Next Game
Washington Nationals
@ New York Yankees
Tuesday, Jun 16, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT
Yankee Stadium
Shairon Martis vs CC Sabathia
Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 70.
?'s For The DC Faithful...
• Why Is Manny Acta Still Here, And What Does It Mean?
• Shairon vs CC? Who you got?
• What The....Is A DH?
• Who The...Is Mark Teixeira?
• Uh, How Many HR's Have Been Hit To Right? Mr. Dunn, Meet The New Yankee Stadium!
DC Starting Lineup...
- The Guzzz - DH
- Nick "Two-Spot" Johnson - 1B
- THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!!! - 3B
- Elijah SSSSUPER DUKESSSSS - CF
- The Big Donkey - LF
- AK - RF
- Alberto "The General" Gonzalez - SS
- Wil "Blocker' Nieves - C
- Anderson "Elvis" Hernandez - 2B
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CC Sabathia
#52 / Pitcher / New York Yankees
6-7
290
L
L
Jul 21, 1980
'09 Stats - (5-4, 3.68 ERA), 13 GS, 93.0 IP, 2 CG, 1 SO, 76 H, 41 R, 38 ER, 7 HR, 29 BB, 67 K's, 1.13 WHIP, .223 AVG.
vs DC - (1-1, 1.65 ERA), 2 GS, 16.1 IP, 1 CG/SO, 9 H, 3 ER, 6 BB, 14 K's, 0.92 WHIP, .170 BAA.
Origin Story - Selected by Cleveland - 1st Round, 20th overall in 1998. Traded to Milwaukee (7/7/08) for Matt LaPorta (IF/OF), Rob Bryson (RHP), Zach Johnson (LHP), Michael Brantley (OF). Signed with NYY as a free agent (12/20/08).
The Nationals' Starting Pitcher Is Going To Stare At You Now...
Shairon Martis
#39 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals
6-1
175
R
R
Mar 30, 1987
'09 Stats - (5-1, 5.04 ERA), 12 GS, 69.2 IP, 65 H, 40 R, 39 ER, 8 HR, 29 BB, 28 K's, 1.35 WHIP, .249 BAA.
vs NYY - N/A
Origin Story - Signed with San Francisco as Amateur Free Agent (2/10/04), Traded to Washington for Mike Stanton (LHP).
CC vs DC -
Ronnie Belliard - 0 for 4, .000 AVG.
Adam Dunn - 4 for 22, .182 AVG, 2 2B, 2 RBI's, 1 BB, 8 K's.
Cristian Guzman - 9 for 34, .265 AVG, 2 2B, 2 RBI's, 1 BB, 7 K's.
Willie Harris - 1 for 8, .125 AVG.
Austin Kearns - 2 for 12, .167 AVG, 1 2B.
Ryan Zimmerman - 0 for 4, .000 AVG, 2 K's.
The Nationals vs Mariano Rivera -
Ronnie Belliard - 1 for 6, .167 AVG, 1 2B, 2 K's.
Elijah Dukes - 1 for 2, .500 AVG, 1 K.
Adam Dunn - 0 for 2, .000 AVG, 2 K's.
Cristian Guzman - 1 for 5, .200 AVG, 1 SB.
Nick Johnson - 0 for 1, .000 AVG.
Corey Patterson - 1 for 5, .200 AVG, 1 2B.
Ryan Zimmerman - 1 for 2, .500 AVG, 1 HR, 1 K.
VOTE ZIM: UPDATE!!!
When we last checked in on the voting for the 2009 MLB All-Star Game, Ryan Zimmerman trailed NY Mets' third baseman David Wright by a margin of 247,745 votes. (994,855 for Wright vs 747,380 for Zim). Apparently the voting public has picked up the pace...
- David Wright - NYM - 1,256,736
- Ryan Zimmerman - WAS - 920,780
- Chipper Jones - ATL - 864,017
David Wright now leads the race for the starting spot at third by 335,956 votes, that's an 88,211 vote increase in his lead since last time out. In one week, Ryan Zimmerman added 173,400 votes, Wright added 226,881, and Chipper Jones actually had the second biggest increase, going from 640,598 to 864,017, for a week's total of 223,419.
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