615 at NYM
615 at NYM
LHP Gio Gonzalez [5-1, 2.91] | RHP Robert Gsellman [5-3, 4.95]
Thursday, June 15 l 7:10 p.m. l Game #66 / Road #34 l Citi Field l Flushing, NY
Television: MASN / MLBN l Radio: 106.7 FM The Fan & Nationals Radio Network
Standing: 39-26, 1st place, National League East Home: 18-14 Road: 21-12 Streak: L1 Last Five: 1-4 Last Ten: 4-6
NATIONALS NEWS OPPONENT
HITTING THE ROAD NEW YORK METS
The Washington Nationals will kick off this seven-game, two-city road trip on Thursday night The Nationals and Mets will meet 19 times this season (10 times in New York, nine in D.C.)...
as they travel to Citi Field to take on the New York Mets for the first of four games...Following Nationals 2B Daniel Murphy spent the first seven years of his Major League career with the
Sundays contest, the Nationals will head south to start a three-game series with the Miami Mets, hitting .288 with 62 home runs, 228 doubles, 20 triples and 402 RBI...Murphy helped
Marlins on Monday. lead the Mets to the 2015 World Series, and earned himself the 2015 NL Championship Series
Washingtons 21-12 (.636) road record is second in the National League behind the Colo- MVP in the process, hitting .328 with seven home runs and 11 RBI in 14 postseason games...
rado Rockies (25-13, .658). The MON/WSH franchise has more wins against the Mets (419) than any other opponent.
At 39-26 (.600) the Nationals own the fourth-best record in the National League, behind
the Los Angeles Dodgers (41-25, .621), Colorado Rockies (42-26, .618) and Arizona Dia- THE SERIES
mondbacks (41-26, .612). The Nationals and Mets have traded NL East division crowns the past three seasons with
Washington earning the 2014 title, the Mets taking the 2015 honors, and the Nationals return-
THE Z-MAN ing to the top in 2016...Washington leads the all-time (2005-present) series with the Mets, 121-
Posting the 18th multi-homer game of his career on Tuesday night, powering Washington to a 106...The series was tied at 82-82 entering the 2014 season, but Washington is 39-24 against
10-5 win with his 18th and 19th home runs of the season, 1B Ryan Zimmerman tied Vladimir the Mets since the start of 2014...In 2014, the Nationals broke Atlantas previous record of 10
Guerrero for first on the franchises (Nationals/Expos) all-time home run list with 234 career consecutive road wins (1991-92) against the Mets, by winning 12 straight at Citi Field.
longballs...With his next home run, Zimmerman will become the all-time franchise leader in
this category...With four more home runs, Zimmerman will pass Frank Howard (237) for the 2017 / BY THE NUMBERS
most home runs in D.C.-baseball history. 2017 W-L...............................................................................4-2 (1-2 in D.C., 3-0 in New York)
Zimmermans 19 home runs and 52 RBI in 59 games are both by far the most through his Streak.............................................................................................................................. Won 1
first 60 games of a season in his career...His previous highs were 13 HR (2010) & 40 RBI Aggregate Score / 2017..........................................................................Nationals 44, Mets 24
(2009). Home Runs Hit / 2017............................................................................. Nationals 15, Mets 11
Additionally, per the Elias Sports Bureau, Zimmermans 52 RBI are already the most
through 60 games of a season in Nationals history (2005-present), passing Bryce Harpers ALL-TIME SERIES / BY THE NUMBERS
49 in 2015. W-L / Nationals (2005-present).....................................................................................121-106
Zimmerman is already the all-time leader in virtually every offensive category in Nationals W-L / Home (2005-present)...............................................................................................51-61
history (2005-present)...Heres where he ranks in franchise history (Nationals/Expos): W-L / Nationals Park (2008-present).................................................................................44-40
CATEGORY TOTAL RANK CHASING W-L / Away (2005-present)................................................................................................70-45
