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Washington Nationals At Atlanta Braves: GameThread 26 Of 162

The Washington Nationals play the first game of a four-game set in Atlanta, Georgia's Turner Field tonight looking to avenge the three-game sweep they suffered when the NL East rivals met in the nation's capital earlier this season. Stephen Strasburg vs Julio Teheran on the mound tonight.

By Patrick Reddington
Kevin C. Cox

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Atlanta Braves

Monday, Apr 29, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT
Turner Field

Stephen Strasburg vs Julio Teheran

Mostly clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 1-5 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Denard Span - CF

2. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

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. HCBB (aka Chad Tracy) - 3B

8. Kurt "Zuki" Suzuki - 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+ = 123, 15 HR (0.85 HR/9), 48 BB (2.71 BB/9), 197 Ks (11.13 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-4), 5 G, 5 GS, 31.1 IP, 3.16 ERA, 3.31 FIP, ERA+ = 117, 3 HR (0.86 HR/9), 8 BB (2.30 BB/9), 28 Ks (8.04 K/9), 1.12 WHIP.

• vs ATL - (3-4), 8 G, 8 GS, 42.2 IP, 3.59 ERA, 3 HR (0.63 HR/9), 15 BB (3.16 BB/9), 51 Ks (10.76 K/9), 1.29 WHIP.

Julio Teheran

#49 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves

6-2

175

R

R

Jan 27, 1991

• 2012 Stats - (AAA) - (7-9), 26 G, 26 GS, 1 CG, 131.0 IP, 5.08 ERA, 4.83 FIP, 18 HR (1.24 HR/9), 43 BB (2.95 BB/9), 97 Ks (6.66 K/9), 1.44 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-0), 4 G, 4 GS, 23.0 IP, 5.48 ERA, 5.69 FIP, ERA+ = 71, 5 HR (1.59 HR/9), 7 BB (2.79 BB/9), 15 Ks (5.87 K/9), 1.57 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (0-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 6.00 ERA, 1 HR (1.50 HR/9), 3 BB (4.50 BB/9), 6 Ks (9.00 K/9), 1.50 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 23 20 9 2 0 2 8 3 7 .450 .522 .850 1.372 0 0 0 0 1
Freddie Freeman 13 10 3 1 0 0 3 1 2 .300 .308 .400 .708 0 2 0 0 0
Justin Upton 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Francisco 8 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Johnson 8 8 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Hudson 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
B.J. Upton 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 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
Evan Gattis 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 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
Tyler Pastornicky 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
Paul Maholm 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Ramiro Pena 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 94 85 23 3 0 3 17 7 29 .271 .319 .412 .731 0 2 0 0 4
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Generated 4/29/2013.

• Teheran vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ian Desmond 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Ross Detwiler 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Danny Espinosa 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Harper 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 0 0 0 0 0
Adam LaRoche 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0 0 0 0 0
Denard Span 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0
Kurt Suzuki 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0
Jayson Werth 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Total 24 20 6 0 0 1 4 3 6 .300 .391 .450 .841 1 0 0 0 0
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Generated 4/29/2013.

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