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| All Games | 56-98 | -20.7 | 61-76 | 3.2 | 0.231 | 0.286 | 4.1 | 0.254 | 0.319 | | Road Games | 25-54 | -13 | 27-42 | 2.9 | 0.228 | 0.276 | 4.1 | 0.252 | 0.323 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 36-69 | -20.8 | 44-52 | 3.4 | 0.232 | 0.285 | 4.3 | 0.253 | 0.319 | | Past 7 Games | 2-6 | -3.8 | 3-5 | 2.0 | 0.209 | 0.262 | 4.5 | 0.260 | 0.322 | | Grass Games | 56-96 | -18.7 | 59-76 | 3.2 | 0.230 | 0.285 | 4.0 | 0.252 | 0.318 | | Night Games | 37-68 | -17.8 | 41-55 | 2.9 | 0.223 | 0.280 | 4.1 | 0.258 | 0.319 | | Division | 26-45 | -7.2 | 30-35 | 3.2 | 0.231 | 0.285 | 4.1 | 0.252 | 0.319 |
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| All Games | 3.2 | 0.231 | 0.286 | 154 | 5195 | 1199 | 330 | 92 | 0.02 | 465 | 398 | 1162 | 69 | 1015 | 144 | 87 | 135 | 86 | | Road Games | 2.9 | 0.228 | 0.276 | 79 | 2741 | 624 | 176 | 56 | 0.02 | 217 | 185 | 634 | 36 | 530 | 69 | 44 | 69 | 54 | | Righty Starters | 3.4 | 0.232 | 0.285 | 105 | 3557 | 825 | 223 | 60 | 0.02 | 336 | 263 | 772 | 49 | 675 | 99 | 53 | 92 | 66 |
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| All Games | 3.53 | 1.307 | 495 | 211 | 194 | 451 | 31 | 196 | 451 | 22-33 | 33 | 14 | 70.2% | | Road Games | 3.82 | 1.354 | 249.7 | 117 | 106 | 223 | 21 | 115 | 235 | 12-20 | 19 | 7 | 73.1% |
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| All Games | 83-71 | -3.6 | 77-71 | 4.1 | 0.254 | 0.313 | 3.9 | 0.249 | 0.301 | | Home Games | 46-33 | -2.1 | 39-36 | 4.3 | 0.273 | 0.329 | 3.6 | 0.251 | 0.301 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 59-52 | -6.9 | 58-49 | 4.0 | 0.253 | 0.309 | 4.0 | 0.254 | 0.307 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +2.3 | 4-3 | 5.4 | 0.300 | 0.363 | 2.7 | 0.233 | 0.282 | | Grass Games | 83-71 | -3.6 | 77-71 | 4.1 | 0.254 | 0.313 | 3.9 | 0.249 | 0.301 | | Night Games | 58-46 | +3.4 | 47-54 | 4.0 | 0.254 | 0.313 | 3.6 | 0.244 | 0.294 | | Division | 42-32 | +1.8 | 37-35 | 4.2 | 0.258 | 0.315 | 3.4 | 0.229 | 0.285 |
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| All Games | 4.1 | 0.254 | 0.313 | 154 | 5181 | 1316 | 435 | 156 | 0.03 | 599 | 445 | 1142 | 81 | 1028 | 131 | 104 | 139 | 93 | | Home Games | 4.3 | 0.273 | 0.329 | 79 | 2597 | 708 | 203 | 69 | 0.03 | 320 | 218 | 530 | 46 | 526 | 65 | 48 | 82 | 37 | | Righty Starters | 4.0 | 0.253 | 0.309 | 111 | 3705 | 937 | 312 | 116 | 0.03 | 429 | 301 | 816 | 57 | 714 | 95 | 67 | 93 | 71 |
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| All Games | 3.61 | 1.298 | 461.3 | 196 | 185 | 443 | 42 | 156 | 407 | 28-21 | 46 | 19 | 70.8% | | Home Games | 3.70 | 1.411 | 236 | 104 | 97 | 244 | 19 | 89 | 191 | 13-11 | 24 | 10 | 70.6% |
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| 9/7/2013 | EOVALDI(R) | WASHINGTON | ROARK(R) | 2-9 | L | +100 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | | 9/8/2013 | TURNER(R) | WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | 4-6 | L | +170 | 7 un | O | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | | 9/9/2013 | ALVAREZ(R) | ATLANTA | MEDLEN(R) | 2-5 | L | +155 | 7 ov | P | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | | 9/10/2013 | KOEHLER(R) | ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 3-4 | L | +155 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | | 9/11/2013 | FERNANDEZ(R) | ATLANTA | MINOR(L) | 5-2 | W | -110 | 6.5 un | O | 13 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | | 9/12/2013 | FLYNN(L) | ATLANTA | GARCIA(R) | 1-6 | L | +130 | 8 ov | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 9/13/2013 | HAND(L) | @ NY METS | NIESE(L) | 3-4 | L | 135 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | | 9/14/2013 | ALVAREZ(R) | @ NY METS | TORRES(R) | 3-0 | W | 115 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | | 9/14/2013 | TURNER(R) | @ NY METS | MATSUZAKA(R) | 1-3 | L | -110 | 8 un | U | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | | 9/15/2013 | KOEHLER(R) | @ NY METS | GEE(R) | 0-1 | L | 130 | 7 ov | U | 8 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | | 9/16/2013 | DYSON(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | LEE(L) | 2-12 | L | 205 | 7 un | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | | 9/17/2013 | FLYNN(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HALLADAY(R) | 4-6 | L | 145 | 7.5 un | O | 11 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | | 9/18/2013 | EOVALDI(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | MINER(R) | 