HR 234 T1st Tied w/Vladimir Guerrero (234) W-L / Franchise (Expos/Nationals)................................................................................419-404
Doubles 357 2nd Tim Wallach, 1st (360)
RBI 881 2nd Tim Wallach, 1st (905) 2017 AGAINST THE METS
DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SV TOG DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SV TOG
Runs 837 2nd Tim Raines, 1st (947) 4/21@ W, 4-3 (11) Romero-Smoker-Kelley 3:43 7/3
Total Bases 2,684 2nd Tim Wallach, 1st (2,728) 4/22@ W, 3-1 Gonzalez-deGrom-Glover 3:01 7/4
4/23@ W, 6-3 Scherzer-Wheeler-Glover 2:43 7/5
Walks 555 3rd Gary Carter, 2nd (582) 4/28 L, 5-7 deGrom-Scherzer-Edgin 3:24 8/25
Hits 1,585 3rd Tim Raines, 2nd (1,622) 4/29
4/30
L, 3-5 Robles-Strasburg-Familia
W, 23-5 Albers-Syndergaard-None
3:17 8/26
3:37 8/27
Games 1,467 3rd Gary Carter, 2nd (1,503) 6/15@ 9/22@
6/16@ 9/23@
6/17@ 9/24@
NO ZEROS 6/18@
As the Nationals move into the second third of the 2017 season, they have completed the
first 65 games of the year without their offense suffering a shutout...Washington is the only
TRANSACTIONS AND DISABLED LIST
6/5 Selected OF/INF Ryan Raburn from Triple-A Syracuse...Placed OF Jayson Werth on the 10-day disa-
team in the National League yet to post a goose egg, joined by Minnesota and New York in bled list with a left foot contusion...Designated RHP Rafael Martin for assignment.
the American League 6/11 Reinstated RHP Joe Blanton from the 10-day disabled list...Placed RHP Koda Glover on the 10-day
Via the Elias Sports Bureau, the Nationals current 65-game streak of scoring at least one disabled list with lower back stiffness.
run is the longest such streak to start a season in franchise history (Nationals/Expos) and 6/12 Recalled RHP Trevor Gott from Triple-A Syracuse...Optioned INF Wilmer Difo to Triple-A Syracuse.
6/15 Recalled LHP Matt Grace from Triple-A Syracuse...Optioned RHP Trevor Gott to Triple-A Syracuse.
the longest since the 1995 Montreal Expos went 46 games before posting a zero. DISABLED LIST
The last team in Major League history not to get shutout for an entire season was the 2000 PLAYER INJURY 10/60 DL PLACED / RETRO REINSTATED #GAMES
Cincinnati Reds, who went 163 games (including one tie) without being shutout. Sammy Solis L. Elbow Inflammation 10 April 19 50
Adam Eaton L. Knee Strain 10 April 29 40
Chris Heisey R Biceps Rupture 10 May 24 19
LEADING THE WAY Jayson Werth L. Foot Contusion 10 June 5 / June 4 11
Koda Glover Lower Back Stiffness 10 June 11 4
The Nationals aforementioned offense leads the National League in almost every category, Trea Turner R. Hamstring Strain 10 April 10 / April 9 April 21 10
including: batting average (.275), on-base percentage (.340), slugging percentage (.470), Koda Glover L. Hip Impingement 10 April 26 May 12 14
OPS (.811), home runs (98), extra-base hits (T1st, 238), runs (355), hits (629), and RBI (348), Shawn Kelley Lower Back Strain 10 May 5 / May 2 May 12 9
Stephen Drew R. Hamstring Strain 10 April 12 May 29 41
while ranking third in doubles (127). Jose Marmolejos L. Forearm Strain 60 Feb. 24 June 1 52
In the latest National League All-Star balloting update, announced on Monday, 1B Ryan Joe Blanton R Shoulder Inflammation 10 May 17 June 11 21
Zimmerman, 2B Daniel Murphy, and RF Bryce Harper are all leading their respective DUSTY BAKER
positions and are on track for this years mid-summer classic in Miami...Harper (2,132,795) Nationals manager Dusty Baker was named the sixth field manager in Nationals history on
and Murphy (1,745,231) currently have more votes than any other National League player. Nov. 3, 2015. A three-time N.L. Manager of the Year (1993, 1997, 2000), and a finalist in 2016,
No surprise to see Zimmerman leading the 1B vote with 1,060,532...Zimmerman ranks in Bakers clubs have won 90 games or more on nine occasions. With a victory on April 10 vs. STL,
MLB in average (1st, .367), slugging (1st, .716), HR (T2nd, 19), extra-base hits (T2nd, 38), Baker became the 16th winningest manager in baseball history, passing Jim Leyland to move
OPS (2nd, 1.125), total bases (T3rd, 156), RBI (T5th, 52) & hits (9th, 80). into the No. 16 spot alone on the all-time list...His 1,805-1,597 career managerial record slots
Right behind Zimmerman is 2B Daniel Murphy who ranks fourth in MLB in batting aver- him second in the win column among active managers behind only SFGs Bruce Bochy (No.
