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Washington Nationals
@ Pittsburgh Pirates
Sunday, Aug 2, 2009, 1:35 PM EDT
PNC Park
Collin Balester vs Paul Maholm
Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.
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DC Starting Lineup...(Courtesy of Washington Post writer Chico Harlan) (UPDATED as of 1:15 pm)
- Nyjer Morgan - CF
- The Guzzzz - SS
- THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!!! - 3B
- The Hammer 3-Position Player - LF
- Elijah SSSSSUPER DUKESSSSS - RF
- Ronnie B. - 1B
- Alberto "The General" Gonzalez - 2B
- Wil "Blocker" Nieves - C
- Collin Balester - SP
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Today's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare At You Now...
Paul Maholm
#28 / Pitcher / Pittsburgh Pirates
6-2
225
L
L
Jun 25, 1982
'09 Stats - (6-5, 4.70 ERA), 21 GS, 128.1 IP, 144 H, 71 R, 67 ER, 7 HR, 40 BB, 81 K's, 1.43 WHIP, ERA+ = 86, 2.8 BB/9, 5.7 K/9, 2.03 K/BB, .284 BAA.
vs DC - (0-2, 5.23 ERA), 5 GS, 31.0 IP, 40 H, 18 ER, 8 HR, 9 BB, 23 K's, 1.58 WHIP, .313 BAA.
Origin Story - Pittsburgh Pirates' 1st Round pick, 8th Overall in 2003.
Collin Balester
#40 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals
6-5
195
R
R
Jun 06, 1986
'09 Stats - (1-1, 4.00 ERA), 2 GS, 9.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 HR, 1 BB, 5 K's, 1.00 WHIP, .235 BAA.
vs PIT - N/A
Origin Story - Montreal Expos' 4th Round pick, 114th Overall in 2004.
The Nationals vs Maholm...
Josh Bard - 1 for 6, .167 AVG, 1 RBI.
Ronnie Belliard - 3 for 11, .273 AVG, 2 HR, 2 RBI's.
Elijah Dukes - 1 for 3, .333 AVG, 1 2B.
Adam Dunn - 3 for 28, .107 AVG, 7 BB, 12 K's.
Cristian Guzman - 5 for 10, .500 AVG, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI's.
Austin Kearns - 5 for 18, .278 AVG, 1 2B, 2 RBI's.
Josh Willingham - 1 for 14, .071 AVG.
Ryan Zimmerman - 3 for 13, .231 AVG, 1 RBI.
• After tying a season-high 4-game win streak, the Nationals have dropped 4-straight heading into today's game against the Pirates. Pittsburgh starter Paul Maholm was (1-1) in 5 July starts with the Pirates 3-2 in those outings. In his last two starts, Maholm has allowed 15 hits and 11 ER in 10.2 IP...DC right-hander Collin Balester claimed his first win in two '09 starts last time out, beating the Brewers with 6.0 innings of work on the mound in which he allowed 5 hits and 2 ER.
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