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| 903 | COLORADO | +170 | Ov 7,-115 | +165 | Ov 7,-115 | | 904 | WASHINGTON | -180 | Un 7,-105 | -175 | Un 7,-105 |
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| All Games | 37-36 | -1.2 | 38-33 | 4.9 | 0.273 | 0.330 | 4.4 | 0.264 | 0.322 | | Road Games | 14-19 | -2.1 | 19-13 | 4.2 | 0.256 | 0.317 | 4.2 | 0.264 | 0.323 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 27-20 | +5.7 | 25-20 | 5.1 | 0.276 | 0.330 | 4.2 | 0.257 | 0.319 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -3.6 | 3-4 | 4.4 | 0.273 | 0.326 | 5.0 | 0.260 | 0.308 | | Grass Games | 37-33 | +1.8 | 37-31 | 5.0 | 0.276 | 0.334 | 4.4 | 0.265 | 0.324 | | Night Games | 22-24 | -3.6 | 26-18 | 5.0 | 0.267 | 0.327 | 4.8 | 0.272 | 0.330 |
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| All Games | 4.9 | 0.273 | 0.330 | 73 | 2565 | 699 | 243 | 92 | 0.04 | 341 | 221 | 537 | 56 | 531 | 53 | 44 | 70 | 42 | | Road Games | 4.2 | 0.256 | 0.317 | 33 | 1154 | 295 | 105 | 41 | 0.04 | 136 | 104 | 286 | 14 | 238 | 28 | 20 | 30 | 14 | | Righty Starters | 5.1 | 0.276 | 0.330 | 47 | 1651 | 455 | 163 | 64 | 0.04 | 231 | 134 | 348 | 41 | 332 | 33 | 30 | 53 | 26 |
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| All Games | 3.45 | 1.267 | 253.4 | 107 | 97 | 241 | 18 | 80 | 213 | 11-14 | 14 | 8 | 63.6% | | Road Games | 3.66 | 1.353 | 105.7 | 49 | 43 | 108 | 6 | 35 | 94 | 5-6 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% |
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| All Games | 35-36 | -6.2 | 35-32 | 3.5 | 0.232 | 0.288 | 3.9 | 0.247 | 0.300 | | Home Games | 18-13 | -0.7 | 16-13 | 3.8 | 0.257 | 0.310 | 3.4 | 0.240 | 0.296 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 24-28 | -9.5 | 27-23 | 3.3 | 0.231 | 0.286 | 4.2 | 0.256 | 0.312 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1 | 3-4 | 3.6 | 0.205 | 0.258 | 3.6 | 0.235 | 0.296 | | Grass Games | 35-36 | -6.2 | 35-32 | 3.5 | 0.232 | 0.288 | 3.9 | 0.247 | 0.300 | | Night Games | 23-22 | -0.1 | 22-21 | 3.6 | 0.234 | 0.291 | 3.8 | 0.246 | 0.295 |
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| All Games | 3.5 | 0.232 | 0.288 | 71 | 2345 | 543 | 191 | 64 | 0.03 | 236 | 187 | 561 | 30 | 437 | 55 | 50 | 64 | 47 | | Home Games | 3.8 | 0.257 | 0.310 | 31 | 1006 | 259 | 84 | 25 | 0.02 | 112 | 76 | 225 | 15 | 195 | 22 | 24 | 39 | 10 | | Righty Starters | 3.3 | 0.231 | 0.286 | 52 | 1714 | 396 | 140 | 47 | 0.03 | 168 | 133 | 416 | 20 | 318 | 41 | 37 | 48 | 38 |
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| All Games | 3.67 | 1.321 | 201.3 | 87 | 82 | 195 | 14 | 71 | 184 | 13-9 | 19 | 8 | 70.4% | | Home Games | 3.15 | 1.325 | 91.3 | 35 | 32 | 83 | 3 | 38 | 75 | 4-4 | 10 | 3 | 76.9% |
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| 6/6/2013 | CHACIN(R) | SAN DIEGO | CASHNER(R) | 5-6 | L | -140 | 9.5 ev | O | 10 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | | 6/7/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | SAN DIEGO | VOLQUEZ(R) | 10-9 | W | -155 | 10.5 ov | O | 16 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | | 6/8/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | SAN DIEGO | STULTS(L) | 2-4 | L | -115 | 10.5 ov | U | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 3 | | 6/9/2013 | NICASIO(R) | SAN DIEGO | RICHARD(L) | 8-7 | W | -175 | 11.5 un | O | 15 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | | 6/11/2013 | CHACIN(R) | WASHINGTON | HAREN(R) | 8-3 | W | -155 | 11 ov | P | 14 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 6/12/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | WASHINGTON | OHLENDORF(R) | 1-5 | L | -185 | 11 ov | U | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | | 6/13/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | WASHINGTON | DETWILER(L) | 4-5 | L | -140 | 11 ev | U | 9 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | | 6/14/2013 | NICASIO(R) | PHILADELPHIA | KENDRICK(R) | 7-8 | L | -125 | 9.5 ov | O | 13 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | 6/15/2013 | CHATWOOD(R) | PHILADELPHIA | PETTIBONE(R) | 10-5 | W | -160 | 10 ov | O | 18 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | | 6/16/2013 | CHACIN(R) | PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | 5-2 | W | -115 | 9.5 un | U | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | | 