WASHINGTON NATIONALS [29-20] RHP Chien-Ming Wang (1-0, 3.00) AT MIAMI MARLINS [28-22] RHP Josh Johnson (2-3, 4.87) WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 * Game 50 * MARLINS PARK * MIAMI, FL EDWIN’S QUALITY START NOT ENOUGH IN TUESDAY’S 3-1 LOSS NATIONALS & MARLINS Despite a solid outing by Edwin Jackson, who logged his 6th quality start, the Nationals dropped a 3-1 decision on Tuesday night at MIA...Jackson (1-3) allowed 2 runs (one earned SERIES NOTES run) in 6.2 innings en route to his 3rd straight loss...Washington scored its lone run when Corey * Brown executed a perfect suicide squeeze that scored Ian Desmond in the 5th inning...Desmond Ryan Zimmerman has more homers (14) against the Fish than any club...the pocketed a team-best 2 hits and added his 6th stolen base. Marlins are 26-11 at Nationals Park...via a 10-8 mark in 2007, the Nationals/ Expos franchise has won only one season series from the Marlins since 1998...with ROAD WORK a 3-1 win on Sept. 28, 2011, Stephen Strasburg (win) and the Nationals helped end the Marlins’ tenure at Sun Life Stadium...Roger Bernadina recorded the final The Nationals are 5-3 on their current 9-game trip that has included stops in PHI (2-1), ATL (3- hit and RBI in the venue’s 19-year MLB history. 0) and MIA (0-2)...with a win tonight, the Nats would match their best road trip winning percentage of the season (.667 / 4-2 on first trip to CHI-NYM, from April 5-11). 2012 SERIES * ‘MAY’ THE FORCE BE WITH YOU 2012 ............................................................................................................. 2-2 Current Streak ........................................................................................ Lost 2 The Nationals are 15-12 (.556) have already locked up their best May since relocating to The District (‘05-present)...last month, Washington posted its best April record with a 14-8 mark. Nationals Park (9 games) .......................................................................... 2-0 * Including a 17-10 record in September of last season, the Nationals have strung together Marlins Park (9 games) ............................................................................... 0-2 3 consecutive winning months...that current stretch accounts for 3 of only 6 winning Aggregate Score 2012 ............................................... Nationals 9,Marlins 10 months in Nationals history, also: 17-10 in June ‘11, 13-10 in March/April ‘10, 15-12 in Aggregate Home Runs 2012 ..................................... Nationals 4, Marlins 4 September/October ‘07. 2012 RESULTS GOOD WOOD DATE OPP/SITE RESULT WIN—LOSS—SAVE ATT. / T.O.G. After averaging just 3.4 runs during a 14-8 April, the Nationals are averaging 4.3 runs per 4/20 MIA W2-0 Detwiler-Zambrano-Rodriguez 24,640 / 2:31 game in May, during which they’re 15-12...Washington’s hit 33 homers in its last 24 games. 4/21 MIA W3-2 (10) Gorzelanny-Mujica-None 26,745 / 2:46 * In the month of May, Rick Eckstein’s bat battalion ranks among the NL’s top 5 in slugging 5/28 @MIA L3-5 Zambrano-Zimmermann-Bell 31,528 / 2:49 percentage (2nd, .448), isolated power (2nd, .191), extra-base hits (2nd, 97), home 5/29 @MIA L1-3 A. Sanchez-Jackson-Bell 25,969 / 2:47 runs (T2nd, 34), homers per game (T2nd 1.3), OPS (3rd, .770) & total bases (3rd, 409). 5/30 @MIA 7/13 @MIA HARPING ON A HITTING STREAK 7/14 @MIA Bryce Harper enters today sporting a career-best 9-game hitting streak, which matches the 7/15 @MIA longest by a Nationals player this season...Jayson Werth also hit in 9 straight from April 9-17. 7/16 @MIA * If he extends his streak tonight, Harper will become just the 4th Nationals (‘05-present) 8/3 MIA (DH1) rookie to post a double-digit hit streak: Ryan Zimmerman (17g, 2006), Danny Espinosa MIA (DH2) (10g, 2011) & Wilson Ramos (10g, 2011). 8/4 MIA * Harper’s hit streak is the 2nd-longest active streak in the NL behind MIA’s Jose Reyes 8/5 MIA (10 games)...the longest hitting streak by a MLB rookie this season lasted 11 games 8/28 @MIA (COL’s Jordan Pacheco). 8/29 @MIA ‘CATT’S MEOW 9/7 MIA 9/8 MIA Steve McCatty’s pitching staff paces MLB in ERA (2.96), starters’ ERA (2.87), strikeouts 9/9 MIA (420), batting average against (.220), fewest hits/9.0 innings (7.27), WHIP (1.13), baserunners allowed/9.0 innings (10.33), OPS against (.629) and fielding-independent pitching (3.17). ALL-TIME SERIES 3.00’S A CROWD * W-L / Franchise ................................................................................ 131-171 The Nationals (Gio Gonzalez 2.04, Stephen Strasburg 2.64, Jordan Zimmermann 2.80) are the W-L / Nationals (2005-pres.) ................................................................ 49-80 only MLB club with 3 qualified starting pitchers sporting sub-3.00 ERAs. W-L / Expos ............................................................................................ 