Washington Nationals At Arizona Diamondbacks: GameThread 161 Of 162

The Washington Nationals and Arizona Diamondbacks play the second game of their three-game season-ending series tonight in Phoenix, AZ's Chase Field with Dan Haren making what's likely his last start as a Nats against the D-Backs he pitched for from 2008-2010.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Sep 28, 2013, 7:41pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Arizona Diamondbacks

Saturday, Sep 28, 2013, 8:10 PM EDT
Chase Field

Dan Haren vs Brandon McCarthy

Clear. Winds blowing in from left field at 1-5 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.

• 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) - CF

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

6. Wilson "Duke of Lizzards" Ramos - C

7. Chad Tracy - 1B

8. Steve "#LOMBOLOBBY" Lombardozzi - 2B

9. Dan Haren - RHP

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• For An Arizona Diamondbacks Fan's Perspective, Check Out The SB Nation's D-Backs Site: AZ Snakepit.

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

Brandon McCarthy

#32 / Pitcher / Arizona Diamondbacks

Height: 6-7

Weight: 200

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 07, 1983

• 2012 Stats - (8-6), 18 G, 18 GS, 111.0 IP, 3.24 ERA, 3.76 FIP, ERA+ = 120, 10 HR (0.81 HR/9), 24 BB (1.95 BB/9), 73 Ks (5.92 K/9), 1.25 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (5-10), 21 G, 21 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 128.0 IP, 4.64 ERA, 3.66 FIP, ERA+ = 83, 12 HR (0.84 HR/9), 19 BB (1.34 BB/9), 75 Ks (5.27 K/9), 1.37 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - N/A

Dan Haren

#15 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-5

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Sep 17, 1980

• 2012 Stats - (12-13), 30 G, 30 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 176.2 IP, 4.33 ERA, 4.24 FIP, ERA+ = 88, 28 HR (1.43 HR/9), 38 BB (1.94 BB/9), 142 Ks (7.23 K/9), 1.29 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (9-14), 30 G, 29 GS, 1 SV, 162.2 IP, 4.87 ERA, 4.17 FIP, ERA+ = 78, 28 HR (1.55 HR/9), 30 BB (1.66 BB/9), 146 Ks (8.08 K/9), 1.26 WHIP.

• vs AZ - (3-2), 6 G, 5 GS, 36.1 IP, 2.48 ERA, 3 HR (0.74 HR/9), 10 BB (2.48 BB/9), 27 Ks (6.70 K/9), 0.85 WHIP.

• McCarthy vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Denard Span	8	8	3	1	.375	.375	.500	.875
Scott Hairston	2	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	10	10	3	1	.300	.300	.400	.700

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• Haren vs the D-Backs:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	IBB	GDP
Aaron Hill	22	22	7	2	1	1	5	0	6	.318	.318	.636	.955	0	0	1
Cliff Pennington	20	16	4	0	0	1	1	3	2	.250	.368	.438	.806	1	0	0
Willie Bloomquist	14	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	0
Eric Chavez	11	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.273	.300	.573	0	0	1
Martin Prado	6	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0
Miguel Montero	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	1	0
Wil Nieves	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0
Gerardo Parra	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	82	76	22	3	1	3	7	5	20	.289	.333	.474	.807	1	1	2

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