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Washington Nationals At St. Louis Cardinals: NLDS Game Two GameThread (Overflow)

The Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals play Game Two of the NLDS this afternoon in St. Louis, MO's Busch Stadium with Jordan Zimmermann on the mound against Cards' lefty Jaime Garcia.

By Patrick Reddington
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Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ St. Louis Cardinals

Monday, Oct 8, 2012, 4:37 PM EDT
Busch Stadium

Jordan Zimmermann vs Jaime Garcia

Sunny. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 60.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. The WereWerth - RF

2. "Run-Until-He's-Tagged, Tape-Measure-Testing, Laser-Throwing, Eyeblack-Oozing Baseball Cyborg" (aka Bryce Harper) - CF

3. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B (Word.)

4. Adam "Graceful, Effortless" LaRoche - 1B

5. The People's Champion Michael Morse - LF

6. Ian "+Range, +Arm" Desmond - SS

7. "Right Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Kurt "Suzy" Suzuki - C

9. Jordan "DeadEyez" Zimmermann - RHP

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• Today's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare Right By You...:

Jaime Garcia

#54 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals

6-2

215

L

L

Jul 08, 1986

• 2011 Stats - (13-7), 32 G, 32 GS, 2 CG, 2 SO, 194.2 IP, 3.56 ERA, 3.23 FIP, ERA+ = 104, 50 BB (2.31 BB/9), 156 Ks (7.21 K/9), 1.32 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (7-7), 20 G, 20 GS, 121.2 IP, 3.92 ERA, 2.97 FIP, ERA+ = 98, 30 BB (2.22 BB/9), 98 Ks (7.25 K/9), 1.36 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (2-1), 4 G, 4 GS, 21.2 IP, 29 H, 11 R, 9 ER, 2 HR, 9 BB (3.74 BB/9), 20 Ks (8.31 K/9), 3.74 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, .319 BAA.

Jordan Zimmermann

#27 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-2

220

R

R

May 23, 1986

• 2011 Stats - (8-11), 26 G, 26 GS, 1 CG, 161.1 IP, 3.18 ERA, 3.16 FIP, ERA+ = 120, 31 BB (1.73 BB/9), 124 Ks (6.92 K/9), 1.15 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (12-8), 32 G, 32 GS, 195.2 IP, 2.94 ERA, 3.51 FIP, ERA+ = 134, 43 BB (1.98 BB/9), 153 Ks (7.04 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

vs STL - (0-2), 5 G, 5 GS, 25.2 IP, 38 H, 26 R, 26 ER, 6 HR, 6 BB (2.10 BB/9), 21 Ks (7.36 K/9), 9.12 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, .345 BAA.

• Garcia vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jayson Werth 14 12 4 1 0 1 2 2 2 .333 .429 .667 1.095 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Desmond 11 10 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .455 .400 .855 0 0 0 0 0
Adam LaRoche 11 8 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 .125 .273 .250 .523 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Morse 11 9 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 .444 .545 .667 1.212 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Espinosa 9 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .444 .444 .444 .889 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Zimmerman 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 0 0 0 0 2
Roger Bernadina 6 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 1
Jesus Flores 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Harper 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 0 0 0 0 0
Edwin Jackson 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Zimmermann 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Total 82 73 24 4 0 2 8 7 12 .329 .383 .466 .848 1 1 0 0 3
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Generated 10/8/2012.

• Zimmermann vs the Cards:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Yadier Molina 13 11 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 .455 .500 .545 1.045 1 0 0 1 0
Carlos Beltran 12 12 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Holliday 11 8 3 0 0 1 2 3 2 .375 .545 .750 1.295 0 0 0 0 0
Skip Schumaker 10 10 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 .300 .300 .300 .600 0 0 0 0 0
Jon Jay 9 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .444 .375 .819 0 0 0 1 2
Matt Carpenter 6 6 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833 0 0 0 0 0
Allen Craig 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Descalso 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0 0 0 1 0
Kyle Lohse 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
David Freese 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Kozma 3 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Carpenter 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Jaime Garcia 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Total 85 76 26 6 0 2 14 4 11 .342 .398 .500 .898 2 0 0 3 2
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Generated 10/8/2012.

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