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| 901 | ST LOUIS | -105 | Ov 7,-110 | -115 | Ov 7,-120 | | 902 | WASHINGTON | -105 | Un 7,-110 | +105 | Un 7,+100 |
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| All Games | 11-8 | +2.7 | 9-9 | 5.1 | 0.243 | 0.298 | 3.8 | 0.257 | 0.316 | | Road Games | 7-6 | +1.3 | 6-6 | 4.9 | 0.237 | 0.298 | 4.2 | 0.279 | 0.337 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 2-1 | +1.3 | 0-2 | 3.0 | 0.194 | 0.272 | 1.3 | 0.234 | 0.301 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1 | 3-3 | 3.9 | 0.211 | 0.286 | 4.4 | 0.296 | 0.344 | | Grass Games | 11-8 | +2.7 | 9-9 | 5.1 | 0.243 | 0.298 | 3.8 | 0.257 | 0.316 | | Night Games | 7-5 | +2 | 4-7 | 4.2 | 0.228 | 0.284 | 4.1 | 0.265 | 0.316 |
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| All Games | 5.1 | 0.243 | 0.298 | 19 | 645 | 157 | 52 | 16 | 0.02 | 89 | 50 | 138 | 4 | 103 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 5 | | Road Games | 4.9 | 0.237 | 0.298 | 13 | 448 | 106 | 33 | 9 | 0.02 | 62 | 39 | 106 | 3 | 76 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 4 | | Lefty Starters | 3.0 | 0.194 | 0.272 | 3 | 93 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0.02 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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| All Games | 5.44 | 1.481 | 51.3 | 33 | 31 | 62 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 0-4 | 4 | 4 | 50% | | Road Games | 3.95 | 1.342 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 0-2 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
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| All Games | 10-9 | -1.1 | 11-7 | 3.9 | 0.240 | 0.305 | 4.7 | 0.259 | 0.314 | | Home Games | 6-4 | +0.7 | 4-5 | 3.8 | 0.244 | 0.310 | 3.5 | 0.250 | 0.313 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 8-8 | -1.7 | 9-7 | 3.6 | 0.231 | 0.300 | 4.7 | 0.259 | 0.312 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -2 | 4-3 | 4.0 | 0.234 | 0.297 | 4.3 | 0.225 | 0.279 | | Grass Games | 10-9 | -1.1 | 11-7 | 3.9 | 0.240 | 0.305 | 4.7 | 0.259 | 0.314 | | Night Games | 6-5 | 0 | 7-4 | 4.4 | 0.267 | 0.332 | 5.1 | 0.276 | 0.317 |
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| All Games | 3.9 | 0.240 | 0.305 | 19 | 617 | 148 | 60 | 23 | 0.04 | 73 | 58 | 147 | 8 | 111 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 11 | | Home Games | 3.8 | 0.244 | 0.310 | 10 | 307 | 75 | 24 | 11 | 0.04 | 37 | 29 | 73 | 7 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 5 | | Righty Starters | 3.6 | 0.231 | 0.300 | 16 | 515 | 119 | 52 | 21 | 0.04 | 57 | 51 | 124 | 8 | 93 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
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| All Games | 4.70 | 1.365 | 59.3 | 34 | 31 | 59 | 8 | 22 | 59 | 3-1 | 6 | 4 | 60% | | Home Games | 3.94 | 1.406 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 1-1 | 5 | 2 | 71.4% |
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| 4/9/2013 | LYNN(R) | CINCINNATI | ARROYO(R) | 5-1 | W | -115 | 8.5 un | U | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | | 4/10/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | 10-0 | W | +110 | 8.5 un | O | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | | 4/12/2013 | MILLER(R) | MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | 2-0 | W | -145 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | 4/13/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 8-0 | W | -165 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | 4/14/2013 | GARCIA(L) | MILWAUKEE | ESTRADA(R) | 3-4 | L | -155 | 8 ev | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | | 4/15/2013 | LYNN(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | MCDONALD(R) | 10-6 | W | -120 | 7.5 ov | O | 10 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | | 4/17/2013 | MILLER(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | BURNETT(R) | 0-5 | L | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | | 4/18/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | 4-3 | W | -115 | 7 ev | P | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | 4/19/2013 | GARCIA(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HALLADAY(R) | 2-8 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | | 4/20/2013 | LYNN(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | LEE(L) | 5-0 | W | 130 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | | 4/21/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | KENDRICK(R) | 