Washington Nationals vs Cincinnati Reds: GameThread 6 Of 162

Stephen Strasburg vs Johnny Cueto. Who's going to miss that? The Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds split the first two of three in Great American Ballpark so now they're going to settle things with their respective aces on the mound in Strasburg's second start of the 2013 campaign.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 7, 2013, 12:41pm EDT

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Cincinnati Reds

Sunday, Apr 7, 2013, 1:10 PM EDT
Great American Ball Park

Stephen Strasburg vs Johnny Cueto

Rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 10-15 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. HCBB (aka Chad Tracy) - 1B

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

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Kurt "Zuki" Suzuki - C

9. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

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

Johnny Cueto

#47 / Pitcher / Cincinnati Reds

Height: 5-10

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 15, 1986

• 2012 Stats - (19-9), 33 G, 33 GS, 2 CG, 217.0 IP, 2.78 ERA, 3.27 FIP, ERA+ = 152, 49 BB (2.03 BB/9), 170 Ks (7.05 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (0-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 7.0 IP, 1.29 ERA, 2.94 FIP, ERA+ = 290, 2 BB (2.57 BB/9), 9 Ks (11.57 K/9), 0.71 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (4-2), 7 G, 7 GS, 43.2 IP, 3.92 ERA, 11 BB (2.27 BB/9), 38 Ks (7.83 K/9), 1.28 WHIP.

Stephen Strasburg

#37 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-4

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 20, 1988

• 2012 Stats - (15-6), 28 G, 28 GS, 159.1 IP, 3.16 ERA, 2.82 FIP, ERA+ = 125, 48 BB (2.71 BB/9), 197 Ks (11.13 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 0.00 ERA, 1.94 FIP, 0 BB, 3 Ks (3.86 K/9), 0.43 WHIP.

• vs CIN - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 5.2 IP, 4.76 ERA, 1 BB (1.59 BB/9), 7 Ks (11.13 K/9), 1.41 WHIP.

• Cueto vs The Nats:

	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF	HBP	GDP
Jayson Werth	19	17	4	0	0	1	2	.235	.316	.235	.551	0	1	0
Adam LaRoche	15	13	2	0	1	1	6	.154	.200	.154	.354	1	0	1
Ryan Zimmerman	12	11	4	1	2	1	2	.364	.417	.636	1.053	0	0	0
Ian Desmond	10	10	2	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0
Danny Espinosa	6	6	1	0	1	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0
Zach Duke	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Chad Tracy	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0
Roger Bernadina	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Ross Detwiler	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Wilson Ramos	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0
Denard Span	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0
Jordan Zimmermann	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0
Total	91	83	15	1	4	6	23	.181	.242	.217	.459	1	1	1

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• Strasburg vs The Reds:

	PA	AB	H	3B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jay Bruce	3	3	2	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333
Shin-Soo Choo	3	3	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Brandon Phillips	3	3	1	1	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333
Joey Votto	3	3	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Bronson Arroyo	2	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ryan Hanigan	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	16	16	4	1	6	.250	.250	.375	.625

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