Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals: GameThread 19 Of 162

The St. Louis Cardinals are back in the nation's capital for a three-game set with the Washington Nationals for the first time since last October's NLDS. The Nats' Dan Haren takes the mound tonight in D.C. against Cards' right-hander Shelby Miller at 7:05 pm EST in Nationals Park.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 22, 2013, 6:34pm EDT

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St. Louis Cardinals
@ Washington Nationals

Monday, Apr 22, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 55.

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

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

6. Anthony "#RENDONISREADY" Rendon - 3B

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Kurt "Zuki" Suzuki - C

9. Dan Haren - RHP

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• Tonight'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, 28 HR (1.43 HR/9), 38 BB (1.94 BB/9), 142 Ks (7.23 K/9), 1.29 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-2), 3 G, 3 GS, 13.1 IP, 8.10 ERA, ERA+ = 48, 5 HR (3.38 HR/9), 1 BB (0.68 BB/9), 12 Ks (8.10 K/9), 2.03 WHIP.

• vs St.L - (4-0), 5 G, 5 GS, 37.0 IP, 3.65 ERA, 4 HR (0.97 HR/9), 8 BB (1.95 BB/9), 39 Ks (9.49 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

Shelby Miller

#40 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals

Height: 6-3

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Oct 10, 1990

• 2012 Stats - (1-0), 6 G, 1 GS, 13.2 IP, 1.32 ERA, 1.65 FIP, ERA+ = 300, 0 HR, 4 BB (2.63 BB/9), 16 Ks (10.54 K/9), 0.95 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (2-1), 3 G, 3 GS, 18.1 IP, 1.96 ERA, 2.76 FIP, ERA+ = 194, 1 HR (0.49 HR/9), 5 BB (2.45 BB/9) 18 Ks (8.84 K/9), 0.87 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - N/A

• Haren vs the Cards:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF	GDP
Matt Holliday	23	21	6	1	0	2	3	2	6	.286	.348	.619	.967	0	1
Carlos Beltran	22	21	8	0	1	2	5	1	6	.381	.409	.762	1.171	0	0
Ty Wigginton	15	14	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.214	.200	.286	.486	1	0
Yadier Molina	9	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.375	.444	.375	.819	0	0
David Freese	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0
Adam Wainwright	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	78	73	21	2	1	4	9	4	18	.288	.321	.507	.827	1	1

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• Miller vs the Nats: N/A

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