Washington Nationals At Atlanta Braves: GameThread 144 Of 162.

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

Derek Lowe

#32 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves

Height: 6-6

Weight: 230

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jun 01, 1973

'09 Stats - (15-10), 34 GS, 194.2 IP, 4.67 ERA, ERA+ = 88, 4.06 FIP, 45 BB (2.91 BB/9), 147 K's (5.13 K/9), 1.52 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (12-12), 29 GS, 169.0 IP, 4.42 ERA, ERA+ = 90, 4.22 FIP, 58 BB (3.09 BB/9), 109 K (5.80 K/9), 1.42 WHIP.

vs DC - (6-7), 3 SV, 21 G, 15 GS, 98.1 IP, 100 H, 46 R, 45 ER, 11 HR, 32 BB (2.92 BB/9), 74 K's (6.77 K/9), 4.12 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, .265 BAA.

Yunesky Maya

#29 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 5-11

Weight: 170

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Aug 28, 1981

'10 Stats - (0-1), 1 GS, 5.0 IP, 7.20 ERA, ERA+ = 61, 5.70 FIP, 2 BB (3.60 BB/9), 3 K's (5.40 K/9), 1.40 WHIP.

• Nats vs Lowe:

Roger Bernadina - 1 for 6, .167 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI.

Ian Desmond - 5 for 8, .625 AVG, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR's, 5 RBI's.

Adam Dunn - 6 for 31, .194 AVG, 3 2B, 1 RBI.

Alberto Gonzalez - 5 for 11, .455 AVG, 2 RBI's.

Adam Kennedy - 13 for 38, .342 AVG, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI's, 6 SB.

Justin Maxwell - 2 for 3, .667 AVG, 1 3B.

Kevin Mench - 4 for 12, .333 AVG, 1 2B.

Nyjer Morgan - 12 for 22, .545 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI.

Michael Morse - 2 for 7, .286 AVG, 2 HR's, 3 RBI's.

Wil Nieves - 1 for 3, .333 AVG, 2 RBI.

Wilson Ramos - 0 for 3, .000 AVG.

Ivan Rodriguez - 7 for 28, .250 AVG, 2 2B, 2 RBI's.

Ryan Zimmerman - 11 for 41, .268 AVG, 2 2B, 2 HR's, 7 RBI's, 4 BB, 11 K's.

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