Washington Nationals At Pittsburgh Pirates: GameThread 135 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Sep 3, 2010, 5:00pm EDT

PITTSBURGH - MAY 07: A view of downtown Pittsburgh during the Pittsburgh Pirates game against the St Louis Cardinals on May 7, 2010 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Pittsburgh Pirates

Friday, Sep 3, 2010, 7:05 PM EDT
PNC Park

Livan Hernandez vs Zach Duke

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.

DC Starting Lineup:

NMIMH Nyjer Morgan - CF
Ian "Two-Spot" Desmond - SS
THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B (Word.)
THE BIG F.O.Z. - 1B
Michael "The Code" Morse - RF
Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez - C
Justin "J-Max" Maxell - LF
Danny Espinosa - 2B
Mr. National Himself Livan Hernandez - SSP (Slow Starting PItching).

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• For A Pittsburgh Pirates Fan's Perspective, Check Out The SB Nation's Pirates Blog: Bucs Dugout.

• Tonight's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare At You Now:

Zach Duke

#57 / Pitcher / Pittsburgh Pirates

Height: 6-2

Weight: 205

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Apr 19, 1983

'09 Stats - (11-16), 32 GS, 213.0 IP, 4.06 ERA, ERA+ = 102, 4.24 FIP, 49 BB (2.07 BB/9), 106 K's (4.48 K/9), 1.32 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (6-12), 23, 132.1 IP, 5.17 ERA, ERA+ = 78, 4.86 FIP, 40 BB (2.72 BB/9), 80 K's (5.44 K/9), 1.59 WHIP.

vs DC - (1-2), 5 GS, 29.2 IP, 37 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 4 HR, 14 BB (4.25 BB/9), 11 K's (3.34 K/9), 4.85 ERA, 1.72 WHIP, .308 BAA.

Livan Hernandez

#61 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-2

Weight: 245

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 20, 1975

'09 Stats - (9-12), 31 GS, 183.2 IP, 5.44 ERA, ERA+ = 76, 4.44 FIP, 67 BB (3.28 BB/9), 102 K's (5.00 K/9), 1.56 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (9-9), 27 GS, 175.1 IP, 3.49 ERA, ERA+ = 118, 3.93 FIP, 55 BB (2.82 BB/9), 91 K's (4.67 K/9), 1.31 WHIP.

vs PIT - (5-4), 15 GS, 88.2 IP, 109 H, 54 R, 49 ER, 9 HR, 26 BB (2.64 BB/9), 58 K's (5.89 K/9), 4.97 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, .311 BAA.

• Nats vs Duke:

Roger Bernadina - 1 for 2, .500 AVG, 1 BB.

Ian Desmond - 0 for 3, .000 AVG.

Adam Dunn - 7 for 14, .500 AVG, 1 2B, 2 HR's, 4 RBI's.

Kevin Mench - 4 for 13, .308 AVG.

Michael Morse - 2 for 2, .500 AVG.

Wil Nieves - 1 for 1, 1.000 AVG.

Ivan Rodriguez - 1 for 3, .333 AVG.

Ryan Zimmerman - 4 for 13, .308 AVG, 1 2B, 2 BB.

• Pirates vs Mr. National:

Ronny Cedeno - 0 for 5, .000 AVG.

Ryan Doumit - 0 for 4, .000 AVG.

Garrett Jones - 0 for 2, .000 AVG.

Andy LaRoche - 1 for 7, .143 AVG, 1 3B, 2 RBI's.

Andrew McCutchen - 1 for 1, 1.000 AVG, 1 RBI.

Lastings Millege - 4 for 6, .667 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI.

Chris Snyder - 3 for 8, .375 AVG, 1 RBI.

Jose Tabata - 1 for 3, .333 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI.

Neil Walker - 1 for 3, .333 AVG.

Delwyn Young - 2 for 5, .400 AVG.

• Mr. Wilbon? Way To Go Nats!!!

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