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MLB : ATS Matchup
Monday 8/3/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
ARIZONA  GODLEY )
 
WASHINGTON  FISTER )
+1.5  -190

-1.5  +165
+110

-120

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Final
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ARIZONA (50 - 53) at WASHINGTON (54 - 49)
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Monday, 8/3/2015 7:05 PM
ZACK GODLEY (R) vs. DOUG FISTER (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
953ARIZONA+145Ov 8,+100+125Ov 8,-115
954WASHINGTON-155Un 8,-120-135Un 8,-105
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
ARIZONA - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games50-53+1.252-454.40.2610.3220.4010.7234.30.2580.3150.4220.737
Road Games24-26+2.824-244.30.2590.3160.3910.7084.30.2530.3090.4250.734
vs Right-handed Starters39-38+4.540-364.50.2620.3210.4020.7234.30.2570.3120.4190.731
Past 7 Games5-2+4.64-24.60.2620.3190.4210.7393.70.2490.3100.4260.736
Grass Games50-53+1.252-454.40.2610.3220.4010.7234.30.2580.3150.4220.737
Night Games37-38+2.639-314.50.2640.3240.4110.7354.40.2570.3140.4110.726
ARIZONA - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.40.2610.322103359593917629900.40142632084090743915110048
Road Games4.30.2590.316501801466836480.3912021524034337247254419
Righty Starters4.50.2620.32177267570113123660.4023222316277054463406938
ARIZONA - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.331.288351.61421303223013130718-18271564.3%
Road Games2.921.223157575113515571449-915865.2%

WASHINGTON - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games54-49-3.852-474.10.2490.3110.3930.7043.80.2560.3010.3790.680
Home Games28-19+3.921-243.70.2450.3060.3880.6943.30.2430.2850.3400.625
vs Right-handed Starters41-40-5.841-384.10.2480.3110.3900.7013.90.2560.3020.3750.677
Past 7 Games2-5-32-52.10.2030.2470.3330.5802.70.2070.2720.3470.619
Grass Games53-48-451-474.00.2460.3080.3880.6963.80.2560.2990.3780.678
Night Games31-33-7.432-304.10.2520.3160.3940.7103.80.2610.3060.3970.703
WASHINGTON - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2490.3111033456862168111020.3934003108313969587607738
Home Games3.70.2450.306471521372773450.3881681353561530238333515
Righty Starters4.10.2480.3118127266771279800.3903102506523255869476533
WASHINGTON - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.281.231293.4115107274248727712-14321272.7%
Home Games2.691.19413442401247361378-217481%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
ARIZONA - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
7/20/2015DE LA ROSA(R)MIAMIPHELPS(R)3-1W-1608 unU870781
7/21/2015HELLICKSON(R)MIAMILATOS(R)0-3L-1358 unU560970
7/22/2015RAY(L)MIAMIFERNANDEZ(R)3-5L+1057 unO8111750
7/23/2015GODLEY(R)MILWAUKEEFIERS(R)8-3W+1258 ovO1390732
7/24/2015CORBIN(L)MILWAUKEENELSON(R)1-2L-1258 unU870680
7/25/2015DE LA ROSA(R)MILWAUKEEJUNGMANN(R)2-0W-1158 ovU4536101
7/26/2015HELLICKSON(R)MILWAUKEEGARZA(R)3-0W-1508 unU9100491
7/27/2015RAY(L)@ SEATTLEMONTGOMERY(L)4-3W1157 unP5100982
7/28/2015GODLEY(R)@ SEATTLEIWAKUMA(R)8-4W1657 unO1260950
7/29/2015CORBIN(L)@ SEATTLEHERNANDEZ(R)8-2W1606.5 unO1570771
7/31/2015DE LA ROSA(R)@ HOUSTONFELDMAN(R)6-4W1258 evO1492841
8/1/2015HELLICKSON(R)@ HOUSTONKEUCHEL(L)2-9L1877.5 unO2511461
8/2/2015RAY(L)@ HOUSTONMCHUGH(R)1-4L1358 unU980890
8/3/2015GODLEY(R)@ WASHINGTONFISTER(R) 
8/4/2015CORBIN(L)@ WASHINGTONSCHERZER(R) 
8/5/2015DE LA ROSA(R)@ WASHINGTONGONZALEZ(L) 
8/6/2015HELLICKSON(R)@ WASHINGTONROSS(R) 
8/7/2015RAY(L)CINCINNATIIGLESIAS(R) 
8/8/2015GODLEY(R)CINCINNATI  
8/9/2015CORBIN(L)CINCINNATIDESCLAFANI(R) 
8/10/2015 PHILADELPHIA  

