Washington Nationals At San Diego Padres: GameThread 43 Of 162

The Washington Nationals look to make it three straight over the San Diego Padres tonight when they send Jordan Zimmermann to the mound in search of his eighth win of the season in San Diego, California's Petco Park. Can Zimmermann put together another dominant start after beating LA this week?

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball May 18, 2013, 8:09pm EDT

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ San Diego Padres

Saturday, May 18, 2013, 8:40 PM EDT
Petco Park

Jordan Zimmermann vs Eric Stults

Sunny. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 65.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

2. Steve "#LOMBOLOBBY" Lombardozzi - LF

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

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

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

6. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - RF

7. "Right Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

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:

Eric Stults

#53 / Pitcher / San Diego Padres

Height: 6-0

Weight: 230

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Dec 09, 1979

• 2012 Stats - (8-3), 20 G, 15 GS, 99.0 IP, 2.91 ERA, 3.78 FIP, ERA+ = 128, 7 HR (0.64 HR/9), 27 BB (2.45 BB/9), 55 Ks (5.00 K/9), 1.20 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-3), 8 G, 8 GS, 45.1 IP, 4.57 ERA, 4.10 FIP, ERA+ = 79, 5 HR (0.99 HR/9), 13 BB (2.58 BB/9), 31 Ks (6.15 K/9), 1.41 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - N/A

Jordan Zimmermann

#27 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-2

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: May 23, 1986

• 2012 Stats - (12-8), 32 G, 32 GS, 195.2 IP, 2.94 ERA, 3.51 FIP, ERA+ = 133, 18 HR (0.83 HR/9), 43 BB (1.98 BB/9), 153 Ks (7.04 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (7-1), 8 G, 8 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 58.2 IP, 1.69 ERA, 2.65 FIP, ERA+ = 227, 2 HR (0.31 HR/9), 9 BB (1.38 BB/9), 39 Ks (5.98 K/9), 0.87 WHIP.

• vs SDP - (1-1), 3 G, 3 GS, 19.0 IP, 1.42 ERA, 1 HR (0.47 HR/9), 2 BB (0.95 BB/9), 20 Ks (9.47 K/9), 0.79 WHIP.

• Stults vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	GDP
Dan Haren	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0
Adam LaRoche	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
Total	5	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1

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• Zimmermann vs the Padres:

	PA	AB	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP
Chase Headley	9	9	2	0	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	0
Will Venable	6	6	1	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	0
John Baker	4	4	1	1	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	0
Tim Stauffer	4	3	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0
Nick Hundley	3	2	1	0	0	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1
Yonder Alonso	2	2	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0
Jesus Guzman	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0
Total	29	27	7	2	1	7	.259	.310	.333	.644	1

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