 7, 2008 Game Preview

Washington Nationals, 55-88, 5th, 25 GB, 27½ GB in WC	SP: Collin Balester (22, RHP, 3-6, 4.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-6) 60.2 61 36 32 22 37 9 4.75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 40.1 39 21 19 14 26 7 4.24 50 2008-08-31 ATL ND 7 6 4 4 3 5 1 105 51 2008-08-26 LAD W 5 5 1 1 2 0 0 77 51 2008-08-20 @PHI L 6 7 4 3 1 4 1 87 47 2008-08-14 NYM L 6 4 5 5 5 3 2 97 42 2008-08-08 @MIL L 5 5 4 3 1 4 1 78 46 2008-08-03 CIN W 5.1 6 1 1 2 5 1 101 55 2008-07-29 PHI L 6 6 2 2 0 5 1 90 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 0-0 7 6 4 4 3 5 1 5.14 51 2008-08-31 ATL ND 7 6 4 4 3 5 1 105 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-40 Road: 24-48 ExtrInn: 6-6 vsRHP: 35-56 vsLHP: 20-32 1-Run: 19-26 vsEast: 23-33 vsCntrl:15-25 vsWest: 9-20 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 143 Sat, Sep 6 @ATL W 8-5 (10) 55-88 5th 25.0 gb 142 Fri, Sep 5 @ATL L 5-10 54-88 5th 25.5 gb 141 Thu, Sep 4 @ATL L 0-2 54-87 5th 25.5 gb 140 Wed, Sep 3 PHI W 9-7 54-86 5th 25.0 gb 139 Tue, Sep 2 PHI L 0-4 53-86 5th 25.0 gb 138 Mon, Sep 1 PHI W 7-4 53-85 5th 24.0 gb 137 Sun, Aug 31 ATL W 8-4 52-85 5th 24.0 gb 136 Sat, Aug 30 ATL W 9-8 (10) 51-85 5th 24.0 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 ATL W 7-3 50-85 5th 25.0 gb 134 Thu, Aug 28 LAD W 11-2 49-85 5th 25.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:13-17
Atlanta Braves, 62-81, 4th, 18 GB, 20½ GB in WC	SP: Jo-Jo Reyes (23, LHP, 3-10, 5.49) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-10) 98.1 113 64 60 47 73 11 5.49 2007 (2-2) 50.2 55 39 35 30 27 9 6.22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-5 33.1 45 25 24 19 18 1 6.48 39 2008-08-30 @WSN ND 4 8 4 4 2 2 0 94 30 2008-08-24 @STL L 5.2 9 6 5 4 2 1 106 27 2008-08-19 @NYM ND 6 4 2 2 3 5 0 102 58 2008-07-20 WSN L 2.1 7 6 6 4 1 0 65 16 2008-07-11 @SDP L 4 5 2 2 1 1 0 64 44 2008-07-05 HOU L 4.1 6 4 4 3 2 0 86 34 2008-06-29 @TOR L 7 6 1 1 2 5 0 102 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.WSN 0-1 6.1 15 10 10 6 3 0 14.21 23 2008-08-30 @WSN ND 4 8 4 4 2 2 0 94 30 2008-07-20 WSN L 2.1 7 6 6 4 1 0 65 16
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-33 Road: 24-48 ExtrInn: 2-9 vsRHP: 45-55 vsLHP: 17-26 1-Run: 7-27 vsEast: 25-34 vsCntrl:12-26 vsWest: 17-14 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 143 Sat, Sep 6 WSN L 5-8 (10) 62-81 4th 18.0 gb 142 Fri, Sep 5 WSN W 10-5 62-80 4th 17.5 gb 141 Thu, Sep 4 WSN W 2-0 61-80 4th 18.5 gb 140 Wed, Sep 3 @FLA L 3-5 60-80 4th 19.0 gb 139 Tue, Sep 2 @FLA W 16-14 60-79 4th 18.0 gb 138 Mon, Sep 1 @FLA L 3-4 59-79 4th 18.0 gb 137 Sun, Aug 31 @WSN L 4-8 59-78 4th 17.0 gb 136 Sat, Aug 30 @WSN L 8-9 (10) 59-77 4th 16.0 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 @WSN L 3-7 59-76 4th 16.0 gb 134 Thu, Aug 28 FLA W 4-2 59-75 4th 15.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 06, 2008 WSN 8 @ATL 5 (10) W:Joel Hanrahan (6-3), L: Mike Gonzalez (0-2), S: Steven Shell (2) Fri, Sep 05, 2008 ATL 10 WSN 5 W:Jair Jurrjens (12-9), L: Jay Bergmann (2-11), S: none Thu, Sep 04, 2008 ATL 2 WSN 0 W:James Parr (1-0), L: Shairon Martis (0-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (9) Sun, Aug 31, 2008 WSN 8 ATL 4 W:Garrett Mock (1-3), L: Elmer Dessens (0-1), S: none Sat, Aug 30, 2008 WSN 9 ATL 8 (10) W:Steven Shell (1-1), L: Vladimir Nunez (0-2), S: none Fri, Aug 29, 2008 WSN 7 ATL 3 W:Odalis Perez (6-10), L: Jorge Campillo (7-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (7) Sun, Jul 20, 2008 WSN 15 @ATL 6 W:Odalis Perez (3-7), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-9), S: none Sat, Jul 19, 2008 WSN 8 @ATL 2 W:John Lannan (6-9), L: Jair Jurrjens (9-5), S: none Fri, Jul 18, 2008 ATL 7 WSN 6 W:Tim Hudson (10-7), L: Tim Redding (7-4), S: Mike Gonzalez (4) Wed, Apr 30, 2008 WSN 3 ATL 2 (12) W:Saul Rivera (3-1), L: Manny Acosta (0-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - WSN leads 11-6; 2007 - ATL won 11-7; 2006 - ATL won 10-8; All-Time - ATL leads 279-249

