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Washington Nationals At Atlanta Braves: GameThread 29 Of 162

Can the Washington Nationals bounce back from a rough first two games in Atlanta's Turner Field to earn a split of the four-game set with the Braves? Nats' right-hander Dan Haren takes the hill against Kris Medlen in the series finale. One more game in Atlanta and then it's off to PNC Park.

By Patrick Reddington
Daniel Shirey-US PRESSWIRE

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Washington Nationals
@ Atlanta Braves

Thursday, May 2, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT
Turner Field

Dan Haren vs Kris Medlen

Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing in from center field at 10-15 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) - LF

4. The WereWerth - RF

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

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

7. Anthony "#RENDONISREADY" Rendon - 3B

8. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

9. Dan Haren - RHP

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

Kris Medlen

#54 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves

5-10

190

B

R

Oct 07, 1985

• 2012 Stats - (10-1), 50 G, 12 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 1 SV, 138.0 IP, 1.57 ERA, 2.42 FIP, ERA+ = 256, 6 HR (0.39 HR/9), 23 BB (1.50 BB/9), 120 Ks (7.83 K/9), 0.91 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-3), 5 G, 5 GS, 30.1 IP, 3.26 ERA, 4.21 FIP, ERA+ = 121, 3 HR (0.89 HR/9), 9 BB (2.67 BB/9), 18 Ks (5.34 K/9), 1.35 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (2-1), 11 G, 2 GS, 27.0 IP, 1.67 ERA, 1 HR (0.33 HR/9), 3 BB (1.00 BB/9), 36 Ks (12.00 K/9), 1.04 WHIP.

Dan Haren

#15 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-5

215

R

R

Sep 17, 1980

• 2012 Stats - (12-13), 30 G, 30 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 4.33 ERA, 4.24 FIP, ERA+ = 87, 28 HR (1.43 HR/9), 38 BB (1.94 BB/9), 142 Ks (7.23 K/9), 1.29 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (2-3), 5 G, 5 GS, 24.1 IP, 6.29 ERA, 5.45 FIP, ERA+ = 61, 6 HR (2.22 HR/9), 4 BB (1.48 BB/9), 20 Ks (7.40 K/9), 1.73 WHIP.

• vs ATL - (4-2), 6 G, 6 GS, 35.0 IP, 6.17 ERA, 5 HR (1.29 HR/9), 10 BB (2.57 BB/9), 28 Ks (7.20 K/9), 1.63 WHIP.

• Medlen 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 2 0 0 0 0 2 .231 .286 .385 .670 0 0 0 1 1
Adam LaRoche 12 12 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 0 0 0 0 1
Danny Espinosa 10 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Desmond 9 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .556 .889 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Harper 7 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 .333 .429 .833 1.262 0 0 0 0 0
Kurt Suzuki 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 1
Roger Bernadina 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Ross Detwiler 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Duke 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Lombardozzi 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Tyler Moore 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Tracy 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Ramos 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 76 74 17 6 0 1 4 1 22 .230 .250 .351 .601 0 0 0 1 3
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• Haren vs the Braves:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
B.J. Upton 31 31 10 1 0 5 5 0 11 .323 .323 .839 1.161 0 0 0 0 0
Reed Johnson 19 18 4 0 1 0 3 1 4 .222 .263 .333 .596 0 0 1 0 0
Gerald Laird 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Uggla 11 9 2 0 0 0 2 2 5 .222 .364 .222 .586 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Schafer 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Upton 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Hudson 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 0 0 0
Total 81 78 19 2 1 5 11 3 27 .244 .272 .487 .759 0 0 1 0 0
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Generated 5/2/2013.

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