Washington Nationals At Cincinnati Reds: GameThread 5 Of 162

The Washington Nationals try to bounce back from last night's 15-0 loss in Game 2 of 3 with the Cincinnati Reds live from Great American Ballpark, where Ross Detwiler takes the mound for the first time this year against Redlegs' right-hander Mike Leake. 1:05 pm EST from Cincy.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 6, 2013, 12:31pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Cincinnati Reds

Saturday, Apr 6, 2013, 1:10 PM EDT
Great American Ball Park

Ross Detwiler vs Mike Leake

Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 60.

• 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. HCBB (aka Chad Tracy) - 1B

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

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

9. Ross Detwiler - LHP

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

Mike Leake

#44 / Pitcher / Cincinnati Reds

Height: 6-1

Weight: 185

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Nov 12, 1987

• 2012 Stats - (8-9), 30 G, 30 GS, 2 CG, 179.0 IP, 4.58 ERA, 4.42 FIP, ERA+ = 93, 41 BB (2.06 BB/9), 116 Ks (5.83 K/9), 1.35 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (3-2), 6 G, 6 GS, 33.1 IP, 5.13 ERA, 8 BB (2.16 BB/9), 21 Ks (5.67 K/9), 1.35 WHIP.

Ross Detwiler

#48 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-5

Weight: 185

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Mar 06, 1986

• 2012 Stats - (10-8), 33 G, 27 GS, 164.1 IP, 3.40 ERA, 4.04 FIP, ERA+ = 117, 52 BB (2.85 BB/9), 105 Ks (5.75 K/9), 1.22 WHIP.

• vs CIN - (0-3), 4 G, 4 GS, 23.0 IP, 3.13 ERA, 8 BB (3.13 BB/9), 19 Ks (7.43 K/9), 1.48 WHIP.

• Leake vs The Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	GDP
Ian Desmond	17	16	6	1	0	3	1	1	.375	.412	.438	.849	0	0	0
Jayson Werth	16	12	4	0	1	2	3	2	.333	.438	.583	1.021	0	1	0
Ryan Zimmerman	16	13	4	0	1	1	3	2	.308	.438	.538	.976	0	0	0
Danny Espinosa	11	11	2	0	1	2	0	3	.182	.182	.455	.636	0	0	0
Wilson Ramos	10	10	3	1	1	1	0	1	.300	.300	.700	1.000	0	0	0
Roger Bernadina	8	7	3	0	1	3	1	1	.429	.500	.857	1.357	0	0	1
Adam LaRoche	5	4	2	1	0	3	1	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	0	0	0
Ross Detwiler	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Zach Duke	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Gio Gonzalez	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0
Bryce Harper	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	96	83	24	3	5	15	9	13	.289	.355	.506	.861	3	1	1

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• Detwiler vs The Reds:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	GDP
Brandon Phillips	12	12	4	1	0	3	0	1	.333	.333	.417	.750	0	0
Jay Bruce	11	8	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.273	.000	.273	0	0
Joey Votto	9	6	1	0	1	1	3	1	.167	.444	.667	1.111	0	1
Ryan Hanigan	8	8	3	0	0	2	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	0	0
Mike Leake	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0
Johnny Cueto	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0
Zack Cozart	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0
Chris Heisey	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0
Cesar Izturis	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	56	47	11	1	1	6	7	11	.234	.333	.319	.652	2	1

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Generated 4/6/2013.

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