6/17/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | @ TORONTO | JOHNSON(R) | 0-2 | L | 155 | 9 un | U | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | | 6/18/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | @ TORONTO | ROGERS(R) | 3-8 | L | 140 | 9 un | O | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | | 6/19/2013 | NICASIO(R) | @ TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | 2-5 | L | 140 | 9 un | U | 9 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 6/20/2013 | OSWALT(R) | @ WASHINGTON | ZIMMERMANN(R) | | | 6/21/2013 | CHATWOOD(R) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | | | 6/22/2013 | CHACIN(R) | @ WASHINGTON | HAREN(R) | | | 6/23/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | @ WASHINGTON | DETWILER(L) | | | 6/25/2013 | NICASIO(R) | @ BOSTON | DEMPSTER(R) | | | 6/26/2013 | OSWALT(R) | @ BOSTON | LACKEY(R) | | | 6/27/2013 | | NY METS | | |
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| 6/8/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | MINNESOTA | CORREIA(R) | 3-4 | L | -190 | 7.5 un | U | 10 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | | 6/9/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | MINNESOTA | DIAMOND(L) | 7-0 | W | -190 | 7.5 un | U | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | | 6/9/2013 | KARNS(R) | MINNESOTA | DEDUNO(R) | 5-4 | W | -125 | 8.5 ev | O | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | | 6/11/2013 | HAREN(R) | @ COLORADO | CHACIN(R) | 3-8 | L | 145 | 11 ov | P | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | | 6/12/2013 | OHLENDORF(R) | @ COLORADO | DE LA ROSA(L) | 5-1 | W | 175 | 11 ov | U | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | 6/13/2013 | DETWILER(L) | @ COLORADO | FRANCIS(L) | 5-4 | W | 130 | 11 ev | U | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 6/14/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | @ CLEVELAND | MASTERSON(R) | 1-2 | L | 125 | 7.5 un | U | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | | 6/15/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KAZMIR(L) | 7-6 | W | -110 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | | 6/16/2013 | STRASBURG(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 0-2 | L | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | | 6/17/2013 | HAREN(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | LANNAN(L) | 4-5 | L | -115 | 8.5 ov | O | 9 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | | 6/18/2013 | DETWILER(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | LEE(L) | 2-4 | L | 150 | 7 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 6/19/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | KENDRICK(R) | 6-2 | W | -120 | 7.5 ov | O | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | | 6/20/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | COLORADO | OSWALT(R) | | | 6/21/2013 | STRASBURG(R) | COLORADO | CHATWOOD(R) | | | 6/22/2013 | HAREN(R) | COLORADO | CHACIN(R) | | | 6/23/2013 | DETWILER(L) | COLORADO | DE LA ROSA(L) | | | 6/25/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | ARIZONA | CAHILL(R) | | | 6/26/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | ARIZONA | MILEY(L) | | | 6/27/2013 | | ARIZONA | | |
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| |  | COLORADO: HITTING: This offense still has trouble scoring outside of Coors Field, posting the second-fewest road runs in the majors (3.65 per game). SS TROY TULOWITZKI doesn't need the thin air though, posting an .881 OPS on the road. He led Colorado with a .302 BA, 30 HR, 105 RBI. OF CARLOS GONZALEZ was bothered by wrist and back injuries last year, but still managed to smack 26 homers with 92 RBI and 92 runs. OF DEXTER FOWLER will bat first or second after a strong .363 OBP. He could score 100 runs if he improved his base stealing (12 SB, 9 CS). OF MICHAEL CUDDYER gets the Coors Field Bump, while TYLER COLVIN settles into the 4th-OF role. Colorado has question marks with its corner infielders. 1B TODD HELTON is 38 with a bad back, and mediocre 3B CHRIS NELSON will start until top prospect NOLAN ARENADO is ready for the big leagues. 2B MARCO SCUTARO carries a louder stick than most two-baggers and C RAMON HERNANDEZ (.788 OPS) is an upgrade over the departed Chris Iannetta.
