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Washington Nationals At Atlanta Braves: GameThread 122 Of 162

With last night's loss the Washington Nationals have dropped six straight to their NL East rivals from Atlanta. The Nats take on the Braves again tonight in Turner Field with Stephen Strasburg on the mound against ATL lefty Mike Minor at 7:05 pm EDT.

By Patrick Reddington
Kevin C. Cox

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Atlanta Braves

Saturday, Aug 17, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT
Turner Field

Mike Minor vs Stephen Strasburg

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

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

4. The WereWerth - RF

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

6. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

7. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - 1B

8. Scott Hairston - LF

9. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

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

Mike Minor

#36 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves

6-3

210

R

L

Dec 26, 1987

• 2012 Stats - (11-10), 30 G, 30 GS, 179.1 IP, 4.12 ERA, 4.38 FIP, ERA+ = 97, 26 HR (1.30 HR/9), 56 BB (2.81 BB/9), 145 Ks (7.28 K/9), 1.15 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (12-5), 24 G, 24 GS, 1 CG, 157.0 IP, 2.87 ERA, 3.09 FIP, ERA+ = 135, 15 HR (0.86 HR/9), 32 BB (1.83 BB/9), 143 Ks (8.20 K/9), 1.04 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (3-2), 7 G, 7 GS, 37.2 IP, 4.30 ERA, 3 HR (0.72 HR/9), 17 BB (4.06 BB/9), 27 Ks (6.45 K/9), 1.49 WHIP.

Stephen Strasburg

#37 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-4

220

R

R

Jul 20, 1988

• 2012 Stats - (15-6), 28 G, 28 GS, 159.1 IP, 3.16 ERA, 2.82 FIP, ERA+ = 126, 15 HR (0.85 HR/9), 48 BB (2.71 BB/9), 197 Ks (11.13 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (6-9), 23 G, 23 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 146.1 IP, 2.83 ERA, 3.08 FIP, ERA+ = 134, 12 HR (0.74 HR/9), 43 BB (2.64 BB/9), 153 Ks (9.41 K/9), 1.04 WHIP.

• vs ATL - (3-4), 11 G, 11 GS, 57.2 IP, 3.43 ERA, 4 HR (0.62 HR/9), 20 BB (3.12 BB/9), 70 Ks (10.92 K/9), 1.27 WHIP.

• Minor vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ryan Zimmerman 20 17 5 0 0 0 1 3 5 .294 .400 .294 .694 0 0 1 0 0
Ian Desmond 19 17 5 2 0 0 1 2 2 .294 .368 .412 .780 0 0 0 0 1
Scott Hairston 15 14 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 .357 .400 .714 1.114 0 0 0 0 1
Bryce Harper 12 10 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 .200 .333 .300 .633 0 0 0 0 0
Adam LaRoche 12 9 3 2 0 0 2 2 2 .333 .417 .556 .972 0 1 0 0 0
Jayson Werth 8 8 2 0 0 1 3 0 3 .250 .250 .625 .875 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Ramos 7 7 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 .714 .714 1.143 1.857 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Strasburg 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 1 0 0 0 0
Steve Lombardozzi 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 2
Anthony Rendon 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .333 .500 .833 0 1 0 0 0
Gio Gonzalez 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Kurt Suzuki 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0
Total 109 93 30 7 0 3 11 12 18 .323 .393 .495 .887 2 2 1 0 4
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Generated 8/17/2013.

• Strasburg vs the Braves:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jason Heyward 22 19 8 1 0 0 1 2 2 .421 .500 .474 .974 0 0 0 1 0
Freddie Freeman 20 16 7 1 0 1 6 2 3 .438 .450 .688 1.138 0 2 0 0 0
Brian McCann 19 19 6 1 0 1 2 0 6 .316 .316 .526 .842 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Upton 16 15 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 .200 .250 .200 .450 0 0 0 0 2
Chris Johnson 14 14 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 .214 .214 .214 .429 0 0 0 0 0
B.J. Upton 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 .100 .250 .100 .350 0 0 0 0 0
Andrelton Simmons 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1
Jordan Schafer 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 .200 .500 .200 .700 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Minor 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Janish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Evan Gattis 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Beachy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Gerald Laird 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Julio Teheran 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 0 0 0
Total 141 128 32 4 0 3 16 10 39 .250 .305 .352 .657 0 2 0 1 4
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Generated 8/17/2013.

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