Washington Nationals vs San Francisco Giants: GameThread 79 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jul 4, 2012, 10:35am EDT

Apr 12, 2012; Washington, DC, USA; A general view of Nationals Park during the Washington Nationals home opener against the Cincinnati Reds. Mandatory Credit: James Lang-US PRESSWIRE

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San Francisco Giants
@ Washington Nationals

Wednesday, Jul 4, 2012, 11:05 AM EDT
Nationals Park

Madison Bumgarner vs Edwin Jackson

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 95.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Right Side Danny Espinosa - 2B

2. "Run-Until-He's-Tagged, Tape-Measure-Testing, Laser-Throwing, Eyeblack-Oozing Baseball Cyborg" (aka Bryce Harper) - CF

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

4. The People's Champion Michael Morse - LF

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

6. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - 1B

7. Mark DeRosa - RF

8. Onion (aka Jhonatan Solano) - C

9. E-Jax (aka Edwin Jackson) - RHP

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

Edwin Jackson

#33 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-3

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Sep 09, 1983

• 2011 Stats - (12-9), 32 G, 31 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 199.2 IP, 3.79 ERA, 3.55 FIP, ERA+ = 108, 62 BB (2.79 BB/9), 148 K's (6.67 K/9), 1.44 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (4-4), 15 GS, 1 CG, 95.2 IP, 3.57 ERA, 3.81 FIP, ERA+ = 110, 28 BB (2.63 BB/9), 73 K's (6.87 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

vs SFG - (1-2), 4 G, 3 GS, 21.0 IP, 20 H, 12 R, 10 ER, 3 HR, 15 BB (6.42 BB/9), 22 K's (9.42 K/9), 4.29 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, .263 BAA.

Madison Bumgarner

#40 / Pitcher / San Francisco Giants

Height: 6-5

Weight: 225

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Aug 01, 1989

• 2011 Stats - (13-13), 33 GS, 204.2 IP, 3.21 ERA, 2.67 FIP, ERA+ = 109, 46 BB (2.02 BB/9), 191 K's (8.40 K/9), 1.21 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (10-4), 16 G, 16 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 2.85 ERA, 3.23 FIP, ERA+ = 125, 22 BB (1.79 BB/9), 92 K's (7.48 K/9), 1.06 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (1-1), 2 G, 2 GS, 13.0 IP, 11 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 HR, 1BB, 13 K's, 0.69 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, .224 BAA.

• E-Jax vs The Giants:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	GDP
Melky Cabrera	27	26	8	0	1	1	0	5	.308	.308	.385	.692	1	0	1
Ryan Theriot	9	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.444	.889	0	0	1
Pablo Sandoval	6	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	.400	.333	.400	.733	0	1	0
Nate Schierholtz	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0
Gregor Blanco	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	.667	.750	1.667	2.417	0	0	0
Matt Cain	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0
Angel Pagan	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0
Total	58	54	20	1	2	4	2	9	.370	.386	.463	.849	1	1	2

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• Bumgarner vs The Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	GDP
Adam LaRoche	9	9	1	1	0	0	5	.111	.111	.222	.333	0	0
Rick Ankiel	6	5	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0
Ian Desmond	6	5	2	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	0
Mike Morse	6	6	1	0	1	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	1
Danny Espinosa	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Tom Gorzelanny	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0
Total	36	34	5	1	1	1	14	.147	.171	.176	.348	1	1

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Generated 7/4/2012.

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