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LHP Gio Gonzalez (6-2, 2.10) | RHP Brandon McCarthy (5-2, 5.02)
Sat., June 2, 2018 l 4:10 p.m. ET l Game #58 / Road #31
SunTrust Park l Atlanta, Ga.
Television: MASN 2 l Radio: 106.7 The Fan / 99.1 FM & Nationals Radio Network
Standing: 32-24, 2nd place, National League East • Home: 12-14 • Road: 20-10 • Streak: L2 • Last Five: 3-2 • Last Ten: 7-3
WHEN... NATIONALS NEWS OPPONENT
Leading after 6.................. 28-4 MOVING ON ATLANTA BRAVES
Tied after 6........................... 1-4 The Washington Nationals fell to the Atlanta Braves, 2-0, on Friday night...They were shut out for just the Dave Martinez capped his 16-year Major League career
Trailing after 6................... 3-16 second time this season (also: 4/21 at LAD) while collecting just two hits along the way, matching a season- with Atlanta in 2001, hitting .287 in 12 games...Matt Ad-
ams clubbed 19 home runs in 100 games for the Braves
Leading after 7.................. 26-3 low (3x; last: 5/5 vs. PHI). in 2017...The Braves made Nationals pitching coach Derek
Tied after 7........................... 2-2 • Following the final two games of this road trip today and tomorrow, the Nationals will enjoy a day off at Lilliquist their first-round selection (6th overall) out of the
Trailing after 7................... 4-19 home on Monday before welcoming the Tampa Bay Rays to Nationals Park on Tuesday. University of Georgia in the 1987 Amateur Draft.
Extra innings: .......................1-3 • On the season, Turner leads National League shortstops in on-base percentage (.357), runs scored (32), 2018 / BY THE NUMBERS
walks (30) and stolen bases (16). 2018 W-L.................................3-5 (2-1 in D.C., 1-4 in ATL)
Scoring first......................27-11 • Turner leads National League shortstops in Wins Above Replacement (1.6) according to FanGraphs.com. Streak..............................................................................L3
Opponent scores first......... 5-13 Aggregate Score / 2018.................Nationals 26, Braves 35
Shutouts ............................. 5-2 LIKE DRAKE SAID
ALL-TIME SERIES / BY THE NUMBERS
Scoring fewer than 3.......... 6-14 With 97 in hand, Trea Turner is approaching 100 career stolen bases...According to the Elias Sports Bureau,
W-L / Nationals (2005-present).............................129-119
Scoring 3 or more............. 26-10 here is the list of quickest active players in terms of games (Turner: 255 games) to reach 100 stolen bases: W-L / Home (2005-present).......................................73-51
Scoring 5 or more............... 18-4 Games Player Date W-L / Nationals Park (2008-present).........................59-38
219 Billy Hamilton (CIN) 6/14/2015 W-L / Away (2005-present)........................................56-68
Series opener..................... 12-6
233 Dee Gordon (LAD) 5/30/2014 W-L / Franchise (Expos/Nationals).........................343-361
Series finale......................... 9-9
263 Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS) 7/20/2009
Home series W-L-T........... 4-4-0 2018 AGAINST THE BRAVES
Road series W-L-T............ 6-3-0 ANT’S BAT DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SAVE
4/2@ATL W, 8-1 Roark-Newcomb-None
Total series W-L-T.......... 10-7-0 Anthony Rendon has hit safely in eight of his last 11 games dating to May 21, going 13-for-42 (.310) with six
4/3@ATL L, 6-13 Carle-Cole-None
doubles, two homers, six RBI, four walks and four runs scored over this stretch...Rendon entered play on the 4/4@ATL L, 1-7 Foltynewicz-Scherzer-None
Home series sweeps............. 1-2
21st with a .247/.342/.433 slash line...He is now hitting .266/.348/.482. 4/9vsATL W, 2-0 Scherzer-Teheran-None
Road series sweeps...............4-0
Total series sweeps.............. 5-2 4/10vsATL W, 4-1 Strasburg-Foltynewicz-Madson
WINNING WAYS 4/11vsATL L, 3-5 Carle-Madson-None
At home............................ 12-14 Since April 29, the Nationals are 21-8 and have outscored their opponents, 123-78...The 21-8 (.724) record 5/31@ATL L, 2-4 Newcomb-Roark-Vizcaino
On the road...................... 20-10 is the best in Major League Baseball during this stretch. 6/1@ATL L, 0-4 Foltynewicz-Strasburg-None
6/2@ATL
After day off......................... 2-3 • At 20-10 (.667), the Nationals own the best road record in Major League Baseball.