STARTING PITCHING: There are plenty of question marks in Colorado's rotation with Ubaldo Jimenez pitching in the AL and two of its top three starters coming off major injuries. JORGE DE LA ROSA had Tommy John surgery and won't likely return to a big-league mound until June. De La Rosa had a 1.19 WHIP and 52 strikeouts in 59 innings before his injury. JHOULYS CHACIN will be counted on as the rotation's ace and he certainly has the physical tools and array of pitches to live up to this billing if he can trim his 87 walks in 194 innings. Former Baltimore 'ace' JEREMY GUTRHIE threw for 200+ innings in each of his past three seasons, but he's also served up 86 gopher balls in this span. That's not a good sign of things to come in the thin air. JUAN NICASIO took a line drive off the head and broke his C-1 vertebrae in August, but the team amazingly expects him to ready when the season begins. The 25-year-old has great command for such a young hurler. GUILLERMO MOSCOCO fared pretty well as a starter with the A's last year (.209 Opp. BA), but his 4.70 road ERA nearly doubled his 2.42 ERA in Oakland . Lefty DREW POMERANZ, 23, has a wealthy array of pitches and performed admirably in three of his four starts after being called up last season.
RELIEF PITCHING: Although he was the team's main set-up man last year, RAFAEL BETANCOURT becomes the Rockies closer with Huston Street out of the picture. After struggling at Coors Field in 2010 (4.99 ERA, 7 HR), he thrived in the thin air last year with a 1.93 ERA, and just 1 HR allowed in 32.2 innings. But he turns 37 in April and is one of the riskier saves men with little closing experience in his career. MATT BELISLE figures to be next in line for saves, notching 70 K and 16 BB at Coors Field since 2010. MATT REYNOLDS is the top lefty in the pen, but his 2011 season was nothing to write home about (4.09 ERA, 10 HR allowed in 50.2 IP). | | WASHINGTON: HITTING: The Nats were among the eight worst teams in the majors in runs (3.88 per game), BA (.242), OBP (.309) and OPS (.691). Much of that had to do with the first two spots in the batting order hitting .285 OBP and .283 OBP respectively. OF ROGER BERNADINA (.301 OBP) and SS IAN DESMOND (.298 OBP) were the regular 1-2 hitters in the order. $126 million OF JAYSON WERTH was also to blame, batting .232 with a meager 58 RBI in 561 at-bats. 3B RYAN ZIMMERMAN also missed two months with an abdominal problem and had a down year with 12 HR and 49 RBI in 101 games. But OF MIKE MORSE had a breakout season, leading the Nats in batting (.303), HR (31) and RBI (95). 1B ADAM LaROCHE suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in June, but should be fully healed. Washington is counting on a pair of talented 24-year-olds to contribute a little more in 2B DANNY ESPINOSA (.236 BA, 21 HR) and C WILSON RAMOS (15 HR in 389 AB).
STARTING PITCHING: STEPHEN STRASBURG is back fully healed from Tommy John surgery, but will reportedly be limited to 160 innings in 2012. That's still enough time to strike out 150 batters and win a dozen games though. In sending four quality prospects to Oakland, the Nats paid a huge price for GIO GONZALEZ. They hope he can overcome his control issues and become an elite No. 2. Well-traveled EDWIN JACKSON was also brought in to help bolster the rotation. He joins his sixth different club since 2008, but Jackson is just 28 years old and was serviceable after being traded to St. Louis last year (5-2, 3.58 ERA). JORDAN ZIMMERMANN was in the same boat as Strasburg last year, coming off elbow surgery and limited to 161.1 innings. But in that time, he had a team-best 3.18 ERA and 4.0 K-to-BB ratio (124 K, 31 BB). JOHN LANNAN remains the top lefty in the Nats rotation with a team-high 10 wins in 2011. He dominated left-handed hitters last year (.211 BA, 55 K in 185 AB), but still needs to improve his weak 1.4 K-to-BB ratio (106 K, 76 BB).