WASHINGTON - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
7/20/2015GONZALEZ(L)NY METSHARVEY(R)7-2W-1207 unO7409102
7/21/2015ROSS(R)NY METSDEGROM(R)2-7L+1007 unO5321080
7/22/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)NY METSSYNDERGAARD(R)4-3W-1107 unP9120740
7/23/2015FISTER(R)@ PITTSBURGHLIRIANO(L)3-7L1757 unO6701370
7/24/2015SCHERZER(R)@ PITTSBURGHLOCKE(L)5-7L-1306.5 unO7601251
7/25/2015GONZALEZ(L)@ PITTSBURGHBURNETT(R)9-3W1357 ovO1491752
7/26/2015ROSS(R)@ PITTSBURGHCOLE(R)1-3L1507 unU751530
7/28/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)@ MIAMIFERNANDEZ(R)1-4L1156.5 unU71001180
7/29/2015FISTER(R)@ MIAMIKOEHLER(R)7-2W-1257.5 unO940562
7/30/2015SCHERZER(R)@ MIAMIHAREN(R)1-0W-1856.5 unU560340
7/31/2015GONZALEZ(L)@ NY METSHARVEY(R)1-2L1007 unU570670
8/1/2015ROSS(R)@ NY METSDEGROM(R)2-3L1406.5 ovU760660
8/2/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)@ NY METSSYNDERGAARD(R)2-5L1156.5 ovO850850
8/3/2015FISTER(R)ARIZONAGODLEY(R) 
8/4/2015SCHERZER(R)ARIZONACORBIN(L) 
8/5/2015GONZALEZ(L)ARIZONADE LA ROSA(R) 
8/6/2015ROSS(R)ARIZONAHELLICKSON(R) 
8/7/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)COLORADODE LA ROSA(L) 
8/8/2015FISTER(R)COLORADOFLANDE(L) 
8/9/2015SCHERZER(R)COLORADOBUTLER(R) 
8/10/2015 @ LA DODGERS  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
ARIZONA: PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's desert overhaul began last summer with the hire of Tony La Russa as chief baseball officer.
More hires followed: Dave Stewart as general manager, Joe Carter and De Jon Watson to front-office positions, Chip Hale as the new manager.
Now that the brain trust is in place, it's time to see what the new-look Diamondbacks can do on the field.
''I don't have a crystal ball. I just know we'll be competitive,'' La Russa said. ''I've said before, I'll be broken-hearted if we don't have a winning record this year.''
Arizona has fallen hard since winning the 2011 NL West crown, putting together a pair of .500 seasons before dropping to 64-98 a year ago, the worst record in baseball and second-worst in franchise history.
Some of it was injuries; the Diamondbacks lost three pitchers to Tommy John surgery and seemed to have every one of their top players get hurt at some point.
But La Russa and the rest of the front office also saw need for changes, which began during the trade deadline and continued during the offseason.
Gone are catcher Miguel Montero, third baseman Martin Prado, shortstop Didi Gregorius, along with pitchers Wade Miley and Brandon McCarthy.
Even with the losses, Arizona's lineup should be potent.
A.J. Pollock, Mark Trumbo and Paul Goldschmidt are all healthy after missing games last season and David Peralta returns in right field after a solid rookie season. Arizona also picked up Cuban slugger Yasmany Tomas, who has potentially game-changing power.
But, as has been the case in the desert, pitching will be the big question
Arizona traded Miley to Boston and its opening day starter will be Josh Collmenter, an over-the-top-throwing right-hander who has bounced between the bullpen and the rotation during his four big-league seasons.
Patrick Corbin and Bronson Arroyo were part of the rotation last season, but both underwent Tommy John surgery and aren't expected to return until at least midseason.
The Diamondbacks picked up right-hander Rubby De La Rosa in the Miley trade and right-hander Jeremy Hellickson in another deal with Tampa Bay. Arizona also signed 21-year-old Cuban right-hander Yoan Lopez, who is competing for a spot in the rotation, and has right-handers Chase Anderson and Trevor Cahill back from last season.
For all the potential the Diamondbacks have with their bats, it won't matter much if the pitchers don't come through.
A few more things to look for from the 2015 Arizona Diamondbacks:
GOLDY SHINES: Goldschmidt was having another stellar season in 2014 when he was derailed by a broken hand at the start of August. Before his injury, the All-Star first baseman had become one of the best power hitters in the game and was runner-up in the NL MVP race in 2013, when he hit .302 with 26 homers and 125 RBIs. He felt good throughout spring training and expected to be back giving the Diamondbacks some consistent pop in the lineup.
REPLACING MONTERO: Arizona took a gamble during the offseason by trading Montero to the Chicago Cubs. A two-time All-Star, Montero was a steadying influence in the clubhouse and behind the plate, not to mention a power bat in the lineup. Now that he's gone, the Diamondbacks will turn to 31-year-old Tuffy Gosewisch, who has 179 career at-bats and didn't break into the majors until 2013 after eight years in the minors.
ADDING TOMAS: The Diamondbacks made a bit of an international splash by signing Tomas to a six-year, $68 million contract. The dilemma now is to figure out where to play him and how quickly he can adjust to playing in the big leagues. Arizona would like to play the 24-year-old at third base, but could move him to the outfield if he can't make the transition to a position he's never played. Tomas has plenty of raw ability and is young, so the Diamondbacks have high hopes for him - wherever he ends up playing.
