Washington Nationals At Baltimore Orioles: GameThread 68 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jun 22, 2012, 6:35pm EDT

BALTIMORE - SEPTEMBER 02: Daisuke Matsuzaka #18 of the Boston Red Sox pitches to Matt Wieters #32 of the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on September 2 2010 in Baltimore Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

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Washington Nationals
@ Baltimore Orioles

Friday, Jun 22, 2012, 7:05 PM EDT
Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Jordan Zimmermann vs Jason Hammel

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Steve "#LomboLobby" Lombardozzi - LF

2. 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 - DH

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

7. Danny "Spinner" Espinosa - 2B

8. The Shark - RF

9. Teh Jesus (aka Jesus Flores) - C

10. Jordan "DeadEyez" Zimmermann - RHP

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• Tonight's Starting Pitchers Are All About Avoiding Eye Contact:

Jason Hammel

#39 / Pitcher / Baltimore Orioles

Height: 6-6

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Sep 02, 1982

• 2011 Stats - (7-13), 32 G, 27 GS, 170.1 IP, 4.76 ERA, 4.83 FIP, ERA+ = 94, 68 BB (3.59 BB/9), 94 K's (4.97 K/9), 1.43 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (7-2), 13 G, 13 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 2.87 ERA, 3.38 FIP, ERA+ = 141, 29 BB (3.20 BB/9), 77 K's (8.49 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (4-0), 6 G, 6 GS, 38.1 IP, 38 H, 18 R, 17 ER, 4 HR, 9 BB (2.11 BB/9), 27 K's (6.34 K/9), 3.99 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, .253 BAA.

Jordan Zimmermann

#27 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-2

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: May 23, 1986

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

• 2012 Stats - (3-5), 13 G, 13 GS, 83.1 IP, 2.92 ERA, 3.77 FIP, ERA+ = 136, 16 BB (1.73 BB/9), 62 K's (6.70 K/9), 1.10 WHIP.

vs BAL - (1-1), 3 G, 3 GS, 19.2 IP, 18 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 HR 4 BB (1.83 BB/9), 14 K's (6.41 K/9), 2.75 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, .240 BAA.

• Hamel vs The Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	GDP
Ryan Zimmerman	19	17	7	2	1	3	2	1	.412	.474	.706	1.180	0	0	3
Adam LaRoche	11	8	1	0	1	3	3	3	.125	.364	.500	.864	0	0	0
Rick Ankiel	9	9	2	1	1	2	0	2	.222	.222	.667	.889	0	0	0
Ian Desmond	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0
Roger Bernadina	8	7	4	2	0	2	1	1	.571	.625	.857	1.482	0	0	0
Xavier Nady	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Danny Espinosa	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0
Bryce Harper	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0
Mike Morse	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0
Tom Gorzelanny	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0
Jordan Zimmermann	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0
Ross Detwiler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0
Tyler Moore	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0
Total	78	67	18	5	3	12	8	14	.269	.342	.478	.820	2	1	3

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• Zimmermann vs the O's:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH
Adam Jones	9	9	2	0	1	2	0	1	.222	.222	.556	.778	0
J.J. Hardy	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0
Matt Wieters	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Andino	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0
Mark Reynolds	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	.500	.600	.750	1.350	0
Brian Roberts	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	0
Jason Hammel	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Brian Matusz	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Total	38	35	8	2	1	3	2	6	.229	.270	.371	.642	1

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