GameThread: New York Mets At Washington Nationals - Game 94 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jul 22, 2009, 4:30pm EDT

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New York Mets
@ Washington Nationals

Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Mike Pelfrey vs Craig Stammen

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 85.

?'s For The DC Faithful...

• I Know I Ask This Each Time The Nationals Win, But Is It Greedy To Ask For Two Wins In A Row?

• Can Stammen Follow The Leader Again?

• What's All This About Pelfrey Licking His Paws?

• How Cool Was It Of Lannan To Give The Game Ball To The New Skip?

• By My Count, It's 14 More Games To Avoid Worst Ever Status? Can Someone Check Me On That?

DC Starting Lineup...(courtesy of Washington Post writer Chico Harlan):

Nyjer Morgan - CF
The Guzzzz - SS
THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!!! - 3B
The Big Pick It - LF
Nick NICK Johnson JOHNSON - 1B
The Hammer - RF
Ronnie B. - 2B
The Bard - C
STAMMEN - Following the Leader.

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Today's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare At You Now...

Craig Stammen

#35 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-3

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Mar 09, 1984

'09 Stats - (2-5, 4.46 ERA), 11 GS, 66.2 IP, 68 H, 38 R, 33 ER, 6 HR, 13 BB, 29 K's, ERA+= 96, 1.22 WHIP, 1.8 BB/9, 3.9 K/9, 2.23 K/BB, 2.64 BAA.

vs NYM - (0-2, 7.20 ERA) 2 GS, 10.0 IP, 13 H, 8 ER, 4 BB, 4 K's, 1.70 WHIP, .310 BAA.

Origin Story - Washington Nationals' 12th Round pick, 354th overall in 2005.

Mike Pelfrey

#34 / Pitcher / New York Mets

Height: 6-7

Weight: 230

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jan 14, 1984

'09 Stats - (7-5, 5.07 ERA), 18 GS, 103.0 IP, 119 H, 64 R, 58 ER, 8 HR, 37 BB, 54 K's, 1.51 WHIP, 3.2 BB/9, 4.7 K/9, 1.46 K/BB, .290 BAA.

vs DC - (3-3, 3.79 ERA), 9 GS, 54.2 IP, 57 H, 24 R, 23 ER, 2 HR, 27 BB, 27 K's, 1.54 WHIP, .281 BAA.

Origin Story - New York Mets' 1st Round pick, 9th overall in 2005. (ed. note - "Eh, I'll take Zim, DC's '05 pick)

The Mets vs Stammen...

Daniel Murphy - 2 for 3.

Angel Pagan - 2 for 3.

Omir Santos - 1 for 3, .333 AVG, 1 2B.

Fernando Tatis - 1 for 3, .333 AVG.

David Wright - 2 for 5, .400 AVG, 1 2B.

The Nationals vs Pelfrey...

Ronnie Belliard - 3 for 15, .200 AVG, 1 2B.

Adam Dunn - 2 for 9, .222 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's.

Cristian Guzman - 5 for 14, .357 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI.

Willie Harris - 3 for 7, .429 AVG, 2 RBI's.

Anderson Hernandez - 1 for 4, .250 AVG.

Nick Johnson - 2 for 5, .400 AVG.

Austin Kearns - 6 for 15, .313 AVG, 1 HR, 4 RBI's.

Nyjer Morgan - 1 for 2, .500 AVG.

Wil Nieves - 2 for 8, .250 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI.

Josh Willingham - 3 for 11, .273 AVG, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI's.

Ryan Zimmerman - 7 for 27, .259 AVG, 1 2B, 2 RBI's.

For A Mets Fan's Perspective Check Out the SBN's NY Mets Blog: (Where They'd Take Manny Acta Today):

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