Washington Nationals At St. Louis Cardinals: GameThread 159 Of 162

Can the Washington Nationals avoid getting swept in the season series with St. Louis? If they lose it would be the sixth straight loss to the Cardinals going back to Game 5 of the NLDS last October? Can Jordan Zimmermann win his 20th game? 1:45 PM EDT start in St. Louis...

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Sep 25, 2013, 1:17pm EDT

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ St. Louis Cardinals

Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013, 1:45 PM EDT
Busch Stadium

Jordan Zimmermann vs Shelby Miller

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from center 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 Lizzards" 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:

Shelby Miller

#40 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals

Height: 6-3

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Oct 10, 1990

• 2012 Stats - (1-0), 6 G, 1 GS, 13.2 IP, 1.32 ERA, 1.85 FIP, ERA+ = 300, 0 HR, 4 BB (2.63 BB/9), 16 Ks (10.54 K/9), 0.95 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (14-9), 30 G, 30 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 167.1 IP, 3.12 ERA, 3.67 FIP, ERA+ = 118, 20 HR (1.08 HR/9), 54 BB (2.90 BB/9), 166 Ks (8.93 K/9), 1.21 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 6.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0 HR, 2 BB (2.70 BB/9), 8 Ks (10.80 K/9), 0.75 WHIP.

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 (0.83 HR/9), 43 BB (1.98 BB/9), 153 Ks (7.04 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (19-8), 31 G, 31 GS, 4 CG, 2 SO, 206.1 IP, 3.18 ERA, 3.31 FIP, ERA+ = 118, 18 HR (0.79 HR/9), 40 BB (1.74 BB/9), 159 Ks (6.94 K/9), 1.10 WHIP.

• vs STL - (0-2), 5 G, 5 GS, 25.2 IP, 9.12 ERA, 6 HR (2.10 HR/9), 6 BB (2.10 BB/9), 21 Ks (7.36 K/9), 1.71 WHIP.

• Miller vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ian Desmond	3	3	1	1	1	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000
Bryce Harper	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Adam LaRoche	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Anthony Rendon	3	3	1	1	1	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000
Denard Span	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jayson Werth	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Dan Haren	2	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	20	20	2	2	2	7	.100	.100	.200	.300

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• Zimmermann vs the Cards:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	HBP	GDP
Yadier Molina	15	13	7	1	0	1	0	0	.538	.571	.615	1.187	1	1	0
Carlos Beltran	14	14	4	2	0	1	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	0	0	0
Matt Holliday	13	10	3	0	1	2	3	2	.300	.462	.600	1.062	0	0	0
Jon Jay	12	11	4	0	0	1	0	3	.364	.417	.364	.780	0	1	2
Allen Craig	7	7	3	0	1	1	0	0	.429	.429	.857	1.286	0	0	0
Matt Carpenter	6	6	2	1	0	3	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	0	0	0
Daniel Descalso	6	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	1	0
David Freese	5	4	3	2	1	3	1	0	.750	.800	2.000	2.800	0	0	0
Pete Kozma	5	5	2	1	0	2	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	0	0	0
Total	83	75	30	7	3	15	4	9	.400	.451	.613	1.065	1	3	2

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