Washington Nationals At Houston Astros: GameThread 110 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 7, 2012, 7:35pm EDT

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

Tuesday, Aug 7, 2012, 8:05 PM EDT
Minute Maid Park

Ross Detwiler vs Jordan Lyles

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

• 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. The Shark - CF

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - SS

8. Teh Jesus (aka Jesus Flores) - C

9. Ross Detwiler - LHP

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

Jordan Lyles

#41 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

Height: 6-4

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Oct 19, 1990

• 2011 Stats - (2-8), 20 G, 15 GS, 94.0 IP, 5.36 ERA, 4.53 FIP, ERA+ = 71, 26 BB (2.49 BB/9), 67 K's (6.41 K/9), 1.42 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (2-8), 15 G, 15 GS, 84.2 IP, 5.95 ERA, 5.42 FIP, ERA+ = 68, 25 BB (2.66 BB/9), 55 K's (5.85 K/9), 1.55 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (0-1), 2 G, 1 GS, 10.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 HR, 1 BB, 8 K's, 4.35 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, .216 BAA.

Ross Detwiler

#48 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-5

Weight: 185

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Mar 06, 1986

• 2011 Stats - (4-5), 15 G, 10 GS, 66.0 IP, 3.00 ERA, 4.21 FIP, ERA+ = 128, 20 BB (2.73 BB/9), 41 K's (5.59 K/9), 1.26 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (6-4), 22 G, 16 GS, 104.1 IP, 3.02 ERA, 3.68 FIP, ERA+ = 132, 30 BB (2.59 BB/9), 70 K's (6.04 K/9), 1.21 WHIP.

vs HOU - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 HR, 2 BB, 0 K's, 3.00 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, .318 BAA.

• Lyles vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	GDP
Cesar Izturis	6	6	3	1	2	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0
Danny Espinosa	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1
Ryan Zimmerman	5	5	3	1	3	0	0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	0	0
Roger Bernadina	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0
Mike Morse	4	4	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	0	0
Jayson Werth	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	29	27	9	3	6	1	5	.333	.357	.667	1.024	1	1

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• Detwiler vs the Astros:

	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Ben Francisco	9	9	5	2	3	0	1	.556	.556	1.222	1.778	1
Steve Pearce	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0
Jordan Schafer	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0
Total	12	10	5	2	3	2	2	.500	.583	1.100	1.683	1

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Generated 8/7/2012.

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