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Washington Nationals vs Cincinnati Reds: GameThread 22 Of 162

The Washington Nationals have dropped six-straight at home and four overall heading into their four-game set with the Cincinnati Reds. Tonight in Nationals Park, the Nats send Gio Gonzalez to the mound against the Reds' Bronson Arroyo at 7:05 pm EST in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington
USA TODAY Sports

Next Game

Cincinnati Reds
@ Washington Nationals

Thursday, Apr 25, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Bronson Arroyo vs Gio Gonzalez

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

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Denard Span - CF

2. Steve "#LOMBOLOBBY" Lombardozzi - 3B

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

4. The WereWerth - RF

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

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

7. "Right Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Kurt "Zuki" Suzuki - C

9. Gio Gonzalez (aka The Best-Dressed Pitcher In Town) - LHP

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

Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-0

205

R

L

Sep 19, 1985

• 2012 Stats - (21-8), 32 G, 32 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 199.1 IP, 2.89 ERA, 2.82 FIP, ERA+ = 134, 9 HR (0.41 HR/9), 76 BB (3.43 BB/9), 207 Ks (9.35 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-1), 4 G, 4 GS, 20.0 IP, 5.85 ERA, 3.96 FIP, ERA+ = 64, 2 HR (0.90 HR/9), 11 BB (4.95 BB/9), 20 Ks (9.00 K/9), 1.45 WHIP.

• vs CIN - (1-0), 3 G, 3 GS, 19.0 IP, 0.95 ERA, 0 HR, 5 BB (2.37 BB/9), 25 Ks (11.84 K/9), 0.84 WHIP.

Bronson Arroyo

#61 / Pitcher / Cincinnati Reds

6-4

195

R

R

Feb 24, 1977

• 2012 Stats - (12-10), 32 G, 32 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 202.0 IP, 3.74 ERA, 4.08 FIP, ERA+ = 111, 26 HR (1.16 HR/9), 35 BB (1.56 BB/9), 129 Ks (5.75 K/9), 1.21 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (2-1), 4 G, 4 GS, 28.0 IP, 3.54 ERA, 3.12 FIP, ERA+ = 113, 2 HR (0.64 HR/9), 3 BB (0.96 BB/9), 16 Ks (5.14 K/9), 0.96 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (3-3), 11 G, 11 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 66.2 IP, 3.92 ERA, 4 HR (0.54 HR/9), 20 BB (2.70 BB/9), 44 Ks (5.94 K/9), 1.20 WHIP.

• Gio vs the Reds:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Shin-Soo Choo 16 15 5 3 0 0 0 1 5 .333 .375 .533 .908 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Votto 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 .286 .444 .429 .873 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Izturis 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 1 0 0 0 0
Jay Bruce 6 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 .400 .333 .800 1.133 0 1 0 0 0
Zack Cozart 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Hannahan 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Phillips 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0 0 0 0
Devin Mesoraco 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Heisey 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Mat Latos 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Leake 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 67 59 15 8 0 0 3 6 19 .254 .318 .390 .708 1 1 0 0 0
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• Arroyo vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Adam LaRoche 33 29 5 1 0 1 2 2 5 .172 .273 .310 .583 0 0 0 2 0
Ian Desmond 15 13 4 2 0 0 3 1 2 .308 .400 .462 .862 0 0 0 1 0
Roger Bernadina 12 10 7 2 0 0 2 1 0 .700 .667 .900 1.567 0 1 0 0 0
Chad Tracy 11 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .455 .818 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Espinosa 9 8 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 .500 .500 .625 1.125 1 0 0 0 0
Jayson Werth 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Haren 5 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 .750 .750 2.000 2.750 1 0 0 0 0
Jordan Zimmermann 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Harper 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Strasburg 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0
Kurt Suzuki 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Duke 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Stammen 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 111 98 32 9 0 2 10 5 11 .327 .374 .480 .853 4 1 0 3 0
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Generated 4/25/2013.

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