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The Washington Nationals are waiting to see who wins this afternoon's game between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals so they'll know where they have to fly on Saturday to open up the NLDS.
• For A Braves Fan's Perspective: Talking Chop --- For A Cards Fan's Perspective: Viva El Birdos.
• Tonight's Starting Pitchers:
Kris Medlen
#54 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves
5-10
190
B
R
Oct 07, 1985
• 2010 Stats - (6-2), 31 G, 14 GS, 107.2 IP, 3.68 ERA, ERA+ = 107, 21 BB, 83 Ks, 1.20 WHIP.
• 2012 Stats - (10-1), 50 G, 12 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 1 SV, 138.0 IP, 1.57 ERA, ERA+ = 256, 23 BB, 120 Ks, 0.91 WHIP.
vs STL - (0-0), 5 G, 9.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 8 Ks, 3.72 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, .229 BAA.
Kyle Lohse
#26 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals
6-2
210
R
R
Oct 04, 1978
• 2011 Stats - (14-8), 30 G, 30 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 188.1 IP, 3.39 ERA, 3.67 FIP, ERA+ = 109, 42 BB (2.01 BB/9), 111 Ks (5.30 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.
• 2012 Stats - (16-3), 33 G, 33 GS, 211.0 IP, 2.86 ERA, 3.51 FIP, ERA+ = 134, 38 BB (1.62 BB/9), 143 Ks (6.10 K/9), 1.09 WHIP.
vs ATL - (3-1), 10 G, 10 GS, 54.1 IP, 71 H, 30 R, 30 ER, 9 HR, 15 BB, 33 Ks, 4.97 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, .321 BAA.
• Medlen vs the Cards:
| PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | GDP | missG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Beltran | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yadier Molina | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Descalso | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Holliday | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skip Schumaker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Jay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Wainwright | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Freese | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lance Lynn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .160 | .160 | .240 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
• Lohse vs the Braves:
| PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | GDP | missG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bourn | 35 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .206 | .229 | .235 | .464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian McCann | 22 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .273 | .400 | .673 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Eric Hinske | 21 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .316 | .381 | .368 | .749 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chipper Jones | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .462 | .600 | .846 | 1.446 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Uggla | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .600 | .933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lyle Overbay | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .385 | .429 | .769 | 1.198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Martin Prado | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reed Johnson | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .455 | .400 | .855 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Hudson | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .714 | 1.089 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Heyward | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .444 | .571 | 1.016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Baker | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Paul Maholm | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddie Freeman | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 2.000 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Constanza | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Ross | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Janish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 188 | 169 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 22 | .320 | .371 | .485 | .856 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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