Washington Nationals At Boston Red Sox: GameThread 57 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jun 9, 2012, 3:35pm EDT

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 13: The Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays line up for the national anthem during the home opener on April 13, 2012 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Boston Red Sox

Saturday, Jun 9, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT
Fenway Park

Gio Gonzalez vs Daisuke Matsuzaka

Mostly sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Steve "#LomboLobby" Lombardozzi - LF

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

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 Arm - CF

9. Teh Jesus (aka Jesus Flores) - C

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

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• Tonight's Starting Pitchers Aren't Really Into Eye Contact:

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 - (7-2), 11 G, 11 GS, 66.1 IP, 2.31 ERA, 2.00 FIP, ERA+ = 171, 28 BB (3.80 BB/9), 84 K's (11.40 K/9), 28 BB, 84 K's, 1.03 WHIP.

vs BOS - (2-1), 5 G, 5 GS, 28.0 IP, 34 H, 18 R, 18 ER, 6 HR, 14 BB (4.50 BB/9), 30 K's (9.64 K/9), 5.79 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, .298 BAA.

Daisuke Matsuzaka

#18 / Pitcher / Boston Red Sox

Height: 6-0

Weight: 185

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Sep 13, 1980

• 2011 Stats - (3-3), 8 G, 7 GS, 37.1 IP, 5.30 ERA, 4.95 FIP, ERA+ = 81, 23 BB (5.54 BB/9), 26 K's (6.27 K/9), 1.47 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (AAA/AA/A) - (0-3), 8 G, 8 GS, 37.0 IP, 3.65 ERA, 9 BB (2.19 BB/9), 30 K's (7.30 K/9), 1.08 WHIP.

vs D.C. - N/A

• Gio vs the Red Sox:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Mike Aviles	14	10	3	0	1	0	1	4	3	.300	.500	.500	1.000
David Ortiz	12	10	3	1	0	1	1	2	4	.300	.417	.700	1.117
Dustin Pedroia	12	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	.100	.250	.400	.650
Kevin Youkilis	12	11	6	0	0	1	1	1	3	.545	.583	.818	1.402
Marlon Byrd	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.375	.167	.542
Darnell McDonald	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393
Nick Punto	8	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Adrian Gonzalez	6	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750
Scott Podsednik	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750
Kelly Shoppach	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	94	80	23	2	1	3	6	14	20	.288	.394	.450	.844

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• Daisuke vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Xavier Nady	2	2	1	1	3	.500	.500	2.000	2.500
Rick Ankiel	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	3	3	1	1	3	.333	.333	1.333	1.667

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Generated 6/9/2012.

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