Washington Nationals At Philadelphia Phillies: GameThread 71 Of 162

The Washington Nationals try to salvage a game of their three-game set in Citizens Bank Park after dropping the first two to the Philadelphia Phillies. Nats' lefty Gio Gonzalez tries to help the Nationals win one on the road before they head home to D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jun 19, 2013, 6:09pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Philadelphia Phillies

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
Citizens Bank Park

Gio Gonzalez vs Kyle Kendrick

Clear. Winds blowing in from left field at 1-5 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This Is D-SPAN - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

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

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

5. The WereWerth - RF

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

7. Steve "#LOMBOLOBBY" Lombardozzi - LF

8. Kurt "'Zuki" Suzuki - C

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

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

Kyle Kendrick

#38 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

Height: 6-3

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Aug 26, 1984

• 2012 Stats - (11-12), 37 G, 25 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 159.1 IP, 3.90 ERA, 4.32 FIP, ERA+ = 105, 20 HR (1.13 HR/9), 49 BB (2.77 BB/9), 116 Ks (6.55 K/9), 1.27 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (6-4), 14 G, 14 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 91.0 IP, 3.76 ERA, 4.11 FIP, ERA+ = 106, 10 HR (0.99 HR/9), 25 BB (2.47 BB/9), 56 Ks (5.54 K/9), 1.29 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (4-6), 20 G, 18 GS, 97.1 IP, 4.90 ERA, 11 HR (1.02 HR/9), 31 BB (2.87 BB/9), 48 Ks (4.44 K/9), 1.43 WHIP.

Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-0

Weight: 205

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+ = 136, 9 HR (0.41 HR/9), 76 BB (3.43 BB/9), 207 Ks (9.35 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-3), 14 G, 14 GS, 84.2 IP, 3.40 ERA, 3.76 FIP, ERA+ = 111, 8 HR (0.85 HR/9), 39 BB (4.15 BB/9), 82 Ks (8.75 K/9), 1.19 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (3-1), 4 G, 4 GS, 25.0 IP, 2.52 ERA, 1 HR (0.36 HR/9), 9 BB (3.24 BB/9), 29 Ks (10.44 K/9), 1.08 WHIP.

• Kendrick vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP
Ryan Zimmerman	40	35	11	7	0	1	2	3	4	.314	.400	.600	1.000	0	0	0	2	3
Adam LaRoche	28	23	4	1	1	0	1	5	3	.174	.321	.304	.626	0	0	0	0	0
Ian Desmond	27	25	10	2	1	2	6	0	3	.400	.407	.800	1.207	0	1	0	1	0
Steve Lombardozzi	15	15	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	.400	.400	.467	.867	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Werth	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205	0	0	0	0	1
Roger Bernadina	14	12	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	13	10	4	0	0	1	3	3	1	.400	.538	.700	1.238	0	0	1	0	0
Denard Span	6	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	.250	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Tracy	5	5	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Stammen	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Strasburg	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Zimmermann	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Marrero	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Gio Gonzalez	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
Total	180	159	43	12	2	6	18	16	22	.270	.346	.484	.831	1	1	1	3	4

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• Gonzalez vs the Phillies:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF	HBP	GDP
Michael Young	25	22	5	1	1	2	3	1	.227	.320	.409	.729	0	0	1
Delmon Young	16	15	4	0	0	0	1	2	.267	.313	.267	.579	0	0	1
John Mayberry	12	11	2	0	1	2	1	2	.182	.250	.455	.705	0	0	0
Jimmy Rollins	9	7	3	1	0	0	2	0	.429	.556	.571	1.127	0	0	0
Kevin Frandsen	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	1	0
Ryan Howard	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0
Carlos Ruiz	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	1	1	0
Freddy Galvis	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	0	0	1
Ben Revere	4	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	0	0	0
Domonic Brown	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	0	0	0
Michael Martinez	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Kyle Kendrick	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	97	84	20	4	2	6	10	13	.238	.330	.357	.687	1	2	3

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Generated 6/19/2013.

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