Game Preview: Washington Nationals vs Atlanta Braves (Game 2)

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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.

Tim Hudson

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

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Generated 8/18/2010.

Vs.

Livan Hernandez

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

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Generated 8/18/2010.

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

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Generated 8/18/2010.

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