Washington Nationals At Pittsburgh Pirates: GameThread 32 Of 162

The Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates play the final game of their three-game set in PNC Park at 1:35 pm EST this afternoon and it's a matchup of lefties with Gio Gonzalez on the hill for the visiting team against the Bucs' Wandy Rodriguez. Can the Nats take two of three?

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball May 5, 2013, 1:02pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Pittsburgh Pirates

Sunday, May 5, 2013, 1:35 PM EDT
PNC Park at North Shore

Gio Gonzalez vs Wandy Rodriguez

Mostly sunny. Winds blowing in from left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 65.

• 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. "Right Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. WIlson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

9. Gio Gonzalez (aka The Best-Dressed Pitcher In Town) - LHP

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

Wandy Rodriguez

#51 / Pitcher / Pittsburgh Pirates

Height: 5-11

Weight: 195

Bats: B

Throws: L

Born: Jan 18, 1979

• 2012 Stats - (12-13), 34 G, 33 GS, 205.2 IP, 3.76 ERA, 3.93 FIP, ERA+ = 104, 21 HR (0.92 HR/9), 56 BB (2.45 BB/9), 139 Ks, (6.08 K/9), 1.27 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (2-1), 5 G, 5 GS, 25.1 IP, 3.91 ERA, 5.21 FIP, ERA+ = 93, 5 HR (1.78 HR/9), 7 BB (2.49 BB/9), 18 Ks (6.39 K/9), 1.07 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (5-2), 10 G, 10 GS, 60.0 IP, 4.50 ERA, 7 HR (1.05 HR/9), 18 BB (2.70 BB/9) 47 Ks (7.05 K/9), 1.25 WHIP.

Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-0

Weight: 200

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Sep 19, 1985

• 2012 Stats - (21-8), 32 G, 32 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 199.1 IP, 2.89 ERA, 2.82 FIP, ERA+ = 134, 9 HR (0.41 HR/9), 76 BB (3.43 BB/9), 207 Ks (9.35 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (2-2), 6 G, 6 GS, 32.0 IP, 5.34 ERA, 4.06 FIP, ERA+ = 72, 4 HR (1.13 HR/9), 18 BB (5.06 BB/9), 36 Ks (10.13 K/9), 1.38 WHIP.

• vs PIT - (1-0), 2 G, 2 GS, 13.0 IP, 2.77 ERA, 2 HR (1.38 HR/9), 6 BB (4.15 BB/9), 12 Ks (8.31 K/9), 1.08 WHIP.

• Rodriguez vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	GDP
Adam LaRoche	23	23	8	0	0	0	5	0	3	.348	.348	.348	.696	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	21	19	6	1	1	1	3	2	3	.316	.381	.632	1.013	0	1
Jayson Werth	13	13	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	.385	.385	.462	.846	0	0
Ian Desmond	12	12	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.333	.583	0	0
Danny Espinosa	9	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.444	.667	0	0
Dan Haren	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	1	0
Roger Bernadina	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Zach Duke	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
Chad Tracy	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Gio Gonzalez	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	94	89	26	4	2	1	9	3	20	.292	.315	.416	.731	2	1

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• Gonzalez vs the Pirates:

	PA	AB	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	HBP	GDP
Brandon Inge	12	11	1	1	1	1	3	.091	.167	.273	.439	0	0	1
Russell Martin	8	5	2	0	0	2	0	.400	.625	.400	1.025	0	1	0
Andrew McCutchen	6	5	2	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	0	0
Jose Tabata	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0
John McDonald	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0
Clint Barmes	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Garrett Jones	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Gaby Sanchez	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
Travis Snider	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Wandy Rodriguez	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0
Total	51	44	6	1	1	5	9	.136	.240	.182	.422	1	1	2

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