Washington Nationals At New York Mets: GameThread 97 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jul 25, 2012, 11:40am EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ New York Mets

Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012, 12:10 PM EDT
Citi Field

Stephen Strasburg vs Jeremy Hefner

Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Steve "#LomboLobby" Lombardozzi - 2B

2. "Run-Until-He's-Tagged, 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 - LF

6. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - SS

7. The Shark - CF

8. Sandy Leon - C

9. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

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

Jeremy Hefner

#53 / Pitcher / New York Mets

Height: 6-4

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Mar 11, 1986

• 2011 Stats - (AAA) - (9-7), 28 G, 28 GS, 157.1 IP, 4.98 ERA, 4.63 FIP, 61 BB (3.49 BB/9), 120 K's (6.86 K/9), 1.52 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (1-3), 12 G, 3 GS, 32.1 IP, 5.85 ERA, 3.62 FIP, ERA+ = 65, 4 BB (1.11 BB/9), 18 K's (5.01 K/9), 1.36 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (0-1), 1 G, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's, 4.50 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, .269 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 G, 5 GS, 24.0 IP, 1.50 ERA, 1.28 FIP, ERA+ = 259, 2 BB (0.75 BB/9), 24 K's (9.00 K/9), 0.71 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (10-4), 19 G, 19 GS, 110.1 IP, 2.85 ERA, 2.56 FIP, ERA+ = 139, 32 BB (2.61 BB/9), 140 K's (11.42 K/9), 1.15 WHIP.

vs NYM - (1-0), 2 G, 2 GS, 11.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 BB (4.91 BB/9), 14 K's (11.45 K/9), 1.64 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, .154 BAA.

• Hefner vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Danny Espinosa	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0
Jesus Flores	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bryce Harper	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edwin Jackson	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Adam LaRoche	3	3	2	1	3	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	0
Steve Lombardozzi	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0
Mike Morse	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1
Ryan Zimmerman	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0
Total	24	23	7	1	4	1	2	.304	.333	.435	.768	1

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• Strasburg vs the Mets:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP
Ike Davis	6	5	2	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	0
Jason Bay	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	0
Ruben Tejada	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0
Josh Thole	5	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	0
Ronny Cedeno	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	1
Lucas Duda	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0
Daniel Murphy	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0
David Wright	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0
R.A. Dickey	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Andres Torres	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	0
Total	40	34	7	1	1	3	5	15	.206	.325	.324	.649	1

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Generated 7/25/2012.

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