HUDSON'S RETURN: Daniel Hudson was a consistent performer on Arizona's staff before having Tommy John surgery each of the past two seasons. He returned last September, pitching in the bullpen. The right-hander is expected to start the season in the bullpen, but could find a place back in the rotation if he remains healthy.
WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON (AP) - Bryce Harper's reaction to the news that the Washington Nationals added Max Scherzer to an already-talented starting staff drew quite a lot of attention.
''I just started laughing,'' Harper famously said. ''I was like, `Where's my ring?'''
Yes, that pretty much sums up where the expectations are for the 2015 Nationals - as expressed by them and by others.
On the first day of full-squad workouts at spring training, reigning NL Manager of the Year Matt Williams posted these words of wisdom in the clubhouse: ''The road to the World Series begins today.''
''We're here to get to that ultimate goal,'' Williams said. ''We're not alone. There's 29 other teams that have the same thought. So that being said, I want to make sure that we understand that that's our goal. That is our goal: to be the last one standing at the end of it.''
The main reason many folks think the Nationals are capable of achieving that goal, even if the team has yet to win a playoff series, is the rotation.
Scherzer, the 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner with Detroit, came aboard with a $210 million contract, joining a group that led the majors in ERA last season - right-handers Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann and Doug Fister, and lefty Gio Gonzalez.
''There's no break'' for an opposing team, new reliever Casey Janssen observed.
It's such a formidable quintet that a guy who won 15 games, had a sub-3.00 ERA and threw nearly 200 innings a year ago, Tanner Roark, is moving to the bullpen.
In 2014, the Nationals won a league-best 96 games and finished atop the underwhelming NL East by a whopping 17 games, but then bowed out in four games in a Division Series against the eventual champs, the San Francisco Giants. Washington's starting pitching wasn't the problem in the postseason; its bullpen and hitting were what led to a second quick playoff exit in three years.
And yet general manager Mike Rizzo allowed those two areas to lose important pieces, trading away the man he called ''maybe the best eighth-inning setup man in the history of the game,'' Tyler Clippard, and letting first baseman Adam LaRoche (team highs of 26 homers, 92 RBIs) leave via free agency.
The hope, presumably, is that hitters such as Harper, Ryan Zimmerman (who replaces LaRoche at first) and Wilson Ramos, who each missed significant chunks of last season, will deliver the numbers they're capable of producing, while opponents have a really hard time scoring much against all the aces Williams will send to the mound.
''It's hilarious having to go in there and face them. It's absolutely stupid,'' Harper said. ''We have the best staff in baseball. I don't care what anybody says.''
Actually, Bryce, that's exactly what pretty much everybody IS saying.
Here are other things to know about the Nationals, who open the season on April 6 at home against the New York Mets:
HEALTH MATTERS: Half of the everyday lineup - outfielders Jayson Werth and Denard Span (both recovering from offseason surgery), third baseman Anthony Rendon and new second baseman Yunel Escobar - missed extended periods of spring training, as did fourth outfielder Nate McClouth. Rendon, Span, Werth and McClouth might all miss opening day. ''You can be as good as you want on paper, but that doesn't mean anything until the end of the year,'' Scherzer said. ''We've got to stay healthy.''
MIGHTY `PEN?: Given their aspirations, October is what really matters for the Nationals, and Drew Storen blew save chances in the 2012 and 2014 playoffs. Still, the closer's job is his entering the season, and Clippard is no longer around to shut down foes in the eighth - or provide ninth-inning backup if needed. Worth watching: Will Aaron Barrett set aside the yips that hit him in the NLDS?
LAST HURRAH: A couple of homegrown franchise cornerstones, Zimmermann and shortstop Ian Desmond, can become free agents after the season, as can Span and Fister. Rizzo could try to sign one or more to long-term deals. He could trade one or more. Or he could decide to let things play out with this group, then move on next offseason. ''With this group of guys,'' Werth said, ''this might be it.''
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (ARIZONA-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Diamondbacks-Nationals Preview* ================================