3-7 | L | 100 | 8 un | O | 10 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | | 4/22/2013 | MILLER(R) | @ WASHINGTON | HAREN(R) | 3-2 | W | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 4/23/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ WASHINGTON | DETWILER(L) | | | 4/24/2013 | GARCIA(L) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | | | 4/26/2013 | LYNN(R) | PITTSBURGH | SANCHEZ(L) | | | 4/27/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | PITTSBURGH | BURNETT(R) | | | 4/28/2013 | MILLER(R) | PITTSBURGH | LOCKE(L) | | | 4/29/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | CINCINNATI | LATOS(R) | | | 4/30/2013 | | CINCINNATI | | |
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| 4/9/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | CHI WHITE SOX | PEAVY(R) | 8-7 | W | -145 | 7 un | O | 13 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | | 4/10/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | FLOYD(R) | 5-2 | W | -150 | 8 un | U | 11 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | | 4/11/2013 | HAREN(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | AXELROD(R) | 7-4 | W | -140 | 8 ov | O | 10 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 1 | | 4/12/2013 | DETWILER(L) | ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 4-6 | L | -135 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | | 4/13/2013 | STRASBURG(R) | ATLANTA | HUDSON(R) | 1-3 | L | -160 | 7 un | U | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | | 4/14/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | ATLANTA | MAHOLM(L) | 0-9 | L | -140 | 7 un | O | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | | 4/15/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | @ MIAMI | LEBLANC(L) | 10-3 | W | -180 | 7 ov | O | 16 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | 4/16/2013 | HAREN(R) | @ MIAMI | SANABIA(R) | 2-8 | L | -160 | 8 un | O | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | | 4/17/2013 | DETWILER(L) | @ MIAMI | NOLASCO(R) | 6-1 | W | -145 | 7.5 un | U | 11 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | | 4/19/2013 | STRASBURG(R) | @ NY METS | HARVEY(R) | 1-7 | L | -105 | 6.5 un | O | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | | 4/20/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | @ NY METS | HEFNER(R) | 7-6 | W | -140 | 7.5 un | O | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | | 4/21/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | @ NY METS | GEE(R) | 0-2 | L | -130 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | | 4/22/2013 | HAREN(R) | ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | 2-3 | L | +105 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | 4/23/2013 | DETWILER(L) | ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | | | 4/24/2013 | STRASBURG(R) | ST LOUIS | GARCIA(L) | | | 4/25/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | CINCINNATI | ARROYO(R) | | | 4/26/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | | | 4/27/2013 | HAREN(R) | CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | | | 4/28/2013 | DETWILER(L) | CINCINNATI | CINGRANI(L) | | | 4/29/2013 | STRASBURG(R) | @ ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | | | 4/30/2013 | | @ ATLANTA | | |
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| |  | ST LOUIS: HITTING: Alienate and trade your talented young centerfielder for bullpen scraps and a middling, impending free-agent starter. Justify your ludicrous pitching changes by blaming crowd noise and your innocent bullpen coach'and you too could win a World Series! This was Tony La Russa baseball. But he's gone now, as is the all-world Albert Pujols. SS RAFAEL FURCAL liked his short stint in the Show Me State enough to sign up for more. OF CARLOS BELTRAN will hit second after an impressive 2011 campaign during which he produced solid numbers in pitchers' parks amidst weak lineups. 2Bs TYLER GREENE and DANIEL DESCALSO are the latest plucky 'gamer' to play infield at Busch. Resuscitated slugger 1B LANCE BERKMAN shifts to a much more suitable defensive position. OF MATT HOLLIDAY's OPS remains as strong as ever. 3B DAVID FREESE will never have to buy a drink in Missouri again after his postseason heroics. C YADIER MOLINA is a defensive whiz behind the plate and an underrated hitter. OFs ALLEN CRAIG and JON JAY are more suited to platoon roles, but Jay will be starting in center on Opening Day.
