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Chicago Cubs
@ Washington Nationals
Saturday, Jul 18, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park
Randy Wells vs Jordan Zimmermann
Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.
?"s For The DC Faithful...
• Will The Offense Show Up Tonight?
• What Happened To The Crowds That Were Cheering DC On During The Last Atlanta Series?
• How About Zim(n)'s Second Win Since May?
• When Will Jim Riggleman Get His First Win As DC's Skipper?
• Is Another 100-Loss Season Now Inevitable?
DC Starting Lineup...
- Nyjer Morgan - CF
- Nick "Two-Spot" Johnson - 1B
- THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B
- The Big Walky - LF
- The Hammer - RF
- TAWH - 2B
- Alberto "The General" Gonzalez - SS
- Wil "Blocker" Nieves - C
- Zimmermann - Dialin' It Up To 95mph.
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Jordan Zimmermann
#27 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals
6-2
200
R
R
May 23, 1986
'09 Stats - (3-4, 4.50 ERA), 15 GS, 86.0 IP, 89 H, 46 R, 43 ER, 9 HR, 28 BB, 84 K's, ERA+ = 96, 1.36 WHIP, 2.9 BB/9 , 8.8 K/9, 3.00 K/BB, .271 BAA.
vs CHC - N/A
Origin Story - Washington Nationals' 2nd Round pick, 67th overall in 2007.
Ted Lilly
#30 / Pitcher / Chicago Cubs
6-1
190
L
L
Jan 04, 1976
'09 Stats - (9-6, 3.18 ERA), 18 GS, 119.0 IP, 108 H, 45 R, 42 ER, 17 HR, 24 BB, 101 K's, ERA+ = 139, 1.8 BB/9, 7.6 K/9, 4.21 K/BB, .242 BAA.
vs DC/Montreal - (3-3, 2.20 ERA), 7 GS, 41.0 IP, 31 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 0 HR, 15 BB, 44 K's, 2.20 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, .204 BAA.
Origin Story - Los Angeles Dodgers' 23rd Round pick, 688th overall in 1996. 7/31/98 - Traded to the Montreal Expos with (IF) Jonathan Tucker and (OF) Peter Bergeron and (IF/OF) Wilton Guerrero for (IF/OF) Hiram Bocachica, (IF) Mark Grudzielanek and (LHP) Carlos Perez. 3/17/00 - Traded to NY Yankees with (RHP) Christian Parker (RHP) Jake Westbrook for (RHP) - Hideki Arabu. 7/5/02 Traded by Yankees (3-team deal) to the Oakland Athletics with (RHP) Jason Arnold and (OF) John-Ford Griffin, Oakland sends (RHP) Franklyn German, (IF/OF) Carlos Pena and (RHP) Jeremy Bonderman to Detroit, the Tigers send (RHP) Jeff Weaver to New York. 11/18/03 - Traded by A's To Toronto for (OF) Bobby Kielty. 12/15/06 - Signs as a FA with the Chicago Cubs.
The Nationals vs Lilly...
Josh Bard - 2 for 9, .222 AVG, 1 2B.
Ronnie Belliard - 2 for 9, .222 AVG, 1 2B.
Adam Dunn - 2 for 9, .222 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's, 4 BB, 4 K's.
Cristian Guzman - 2 for 21, .095 AVG, 1 BB, 9 K's.
Nick Johnson - 4 for 10, .400 AVG, 1 RBI, 4 BB.
Austin Kearns - 0 for 6, .000 AVG.
Ryan Zimmerman - 2 for 9, .222 AVG, 6 K's.
Randy Wells
#36 / Pitcher / Chicago Cubs
6-3
230
R
R
Aug 28, 1982
'09 Stats - (4-4, 2.72 ERA), 12 GS, 76.0 IP, 68 H, 24 R, 23 ER, 7 HR, 17 BB, 53 K's, 302 BF, ERA+ = 161, 1.12 WHIP, 2.0 BB/9, 6.3 K/9, 3.12 K/BB, .243 BAA.
vs DC - N/A
Origin Story - Drafted by the Chicago Cubs with the 1,143rd pick in the 38th Round of the 2002 Draft. 12/6/07 - Selected by Toronto in the Rule 5 Draft. 4/16/08 - Returned to Chicago.
Washington Nationals: Minor League Minute...
Syracuse Chiefs' starter Shairon Martis surrendered 9 hits and 5 ER in 4.0 IP in a 5-4 loss the Columbus Clippers. Martis is now (1-1) with an 8.25 ERA in 3 starts at Triple-A Syracuse since being sent down (up) from DC. SS Ian Desmond, who made the jump from Double-AA Harrisburg to the Chiefs, is 3 for 7 in his first two games...LHP Cory VanAllen started for the Harrisburg Senators and allowed 6 hits and 1 ER in 4.2 IP in a 9-3 win over the Altoona Curve. Clint Everts, the Montreal Expos' 1st Round pick, 5th overall in 2002, got the W for Harrisburg...The Potomac Nationals put a 10-1 beating on the Kinston Indians at home in Pfitzner Stadium. Chris Marrero, 2 for 4, 3 runs scored, Francico Plasencia, 3 for 5, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI's, and Tim Pahuta, 2 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI's, provided the P-Nats' offense and LHP Tom Millone improved to (5-4) on the year with 7.0 innings of work in which he allowed just 3 hits and 1 ER...The Hagerstown Suns dropped a close 2-1 game to the Asheville Tourists. RHP Hassan Pena threw 6.0 scoreless for the Suns in the loss...The Vermont Lake Monsters got the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth to squeeze out a 6-5 win over the Aberdeen IronBirds. The Nationals' '09 2nd Round pick Jeff Kobernus was 3 for 5 with an RBI, and now has 7 hits in his last 18 AB's. The Lake Monsters' starter LHP Jack McGeary was hit hard, allowing 9 hits and 5 ER in 4.0 IP...This has been your, Minor League Minute...
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