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Washington Nationals At Pittsburgh Pirates: GameThread 30 Of 162

The Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates start a three-game weekend series in PNC Park tonight with Ross Detwiler on the mound against Bucs' right-hander A.J. Burnett. Detwiler's coming off a rough outing against the Cincinnati Reds last Sunday in Nationals Park.

By Patrick Reddington
Justin K. Aller

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Pittsburgh Pirates

Friday, May 3, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
PNC Park at North Shore

Ross Detwiler vs A.J. Burnett

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

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. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - RF

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

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:

A.J. Burnett

#34 / Pitcher / Pittsburgh Pirates

6-4

230

R

R

Jan 03, 1977

• 2012 Stats - (16-10), 31 G, 31 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 202.1 IP, 3.51 ERA, 3.52 FIP, ERA+ = 106, 18 HR (0.80 HR/9), 62 BB (2.76 BB/9), 180 Ks (8.01 K/9), 1.24 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (2-2), 6 G, 6 GS, 35.0 IP, 2.83 ERA, 2.56 FIP, ERA+ = 127, 2 HR (0.51 HR/9), 14 BB (3.60 BB/9), 48 Ks (12.34 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (7-3), 15 G, 14 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 100.0 IP, 3.33 ERA, 7 HR (0.63 HR/9), 29 BB (8.41 K/9), 96 Ks (8.64 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

Ross Detwiler

#48 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-5

185

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 - (1-2), 5 G, 5 GS, 31.0 IP, 2.03 ERA, 3.18 FIP, ERA+ = 187, 1 HR (0.29 HR/9), 6 BB (1.74 BB/9), 16 Ks (4.65 K/9), 1.35 WHIP.

• vs PIT - (0-1), 2 G, 2 GS, 11.0 IP, 4.09 ERA, 1 HR (0.81 HR/9), 0 BB, 10 Ks (8.18 K/9), 1.00 WHIP.

• Burnett vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Denard Span 25 24 7 1 0 0 0 1 8 .292 .320 .333 .653 0 0 0 0 1
Kurt Suzuki 24 21 6 1 0 0 2 3 4 .286 .375 .333 .708 0 0 0 0 2
Adam LaRoche 20 18 6 2 0 1 5 2 7 .333 .400 .611 1.011 0 0 0 0 0
Jayson Werth 16 14 4 0 0 2 4 2 4 .286 .375 .714 1.089 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Tracy 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 0 0 1 0
Ian Desmond 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 2
Bryce Harper 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Bernadina 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Espinosa 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Ramos 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Lombardozzi 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 110 100 25 5 0 4 12 9 33 .250 .318 .420 .738 0 0 0 1 5
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• Detwiler vs the Pirates:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Pedro Alvarez 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Barmes 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Russell Martin 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew McCutchen 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Tabata 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Neil Walker 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
John McDonald 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Gaby Sanchez 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 22 22 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 0 0 0 0 0
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Generated 5/3/2013.

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