STARTING PITCHING: His stuff isn't nearly what it used to be, and he's more than earned his reputation within the game as a towering crybaby. But on the mound, CHRIS CARPENTER remains ruthlessly effective when he's healthy. But he'll miss the first couple of months of the 2012 campaign due to shoulder problems. ADAM WAINWRIGHT should be ready to go on Opening Day, and has shown every reason to think he'll be his old brilliant self. JAIME GARCIA cannot sustain a sub-2.00 ERA for a full season. He's a mid-rotation starter, but one of the better ones in all of baseball. Did KYLE LOHSE really register a 1.17 WHIP over an entire season? Really? He just doesn't miss enough bats to keep that going. JAKE WESTBROOK stayed healthy for a full season again, which is a relief given his past dalliances with the DL. He's an innings eater who's capable of another dozen wins. LANCE LYNN gives the Cardinals enviable depth in the rotation. He'll probably slide back to the bullpen once Carpenter returns. Uber-prospect SHELBY MILLER could be a second-half call-up.
RELIEF PITCHING: It doesn't look pretty when JASON MOTTE winds up and delivers a pitch, but in the end, results are results. The converted catcher has finally nailed down the closer role that many predicted would be his a few years ago. The only way he loses it this time is if he hurts himself with that painful delivery. FERNANDO SALAS can more than hold his own if that happens. He'll slot into the eighth-inning role, but he provides more of the pitching depth that is a hallmark of this Cardinals team. KYLE McCLELLAN, like Lynn, is serviceable both in relief or in the rotation. But he's better in the former role. | | 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 (ST LOUIS-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Cardinals-Nationals Preview* =============================
By MATT BECKER STATS Editor
St. Louis (10-8) at Washington (10-8), 7:05 p.m. EDT
While Adam Wainwright is the undisputed No. 1 starter for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Washington Nationals have a couple of pitchers that could hold that title. And it's the least heralded pitcher in their rotation that has been pitching like an ace.
Wainwright looks to shake his recent struggles in the nation's capital when he takes the ball Tuesday night against the surprising Ross Detwiler.
Returning to the site of their stunning comeback in Game 5 of last season's NL division series, the Cardinals (11-8) won Monday's opener 3-2. Allen Craig had a two-run double in the third inning and Yadier Molina drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth for St. Louis, which has alternated wins and losses over its last nine games.
Rookie Shelby Miller put together another impressive outing and now owns a 2.16 ERA, but Wainwright (3-1, 2.48 ERA) is still considered the leader of the rotation.
Wainwright is the only pitcher since at least 1921 that has struck out 25 or more without walking a batter through the first four starts of a season. His 29 innings without a walk to start the season is the third-longest streak in franchise history.
After tossing a four-hitter against Milwaukee on April 13, the right-hander gave up three runs in seven innings of Thursday's 4-3 win over Philadelphia. He struck out four, bringing his season total to 28.
Detwiler (1-0, 0.90) has also done a good job of minimizing walks - issuing three in 20 innings - as well as runs.
The No. 5 starter for a talented rotation led by Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmermann, Detwiler has given up one run in each of his first three starts and finally got his first win Wednesday, when he went seven innings against Miami. He left his first two starts with Washington (10-9) ahead 5-1 and 4-1.
"He's definitely not (a typical fifth starter)," manager Davey Johnson told the Nationals' official website. "He's got great stuff and he locates it well. He uses both sides of the plate as good as anybody I've seen. He's still in the learning stages. But he's awfully good just right where he's at."
The left-hander was also pretty good against the Cardinals in Game 4 of the NLDS, allowing one run over six innings as Washington went on to win 2-1.
Wainwright was solid in the series opener, allowing a run in 5 2-3 innings, but in Game 5 he gave up six runs before leaving with one out in the third. The Cardinals, however, managed to rally from that 6-0 hole and advance to the NLCS.
Wainwright has a history of disastrous outings in the nation's capital, allowing 16 runs and 22 hits over 10 innings in his last three starts there. That 14.40 ERA is easily his worst at any ballpark since 2010.
Bryce Harper went 5 for 10 with a homer, triple and double against Wainwright last season, while Jayson Werth was 4 for 10 with a pair of doubles.
Werth, however, is 3 for 18 in his last five games and Harper has gone hitless six times in his last eight contests.
Washington has lost seven of 10, averaging 3.3 runs in that span.
"We're just in a rut," first baseman Adam LaRoche said. "When it rains, it pours."
St. Louis' Carlos Beltran had a pair of singles in the opener and is 9 for 20 with three home runs in his last five games. He homered for his only hit in three at-bats against Detwiler last year.
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