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Washington Nationals At Houston Astros: GameThread 109 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington
HOUSTON,TX - APRIL 30: A general view of Minute Maid Park is seen on April 30, 2012 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON,TX - APRIL 30: A general view of Minute Maid Park is seen on April 30, 2012 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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Washington Nationals
@ Houston Astros

Monday, Aug 6, 2012, 8:05 PM EDT
Minute Maid Park

Edwin Jackson vs Dallas Keuchel

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. "Right Side" Danny Espinosa - SS

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. Adam "Graceful, Effortless" LaRoche - 1B

6. The WereWerth - RF

7. Kurt Suzuki - C

8. Steve "#LomboLobby" Lombardozzi - 2B

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

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• Tonight's Starting Pitchers Would Prefer That You Didn't Stare At Them:

Dallas Keuchel

#60 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

6-3

210

L

L

Jan 01, 1988

• 2011 Stats - (AA/AAA) - (10-8), 27 G, 27 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 163.2 IP, 4.12 ERA, 39 BB (2.14 BB/9), 91 K's (5.00 K/9), 1.27 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (1-4), 7 G, 7 GS, 1 CG, 39.0 IP, 5.77 ERA, 6.95 FIP, ERA+ = 70, 25 BB (5.77 BB/9), 14 K's (3.23 K/9), 1.67 WHIP.

vs D.C. - N/A

Edwin Jackson

#33 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-3

210

R

R

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 - (6-7), 20 G, 20 GS, 1 CG, 126.0 IP, 3.57 ERA, 4.16 FIP, ERA+ = 112, 39 BB (2.79 BB/9), 96 K's (6.86 K/9), 1.20 WHIP.

vs HOU - (2-1), 6 G, 5 GS, 29.2 IP, 30 H, 15 R, 15 ER, 3 HR, 5 BB (1.52 BB/9), 21 K's (6.37 K/9), 4.55 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, .256 BAA.

• Keuchel vs the Nats: N/A

• E-Jax vs the Astros:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jose Altuve 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Francisco 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Bogusevic 3 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
J.D. Martinez 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Schafer 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Downs 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
Marwin Gonzalez 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Bud Norris 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Pearce 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 25 25 8 0 3 0 4 0 5 .320 .320 .560 .880 0 0 0 0 0
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Generated 8/6/2012.

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