Washington Nationals vs Philadelphia Phillies: GameThread 149 Of 162

The Washington Nationals had their win streak snapped at seven straight last night, so this afternoon's game is a rubber match. Can the Nats take two of three from the visiting Philadelphia Phillies? Jordan Zimmermann's on the mound in the nation's capital.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Sep 15, 2013, 12:55pm EDT

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Philadelphia Phillies
@ Washington Nationals

Sunday, Sep 15, 2013, 1:35 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Tyler Cloyd vs Jordan Zimmermann

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This Is D-SPAN - CF

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

3. The WereWerth - RF

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

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

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

7. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

8. Steve "#LOMBOLOBBY" Lombardozzi - 2B

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+ = 134, 18 HR (0.85 HR/9), 43 BB (1.73 BB/9), 153 Ks (7.04 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (17-8), 29 G, 29 GS, 3 CG, 1 SO, 190.1 IP, 3.36 ERA, 3.44 FIP, ERA+ = 112, 18 HR (0.85 HR/9), 37 BB (1.75 BB/9), 143 Ks (6.76 K/9), 1.12 WHIP.

• vs PHI - (3-5), 9 G, 9 GS, 52.1 IP, 4.13 ERA, 6 HR (1.03 HR/9), 14 BB (2.40 BB/9), 31 Ks (5.33 K/9), 1.43 WHIP.

Tyler Cloyd

#50 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

Height: 6-3

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: May 16, 1987

• 2012 Stats - (2-2), 6 G, 6 GS, 33.0 IP, 4.91 ERA, 5.25 FIP, ERA+ = 83, 8 HR (2.18 HR/9), 7 BB (1.91 BB/9), 30 Ks (8.19 K/9), 1.21 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (2-4), 9 G, 8 GS, 49.1 IP, 4.56 ERA, 4.08 FIP, ERA+ = 84, 4 HR (0.73 HR/9), 21 BB (3.83 BB/9), 32 Ks (5.84 K/9), 1.56 WHIP.

• vs PHI - (0-1), 1 G, 1 GS, 5.0 IP, 3 HR (5.40 HR/9), 2 BB (3.60 BB/9), 4 Ks (7.20 K/9), 1.60 WHIP.

• Zimmermann vs the Phillies:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	HBP	GDP
Jimmy Rollins	22	21	4	0	1	3	1	3	.190	.227	.333	.561	0	0	0	0
Carlos Ruiz	17	16	4	0	1	1	0	2	.250	.250	.438	.688	1	0	0	1
Chase Utley	14	10	4	1	0	1	4	1	.400	.571	.500	1.071	0	0	0	0
Domonic Brown	6	6	4	1	0	1	0	1	.667	.667	.833	1.500	0	0	0	0
Freddy Galvis	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0
Kyle Kendrick	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
John Mayberry	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	0	1	0
Darin Ruf	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.333	.500	0	0	0	0
Erik Kratz	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Cliff Lee	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	0	0	0	0
Kevin Frandsen	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	0	0	0	0
Roy Halladay	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Cesar Hernandez	4	3	2	1	0	2	1	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	0	0	0	0
Cody Asche	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0
Roger Bernadina	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0
Cole Hamels	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	1	0
Pete Orr	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0
Total	117	103	31	6	2	11	7	18	.301	.354	.417	.771	4	1	2	1

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• Cloyd vs the Nationals:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH
Scott Hairston	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	0
Bryce Harper	3	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	0
Adam LaRoche	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0
Jayson Werth	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0
Ian Desmond	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gio Gonzalez	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Total	19	16	5	3	1	2	2	4	.313	.389	.688	1.076	1

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