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Chicago Cubs At Washington Nationals: GameThread 89 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 03: Fans wait to enter Nationals Park before the start of the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals game on April 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 03: Fans wait to enter Nationals Park before the start of the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals game on April 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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Next Game

Chicago Cubs
@ Washington Nationals

Thursday, Jul 7, 2011, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Matt Garza vs Livan Hernandez

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.

D.C. Starting Lineup:

  1. The Shark - LF
  2. Danny "ROY" Espinosa - 2B
  3. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B (Word.)
  4. The People's Champion Michael Morse - 1B
  5. The WereWerth - RF
  6. Rick "The Arm" Ankiel - CF
  7. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C
  8. Ian "Eight Spot" Desmond - SS
  9. Mr. National Himself Livan Hernandez - SSP (Slow Starting Pitching)

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• Tonight's Starting Pitchers, One Smiling, One Snarling:

Livan Hernandez

#61 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-2

245

R

R

Feb 20, 1975

• 2010 Stats - (10-12), 33 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 211.2 IP, 3.66 ERA, 3.95 FIP, ERA+ = 110, 3.95 FIP, 64 BB (2.72 BB/9), 114 K's (4.85 K/9), .287 BABIP, 1.32 WHIP, .270 BAA.

• 2011 Stats - (5-8), 18 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 115.2 IP, 3.73 ERA, 3.57 FIP, ERA+ = 103, 33 BB (2.57 BB/9), 74 K's (5.76 K/9), 1.35 WHIP.

vs CHC - (11-7), 22 GS, 1 CG, 145.0 IP, 151 H, 74 R, 67 ER, 19 HR, 50 BB (3.10 BB/9), 93 K's (5.77 K/9), 4.16 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, .269 BAA.

Matt Garza

#17 / Pitcher / Chicago Cubs

6-4

215

R

R

Nov 26, 1983

• 2010 Stats - (15-10), 33 G, 32 GS, 3 CG, 1 SO, 204.2 IP, 3.91 ERA, 4.42 FIP, ERA+ = 100, 63 BB (2.77 BB/9), 150 K's (6.60 K/9), 1.25 WHIP.

• 2011 Stats - (4-7), 15 G, 15 GS, 1 CG, 93.0 IP, 3.77 ERA, 2.99 FIP, ERA+ = 108, 32 BB (3.10 BB/9), 95 K's (9.19 K/9), 1.27 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (0-0), 1 GS, 5.2 IP, 7 H, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 HR, 4 BB, 5 K's, 4.76 ERA, 1.94 WHIP, .318 BAA.

• Livan vs the Cubs:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Aramis Ramirez 38 35 12 3 0 4 9 3 5 .343 .395 .771 1.166 0 0 0 0 1
Marlon Byrd 30 27 9 1 0 0 1 2 3 .333 .400 .370 .770 0 0 0 1 1
Alfonso Soriano 24 23 7 1 1 0 2 1 5 .304 .333 .435 .768 0 0 0 0 0
Reed Johnson 16 16 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 .313 .313 .500 .813 0 0 0 0 2
Jeff Baker 8 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .750 1.250 0 0 0 0 1
Kosuke Fukudome 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 .600 .714 .800 1.514 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Pena 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 1
Geovany Soto 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 0 0 1 0 0
Rodrigo Lopez 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Kerry Wood 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Starlin Castro 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 1
Blake DeWitt 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 0 0 0 0 0
Koyie Hill 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 1 0 0
Sean Marshall 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Ramon Ortiz 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Dempster 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 156 143 45 9 2 5 15 12 25 .315 .372 .510 .882 0 0 2 1 7
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Generated 7/7/2011.

• Garza vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ivan Rodriguez 16 15 5 0 0 0 1 1 5 .333 .375 .333 .708 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Stairs 15 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 .154 .267 .154 .421 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Cora 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 0 0 0 0 0
Jayson Werth 6 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 .400 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 0 0 1
Ryan Zimmerman 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Total 49 45 11 0 0 1 2 4 15 .244 .306 .311 .617 0 0 0 0 2
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Generated 7/7/2011.

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