Washington Nationals At New York Mets: GameThread 16 Of 162

The Washington Nationals and New York Mets start a three-game set tonight in Citi Field with 24-year-old right-handers Stephen Strasburg and Matt Harvey facing off on the mound in the first meeting of the year between the NL East rivals. The Nats were 14-4 against the Mets in 2012.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 19, 2013, 6:22pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ New York Mets

Friday, Apr 19, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT
Citi Field

Stephen Strasburg vs Matt Harvey

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 15-20 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 65.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Denard Span - CF

2. The WereWerth - RF

3. Run-Until-He's-Tagged, Tape-Measure-Testing, Laser-Throwing, Eyeblack-Oozing Baseball Cyborg" (aka Bryce Harper) - LF

4. Adam "Graceful, Effortless" LaRoche - 1B

5. Ian "+Range, +Arm" Desmond - SS

6. HCBB (aka Chad Tracy) - 3B

7. Steve "#Lombolobby" Lombardozzi - 2B

8. Kurt "Zuki" Suzuki - C

9. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

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

Matt Harvey

#33 / Pitcher / New York Mets

Height: 6-4

Weight: 225

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Mar 27, 1989

• 2012 Stats - (3-5), 10 G, 10 GS, 59.1 IP, 2.73 ERA, 3.30 FIP, ERA+ = 140, 26 BB (3.94 BB/9), 70 Ks (10.62 K/9), 1.15 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-0), 3 G, 3 GS, 22.0 IP, 0.82 ERA, 2.22 FIP, ERA+ = 469, 6 BB (2.45 BB/9), 25 Ks (10.23 K/9), 0.55 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (0-1), 1 G, 1 GS, 5.0 IP, 1.80 ERA, 3 BB (5.40 BB/9), 10 Ks (18.0 K/9), 1.60 WHIP.

Stephen Strasburg

#37 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-4

Weight: 200

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 20, 1988

• 2012 Stats - (15-6), 28 G, 28 GS, 159.1 IP, 3.16 ERA, 2.82 FIP, ERA+ = 124, 48 BB (2.71 BB/9), 197 Ks (11.13 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-2), 3 G, 3 GS, 18.1 IP, 2.95 ERA, 3.14 FIP, ERA+ = 135, 5 BB (2.45 BB/9), 15 Ks (7.36 K/9), 1.20 WHIP.

• vs NYM - (2-0), 3 G, 3 GS, 18.0 IP, 1.50 ERA, 6 BB (3.00 BB/9), 25 Ks (12.5 K/9), 0.89 WHIP.

• Harvey vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ian Desmond	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167
Bryce Harper	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Adam LaRoche	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Jayson Werth	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333
Ryan Zimmerman	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	.500	.667	2.000	2.667
Roger Bernadina	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Steve Lombardozzi	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Kurt Suzuki	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	21	18	5	1	1	3	8	.278	.381	.444	.825

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• Strasburg vs the Mets:

	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
John Buck	9	9	2	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	0
Ike Davis	9	8	3	1	1	1	2	.375	.444	.750	1.194	0
Ruben Tejada	8	8	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	0
Daniel Murphy	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	0
David Wright	6	6	1	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	0
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Marlon Byrd	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Lucas Duda	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0
Jordany Valdespin	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0
Jeremy Hefner	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Total	53	50	10	1	2	3	22	.200	.245	.260	.505	2

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Generated 4/18/2013.

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