Washington Nationals vs Detroit Tigers: GameThread 33 Of 162

The Washington Nationals and Detroit Tigers were supposed to meet in the first game of this two-game set last night, but rain postponed the series opener. Both teams pushed their starters back a night, so it's Jordan Zimmermann vs Anibal Sanchez at 7:05 pm EST tonight.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball May 8, 2013, 6:34pm EDT

Next Game

Detroit Tigers
@ Washington Nationals

Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Jordan Zimmermann vs Anibal Sanchez

Mostly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 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) - RF

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

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

6. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - LF

7. "Left 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:

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+ = 132, 18 HR (0.83 HR/9), 43 BB (1.98 BB/9), 153 Ks (7.04 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (5-1), 6 G, 6 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 44.0 IP, 1.64 ERA, 2.92 FIP, ERA+ = 235, 2 HR (0.41 HR/9), 7 BB (1.43 BB/9), 27 Ks (5.52 K/9), 0.75 WHIP.

• vs DET - N/A

Anibal Sanchez

#19 / Pitcher / Detroit Tigers

Height: 6-0

Weight: 205

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 27, 1984

• 2012 Stats - (9-13), 31 G, 31 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 195.2 IP, 3.86 ERA, 3.53 FIP, ERA+ = 105, 20 HR (0.92 HR/9), 48 BB (2.21 BB/9), 167 Ks (7.68 K/9), 1.27 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-2), 6 G, 6 GS, 39.2 IP, 1.82 ERA, 1.33 FIP, ERA+ = 235, 0 HR, 11 BB (2.50 BB/9), 50 Ks (11.34 K/9), 1.06 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (8-0), 19 G, 19 GS, 118.2 IP, 1.97 ERA, 7 HR (0.53 HR/9), 47 BB (3.56 BB/9), 100 Ks (7.58 K/9), 1.14 WHIP.

• Zimmermann vs the Tigers:

	PA	AB	H	3B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF
Omar Infante	15	14	3	1	1	2	0	.214	.200	.571	.771	1
Torii Hunter	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Anibal Sanchez	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Total	20	19	3	1	1	2	3	.158	.150	.421	.571	1

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• Sanchez vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB	HBP	GDP
Ryan Zimmerman	48	42	10	1	0	1	2	5	6	.238	.333	.333	.667	0	1	2
Adam LaRoche	31	30	6	0	0	0	1	1	9	.200	.226	.200	.426	0	0	1
Jayson Werth	31	30	5	2	0	1	1	1	19	.167	.194	.333	.527	0	0	0
Ian Desmond	27	25	8	2	0	1	3	2	4	.320	.370	.520	.890	0	0	0
Roger Bernadina	23	20	2	0	0	0	0	3	8	.100	.217	.100	.317	0	0	0
Danny Espinosa	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.077	.200	.077	.277	0	1	0
Wilson Ramos	15	13	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	.385	.467	.462	.928	1	0	0
Chad Tracy	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Bryce Harper	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	0	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Denard Span	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Stephen Strasburg	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Jordan Zimmermann	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	212	195	38	6	1	3	8	15	57	.195	.259	.282	.541	1	2	3

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Generated 5/6/2013.

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