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 2008 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

TEX 5.42

FLA 4.65

SFG 3.85

RA/G

TOR 3.85

CLE 4.58

TEX 5.94

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

A. Callaspo .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .642

B. Moss .486

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.110

J. Damon .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

M. Buehrle 3.98

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

G. Floyd 6.41

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 34.Dessens
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 65.Julio
G/S/vB 48.Nunez
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 40.Ridgway*
G/S/vB 54.Tavarez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Belliard G/S/vP 4/.833 2/.500 4/1.000 2/1.000 11/.382 31/.258 2/1.500 7/1.238 9/.347 2/.000 ··· 17/.548 337/234 .287/.372/.473/.845 1.021/.770 .857 98/.954 3/2 11/

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 51/46 .163/.196/.204/.400 .400/.400 .534 11/1.010 1/2 0/

7.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 134/98 .264/.306/.368/.674 .461/.753 .561 86/.626 6/3 0/

8.Boone G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 2/1.000 6/2.433 9/1.125 3/.666 5/1.400 6/2.100 3/.666 ··· 14/.895 207/124 .257/.316/.422/.738 .906/.628 .801 27/.792 0/1 6/

5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 139/121 .220/.309/.301/.610 .229/.667 .563 23/.634 1/0 1/

34.Dukes G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 254/179 .266/.374/.458/.832 .750/.864 .815 40/1.019 13/1 8/

3.Flores G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 324/242 .256/.296/.402/.698 .829/.653 .766 66/.394 0/1 8/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 77/50 .217/.280/.290/.570 .237/.747 .693 4/.000 0/0 0/

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 3/.333 7/.453 3/1.167 10/.800 3/.333 6/.500 5/.450 3/2.000 ··· 9/1.000 549/379 .310/.339/.423/.762 .892/.704 .674 81/.883 5/4 6/

1.Harris* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/2.667 1/no AB 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.417 1/.000 6/.334 365/276 .250/.343/.430/.773 .860/.745 .796 104/.743 9/3 12/

6.Hernandez# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 35/18 .382/.400/.382/.782 .706/.856 .700 35/.782 0/0 0/

29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 6/.533 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 119/95 .223/.376/.351/.727 .744/.723 .952 35/.671 2/0 1/

44.Milledge G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 5/1.100 1/.000 4/1.250 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 504/355 .261/.325/.403/.728 .671/.753 .692 105/.786 20/6 13/

23.Montz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/

53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 144/97 .238/.289/.308/.596 .745/.528 .535 38/.302 0/0 1/

4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 62/57 .220/.246/.288/.534 .800/.509 .250 20/.618 1/0 0/

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/.833 4/.250 3/1.667 3/.666 7/1.429 4/.750 9/1.413 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 387/266 .285/.336/.444/.779 .798/.771 .777 112/.922 1/1 11/

IP 98.1 49.0 83.1 69.2 51.1 3.0 24.0 19.2 21.2 54.1 6.1 44.2 TOTAL .248/.319/.369/.688 .719/.676 .685 .716 68/32 99/107

ERA-K/9

5.49/6.7

3.86/4.8

4.00/6.2

5.30/8.4

4.38/8.1

30.00/3.0

3.38/10.1

5.49/7.8

5.40/6.2

3.48/8.6

4.26/5.7

5.04/7.9

4.50/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (47-17-7)
Montz (0-1-0)
Nieves (33-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 442/.297 212/.256 362/.252 297/.252 218/.246 21/.533 101/.195 89/.284 105/.302 231/.229 26/.208 212/.306 .262 Dukes
Harris
Casto
Langerhans
Milledge
Bernadina
Orr
Bonifacio 10/1/52/6
73/17/0/4
7/0/1/1
24/0/9/1
0/117/0/1
1/11/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/2/0

OPS .838 .779 .698 .731 .718 1.571 .590 .882 .830 .644 .769 .784 .749

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.706 91/.872 127/.770 116/.735 87/.863 11/1.511 17/.739 44/1.003 48/.708 106/.576 11/.455 93/.961 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 355/.870 121/.702 235/.658 181/.727 131/.625 10/1.643 84/.555 45/.769 57/.921 125/.703 15/1.026 119/.644 .748

