Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers: GameThread 22 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 29, 2012, 3:40pm EDT

Apr 10, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of Dodger Stadium during the 2012 opening day game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Sunday, Apr 29, 2012, 4:10 PM EDT
Dodger Stadium

Gio Gonzalez vs Chris Capuano

Sunny. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

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

2. Steve "#LomboLobby" Lombardozzi - 3B

3. Danny "Glover" Espinosa - 2B

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

5. Xavier Nady - RF

6. Tyler Moore - LF

7. "Tape-Measure-Testing, Laser-Throwing, Eyeblack-Oozing Baseball Cyborg" (aka Bryce Harper) - CF

8. Teh Jesus (aka Jesus Flores) - C

9. Gio Gonzalez (aka The Best Dressed Pitcher In Town) - LHP

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

Chris Capuano

#35 / Pitcher / Los Angeles Dodgers

Height: 6-3

Weight: 215

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Aug 19, 1978

• 2011 Stats - (w/ NYM): (11-12), 33 G, 31 GS, 186.0 IP, 4.55 ERA, 4.04 FIP, ERA+ = 80, 53 BB (2.56 BB/9), 168 K's (8.13 K/9), 1.35 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (2-0), 4 G, 4 GS, 23.0 IP, 3.52 ERA, 4.47 FIP, ERA+ = 101, 11 BB (4.30 BB/9), 20 K's (7.83 K/9), 1.35 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (2-3), 6 G, 6 GS, 39.1 IP, 42 H, 19 R, 19 ER, 6 HR, 8 BB (1.83 BB/9), 34 K's (7.78 K/9), 4.35 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, .278 BAA.

Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-0

Weight: 205

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Sep 19, 1985

• 2011 Stats - (16-12), 32 G, 32 GS, 202.0 IP, 3.12 ERA, 3.64 FIP, ERA+ = 130, 91 BB (4.05 BB/9), 197 K's (8.78 K/9), 1.32 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (2-0), 4 G, 4 GS, 23.2 IP, 1.52 ERA, 1.56 FIP, ERA+ = 242, 7 BB (2.66 BB/9), 27 K's (10.27 K/9), 0.85 WHIP.

vs LAD - N/A

• Capuano vs The Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP
Xavier Nady	14	13	3	0	1	1	2	0	5	.231	.286	.615	.901	1
Adam LaRoche	11	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.273	.200	.473	1
Jayson Werth	11	10	2	1	0	0	1	1	6	.200	.273	.300	.573	0
Rick Ankiel	9	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0
Danny Espinosa	7	7	3	0	0	1	3	0	2	.429	.429	.857	1.286	0
Ian Desmond	6	6	3	0	1	2	2	0	1	.500	.500	1.833	2.333	0
Chad Tracy	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	0
Mark DeRosa	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jesus Flores	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0
Tom Gorzelanny	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Wilson Ramos	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	0
Sean Burnett	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Total	79	76	20	2	2	4	8	1	28	.263	.291	.500	.791	2

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• Gio vs The Dodgers:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Juan Rivera	12	11	4	1	1	1	1	1	.364	.417	.727	1.144
Juan Uribe	8	6	3	0	1	2	2	3	.500	.625	1.000	1.625
Matt Treanor	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167
Adam Kennedy	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333
Total	29	24	7	1	2	3	5	7	.292	.414	.583	.997

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