Washington Nationals At Arizona Diamondbacks: GameThread 106 Of 162.

• For A Philadelphia Phillies Fan's Perspective Check Out The SBN's Phillies Site: The Good Phight.

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

Rodrigo Lopez

#13 / Pitcher / Arizona Diamondbacks

Height: 6-1

Weight: 185

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Dec 14, 1975

'09 Stats - (3-1), 7 G, 5 GS, 30.0 IP, 5.70 ERA, ERA+ = 75 4.23 FIP, 11 BB (3.30 BB/9), 19 K's (5.70 K/9), 1.77 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (5-9), 21 GS, 134.2 IP, 4.68 ERA, ERA+ = 96, 5.33 FIP, 41 BB (2.74 BB/9), 76 K's (5.08 K/9), 1.37 WHIP.

vs DC - (1-2), 3 GS, 18.1 IP, 20 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 2 HR, 2 BB, 11 K's, 4.91 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, .278 BAA.

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 - (7-7), 21 GS, 137.0 IP, 3.22 ERA, ERA+ = 128, 3.78 FIP, 40 BB (2.63 BB/9), 73 K's (4.80 K/9), 1.26 WHIP.

vs AZ - (10-7), 20 GS, 134.2 IP, 134 H, 60 R, 56 ER, 13 HR, 62 BB, 87 K's, 3.74 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, .264 BAA.

• Livan vs The D-Backs:

Ryan Church - 1 for 5, .200 AVG.

Bobby Crosby - 2 for 10, .200 AVG, 1 3B, 1 RBI.

Stephen Drew - 2 for 10, .200 AVG, 1 2B.

Kelly Johnson - 3 for 14, .214 AVG, 1 HR, 1 RBI.

Adam LaRoche - 10 for 38, .263 AVG, 6 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI's, 6 BB, 6 K's.

Miguel Montero - 2 for 4, .500 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's.

Gerardo Parra - 2 for 5, .400 AVG, 2 RBI's.

Mark Reynolds - 4 for 9, .444 AVG, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI.

Justin Upton - 0 for 5, .000 AVG.

Chris Young - 0 for 5, .000 AVG.

• Nats vs Lopez:

Adam Dunn - 0 for 1, .000 AVG.

Willie Harris - 1 for 4, .250 AVG.

Adam Kennedy - 5 for 26, .192 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's.

Michael Morse - 1 for 2, .500 AVG.

Ivan Rodriguez - 2 for 12, .167 AVG, 1 2B.

Ryan Zimmerman - 3 for 9, .333 AVG, 2 2B.

• LINKS:

• SBNation.com - Jeff Sullivan - "2010 MLB Trade Deadline Grades: The Successful Phillies, The Clumsy Astros, And Everyone In Between"

"The issue here is what the Nationals didn't do: move Adam Dunn. He's due to be a free agent. In order to get draft picks in return, the Nationals would have to offer him arbitration, where Dunn could make as much as $15m were he to accept."

• MASNSports.com: Mike Rizzo - (w/Ben Goessling): "Looking back on a busy July"

"Mike Rizzo: I don't understand the concept of, they're frustrated with me. They knew exactly what we were asking for. The conversations were oftentimes short, because they knew what we were asking for. They didn't waver one bit throughout the process."

• Mike Rizzo Doesn't Get Why Other GMs Are Frustrated By His Demands - Half Smokes - Mike Prada - SB Nation DC

"Well see, Mike, the reason everyone else is frustrated is because, typically, these things are done via negotiation, and in a negotiation, both sides start with extreme positions, negotiate and eventually end up somewhere in the middle. They don't start with an extreme position and keep asking the other side reach to reach extreme position over and over again."

• Mr. Wilbon? Way To Go Nats!!!

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