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Washington Nationals' lefty Gio Gonzalez takes the mound on Mother's Day in the nation's capital for the rubber match with the visiting Chicago Cubs. Gonzalez bounced back from what could have been a rough start to his last outing and helped the Nats beat the Pittsburgh Pirates last Sunday. Can Gio do it again?

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball May 12, 2013, 12:59pm EDT

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Chicago Cubs
@ Washington Nationals

Sunday, May 12, 2013, 1:35 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Gio Gonzalez vs Scott Feldman

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

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Denard Span - CF

2. Steve "#LOMBOLOBBY" Lombardozzi - LF

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

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 "'Zuki" 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: 200

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+ = 136, 9 HR (0.41 HR/9), 76 BB (3.43 BB/9), 207 Ks (9.35 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-2), 7 G, 7 GS, 38.0 IP, 4.97 ERA, 4.14 FIP, ERA+ = 77, 5 HR (1.18 HR/9), 20 BB (4.74 BB/9), 41 Ks (9.71 K/9), 1.34 WHIP.

• vs CHC - (1-1), 3 G, 3 GS, 15.2 IP, 5.74 ERA, 1 HR (0.57 HR/9), 6 BB (3.45 BB/9), 18 Ks (10.34 K/9), 1.53 WHIP.

Scott Feldman

#46 / Pitcher / Chicago Cubs

Height: 6-7

Weight: 230

Bats: L

Throws: R

Born: Feb 07, 1983

• 2012 Stats - (6-11), 29 G, 21 GS, 123.2 IP, 5.09 ERA, 3.81 FIP, ERA+ = 89, 14 HR (1.02 HR/9), 32 BB (2.33 BB/9), 96 Ks (6.99 K/9), 1.38 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-3), 6 G, 6 GS, 1 CG, 36.2 IP, 2.70 ERA, 4.62 FIP, ERA+ = 148, 5 HR (1.23 HR/9), 14 BB (3.44 BB/9), 27 Ks (6.63 K/9), 1.12 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - N/A

• Gio vs the Cubs:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	GDP
Scott Hairston	14	14	4	1	1	1	0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	0	0	1
Starlin Castro	8	7	4	0	0	2	0	0	.571	.500	.571	1.071	0	1	0
David DeJesus	8	8	2	0	1	1	0	2	.250	.250	.625	.875	0	0	1
Alfonso Soriano	8	6	2	1	0	2	1	2	.333	.429	.500	.929	1	0	0
Julio Borbon	7	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	.571	.571	.571	1.143	0	0	0
Dioner Navarro	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0
Cody Ransom	5	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	0
Darwin Barney	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0
Luis Valbuena	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	0
Welington Castillo	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0
Anthony Rizzo	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Nate Schierholtz	3	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	0	0	0
Total	73	67	23	3	3	9	4	13	.343	.375	.522	.897	1	1	2

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• Feldman vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Kurt Suzuki	17	17	5	2	4	4	.294	.294	.412	.706	1
Denard Span	14	14	4	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	0
Zach Duke	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Adam LaRoche	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Chad Tracy	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Total	34	34	9	2	4	5	.265	.265	.324	.588	1

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