Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins: GameThread 2 of 162

The Washington Nationals' send 2012 21-game winner Gio Gonzalez to the mound in the nation's capital tonight to take on the Miami Marlins and veteran right-hander Kevin Slowey in Game 2 of 162 of the 2013. Gio Gonzalez looks to pick up where he left off in his WBC appearance last month when he dominated on the mound in 5.0 scoreless innings.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 3, 2013, 6:07pm EDT

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Miami Marlins
@ Washington Nationals

Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Kevin Slowey vs Gio Gonzalez

Clear. Winds blowing from left to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 50.

• 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. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B (Word.)

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

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

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Kurt "Suzi" Suzuki - C

9. Gio Gonzalez (aka The Best-Dressed Pitcher In Town) - LHP

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

Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-0

Weight: 205

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Sep 19, 1985

• 2012 Stats - (21-8), 32 G, 32 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 199.1 IP, 2.89 ERA, 2.82 FIP, ERA+ = 137, 76 BB (3.43 BB/9), 207 Ks (9.35 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

vs MIA - (1-2), 3 G, 3 GS, 22.0 IP, 2.45 ERA, 3 BB (1.23 BB/9), 28 Ks (11.45 K/9), 0.82 WHIP.

Kevin Slowey

#45 / Pitcher / Miami Marlins

Height: 6-3

Weight: 205

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: May 04, 1984

• 2012 Stats - (Triple-A) - (3-3), 8 G, 8 GS, 49.0 IP, 5.14 ERA, 4.53 FIP, 13 BB (2.39 BB/9), 34 Ks (6.24 K/9), 1.33 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 1.50 ERA, 2 BB, 4 Ks, 1.50 WHIP.

• Gio vs the Fish:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	GDP
Placido Polanco	14	13	4	0	1	2	1	3	.308	.357	.538	.896	0	0
Juan Pierre	10	10	3	0	0	1	0	2	.300	.300	.300	.600	0	0
Austin Kearns	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
Miguel Olivo	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0
Casey Kotchman	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Donovan Solano	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0
Justin Ruggiano	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.400	.600	0	0
Greg Dobbs	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0
Giancarlo Stanton	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	65	62	11	1	1	4	2	22	.177	.203	.242	.445	1	1

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Generated 4/3/2013.

• Slowey vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF
Kurt Suzuki	9	9	3	1	1	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0
Jayson Werth	1	0	0	0	1	0		.000			1
Total	10	9	3	1	2	2	.333	.300	.667	.967	1

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Generated 4/3/2013.

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