82-91 In Washington, DC ................................................................................ 26-38 SIXTH MAN In Miami ................................................................................................... 64-87 When Chien-Ming Wang makes tonight’s start, he will become the 6th pitcher to start for the In Montreal .............................................................................................. 40-39 Nationals this season...the Nationals enter tonight’s game as one of just 6 teams that have used In Puerto Rico .............................................................................................. 1-5 only 5 starting pitchers this season...the other teams are: CIN, LAA, MIA, SEA and STL. In Chicago (games relocated due to Hurricane Frances in ‘04) ............ 0-2 PITCHING IN ON OFFENSE CURRENT NATIONALS THAT PLAYED FOR THE MARLINS Washington’s pitchers lead the NL with a combined .202 batting average, .224 on-base * Chad Tracy (2010), Randy Knorr (1998) percentage and .309 slugging percentage...Nationals pitchers have clubbed a MLB-best 2 home runs in ‘12 (Stephen Strasburg on 5/20 vs. BAL, Jordan Zimmermann on 5/28 at MIA). MANAGER COMMUNITY CALENDAR THE GOON SQUAD DAVEY JOHNSON UPCOMING EVENTS The Nationals are tied with MIL & COL for 2nd in MLB with 14 pinch-hit RBI this season, behind * Is 69-63 (.523) since being named the 5th Youth Baseball/Softball Day only NYM (20)...Washington’s 14 pinch-RBI match the bench’s season total from 2011. manager of the Washington Nationals on * Sunday, June 3: Before hosting the Braves * Chad Tracy—currently on the DL— leads MLB with 9 RBI in the pinch. June 26, 2011. at 1:35 p.m., the Nationals, in conjunction * World Series winning player (BAL, 1966 with the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, will BIG EAST and 1970) & manager (NYM, 1986). collect new or gently used baseball and * Among those to manage 1000 games, softball equipment as part of the annual The Nationals (6-5) are 11 games into a stretch in which they will play 33 consecutive contests career managerial winning percentage Baseball Equipment Drive...This year’s against clubs from either the NL East (15) or AL East (18). (1217-951, .561) ranks 2nd among all liv- equipment drive will benefit D.C. Public * Washington is 11-5 against NL East competition (3-0 vs. ATL, 2-2 vs. MIA, 4-2 vs. PHI, ing managers behind Earl Weaver (.583). Schools and D.C. Parks and Recreation. 2-1 vs. NYM). * AL Manager of the Year with BAL in 1997. * Managerial History: Washington (‘11-12), Additionally, The Baseball Tomorrow NL EAST STANDINGS LAD (‘99-00), BAL (‘96-97), CIN (‘93-95), Fund will provide the D.C. Parks and NYM (‘84-90)...also skippered Team USA Recreation with a $5,000 grant to purchase YESTERDAY’S in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. new equipment. TEAM W L PCT. GB RESULT TODAY (STARTER , OPP STARTER) WASHINGTON ..... 29 20 .592 — L1-3 @ MIA @ MIA (Wang, Johnson) DATE IN DC BASEBALL New York (NL) ...... 28 22 .560 -1.5 W6-3 vs. PHI vs. PHI (Gee, Lee) Miami ..................... 28 22 .560 -1.5 W3-1 vs. WAS vs. WAS (Johnson, Wang) MAY 30 Atlanta .................. 27 24 .529 -3.0 W5-4 vs. STL vs. STL (Hudson, Lohse) * 2010 — Ryan Zimmerman hits 100th and 101st home runs of career, but the Nationals Philadelphia ......... 26 25 .510 -4.0 L3-6 @ NYM @ NYM (Lee, Gee) fall at SDP, 3-2. Zimmerman is the 2nd member of the 2005 First-Year Draft class to reach the 100-homer plateau (MIL’s Ryan Braun). NATIONALS TV/RADIO | PROBABLE PITCHERS DAY/DATE SITE/OPP. DC TIME DC TV DC RADIO** NATIONALS STARTER OPPOSING STARTER Wed., May 30 at MIA 7:10pm MASN2 106.7-FM The Fan / WFED / WNEW AM RHP Chien-Ming Wang (1-0, 3.00) RHP Josh Johnson (2-3, 4.87) *Wang makes first start of 2012, after earning win in lone relief app (5/25 at ATL)...2-0 in 2 career starts vs. MIA. Thu., May 31 Off Day Fri., June 1 vs. ATL 7:05pm MASN 106.7-FM The Fan / WFED / WNEW AM RHP Stephen Strasburg (5-1, 2.64) LHP Mike Minor (2-4, 6.98) *Strasburg looks for 3rd straight win, after beating Braves for first time on Saturday at ATL. Sat., June 2 vs. ATL 4:05pm MASN 106.7-FM The Fan / WFED / WNEW AM LHP Gio Gonzalez (7-1, 2.04) RHP Brandon Beachy (5-3, 1.77) *Gonzalez attempts to become MLB’s 3rd 8-game winner, joining PHI’s Cole Hamels & STL’s Lance Lynn. Sun., June 3 vs. ATL 1:35pm MASN 106.7-FM The Fan / WFED / WNEW AM RHP Jordan Zimmermann (3-5, 2.80) RHP Tommy Hanson (5-4, 3.84) *Zimmermann (11th, 3.08) & Hanson (7th, 2.95) both rank among NL’s bottom 11 for run support average. **Games can also be heard in Richmond, VA (ESPN Radio 950 AM), Virginia Beach, VA (102.1FM / 1490AM), Charlottesville, VA (WKAV AM-1400), Salisbury, MD (WJDY AM-1470), Martinsburg, WV (740AM-WRNR / 106.7 FM), Lynchburg, VA (WBRG 104.5 FM / 1050AM) & New Bern, NC (Radio Free ENC 1450-AM) Page 2 * PITCHING * May 30 at MIA 40 RHP Chien-Ming Wang 2012 BORN: 3/31/80 Tainan, Taiwan O.D.