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Colorado Rockies
@ Washington Nationals
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park
Jason Marquis vs Collin Balester
Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 85.
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• Good Bally Or Bad Bally? Which Shows Up Tonight?
• Can't They Just Promote Rizzo If He's Not GM?
DC Starting Lineup...
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Today's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare At You Now...
Collin Balester
#40 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals
6-5
195
R
R
Jun 06, 1986
'09 Stats - (1-2, 6.00 ERA), 5 GS, 24.0 IP, 26 H, 17 R, 16 ER, 9 HR, 6 BB, 13 K's, 1.33 WHIP, ERA+ = 72, 2.3 BB/9, 4.9 K/9, 2.17 K/BB, .277 BAA.
vs COL - N/A
Origin Story - Montreal Expos' 4th Round pick, 114th overall in 2004.
Jason Marquis
#21 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies
6-1
210
L
R
Aug 21, 1978
'09 Stats - (13-8, 3.55 ERA), 23 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 157.1 IP, 148 H, 68 R, 62 ER, 11 HR, 51 BB, 78 K's, 1.26 WHIP, ERA+ = 128, 2.9 BB/9, 4.5 K/9, 1.53 K/BB, .250 BAA.
vs DC - (4-4, 3.44 ERA), 1 BS, 1 HLD, 1 GS, 1 SO, 89.0 IP, 81 H, 34 ER, 10 HR, 33 BB, 44 K's, .28 WHIP, .245 BAA.
Origin Story - Atlanta Braves' 1st Round pick 35th overall in 1996. 12/13/03 - Traded by Atlanta with LHP Ray King and RHP Adam Wainwright for OF J.D. Drew and C/OF Eli Marrero. 12/19/06 - Signs as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs. 1/6/09 - Traded by Cubs to Colorado Rockies for RHP Luis Vizcaino.
Washington Nationals vs Jason Marquis...
Josh Bard - 3 for 6, .500 AVG, 1 RBI.
Ronnie Belliard - 5 for 13, .385 AVG, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI's.
Adam Dunn - 7 for 31, .226 AVG, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI's, 8 BB, 7 K's.
Cristian Guzman - 1 for 8, .125 AVG.
Willie Harris - 1 for 7, .143 AVG.
Nyjer Morgan - 4 for 11, .364 AVG, 1 RBI, 2 SB.
Josh Willingham - 3 for 11, .273 AVG, 1 2B.
Ryan Zimmerman - 3 for 12, .250 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's.
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