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Washington Nationals
@ Atlanta Braves
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT
Turner Field
John Lannan vs Tommy Hanson
Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.
?'s For The DC Faithful...
• Did Anyone Expect Good News From Dr. James Andrews?
• Good As Lannan vs Hanson Is, I'd Would Have Loved To Have Seen Zimmermann vs Hanson...
• Did The Nationals Sign Strasburg Yet?
• Nine? C'mon...
• Guzman's Hit Streak? Will It Continue? Can Guzman Go 16 Games?
DC Starting Lineup...
- NMIMH - CF
- The Guzzzz - SS
- THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!!! - 3B
- The Big Opposite Field - 1B
- The Hammer - LF
- Elijah SSSSUPER DUKESSSS - RF
- Alberto "The General" Gonzalez - 2B
- Wil "Blocker" Nieves - C
- John "Cool Hand" Lannan - Eating 40 Eggs...
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Tommy Hanson
#48 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves
6-6
220
R
R
Aug 28, 1986
'09 Stats - (6-2, 3.22 ERA), 11 GS, 67.0 IP, 60 H, 25 R, 24 ER, 7 HR's, 9 BB, 46 Ks, 1.32 WHIP, ERA+ = 130, 3.9 BB/9, 6.2 K/9, 1.59 K/BB, .243 BAA.
vs DC - (0-0, 1.29 ERA), 1 GS, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's, 1 HR, 0.57 WHIP, .125 BAA.
Origin Story - Atlanta Braves' 22nd Round pick, 677th overall in 2005.
John "Cool Hand" Lannan
#31 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals
6-4
225
L
L
Sep 27, 1984
'09 Stats - (8-8, 3.39 ERA), 23 GS, 148.2 IP, 153 H, 63 R, 56 ER, 15 HR's, 44 BB, 64 K's, 1.32 WHIP, ERA+ = 127, 2.7 BB/9, 3.9 K/9, 1.45 K/BB, .270 BAA.
vs ATL - (3-2, 3.32 ERA), 6 GS, 38.0 IP, 44 H, 14 ER, 2 HR, 16 BB, 18 K's, 1.58 WHIP, .295 BAA.
Origin Story - Washington Nationals' 11th Round pick, 324th overall in 2005.
John Lannan vs The Braves...
Garret Anderson - 2 for 3, .667 AVG, 1 RBI.
Ryan Church - 4 for 11, .364 AVG, 2 2B, 2 HR's, 5 RBI's, 1 BB, 3 K's.
Matt Diaz - 6 for 13, .462 AVG, 1 2B.
Yunel Escobar - 3 for 15, .200 AVG.
Kelly Johnson - 6 for 15, .400 AVG, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI's.
Chipper Jones - 4 for 17, .235 AVG, 3 RBI's.
Adam LaRoche - 0 for 6, .000 AVG.
Nate McLouth - 4 for 9, .444 AVG, 2 2B, 1 RBI.
Martin Prado - 1 for 8, .125 AVG, 1 2B.
Check Out The SB Nation's Atlanta Braves Blog: Talkin' Chop.
• Atlanta Braves' outfielder Matt Diaz was on XM's Inside Pitch with Jeff Joyce and Kevin Kennedy on Monday when he was asked about how ATL Manager Bobby Cox prepares the team for facing "a team like" the Nationals:
"They have had their way with us over the past two years, and it's been frustrating, so all he has to do, and he has reminded us, that they are not to be taken lightly, especially by us, you know, when it seemed like everyone else in the league was beating them, they were beating us. So maybe now that they're beating everyone else in the league, it's our turn to beat on them a little bit, so we'll hope that's what happens this next two-games series..."
• Last season, when the Nationals were 59-102, Washington was 6-12 against Atlanta, though they swept a late August series against the Braves and split their last four-game set of 2008. So far this season, DC's beat ATL in 4 of 9 games, including 2 of the last 3 each of the last two times the Braves visited Nationals Park.
Michael Wilbon Says: "WAY TO GO NATS!!!