6/3@ATL
7/20vsATL
One-run games.................. 7-10 START ME UP 7/21vsATL
Two-run games.................... 8-5 Washington’s starting rotation leads the National League in ERA (2.89), strikeouts (386), opp. AVG (.213), 7/22vsATL
Opp. above .500................18-14 opp. OBP (.277), hits per 9.0 IP (7.00), WHIP (1.07)...The staff ranks second in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.78), 8/7vsATL
opp. SLG (.359), and opp. OPS (.635). 8/8vsATL
Opp. below .500................14-10
• Since April 28, Nationals starters have allowed three earned runs or fewer in 29 of 31 starts. 8/9vsATL
Come-from-behind wins.......... 7 9/14@ATL
Last at-bat W-L.................... 4-5 9/15@ATL
RELIEVERS ARE PEOPLE, TOO 9/16@ATL
Walk-off W-L........................ 2-0 Over the last 11 games, Henry Blanco’s bullpen has tossed 27.0 innings of relief, striking out 29 batters,
Facing left-handed SP....... 7-12 walking just five and surrendering just two earned runs along the way (0.67 ERA)...Nationals relievers have DAVE MARTINEZ
Facing right-handed SP .. 25-12 inherited 17 runners during this stretch and have not allowed any to score. Nationals manager Dave Martinez was named the
• Washington’s 0.67 bullpen ERA is the best in Major League Baseball since May 21. seventh field manager in Nationals history on Oct.
Day games....................... 12-10 • On the season, Washington relievers rank among National League ‘pens in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2nd,30, 2017. He joined the Nationals for what will be
Night games.................... 20-14 2.90), strikeouts per 9.0 IP (2nd, 9.65), and inherited runners scored percent (2nd, 18.8%). his 30th season in professional baseball. A 16-year
March/April...................... 13-16 Major League outfielder, Martinez has been a Major
May.................................... 19-7 DINGERS OF THE DAY League coach for the last 10 seasons, serving as Cubs
June..................................... 0-1 The Nationals lead the National League with 72 home runs...Bryce Harper (1st, 18) and Matt Adams (T6th, manager Joe Maddon’s bench coach and right-hand
July....................................... 0-0 12) rank in the top 10 in the National League...Harper’s 18 home runs are tied for second in Major League man in Chicago (2015–17) as well as Tampa Bay
August................................. 0-0 Baseball. (2008–14). This is the first Major League managerial
Sept./Oct.............................. 0-0 • Since joining the Nationals on May 13, Mark Reynolds ranks tied for second in the NL (T5th in MLB) assignment of Martinez’s career.
with six home runs.
Pre All-Star break............. 32-24 WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
Post All-Star break............... 0-0 @JamalCollier - Nationals.com (June 1)
ALL HANDS ON DECK
Wearing home whites........... 5-4 The Nationals have used 41 players so far in 2018...That number does not include the players that have been Adam Eaton is leading off and playing CF tonight for
Wearing road greys..............17-9 on the active roster, but did not appear in a game (Jefry Rodriguez, Jhonatan Solano, Austin Voth)...The 41 the start of his rehab assignment at Double A Har-
Wearing red alternates......... 3-3 players used are tied for second in Major League Baseball: risburg.
Wearing blue alternates........3-0 RK. TEAM PLAYERS
Wearing blue stars & stripes.... 1-2 1. New York Mets 42 @chelsea_janes - Washington Post (June 1)
Wearing white stars & stripes....3-6 T2. Atlanta Braves 41 Trea Turner singles with two outs in the ninth. His hit-
T2. Los Angeles Angels 41 ting streak grows to 13 games.
When homering.................23-15
When playing error free.....19-13 T2. Washington Nationals 41
@chelsea_janes - Washington Post (June 1)
When SP goes 6.0+ IP.......24-13 IN THE COMMUNITY Soto draws a walk to start the eighth, breaking up
When SP goes 7.0+ IP........ 14-3
June 8: Anthony’s Academy All-Stars Foltynewicz’s streak of 20 straight retired.
