Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins: GameThread 3 Of 162

The Washington Nationals have shut the Miami Marlins out in the first two games of the season-opening three game series in the nation's capital. This afternoon they send right-hander Jordan Zimmermann to the mound against the Fish with the defending NL East Champs looking for a... third win.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 4, 2013, 3:14pm EDT

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Miami Marlins
@ Washington Nationals

Thursday, Apr 4, 2013, 4:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Wade LeBlanc vs Jordan Zimmermann

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 55.

• 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. "Right Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

9. Jordan "DeadEyez" Zimmermann - RHP

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

Jordan Zimmermann

#27 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-2

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: May 23, 1986

• 2012 Stats - (12-8), 32 G, 32 GS, 195.2 IP, 2.94 ERA, 3.51 FIP, ERA+ = 134, 43 BB (1.98 BB/9), 153 Ks (7.04 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

vs MIA - (1-3), 8 G, 8 GS, 44.2 IP, 4.43 ERA, 8 BB (1.61 BB/9), 44 Ks (8.87 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

Wade LeBlanc

#23 / Pitcher / Miami Marlins

Height: 6-2

Weight: 215

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Aug 07, 1984

• 2012 Stats - (2-5), 25 G, 9 GS, 68.2 IP, 3.67 ERA, 4.04 FIP, ERA+ = 108, 19 BB (2.49 BB/9), 43 Ks (5.64 K/9), 1.31 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (0-0), 4 G, 5.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1 BB, 3 Ks, 1.00 WHIP.

• Zimmermann vs the Fish:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	GDP
Juan Pierre	16	13	3	0	0	0	3	0	.231	.375	.231	.606	0	0	0
Giancarlo Stanton	13	13	3	0	3	5	0	4	.231	.231	.923	1.154	0	0	0
Placido Polanco	11	11	4	0	0	1	0	1	.364	.364	.364	.727	0	0	0
Chris Coghlan	9	8	1	0	0	1	0	3	.125	.111	.125	.236	0	1	0
Greg Dobbs	8	8	3	0	1	2	0	2	.375	.375	.750	1.125	0	0	1
Ricky Nolasco	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0
Casey Kotchman	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0
Donovan Solano	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0
Justin Ruggiano	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0
Total	69	63	16	1	4	9	4	14	.254	.294	.460	.754	1	1	1

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• LeBlanc vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Adam LaRoche	7	7	3	1	1	2	0	1	.429	.429	1.000	1.429	0
Dan Haren	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0
Bryce Harper	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Steve Lombardozzi	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0
Jayson Werth	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Kurt Suzuki	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0
Roger Bernadina	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ian Desmond	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0
Zach Duke	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0
Danny Espinosa	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ryan Zimmerman	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0
Jordan Zimmermann	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Total	28	27	10	1	1	2	1	4	.370	.393	.519	.911	1

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