Washington Nationals vs Chicago White Sox: GameThread 7 Of 162

Washington Nationals' lefty Gio Gonzalez takes the mound at 7:05 pm EST tonight in Nationals Park against the visiting Chicago White Sox in the first game three for the AL Central team in D.C. No DH tonight, but there is AD, Adam Dunn returns to the nation's capital, though he's not in the starting lineup.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 9, 2013, 6:32pm EDT

Next Game

Chicago White Sox
@ Washington Nationals

Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Jake Peavy vs Gio Gonzalez

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.

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

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

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

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

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

Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-0

Weight: 200

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: 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+ = 137, 76 BB (3.43 BB/9), 207 Ks (9.35 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2.36 FIP, 2 BB (3.00 BB/9), 5 Ks (7.50 K/9), 0.67 WHIP.

vs CHW - (0-4), 5 G, 5 GS, 1 CG, 27.2 IP, 5.86 ERA, 22 BB (7.16 BB/9), 24 Ks (7.81 K/9), 1.77 WHIP.

Jake Peavy

#44 / Pitcher / Chicago White Sox

Height: 6-1

Weight: 195

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: May 31, 1981

• 2012 Stats - (11-12), 32 G, 32 GS, 4 CG, 1 SO, 219.0 IP, 3.37 ERA, 3.73 FIP, ERA+ = 128, 49 BB (2.01 BB/9), 194 Ks (7.97 K/9), 1.10 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 1.50 ERA, 1.03 FIP, 0 BB, 6 Ks (9.00 K/9), 0.67 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (4-4), 11 G, 10 GS, 2 CG, 2 SO, 69.0 IP, 3.39 ERA, 17 BB (2.22 BB/9), 72 Ks (9.39 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• Gio vs The Sox:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB	HBP	GDP
Alex Rios	16	15	3	1	0	1	3	.200	.250	.267	.517	1	0	0
Paul Konerko	15	12	1	0	0	3	4	.083	.267	.083	.350	0	0	0
Alexei Ramirez	14	11	3	0	1	3	1	.273	.429	.273	.701	0	0	1
Gordon Beckham	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	1	0
Adam Dunn	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0
Dayan Viciedo	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Dewayne Wise	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	60	49	8	1	1	10	12	.163	.317	.184	.500	1	1	1

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Generated 4/9/2013.

• Peavy vs The Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF	HBP	GDP
Chad Tracy	55	50	10	3	1	2	4	3	16	.200	.255	.420	.675	1	1	0
Denard Span	17	17	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	.294	.294	.529	.824	0	0	1
Ryan Zimmerman	15	15	3	2	0	0	1	0	9	.200	.200	.333	.533	0	0	2
Adam LaRoche	14	11	4	0	0	2	5	3	4	.364	.500	.909	1.409	0	0	0
Jayson Werth	13	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	.154	.154	.154	.308	0	0	0
Dan Haren	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	0
Roger Bernadina	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0
Ian Desmond	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Zach Duke	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Danny Espinosa	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	135	126	27	9	1	4	11	7	44	.214	.259	.397	.656	1	1	3

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Generated 4/9/2013.

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