Game Preview: Washington Nationals vs Atlanta Braves (Game 2)
By Editorial Staff
Wednesday, August 18th – 7:10 (SportSouth)
Washington Nationals (51-68) vs Atlanta Braves (70-49)
What to look for: As of this writing at 12:30 PM it appears that a trade with the Cubs for Derek Lee could be imminent. If so that will definitely overshadow an excellent pitching match up that the Braves have on tap tonight. Tim Hudson comes into the game with a five start winning streak. He has lowered his ERA to 2.13 and should be firmly planted in the race for the National League Cy Young Award. Hernandez won’t be an easy out tonight though for the Braves. Still the Braves have been superior at home and hopefully that won’t change tonight with the Phillies still only 2.5 games back.
| Year | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP | H/9 | BB/9 | SO/9 | SO/BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.13 | 24 | 24 | 164.2 | 123 | 40 | 39 | 10 | 54 | 89 | 1.075 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 1.65 |
Vs.
| Year | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP | H/9 | BB/9 | SO/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.08 | 24 | 24 | 157.2 | 149 | 57 | 54 | 10 | 48 | 83 | 1.249 | 8.5 | 2.7 | 4.7 |
Tim Hudson against Washington Hitters:
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Kennedy | 61 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .262 | .308 | .344 | .652 |
| Cristian Guzman | 57 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .193 | .207 | .228 | .435 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 32 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .438 | .471 | .719 | 1.189 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .161 | .212 | .194 | .406 |
| Adam Dunn | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .360 | .385 | .640 | 1.025 |
| Josh Willingham | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .050 | .174 | .100 | .274 |
| Kevin Mench | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 |
| Willie Harris | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .167 | .286 | .250 | .536 |
| Ian Desmond | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| Nyjer Morgan | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| Roger Bernadina | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 |
| Alberto Gonzalez | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| Livan Hernandez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| Mike Morse | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| Scott Olsen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
| Jason Marquis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Justin Maxwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| J.D. Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Miguel Batista | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Total | 314 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 65 | .226 | .268 | .312 | .580 |
Livan Hernandez vs Braves’ Hitters
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipper Jones | 70 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | .357 | .430 | .586 | 1.016 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .093 | .149 | .116 | .265 |
| Eric Hinske | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .240 | .345 | .400 | .745 |
| Brian McCann | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .313 | .421 | .563 | .984 |
| Nate McLouth | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .133 | .222 | .267 | .489 |
| Troy Glaus | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .308 | .375 | .462 | .837 |
| Melky Cabrera | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 |
| Martin Prado | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .538 | .538 | .692 | 1.231 |
| Omar Infante | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| Derek Lowe | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| David Ross | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .714 | 1.143 |
| Rick Ankiel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.333 |
| Jason Heyward | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .833 | 2.000 | 2.833 |
| Tim Hudson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| Matt Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Kenshin Kawakami | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| Brooks Conrad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Total | 253 | 69 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 35 | .273 | .341 | .435 | .776 |