Next Game
Washington Nationals
@ Houston Astros
Friday, Jul 10, 2009, 8:05 PM EDT
Minute Maid Park
Scott Olsen vs Roy Oswalt
Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 95.
?'s For The DC Faithful...
• When The RZO Says They're Not Going To Trade Dunn, Does He Mean, Like "Not" not?
• Not A Question, But, And I'll Give ROSCOEtheNATSfan Credit, But I Edited It!! Kidding, ROSCOE with, Line Of The Day Yesterday:
"Adam Dunn Is Not Like A Box Of Chocolates...You Pretty Much Know What You Get."
• Will Anyone Still Want Cristian Guzman At The Deadline, If They Watch The Nationals These Days?
• Is The Nyjer Morgan Love Dissipating?
• Can We All Agree That Jason Bergmann WAS NOT To Blame For What Happened With Him On The Mound Last Night?
DC Starting Lineup...
- Nyjer Morgan - CF
- The Guzzzz - SS
- Nick "Zim's Spot" Johnson - 1B
- The Big "Bluffy" - LF
- The Hammer - RF
- The Bard - C
- Alberto "The General" Gonzalez - 2B
- TAWH - 3B
- Scott "Nickname Pending" Olsen - SP
LINKS:
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Pitchers, Minor League Minute And More After The JUMP...
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS ARE GOING TO STARE AT YOU NOW!! "DOWN, BULLDOG!!!"
Roy Oswalt
#44 / Pitcher / Houston Astros
6-0
190
R
R
Aug 29, 1977
'09 Stats - (5-4, 3.81 ERA), 18 GS, 113.1 IP, 110 H, 48 ER, 14 HR, 31 BB, 89 K's, ERA+ 110, 2.5 BB/9, 7.1 K/9, 2.87 K/BB, 1.24 WHIP, .258 BAA.
vs DC - (3-1, 2.97 ERA), 11 G, 9 GS, 1 HLD, 2 CG, 1 CGSO, 60.2 IP, 44 H, 20 ER, 4 HR, 11 BB, 46 K's, 0.91 WHIP, .209 BAA.
Origin Story - Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd Round, 684th overall in 1996.
Scott Olsen
#19 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals
6-5
215
L
L
Jan 12, 1984
'09 Stats - (2-4, 6.04 ERA), 10 GS, 56.2 IP, 74 H, 41 R, 38 ER, 9 HR's, 23 BB, 41 K's, ERA+ 71, 3.7 BB/9, 6.5 K/9, 1.78 K/BB, 1.71 WHIP, .315 BAA.
vs HOU - (3-0, 4.38 ERA), 4 GS, 24.2 IP, 21 H, 12 ER, 0 HR, 8 BB, 25 K's, 1.18 WHIP, .228 BAA.
Origin Story - Florida Marlins' 6th Round pick, 173rd overall in 2002. (ed. note - The Expos took Chad Chop in that round.") 11/10/08 - Traded by Marlins to Nationals with Josh Willingham (OF) for Emilio Bonifacio (IF), Jake Smolinski (IF) and P.J. Dean (RHP).
(ed. note - Look familiar? Yes, they were the starters in the May 5th game which was finally completed last night. Scott Olsen went 5.0 IP that day and allowed 6 hits and 5 ER, Oswalt went 5.0 IP, gave up 4 H, 4 ER, 1 HR to Elijah SSSSSUPER DUKESSSS...Oh, I miss writing that...")
The Nationals vs Oswalt...
Josh Bard - 3 for 6, .500 AVG, 2 2B.
Ronnie Belliard - 5 for 18, .278 AVG, 1 RBI.
ADAM DUNN - 16 for 66, .242 AVG, 6 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR's, 8 RBI's, 13 BB, 21 K's.
Nick Johnson - 2 for 11, .182 AVG, 4 BB, 3 K's.
Austin Kearns - 6 for 35, .171 AVG, 3 RBI's, 2 BB, 12 K's.
*Randy Knorr - 0 for 3.
Nyjer Morgan - 1 for 10, .100 AVG.
Josh Willingham - 4 for 13, .308 AVG, 1 BB, 3 K's.
Ryan Zimmerman - 3 for 10, .300 AVG, 2 HR's, 3 K's.
(ed. note - " * = currently DC's Bullpen Coach...")
The Astros vs Olsen...
Lance Berkman - 4 for 12, .333 AVG, 2 2B, 3 RBI's, 3 K's.
Jeff Keppinger - 1 for 2, .500 AVG, 1 2B.
Carlos Lee - 2 for 8, .250 AVG, 2 2B, 2 RBI's.
Hunter Pence - 0 for 6, .000 AVG.
Pudge - 1 for 2, .500 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI.
Miguel Tejada - 2 for 9, .222 AVG, 2 RBI's.
LINKS AND LINKS AND...
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