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The Washington Nationals start a three-game set with the Chicago Cubs at 7:05 pm EST tonight with Ross Detwiler on the mound against the Cubbies' Jeff Samardzija. The Nats have won 6 of their last 7. The Cubs come to D.C. with a 13-21 record, having dropped 5 of their last 7. Go Det Go!

By Patrick Reddington
Win McNamee

Next Game

Chicago Cubs
@ Washington Nationals

Friday, May 10, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Jeff Samardzija vs Ross Detwiler

Partly cloudy,rain. 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 Shark - RF

3. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B (Word.)

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

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

6. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

7. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - LF

8. Kurt "'Zuki" Suzuki - C

9. Ross Detwiler (aka Rosswiler) - LHP

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

Ross Detwiler

#48 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-5

200

R

L

Mar 06, 1986

• 2012 Stats - (10-8), 33 G, 27 GS, 164.1 IP, 3.40 ERA, 4.04 FIP, ERA+ = 114, 15 HR (0.82 HR/9), 52 BB (2.85 BB/9), 105 Ks (5.75 K/9), 1.22 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-3), 6 G, 6 GS, 36.0 IP, 2.50 ERA, 3.72 FIP, ERA+ = 151, 3 HR (0.75 HR/9), 8 BB (2.00 BB/9), 21 Ks (5.25 K/9), 1.39 WHIP.

• vs CHC - (2-1), 3 G, 3 GS, 17.1 IP, 2.60 ERA, 3 HR (1.56 HR/9), 5 BB (2.60 BB/9), 9 Ks (4.67 K/9), 1.15 WHIP.

Jeff Samardzija

#29 / Pitcher / Chicago Cubs

6-5

225

R

R

Jan 23, 1985

• 2012 Stats - (9-13), 28 G, 28 GS, 1 CG, 174.2 IP, 3.81 ERA, 3.55 FIP, ERA+ = 106, 20 HR (1.03 HR/9), 56 BB (2.89 BB/9), 180 Ks (9.27 K/9), 1.22 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-4), 7 G, 7 GS, 43.2 IP, 3.09 ERA, 3.09 FIP, ERA+ = 128, 4 HR (0.82 HR/9), 17 BB (3.50 BB/9), 52 Ks (10.72 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (1-1), 9 G, 2 GS, 24.1 IP, 1.48 ERA, 3 HR (1.11 HR/9), 2 BB (0.74 BB/9), 26 Ks (6.41 K/9), 0.95 WHIP.

• Detwiler vs the Cubs:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Scott Hairston 9 9 5 3 0 1 1 0 2 .556 .556 1.222 1.778 0 0 0 0 0
Cody Ransom 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0
Darwin Barney 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 0 1 1 0
Alfonso Soriano 7 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 0 0 0 0 0
Starlin Castro 6 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .667 1.167 0 0 0 0 1
Dioner Navarro 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 1
Welington Castillo 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Rizzo 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Nate Schierholtz 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Samardzija 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Total 52 45 12 6 0 1 3 4 10 .267 .340 .467 .807 2 0 1 1 2
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• Samardzija vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jayson Werth 14 13 3 0 0 1 4 1 2 .231 .286 .462 .747 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Desmond 11 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 .500 .500 .700 1.200 1 0 0 0 0
Ryan Zimmerman 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Espinosa 8 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .286 .250 .286 .536 0 1 0 0 0
Adam LaRoche 8 8 2 0 0 2 3 0 3 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Bernadina 6 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Ramos 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Harper 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Denard Span 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 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
Ross Detwiler 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Tracy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Zimmermann 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Dan Haren 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 80 74 17 3 0 3 10 2 19 .230 .247 .392 .639 3 1 0 0 0
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Generated 5/10/2013.

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