4-3 | W | 110 | 7.5 un | U | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1 | | 9/19/2013 | ALVAREZ(R) | @ WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 2-3 | L | 210 | 7 ev | U | 9 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 9/20/2013 | TURNER(R) | @ WASHINGTON | ZIMMERMANN(R) | 0-8 | L | 235 | 7 ov | O | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | | 9/21/2013 | KOEHLER(R) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | | | 9/22/2013 | FLYNN(L) | @ WASHINGTON | HAREN(R) | | | 9/23/2013 | EOVALDI(R) | PHILADELPHIA | HALLADAY(R) | | | 9/24/2013 | ALVAREZ(R) | PHILADELPHIA | KENDRICK(R) | | | 9/25/2013 | TURNER(R) | PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | | | 9/27/2013 | KOEHLER(R) | DETROIT | PORCELLO(R) | | | 9/28/2013 | | DETROIT | | |
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| 9/7/2013 | ROARK(R) | @ MIAMI | EOVALDI(R) | 9-2 | W | -110 | 7.5 un | O | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | | 9/8/2013 | STRASBURG(R) | @ MIAMI | TURNER(R) | 6-4 | W | -180 | 7 un | O | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 9/9/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | @ NY METS | TORRES(R) | 9-0 | W | -135 | 7 un | O | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | | 9/10/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | @ NY METS | GEE(R) | 6-3 | W | -130 | 7 ev | O | 11 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 9/11/2013 | HAREN(R) | @ NY METS | WHEELER(R) | 3-0 | W | -115 | 7.5 ov | U | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | 9/12/2013 | ROARK(R) | @ NY METS | HARANG(R) | 7-2 | W | -155 | 8 ov | O | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 9/13/2013 | OHLENDORF(R) | PHILADELPHIA | KENDRICK(R) | 6-1 | W | -165 | 8 ov | U | 11 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | | 9/14/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | 4-5 | L | -155 | 6.5 ov | O | 10 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 1 | | 9/15/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | PHILADELPHIA | CLOYD(R) | 11-2 | W | -185 | 8 un | O | 18 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 9/17/2013 | HAREN(R) | ATLANTA | MINOR(L) | 6-5 | W | -120 | 7 ov | O | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | | 9/17/2013 | ROARK(R) | ATLANTA | GARCIA(R) | 4-0 | W | -145 | 8 un | U | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | | 9/18/2013 | OHLENDORF(R) | ATLANTA | WOOD(L) | 2-5 | L | -110 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | | 9/19/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | MIAMI | ALVAREZ(R) | 3-2 | W | -230 | 7 ev | U | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 9/20/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | MIAMI | TURNER(R) | 8-0 | W | -265 | 7 ov | O | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | | 9/21/2013 | STRASBURG(R) | MIAMI | KOEHLER(R) | | | 9/22/2013 | HAREN(R) | MIAMI | FLYNN(L) | | | 9/23/2013 | ROARK(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | | | 9/24/2013 | GONZALEZ(L) | @ ST LOUIS | WACHA(R) | | | 9/25/2013 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | @ ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | | | 9/27/2013 | STRASBURG(R) | @ ARIZONA | CORBIN(L) | | | 9/28/2013 | | @ ARIZONA | | |
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| |  | MIAMI: HITTING: Ozzie Guillen takes over as manager for the newly named Miami Marlins, who will open their new retractable-roof Marlins Ballpark in 2012. Indoor games could generate more offense, but the fences are pretty deep (340' to left, 384' to 392' power alleys, 416' center and 335' right). New SS JOSE REYES led the NL with a .337 average and posted a career-best .384 OBP. Malcontent HANLEY RAMIREZ will reluctantly move to 3B, but hopefully he will play harder under Guillen than he has under the previous two skippers. OF GIANCARLO STANTON hit 34 HR last year and will drive in 100 if Ramirez stays healthy. OF LOGAN MORRISON cranked 23 bombs, but his batting average dipped to .247 with this new-found power. 1B GABY SANCHEZ fizzled after August 1 (.211 BA), but still had 19 HR and 78 RBI. OF EMILIO BONIFACIO swiped 40 bases and led the team with a .296 average, but he'll move down the order because of Reyes. C JOHN BUCK and 2B OMAR INFANTE's jobs are secure, but 22-year-old prospect MATT DOMINGUEZ might start 2012 in Triple-A instead of sitting and watching Ramirez and Sanchez at the corner infield spots.