Home 194/.953 126/.725 204/.606 149/.661 123/.655 7/1.571 56/.693 45/1.115 56/.882 120/.582 3/.000 107/.767 .750

Last 28d days 76/.834 10/.650 54/.502 41/.786 61/.724 21/1.571 27/.607 11/.788 80/.906 37/1.123 8/.393 64/.782

HR/SB/CS 11/7/4 7/6/0 5/7/2 8/8/2 5/5/1 1/1/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 0/0/2 3/1/2 2/0/0 2/5/0 123/96/32

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

Atlanta Braves Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS

40.Balester
G/S/vB

43.Colome
G/S/vB

55.Estrada
G/S/vB

38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB

58.Hinckley*
G/S/vB

36.Manning*
G/S/vB

50.Mock
G/S/vB

52.Rivera
G/S/vB

59.Shell
G/S/vB

37.Speigner
G/S/vB

PA/vRH

BA/OBP/SLG/OPS

vLH/RH

Last 28d

SB/CS

HR/E

24.Anderson* G/S/vP

···

···

···

65/53

.305/.369/.441/.810

.750/.824

.928

41/.825

5/1

18.Blanco* G/S/vP

···

···

490/374

.250/.368/.307/.675

.663/.678

.647

90/.569

11/5

19.Escobar G/S/vP

···

···

553/395

.285/.361/.388/.748

.677/.778

.763

102/.872

2/5

7.Francoeur G/S/vP

···

568/405

.230/.291/.352/.643

.583/.667

.675

93/.666

0/1

11/

8.Gotay# G/S/vP

···

···

···

106/78

.228/.317/.348/.665

.375/.769

.727

9/1.016

1/1

4.Infante G/S/vP

···

···

···

281/184

.313/.362/.453/.815

.903/.768

.797

86/.809

0/0

2.Johnson* G/S/vP

···

531/403

.277/.344/.430/.774

.798/.766

.830

92/.795

10/4

28.Jones* G/S/vP

···

···

94/78

.271/.326/.424/.750

.804/.738

.501

37/.698

0/0

10.Jones# G/S/vP

···

···

···

480/318

.357/.458/.563/1.021

1.033/1.015

1.121

95/.811

3/0

20/

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP

···

···

489/377

.266/.317/.408/.725

.824/.695

.646

48/.396

2/1

12/

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP

···

1/.000

···

1/.000

···

1/no AB

···

59/41

.200/.241/.345/.587

.588/.584

.566

3/.333

1/0

16.McCann* G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

506/351

.293/.366/.527/.892

.817/.926

.905

92/.683

5/0

23/

27.Miller G/S/vP

···

1/.000

···

1/.000

···

1/no AB

···

60/35

.093/.169/.148/.318

.330/.308

.204

0/0

20.Norton# G/S/vP

···

1/.000

···

1/.000

1/2.000

···

200/143

.263/.355/.434/.789

.738/.810

.790

29/1.134

0/0

14.Prado G/S/vP

···

···

178/107

.342/.395/.516/.911

1.025/.836

.831

81/.940

2/1

5.Sammons G/S/vP

3/.000

···

1/.000

···

43/31

.175/.233/.250/.483

.717/.395

.581

24/.170

0/0

60.2

64.0

9.0

77.2

2.1

35.1

30.1

76.2

40.1

2.1

TOTAL

.268/.344/.408/.752

.735/.760

.767

.747

46/24

118/88

ERA-K/9

4.75/5.5

4.78/6.9

7.00/8.0

3.71/9.7

0.00/7.8

4.84/8.2

4.75/10.4

3.52/6.7

2.01/7.4

7.71/0.0

4.55/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (85-25-6)
Miller (5-5-4)
Sammons (6-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA

266/.262

290/.250

44/.270

331/.225

7/.143

157/.203

129/.246

334/.262

161/.186

12/.455

.267

Francoeur
Blanco
Jones
Anderson
Norton
Infante

0/0/132/11
63/63/4/7
21/0/5/2
6/11/1/1
24/0/2/0
26/3/0/0

OPS

.771

.732

.900

.662

.286

.693

.738

.659

.621

.909

.767

vs LHB (BF-OPS)

127/.742

130/.804

19/1.015

148/.674

3/.000

73/.632

54/.693

165/.606

67/.774

8/.500

.761

vs RHB (BF-OPS)

139/.797

160/.675

25/.800

183/.652

4/.500

84/.747

75/.773

169/.714

94/.513

4/2.000

.772

Road

116/.700

123/.663

31/.836

147/.676

75/.753

47/.748

154/.711

64/.749

8/.571

.772

Last 28d days

102/.813

48/.815

44/.900

55/.629

7/.286

44/.792

68/.701

60/.915

58/.555

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Game Preview: WSN @ ATL, 1:30pm, Sunday, September 7, 2008 @Turner Field

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Friday, September 5, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: Collin Balester (22, RHP, 3-6, 4.75)

SP: Jo-Jo Reyes (23, LHP, 3-10, 5.49)

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