RELIEF PITCHING: DREW STOREN had a phenomenal first year as a full-time closer, saving 43-of-48 games with a 2.75 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 74 K in 75.1 innings. His role will remain the same in 2012 once he returns from the 15-day DL (elbow) to start the season. Newcomer BRAD LIDGE was limited to 25 innings because of shoulder problems last year, but he appears to be the closer until Storen returns. The Nats have arguably the best set-up man in the game in TYLER CLIPPARD, who led the majors with 38 holds and posted a 1.83 ERA and 0.84 WHIP for the season. He held opponents to a .162 average and fanned 104 batters in 88.1 innings of work. Lefty SEAN BURNETT saw a huge decline in his numbers, as his ERA rose from 2.14 to 3.81 and his WHIP jumped from 1.14 to 1.32. This was mostly due to a diminishing strikeout rate (8.9 to 5.2 last year). |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (COLORADO-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Rockies-Nationals Preview* ===========================
By MATT BECKER STATS Editor
Colorado (37-35) at Washington (34-36), 7:05 p.m. EDT
The Colorado Rockies are near the top of the NL West despite a struggling rotation.
He may be past his prime, but the Rockies are hoping Roy Oswalt can give the pitching staff a lift when he makes his season debut in the opener of a four-game series with the Washington Nationals on Thursday night.
Colorado (37-36) signed the 35-year-old Oswalt to a minor league contract May 2, and the right-hander went 3-2 with a 2.16 ERA in five starts for Double-A Tulsa. The three-time All-Star is 163-96 over 12 years, and he was 4-3 with a 5.80 ERA in 17 games - nine starts - last season for Texas.
"He's always a competitive guy, a tough at-bat," manager Walt Weiss told the Rockies' official website. "He's a nice piece to have. He's ready to go. His velocity is real good and throwing all his pitches. He's done just about everything in this game, pitched in big games and been a staff ace."
It's highly unlikely he will be as effective as he was for Houston nearly a decade ago when he recorded back-to-back 20-win seasons. The Rockies, though, expect he can stabilize a shaky rotation.
Since May 30, Colorado's starting staff has baseball's third-worst ERA at 5.26. The rotation has only five wins in the last 25 games, but the Rockies are within 2 1/2 games of division-leading Arizona.
Oswalt will be facing a Washington team that snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-2, 11-inning victory in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Jayson Werth's RBI single with two outs in the ninth tied it for the Nationals (35-36), and two innings later Ian Desmond hit a grand slam.
"I think that's one of the best games we've had as a team all year," starter Gio Gonzalez said. "We battled, made adjustments and came out on top."
Desmond is batting .167 (4 for 24) lifetime against Oswalt - his lowest average of the 17 pitchers he has faced at least 18 times.
Oswalt is 7-5 with a 3.17 ERA in 19 starts against the Washington franchise, last facing the Nationals in 2011.
Washington counters with Jordan Zimmermann (9-3, 2.44 ERA), who is trying to bounce back from a subpar showing.
Zimmermann was tagged for six runs and eight hits - including two homers - in five innings against Cleveland on Saturday, but the Nationals rallied for a 7-6 win. It was just the second time in 11 starts the right-hander permitted more than two runs.
Returning to the nation's capital could help Zimmermann become the first Washington pitcher to earn 10 wins by June 20 since Livan Hernandez in 2005. Zimmermann is 6-0 with a 1.06 ERA in seven home games.
His last outing against the Rockies came at Nationals Park last July, and he allowed one run and three hits in seven innings but did not factor in the decision of a 4-3 loss. He is 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in five career starts in the series.
The Nationals won two of three in Colorado last week. Desmond went 7 for 10 with five RBIs and Ryan Zimmerman was 4 for 11 with a homer, three doubles and four RBIs.
Tyler Colvin had two home runs and five RBIs in the series for Colorado, while Carlos Gonzalez homered, tripled and drove in four runs.
Gonzalez hit his NL-leading 21st home run in Wednesday's 5-2 loss in Toronto - Colorado's sixth defeat in eight games.
Gonzalez, who leads the NL with 45 extra-base hits, is batting .440 with three homers in six games since facing Washington.
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