STARTING PITCHING: JOSH JOHNSON is dominant when healthy, but he's made only 88 starts over the past five seasons. His shoulder feels great after surgery last year, and he expects to take the mound on Opening Day. MARK BUEHRLE followed his former manager and signed a 4-year, $58M deal with Miami. The 33-year-old lefty was 13-9 with a 3.59 ERA last year, his 11th straight season of 200+ IP and 10+ wins. RICKY NOLASCO once again had 10 wins and a strong K-to-BB ratio (3.4), but also sported an 8.18 ERA and 1.61 WHIP in his final eight starts. ANIBAL SANCHEZ posted a second straight productive season, fanning 202 batters in 196.1 innings. He did give up twice as many HR (20) as he did in 2010 though. CARLOS ZAMBRANO will begin 2012 in the rotation, but where he ends up is anybody's guess. If Guillen can motivate him, Zambrano has plenty of innings left in his 30-year-old arm.
RELIEF PITCHING: The signing of HEATH BELL to a three-year deal gives the Marlins a reliable long-term closer for the first time since Robb Nen in the mid-'90s. Bell's numbers could suffer a bit with the move to a smaller ballpark and an alarming drop in strikeout rate (11.1 in 2010 to 7.3 in 2011), but he still throws 94 mph. STEVE CISHEK will be the main set-up man for Bell and could see a handful of saves, converting all three opportunities last year and fanning 55 batters in 54.2 innings. MIKE DUNN is the lefty set-up man in this bullpen. He has great stuff (100 K in 86 career innings), but remains extremely wild (53 walks in those 86 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 (MIAMI-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Marlins-Nationals Preview* ===========================
By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer
Miami (56-97) at Washington (82-71), 7:05 p.m. EDT
Tightness in his right forearm has twice kept Stephen Strasburg from making a career-high 29th start, but he might finally get the chance Saturday night.
Strasburg will try to boost the Washington Nationals' faint playoff hopes by helping them improve to 9-0 at home against the Miami Marlins this season.
Strasburg (7-9, 2.96 ERA) was shut down after his 28th start last season despite Washington being in the middle of a pennant race en route to an NL East title. The right-hander looked like he would easily pass that mark until suffering his ailment Sept. 12 before a scheduled start against Philadelphia the next day.
Strasburg was slated to pitch Thursday's series opener against Miami but felt tightness in his forearm the day before while playing catch.
"He wanted to pitch (Thursday night)," manager Davey Johnson told the team's website. "It was my judgment. I said there's no need. I don't want a guy that has a little discomfort in his arm the day before he pitches. All these games are important, but his well-being is more important than him starting today."
Strasburg will make his first start since a 6-4 win in Miami on Sept. 8. He gave up four runs and four hits over six innings while striking out seven.
Strasburg is 2-2 with a 7.56 ERA in his last six starts against the Marlins after going 4-1 with a 1.56 ERA in his first seven.
A strong outing from Strasburg against Miami is certainly something the Nationals (83-71) could use in the NL wild-card race. They trail Cincinnati and Pittsburgh by five games with eight contests remaining.
Washington, winner in 12 of 14, only kept pace Friday with an 8-0 drubbing of Miami (56-98) as Cincinnati rallied for a 6-5 victory in 10 innings in Pittsburgh. The Nationals outhit the Marlins 11-2 in their victory, and Denard Span went 2 for 5 with two RBIs the day after his 29-game hit streak ended.
"We're not mathematically out of it yet," pitcher Jordan Zimmermann said. "So we've got to keep fighting until the end, and hopefully one of these other two teams tank."
The Marlins, losers in 12 of 15, will send out Tom Koehler (3-10, 4.51), who is 0-4 with a 4.84 ERA in his last eight starts. The right-hander, however, pitched eight scoreless innings in a 1-0 loss at the New York Mets on Sunday.
"As far as consistent quality, today was definitely up there," he told the team's website. "There have been some times where I felt like I had thrown the ball maybe like that for a couple of innings. Today was the first time I was able to push there and keep on going."
Koehler didn't fare nearly as well in his only start against Washington. He was tagged for six runs in five innings in a 9-0 loss Aug. 29.
Jayson Werth went 2 for 3 against him with a three-run homer and Bryce Harper had a two-run shot.
Koehler enters this matchup after cutting a finger on his left hand while lifting weights.
"He should be fine," manager Mike Redmond said. "It's his glove hand."
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