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Washington Nationals At Atlanta Braves: GameThread 28 Of 162

Will the Washington Nationals ever beat the Atlanta Braves again? Jordan Zimmermann tries to help break their losing streak vs the Braves tonight when he takes the mound in Turner Field for the third game of four with their divisional rivals in the ATL. Paul Maholm starts for Atlanta. 7:10 pm EST.

By Patrick Reddington
Daniel Shirey-US PRESSWIRE

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Atlanta Braves

Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT
Turner Field

Jordan Zimmermann vs Paul Maholm

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Denard Span - CF

2. Steve "#LOMBOLOBBY" Lombardozzi - 2B

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

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

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

6. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - LF

7. Anthony "#RENDONISREADY" Rendon - 3B

8. Kurt "Zuki" Suzuki - C

9. Jordan "DeadEyez" Zimmermann - RHP

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

Paul Maholm

#28 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves

6-2

220

L

L

Jun 25, 1982

• 2012 Stats - (13-11), 32 G, 31 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 189.0 IP, 3.67 ERA, 4.00 FIP, ERA+ = 110, 20 HR (0.95 HR/9), 53 BB (2.52 BB/9), 140 Ks (6.67 K/9), 1.22 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-2), 5 G, 5 GS, 30.0 IP, 3.30 ERA, 2.98 FIP, ERA+ = 119, 1 HR (0.30 HR/9), 11 BB (3.30 BB/9), 28 Ks (8.40 K/9), 1.20 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (2-6), 11 G, 11 GS, 69.2 IP, 4.91 ERA, 13 HR (1.68 HR/9), 19 BB (2.45 BB/9), 58 Ks (7.49 K/9), 1.35 WHIP.

Jordan Zimmermann

#27 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-2

220

R

R

May 23, 1986

• 2012 Stats - (12-8), 32 G, 32 GS, 195.2 IP, 2.94 ERA, 3.51 FIP, ERA+ = 132, 18 HR (0.83 HR/9), 43 BB (1.98 BB/9), 153 Ks (7.04 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (4-1), 5 G, 5 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 36.0 IP, 2.00 ERA, 3.35 FIP, ERA+ = 189, 2 HR (0.50 HR/9), 7 BB (1.75 BB/9), 19 Ks (4.75 K/9), 0.86 WHIP.

• vs ATL - (2-1), 5 G, 5 GS, 28.1 IP, 3.81 ERA, 4 HR (1.27 HR/9), 9 BB (2.86 BB/9), 23 Ks (7.31 K/9), 1.24 WHIP.

• Maholm vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jayson Werth 32 30 10 4 0 1 5 2 5 .333 .375 .567 .942 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Desmond 15 13 4 1 0 1 1 2 3 .308 .400 .615 1.015 0 0 0 0 0
Adam LaRoche 14 12 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 .250 .357 .333 .690 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Espinosa 11 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0 0 0 1 0
Chad Tracy 8 7 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .571 .625 .571 1.196 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Bernadina 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Harper 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Ramos 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Lombardozzi 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0
Denard Span 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Kurt Suzuki 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Duke 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Tyler Moore 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Strasburg 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Gio Gonzalez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 115 106 28 6 0 2 11 7 28 .264 .316 .377 .693 1 0 0 1 0
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• Zimmermann vs the Braves:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Dan Uggla 14 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .231 .445 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Freeman 8 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 .200 .500 .400 .900 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Upton 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 0 0 0 1 0
Tim Hudson 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Johnson 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0 0 0 0 1
Jordan Schafer 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0
Reed Johnson 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 0 0 0 0 0
B.J. Upton 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Total 53 46 11 3 0 0 1 5 9 .239 .327 .304 .631 1 0 0 1 1
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Generated 5/1/2013.

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