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GameThread: Chicago Cubs At Washington Nationals - Game 90 Of 162.


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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...

  1. Nyjer Morgan - CF
  2. Nick "Two-Spot" Johnson - 1B
  3. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B
  4. The Big Walky - LF
  5. The Hammer - RF
  6. TAWH - 2B
  7. Alberto "The General" Gonzalez - SS
  8. Wil "Blocker" Nieves - C
  9. 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...

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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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