When SP goes 8.0+ IP.......... 3-0
Anthony’s Academy All-Stars is a season-long program that gives scholar-athletes from the Nationals Youth
vs. NL East....................... 10-10 Baseball Academy, where Anthony Rendon sits on the Board of Directors, the opportunity to enjoy a Nationals @MarkZuckerman - MASNSports.com (June 1)
vs. NL Central...................... 7-0 Baseball game. The group enjoys a behind-the-scenes look at team operations, a private meet and greet with 6 scoreless on 78 pitches for Strasburg. 6 scoreless
vs. NL West........................12-14 Rendon as well as special batting practice viewing and tickets complete with NatsBucks. on 74 pitches for Foltynewicz. We’ve got a humdinger
vs. AL East........................... 3-0 here tonight, folks.
NATIONALS HISTORY
June 2 (7-4 on this date)
2005 – Trailing 6-3 heading to the bottom of the eighth inning, the Nationals plated five runs off Braves’
relievers to take the 8-6 lead. Chad Cordero locked it down in the ninth inning for his 14th save of the season.
The win kicked off a 10-game winning streak that still stands (along with a 10-game streak from Aug. 12-21,
2014) as the longest winning streaks in Nationals history (2005-pres.).
TOMORROW’S STARTER
HELLICKSON, Jeremy #58 RHP
YR TEAM LG W L SV SVO G GS CG INN H R ER HR BB SO WHIP FIP ERA
2018 WSH NL 2 0 0 0 8 8 0 43.0 34 11 11 4 6 34 0.93 3.26 2.30
Career 71 69 0 1 212 205 3 1182.0 1115 565 532 168 351 868 1.24 4.48 4.05
CATCHERS DEFENSE
CATCHER GS W-L CCS SBA CS% PB CATCHER ERA
Spencer Kieboom
2018 3 1-2 1 2 50.0% 0 3.00 (10 ER/30.0 IP)
Career 3 1-2 1 2 50.0% 0 3.00 (10 ER/30.0 IP)
Pedro Severino
2018 32 17-14 7 21 33.3% 4 2.76 (90 ER/293.1 IP)
Career 46 24-21 11 33 36.4% 6 3.20 (158 ER/444.0 IP)
HITTERS NOTES HOMERS
SANCHEZ, Adrian #5 INF BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (0)
YR TEAM LG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 WSH NL 10 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .167 .167 .222 .389 GRAND SLAMS (1)
LAST GAME: DNP ROAD TRIP: 0-3 Brian Goodwin.....3/31 at CIN (Quackenbush)
Versatile infielder was a veteran of more than 900 Minor League games across 11 professional seasons before making MLB debut in 2017.
• Was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on 5/19...Was hitting .298 with 9 doubles, one HR, 8 RBI, 7 BB and 10 R in 24 games. LEADOFF HOMERS (3)
• Hit .268 (19-for-71) with 7 2B, 11 RBI, BB, 6 R in 34 games with Washington in 2017...Played stellar defense at 2B (10 G), SS (8 G), and 3B (7 G). Bryce Harper................ 5/2 vs. PIT (Nova)
• Appeared in 77 games between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse in 2017 (.245, 15 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 21 RBI, 20 BB and 41 R). Bryce Harper............ 5/4 vs. PHI (Pivetta)
RISP: .143 (1-7), 0 HR, 1 RBI LAST HOMER: N/A CAREER HOMERS: 0 Trea Turner.................. 5/11 at ARI (Koch)
SEVERINO, Pedro #29 C
YR TEAM LG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS MULTI-HOMER GAMES (7)
2018 WSH NL 36 110 11 24 7 0 0 9 13 26 1 0 .218 .320 .282 .602 Bryce Harper (2).......................4/1 at CIN
LAST GAME: 0-3 ROAD TRIP: 3-23, 2 BB, 2 R, HBP Ryan Zimmerman (2)........... 4/18 at NYM
Young catcher with advanced defensive skills is known for bringing energy and confidence to the park every single day. Matt Adams (2)....................... 5/1 vs. PIT
• Leads all National League catchers (2nd in MLB) in catchers ERA (2.74)...Has reached base safely in 26 of 36 games played. Bryce Harper (2)......................5/4 vs. PHI
• Ranks T1st among NL catchers with 10 CS...Among NL catchers with at least 95 AB, ranks in OBP (9th .320) and walks (7th, 13). Matt Adams (2)....................... 5/7 at SDP
• Recorded a career-high 3 walks on 5/5 vs. PHI...Was recalled on 4/2...Reached base safely in all 5 plate appearances that night at ATL. Mark Reynolds (2).................. 5/13 at ARI
RISP: .259 (7-27), 0 HR, 8 RBI LAST HOMER: 9/26/16 vs. ARI (Ray) CAREER HOMERS: 2 Mark Reynolds (2)................5/21 vs. SDP