Washington Nationals vs Detroit Tigers: GameThread 34 Of 162

After winning 3-1 last night in Nationals Park, the Washington Nationals try to sweep the two-game set with the visiting Detroit Tigers in today's rescheduled afternoon affair in the nation's capital. 4:05 pm EST. Dan Haren vs Doug Fister. Nats vs Tigers in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball May 9, 2013, 3:29pm EDT

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Detroit Tigers
@ Washington Nationals

Thursday, May 9, 2013, 4:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Dan Haren vs Doug Fister

Mostly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Denard Span - CF

2. The Shark - LF

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

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

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:

Dan Haren

#15 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-5

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Sep 17, 1980

• 2012 Stats - (12-13), 30 G, 30 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 176.2 IP, 4.33 ERA, 4.24 FIP, ERA+ = 87, 28 HR (1.95 HR/9), 38 BB (1.94 BB/9), 142 Ks (7.23 K/9), 1.29 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-3), 6 G, 6 GS, 32.1 IP, 5.01 ERA, 5.06 FIP, ERA+ = 76, 7 HR (1.95 HR/9), 5 BB (1.39 BB/9), 24 Ks (6.68 K/9), 1.45 WHIP.

• vs DET - (4-4), 10 G, 10 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 69.1 IP, 3.63 ERA, 8 HR (1.04 HR/9), 6 BB (0.78 BB/9), 51 Ks (6.62 K/9), 1.11 WHIP.

Doug Fister

#58 / Pitcher / Detroit Tigers

Height: 6-8

Weight: 210

Bats: L

Throws: R

Born: Feb 04, 1984

• 2012 Stats - (10-10), 26 G, 26 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 161.2 IP, 3.45 ERA, 3.42 FIP, ERA+ = 123, 15 HR (0.84 HR/9), 37 BB (2.06 BB/9), 137 Ks (7.63 K/9), 1.19 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (4-0), 6 G, 6 GS, 40.0 IP, 2.48 ERA, 3.06 FIP, ERA+ = 172, 1 HR (0.23 HR/9), 7 BB (1.58 BB/9), 29 Ks (6.53 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (0-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 8.0 IP, 1.13 ERA, 0 HR, 1 BB (1.13 BB/9), 3 Ks (3.38 K/9), 0.50 WHIP.

• Haren vs the Tigers:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	IBB	GDP
Victor Martinez	28	25	9	2	0	1	4	3	5	.360	.429	.560	.989	0	2	0
Jhonny Peralta	26	25	6	0	0	0	2	1	6	.240	.269	.240	.509	0	0	1
Miguel Cabrera	16	16	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	.188	.188	.375	.563	0	0	1
Omar Infante	15	15	7	1	0	0	0	0	4	.467	.467	.533	1.000	0	0	0
Torii Hunter	12	10	3	1	0	1	2	1	3	.300	.364	.700	1.064	1	0	0
Andy Dirks	9	9	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	0	0	0
Alex Avila	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Austin Jackson	7	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.429	.571	0	0	1
Prince Fielder	6	5	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467	0	0	0
Don Kelly	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	0
Brayan Pena	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	0	0	0
Ramon Santiago	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	141	133	37	7	1	3	12	7	29	.278	.314	.414	.728	1	2	3

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• Fister vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP	GDP
Kurt Suzuki	23	23	6	1	1	2	0	2	.261	.261	.391	.652	0	0
Denard Span	21	20	7	1	1	2	1	3	.350	.381	.500	.881	0	0
Roger Bernadina	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0
Ian Desmond	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0
Danny Espinosa	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Wilson Ramos	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Jayson Werth	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	2
Total	62	59	16	2	2	5	2	7	.271	.306	.373	.679	1	2

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