age at .339...He also ranks in the top 10 in MLB in hits (T5th, 82) and in the top 10 in the 15, 1,815). Lou Piniella is 14th on the all-time list with 1,835 victories. Baker is just the 16th
National League in multi-hit games (3rd, 26) and doubles (T5th, 17). manager in MLB history to win 1,800 games.
RF Bryce Harper ranks among NL hitters in runs scored (3rd, 52), slugging percentage The Nationals are the fourth club Baker has manned the dugout for, coming to Washington
(3rd, .606), OPS (3rd, 1.029), on-base percentage (3rd, .412), walks (7th, 40), RBI (7th, after stops in San Francisco (1993-2002), Chicago (2003-2006), and Cincinnati (2008-
49), and home runs (T10th, 16). 2013). Baker is one of just four managers in MLB history to produce at least 1,500 hits as
a player and win at least 1,500 games as a manager.
FLYIN BRIAN
OF Brian Goodwin has homered in three of his last four games, including his first career DATE IN NATIONALS HISTORY
leadoff home run on June 11 vs. Texas...In 12 games during the month of June, Goodwin is June 15 (5-6 on this date)
hitting .306 (11-for-36) with one double, one triple, four homers, eight RBI, four walks and four 2016: The Nationals and Cubs Wednesday afternoon rubber match turned into quite the back-
runs scored. and-forth affair as a 1-1 tie through seven-and-a-half innings turned into a 5-4, 12-inning, walk-off
Goodwin has appeared in games in left field (12 games/8 starts), right field (5 games/4 Nationals victory. LF Jayson Werths two-out single off the wall in left center field scored CF
starts) and center field (3 games/2 starts) this season. Michael A. Taylor for the win. Taylor had scored SS Danny Espinosa (who was hit by a pitch
and stole second base) to tie the game with a base hit one batter earlier. The Nationals came
back from one-run deficits three different times in sealing the series victory over the Cubs.
BULLPEN NOTES
ALBERS, Matt (RHP) #43 PREZ, Oliver (LHP) #46 NATIONALS BULLPEN MAP
LAST: 6/12 vs. ATL (BS, 2; L, 1) 0.2 IP 1 H 3 R 3 ER 2 BB 1 SO 1 HR LAST: 6/13 vs. ATL 0.1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 SO 0 HR LEFT RIGHT
A veteran right-hander, Albers has appeared in 476 Major League Crafty veteran has posted 11.55 strikeouts per nine innings since #33 M. Grace #43 M. Albers
games across 12 big league seasons. 2013. #46 O. Prez #56 J. Blanton
Ranks 10th among NL relievers with a 0.86 WHIP. Has offered scoreless relief in 17 of his last 20 games (10.2 IP). #72 E. Romero #27 S. Kelley
Has offered scoreless relief in 19 of 24 G (25.2 IP, 16 H, 30 SO). Ranks 3rd in MLB in inherited runners scored percent (6.3%). #45 B. Treinen
2-1, 6 Holds, 2 Saves, 2.10 ERA, 24/0 G/GS IR / IS: 15 / 8 0-0, 5 Holds, 1 Save, 4.85 ERA, 21/0 G/GS IR / IS: 16 / 1 #38 J. Turner