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Washington Nationals vs Philadelphia Phillies: GameThread 148 Of 162

Can the Washington Nationals win their eighth straight? They'll have to in order to remain 4.5 games back in the Wild Card race since the Cincinnati Reds already won this afternoon. Lefty vs Lefty in D.C. tonight. Gio Gonzalez vs Cole Hamels in Nationals Park.

Rob Carr


Next Game

Philadelphia Phillies
@ Washington Nationals

Saturday, Sep 14, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Cole Hamels vs Gio Gonzalez

Clear. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This Is D-SPAN - CF

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

3. The WereWerth - RF

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

5. "Run-Until-He's-Tagged, Tape-Measure-Testing, Laser-Throwing, Eyeblack-Oozing Baseball Cyborg" (aka Bryce Harper) - LF

6. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

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

8. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

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:


Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-0

200

R

L

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+ = 137, 9 HR (0.41 HR/9), 76 BB (3.43 BB/9), 207 Ks (9.35 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (10-6), 29 G, 29 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 176.2 IP, 3.31 ERA, 3.47 FIP, ERA+ = 114, 16 HR (0.82 HR/9), 72 BB (3.67 BB/9), 178 Ks (9.07 K/9), 1.24 WHIP.

• vs PHI - (5-1), 7 G, 7 GS, 44.2 IP, 2.22 ERA, 3 HR (0.60 HR/9), 16 BB (3.22 BB/9), 51 Ks (10.28 K/9), 1.05 WHIP.



Cole Hamels

#35 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

6-3

195

L

L

Dec 27, 1983

• 2012 Stats - (17-6), 31 G, 31 GS, 2 CG, 2 SO, 215.1 IP, 3.05 ERA, 3.30 FIP, ERA+ = 132, 24 HR (1.00 HR/9), 52 BB (2.17 BB/9), 216 Ks (9.03 K/9), 1.12 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (7-13), 30 G, 30 GS, 1 CG, 201.0 IP, 3.45 ERA, 3.33 FIP, ERA+ = 110, 20 HR (0.90 HR/9), 45 BB (2.01 BB/9), 183 Ks (8.19 K/9) 1.13 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (14-6), 27 G, 27 GS, 1 CG, 178.2 IP, 2.52 ERA, 15 HR (0.76 HR/9), 44 BB (2.22 BB/9), 185 Ks (9.32 K/9), 1.05 WHIP.


• Gonzalez vs the Phillies:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
John Mayberry 15 14 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 .143 .200 .357 .557 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Rollins 15 12 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 .250 .400 .333 .733 0 0 0 0 1
Carlos Ruiz 14 11 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .182 .286 .182 .468 0 1 0 1 0
Kevin Frandsen 12 10 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .400 .500 .400 .900 0 0 0 1 0
Domonic Brown 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .250 .472 0 0 0 0 0
Darin Ruf 9 7 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 .429 .556 1.000 1.556 0 0 0 0 0
Chase Utley 9 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0 0 0 0 0
Freddy Galvis 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375 0 0 0 0 1
Erik Kratz 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Martinez 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 1
Kyle Kendrick 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0
Cody Asche 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Hernandez 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Tyler Cloyd 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Halladay 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Lee 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Ethan Martin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Orr 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 122 108 22 4 0 2 11 10 31 .204 .281 .296 .577 1 1 0 2 3
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Generated 9/14/2013.

• Hamels vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ryan Zimmerman 75 70 19 3 0 3 6 5 16 .271 .320 .443 .763 0 0 0 0 1
Scott Hairston 40 37 14 5 0 5 9 2 10 .378 .425 .919 1.344 0 0 0 1 2
Ian Desmond 37 35 6 2 1 1 2 1 9 .171 .194 .371 .566 1 0 0 0 3
Adam LaRoche 36 34 10 1 0 4 7 1 8 .294 .333 .676 1.010 0 0 0 1 0
Bryce Harper 25 22 7 1 0 0 1 2 4 .318 .400 .364 .764 0 0 0 1 1
Jayson Werth 22 21 3 0 0 1 3 1 5 .143 .182 .286 .468 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Lombardozzi 12 12 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 .083 .083 .167 .250 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Tracy 12 11 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 .273 .333 .545 .879 0 0 0 0 0
Denard Span 11 10 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .300 .364 .400 .764 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Ramos 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 0 0 0 0 1
Tyler Moore 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 1 0 0
Anthony Rendon 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Strasburg 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 0 0 0 0 0
Sandy Leon 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 0 0 0 0 0
Jhonatan Solano 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Haren 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Ross Ohlendorf 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Zimmermann 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 305 285 73 16 1 15 32 16 67 .256 .303 .477 .780 1 0 1 3 8
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Generated 9/14/2013.

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