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Washington Nationals vs Atlanta Braves: GameThread 11 Of 162

The Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves play the second game of three this weekend in Washington, D.C. with Stephen Strasburg on the mound for his third start of the season against Braves' right-hander Tim Hudson. Atlanta's won seven-straight games.

By Patrick Reddington
Greg Fiume

Next Game

Atlanta Braves
@ Washington Nationals

Saturday, Apr 13, 2013, 1:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Tim Hudson vs Stephen Strasburg

Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 65.

• 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. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

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

Stephen Strasburg

#37 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-4

200

R

R

Jul 20, 1988

• 2012 Stats - (15-6), 28 G, 28 GS, 159.1 IP, 3.16 ERA, 2.82 FIP, ERA+ = 124, 48 BB (2.71 BB/9), 197 Ks (11.13 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-1), 2 G, 2 GS, 12.1 IP, 4.38 ERA, 2.81 FIP, ERA+ = 92, 4 BB (2.92 BB/9), 8 Ks (5.84 K/9), 1.30 WHIP.

vs ATL - (3-3), 7 G, 7 GS, 36.2 IP, 4.17 ERA, 14 BB (3.44 BB/9), 44 Ks (10.80 K/9), 1.34 WHIP.

Tim Hudson

#15 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves

6-1

175

R

R

Jul 14, 1975

• 2012 Stats - (16-7), 28 G, 28 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 179.0 IP, 3.62 ERA, 3.78 FIP, ERA+ = 112, 48 BB (2.41 BB/9), 102 Ks (5.13 K/9), 1.21 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-0), 2 G, 2 GS, 11.0 IP, 3.27 ERA, 3.86 FIP, ERA+ = 128, 5 BB (4.09 BB/9), 10 Ks (8.18 K/9), 1.27 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (14-5), 26 G, 26 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 176.2 IP, 2.65 ERA, 42 BB (2.14 BB/9), 124 Ks (6.32 K/9), 1.14 WHIP.

• Strasburg vs the Braves:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Dan Uggla 20 17 8 2 0 2 8 3 6 .471 .550 .941 1.491 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Heyward 14 12 7 1 0 0 1 2 2 .583 .643 .667 1.310 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Upton 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Francisco 5 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Johnson 5 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Schafer 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Hudson 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Minor 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1
Andrelton Simmons 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1
B.J. Upton 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Maholm 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 70 63 22 3 0 2 13 7 20 .349 .414 .492 .906 0 0 0 0 3
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Generated 4/12/2013.

• Hudson vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ryan Zimmerman 58 55 14 4 0 1 8 3 9 .255 .293 .382 .675 0 0 0 0 5
Ian Desmond 44 39 12 2 0 1 4 4 5 .308 .372 .436 .808 1 0 0 0 1
Jayson Werth 40 36 14 4 0 3 11 4 6 .389 .450 .750 1.200 0 0 0 0 1
Adam LaRoche 24 21 6 0 0 0 3 2 2 .286 .333 .286 .619 0 1 0 0 0
Roger Bernadina 22 20 4 1 0 0 2 1 8 .200 .227 .250 .477 0 1 0 0 0
Danny Espinosa 22 19 4 1 0 0 0 2 7 .211 .318 .263 .581 0 0 1 1 0
Chad Tracy 16 14 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 .214 .313 .286 .598 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Ramos 11 11 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818 0 0 0 0 2
Bryce Harper 10 9 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .400 .333 .733 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Lombardozzi 8 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0 0 0 0 0
Kurt Suzuki 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1
Jordan Zimmermann 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 0
Denard Span 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Strasburg 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Duke 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0
Gio Gonzalez 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0
Ross Detwiler 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Tyler Clippard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dan Haren 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 285 259 67 16 0 5 31 21 44 .259 .314 .378 .693 2 2 1 1 10
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Generated 4/12/2013.

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