Washington Nationals At San Diego Padres: GameThread 49 Of 162.

• For A San Diego Padres Fan's Perspective, Check Out The SB Nation's Padres Site: Gaslamp Ball.

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

Clayton Richard

#33 / Pitcher / San Diego Padres

Height: 6-5

Weight: 240

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Sep 12, 1983

'09 Stats - (9-5), 38 G, 26 GS, 153.0 IP, 4.41 ERA, ERA+ = 97, 4.50 FIP, 71 BB (4.18 BB/9), 114 K's (6.79 K/9), 1.47 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (4-2), 9 GS, 56.0 IP, 54 H, 17 ER, 1 HR, 22 BB (3.54 BB/9), 41 K's (6.59 K/9), 2.73 ERA, ERA+ = 134, 1.36 WHIP.

vs DC - (1-0), 1 GS, 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 HR, 2 BB, 6 K's, 1.35 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, .174 BAA.

John Lannan

#31 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-4

Weight: 215

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Sep 27, 1984

'09 Stats - (9-13), 33 GS, 206.1 IP, 3.88 ERA, ERA+ = 108, 4.70 FIP, 68 BB (2.97 BB/9), 89 K's (3.88 K/9), 1.35 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (1-2), 9 GS, 48.2 IP, 50 H, 30 ER, 5 HR, 26 BB (4.81 BB/9) 17 K's (3.14 K/9), 5.55 ERA, 5.46 FIP, ERA+ = 75, 1.73 WHIP.

vs SD - (0-2), 4 GS, 26.0 IP, 20 H, 12 R, 9 ER, 2 HR, 11 BB, 15 K's, 3.12 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, .208 BAA.

• Lannan vs The Padres:

Everth Cabrera - 2 for 6, .333 AVG.

David Eckstein - 1 for 3, .333 AVG.

Adrian Gonzalez - 2 for 8, .250 AVG, 1 2B, 2 RBI's.

Jerry Hairston, Jr. - 2 for 5, .400 AVG.

Chase Headley - 1 for 8, .125 AVG, 1 2B, 2 RBI's.

Oscar Salazar - 1 for 6, .167 AVG.

Yorvit Torrealba - 1 for 2, .500 AVG, 1 RBI.

Will Venable - 4 for 11, .364 AVG, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI.

LINKS:

• "What do you think? "- NATS INSIDER - Mark Zuckerman

"As I prepare to board my delayed flight to San Diego, several Nats-related questions occur to me. I'm curious to know how you would answer each of these..."

• MASNsports.com - Ben Goessling: "In Padres, Nationals face a surprising test"

"Tonight, the Nationals get Clayton Richard, one of the prizes in the Peavy trade. The 26-year-old left-hander has a 1.86 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and has gone seven innings in each of his last three starts, allowing two runs or less in all of them."

• "Dick Enberg accepts "compliments" from critics" - Gaslamp Ball - jbox

"Jay Posner asked Dick Enberg about the criticism that he's been receiving on the web. The criticism being that he gets too excited when calling plays for the opponents of the Padres."

• Mr. Wilbon? Way To Go Nats!!!

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