By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer

Arizona (50-53) at Washington (54-49), 7:05 p.m. EDT

With their NL East lead virtually erased, the Washington Nationals will try to begin their turnaround by continuing their recent dominance of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Doug Fister will try to provide a boost Monday night by winning back-to-back starts for the first time this season, but the slumping Nationals lineup will have to face a pitcher seeking to open his career with three straight wins.

Washington's advantage over New York in the division is down to less than half a percentage point after a three-game sweep at Citi Field this weekend. Jordan Zimmermann gave up three homers in one inning in a 5-2 defeat Sunday, the Nationals' 10th in 15 games.

Washington (54-49) is hitting .203 with 15 runs in a 2-5 stretch and .121 with runners in scoring position. The Nationals plated just five runs in the series in New York.

"It didn't go our way this weekend, but we're fine," Zimmermann said. "We're going to bounce back and there's nobody in here that's panicking right now."

Washington will try to avoid its four-game losing streak since dropping a season-high six in a row in April by earning a 17th win in 22 games against Arizona (50-53). The Nationals took two of three at Phoenix from May 11-13 and have taken eight of the last nine matchups in the nation's capital, including a four-game sweep last August.

The up-and-down Diamondbacks head into Washington after dropping back-to-back games in Houston following a string of six wins, their longest streak in four seasons. Before that run, they dropped nine of 11.

Fister (4-6, 4.39 ERA) will try to send Arizona to another defeat by building on a 7-2 victory in Miami on Wednesday. He yielded two runs in six innings after going 1-5 with a 6.19 ERA in his previous seven outings.

Fister won four or more consecutive starts on three occasions last season en route to finishing a career-best 16-6 with a 2.41 ERA. He did not get a decision in a 5-1 victory against Arizona on May 14, 2014 - the lone matchup in his career - despite allowing one run in seven innings.

The right-hander will square off with Zack Godley (2-0, 2.25), who will seek to continue his auspicious start since being called up from Double-A on July 23 to take over for an injured Chase Anderson.

Godley, acquired from the Chicago Cubs in December in the Miguel Montero trade, tossed six scoreless innings in his MLB debut, an 8-3 win over Milwaukee on July 23. The righty then yielded three runs in six innings in an 8-4 victory in Seattle on Tuesday.

"The more you go out there the more comfortable you get and the more you get settled in," he told MLB's official website.

Anderson is the only Diamondbacks pitcher to win his first three major league starts, going 5-0 last season.

In his attempt to join that list, Godley will likely have to face NL MVP candidate Bryce Harper, who is hitting .440 in a seven-game hit streak against the Diamondbacks. Yunel Escobar is batting .452 in his past nine matchups, including a 5-for-5 performance in an 11-1 win May 11, but is hitting .179 in his last seven games overall.


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