Next Game
Washington Nationals
@ Baltimore Orioles
Sunday, Jun 28, 2009, 1:35 PM EDT
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
John Lannan vs David Hernandez
Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 80.
?'s For The DC Faithful...
• Lannan's Got Us Here, Right? Not Gonna Get Swept Again?
• If Austin Kearns And Ronnie Belliard Are In The Starting Lineup I'll...I'll...Probably Just Watch Anyway...You?
• Which Reliever Goes? Is Craig Stammen The Next Stopper?
• Is It Me, Or Is "Judge" Reimold More Impressive Than Wieters Right Now?
• What Happened To Dunn Hitting Home Runs?
DC Starting Lineup...(courtesy of the Washington Post's Chico Harlan)
- TAWH - CF
- The Guzzzzz - SS
- Nick "Zim's-Spot" Johnson - 1B
- THE KIDS CALL HIM CLEAN-UP!!!! - 3B
- The Big Walky - DHBD
- The Hammer - LF (But Really a DH Now)
- Elijah SSSSSUPER DUKESSSSSS - RF
- Anderson "Elvis" Hernandez - 2B
- Wil "Blocker" Nieves - C
- John "Cool Hand" Lannan - Eating 40 Eggs
LINKS:
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TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER IS GOING TO STARE AT YOU NOW...
David Hernandez
#63 / Pitcher / Baltimore Orioles
6-3
215
R
R
May 13, 1985
'09 Stats - (1-1, 3.95 ERA), 3 G, 2 GS, 13.2 IP, 19 H, 6 ER, 5 BB, 1.76 WHIP, .328 BAA.
vs DC - N/A
Origin Story - Selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 16th Round, 483rd overall in 2005.
John Lannan
#31 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals
6-4
225
L
L
Sep 27, 1984
'09 Stats - (4-5, 3.44 ERA), 15 GS, 91.2 IP, 91 H, 41 R, 35 ER, 12 HR, 34 BB, 45 K's, 1.36 WHIP, .261 BAA.
vs Baltimore - (1-1, 3.65 ERA), 2 GS, 12.1 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 2 HR, 2 BB, 6 K's, 1.05 WHIP, .229 BAA.
Origin Story - Selected by the Washington Nationals in the 11th Round, 324th overall in 2005.
- The Washington Nationals are 3-1 in Lannan's 4 June starts, with Lannan (2-0) with a 1.82 ERA, a 1.01 WHIP and a .210 BAA in his last 29.2 IP. (2-5) away from Nationals Park, Lannan's also (0-2) in day games this season.
Lannan vs The Orioles...
Aubrey Huff - 1 for 6, 1.67 ERA, 1 RBI.
Adam Jones - 3 for 5, .600 AVG.
Nick Markakis - 0 for 5, .000 AVG.
Melvin Mora - 2 for 6, .333 AVG, 1 2B.
Brian Roberts - 0 for 6, .000 AVG.
Luke Scott - 2 for 4, .500 AVG, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI.
LINKS AND LINKS AND...
• MLB.com's Bill Ladson: All Nats All the Time: Nationals trying to acquire Nyjer Morgan [update]
"Looking to improve their outfield defense, the Nationals are trying to acquire Pirates outfielder Nyjer Morgan, according to a baseball source."
• Trade rumor catches Bucs' Morgan off-guard - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Friday night, a report surfaced that the Pirates might send Nyjer Morgan to the Washington Nationals for outfielder Lastings Milledge.
• Nationals Scouting Outfield Options?: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com's Eddie Schmid
"It seems like the Nats are looking for a young, cost-controlled and speedy outfielder as well as a defensively adept one. Who else comes to mind that might be attainable for the Nationals?"
• Joe Girardi, Eric Wedge top managers who may not be back in 2010 - Jon Heyman
The GM and pitching coach are gone, and Acta's bosses appeared perilously close to axing Acta a couple of weeks back, before the Nats beat the vaunted Yankees in two out of three.
• Washington Times - Ben Goessling - "Nats lose; Stammen to bullpen"
There's not much about the Nationals' 6-3 loss to the Orioles that will distinguish it from the scores of other ...
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