Florida Marlins At Washington Nationals: GameThread 31 Of 162.

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

Livan Hernandez

#61 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-2

Weight: 245

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 20, 1975

'09 Stats - (9-12), 31 GS, 183.2 IP, 5.44 ERA, ERA+ = 76, 4.44 FIP, 67 BB (3.28 BB/9), 102 K's (5.00 K/9), 1.56 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (4-1), 5 GS, 36.1 IP, 0.99 ERA, 24 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 HR, 13 BB (3.2 BB/9), 11 K's (2.7 K/9), 1.02 WHIP.

vs FLA - (13-8), 28 GS, 197.2 IP, 86 R, 79 ER, 58 BB (2.64 BB/9), 123 K's (5.60 K/9), 3.60 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, .265 BAA.

Anibal Sanchez

#19 / Pitcher / Florida Marlins

Height: 6-0

Weight: 205

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 27, 1984

'09 Stats - (4-8), 16 GS, 86.0 IP, 3.87 ERA, ERA+ = 110, 4.60 FIP, 46 BB (4.8 BB/9), 71 K's (7.4 K/9), 1.51 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (1-2), 5 GS, 31.0 IP, 36 H, 17 R, 14 ER, 1 HR, 8 BB (2.3 BB/9), 17 K's (4.9 K/9), 1.42 WHIP.

vs DC - (3-0), 9 GS, 53.1 IP, 45 H, 20 R, 17 ER, 4 HR, 29 BB (4.89 BB/9), 33 K's (5.57 K/9), 2.87 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, .232 BAA.

• Marlins vs Livan:

Jorge Cantu - 3 for 10, .300 AVG, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI's.

Chris Coghlan - 3 for 3, 1.000 AVG.

Wes Helms - 6 for 16, .375 AVG, 1 HR, 5 RBI's.

Cameron Maybin - 2 for 7, .286 AVG, 1 RBI.

Ronny Paulino - 1 for 2, .500 AVG.

Hanley Ramirez - 6 for 16, .375 AVG, 2 HR, 4 RBI's, 3 BB.

Cody Ross - 3 for 11, .273 AVG. 2 RBI's.

Anibal Sanchez - 1 for 1, 1.000 AVG, 1 RBI.

Dan Uggla - 4 for 19, .211 AVG, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI's, 3 BB, 4 K's.

• Nats vs Anibal:

Adam Dunn - 2 for 11, .182 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 5 K's.

Alberto Gonzalez - 3 for 9, .333 AVG.

Cristian Guzman - 0 for 3, .000 AVG.

Willie Harris - 0 for 4, .000 AVG.

Livan Hernandez - 1 for 1, 1.000 AVG.

Justin Maxwell - 1 for 2, .500 AVG, 1 HR, 1 RBI.

Nyjer Morgan - 1 for 4, .250 AVG.

Wil Nieves - 0 for 2, .000 AVG.

Willy Taveras - 1 for 4, .250 AVG.

Josh Willingham - 0 for 3, .000 AVG.

Ryan Zimmerman - 6 for 24, .250 AVG, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 4 K's.

LINKS:

• Yahoo!Sports.com's Jeff Passan, "Strasburg’s commandments: the dirty dozen".

"For now, the 21-year-old bides his time in Syracuse, his first start with the Triple-A Chiefs on Friday. Those averse to snow have called the burg a purgatory, and it’s exactly that for Strasburg, whose triple-digit fastball comes with hoopla unseen in baseball for nearly two decades. Even Jason Heyward(notes) can’t compete with him."

• MLB.com's Bill Ladson, "Nationals to call up Slaten from Triple-A".

"The Nationals are expected to option left-hander Matt Chico to Double-A Harrisburg and purchase the contract of left-hander Doug Slaten from Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday morning, according to a baseball source."

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