Washington Nationals At New York Mets: GameThread 6 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 11, 2012, 12:40pm EDT

Apr. 5, 2012; Flushing, NY, USA; A general view as members of the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves line up before the opening day game at Citi Field. Mets win 1-0. Mandatory Credit: Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE

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Washington Nationals
@ New York Mets

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012, 1:10 PM EDT
Citi Field

Stephen Strasburg vs Johan Santana

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 60.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

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

2. Danny "Glover" Espinosa - 2B

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

4. The WereWerth - CF

5. Mark DeRosa - LF

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

7. Xavier Nady - RF

8. Teh Jesus (aka Jesus Flores) - C

9. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

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

Johan Santana

#57 / Pitcher / New York Mets

Height: 6-0

Weight: 210

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Mar 13, 1979

• 2010 Stats - (11-9), 29 G, 199.0 IP, 4 CG, 2 SO, 2.98 ERA, ERA+ = 131, 3.54 FIP, 55 BB (2.49 BB/9), 144 K's (6.51 K/9), 1.18 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (0-0), 1 GS, 5.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K's, 0.80 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (6-2), 9 G, 9 GS, 60.0 IP, 53 H, 21 R, 20 ER, 6 HR, 17 BB (2.55 BB/9), 61 K's (9.15 K/9), 3.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, .238 BAA.

Stephen Strasburg

#37 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-4

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 20, 1988

• 2011 Stats - (1-1), 5 GS, 24.0 IP, 1.50 ERA, ERA+ = 261, 1.28 FIP, 2 BB (0.75 BB/9), 24 K's (9.00 K/9), 0.71 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (0-0), 1 GS, 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's, 0.86 WHIP.

vs NYM - (0-0), 1 GS, 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K's, 3.60 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, .211 BAA.

• Nats vs Johan:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB	HBP	GDP
Jayson Werth	31	28	7	2	1	2	3	7	.250	.323	.429	.751	0	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	23	19	6	0	1	4	4	3	.316	.435	.474	.908	0	0	0
Mark DeRosa	17	16	1	0	0	0	1	3	.063	.118	.063	.180	0	0	0
Adam LaRoche	12	10	3	2	0	1	2	5	.300	.417	.500	.917	0	0	0
Xavier Nady	11	9	2	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.364	.222	.586	0	1	0
Jesus Flores	9	9	4	1	0	1	0	1	.444	.444	.556	1.000	0	0	0
Brett Carroll	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	1	0	1
Ian Desmond	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	0	0	0
Jordan Zimmermann	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0
Tom Gorzelanny	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	119	105	25	6	2	8	13	26	.238	.328	.352	.680	1	1	1

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• Mets vs Strasburg:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ike Davis	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
David Wright	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Jason Bay	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
Ronny Cedeno	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
R.A. Dickey	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ruben Tejada	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Josh Thole	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Total	16	14	4	1	2	2	6	.286	.375	.357	.732

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Generated 4/10/2012.

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