Washington Nationals vs Chicago White Sox: GameThread 9 Of 162

Washington Nationals' right-hander Dan Haren makes his first start in the nation's capital at 7:05 pm EST in the finale of the Nats' three-game Interleague series with the Chicago White Sox. The Nationals are 5-0 so far in Nationals Park and they look to make it six when they once again take on the Sox.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 11, 2013, 6:16pm EDT

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Chicago White Sox
@ Washington Nationals

Thursday, Apr 11, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Dylan Axelrod vs Dan Haren

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Denard Span - CF

2. The WereWerth - RF

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

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

5. Adam "Graceful, Effortless" LaRoche - 1B

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

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

9. Dan Haren - RHP

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

Dan Haren

#15 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-5

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Sep 17, 1980

• 2012 Stats - (12-13), 30 G, 30 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 176.2 IP, 4.33 ERA, 4.24 FIP, ERA+ = 87, 38 BB (1.94 BB/9), 142 Ks (7.2 K/9), 1.29 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (0-1), 1 CG, 1 SO, 4.0 IP, 13.50 ERA, 14.37 FIP, ERA+ = 32, 0 BB (0.00 BB/9), 5 Ks (11.25 K/9), 2.25 WHIP.

vs CHW - (2-1), 6 G, 6 GS, 35.2 IP, 8 BB (2.02 BB/9), 30 Ks (7.57 K/9), 1.40 WHIP.

Dylan Axelrod

#33 / Pitcher / Chicago White Sox

Height: 6-0

Weight: 185

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 30, 1985

• 2012 Stats - (2-2), 14 G, 7 GS, 51.0 IP, 5.47 ERA, 5.04 FIP, ERA+ = 79, 21 BB (3.71 BB/9), 40 Ks (7.06 K/9), 1.51 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (0-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 5.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 3.12 FIP, 2 BB (3.18 BB/9), 3 Ks (4.76 K/9), 0.88 WHIP.

vs D.C. - N/A

• Haren vs the White Sox:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	HBP	GDP
Alex Rios	21	20	6	0	1	1	1	3	.300	.333	.450	.783	0	0	0
Paul Konerko	19	19	7	0	1	2	0	3	.368	.368	.526	.895	0	0	0
Adam Dunn	18	15	2	0	1	2	2	7	.133	.278	.333	.611	0	1	1
Jeff Keppinger	18	16	8	2	1	3	2	1	.500	.556	.813	1.368	0	0	1
Alexei Ramirez	8	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0
Gordon Beckham	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Alejandro De Aza	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0
Jake Peavy	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0
Dayan Viciedo	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Tyler Flowers	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Conor Gillaspie	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0
Total	110	103	28	2	4	9	5	21	.272	.312	.408	.720	1	1	2

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• Axelrod vs The Nats: N/A

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