Washington Nationals At Cleveland Indians: GameThread 68 Of 162

Anthony Rendon's first major league home run lifted the Washington Nationals over the Cleveland Indians last night in Progressive Field and made this afternoon's game a rubber match. The finale of the Nats' three-game set features the return of Stephen Strasburg in his second career start in Cleveland.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jun 16, 2013, 12:36pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Cleveland Indians

Sunday, Jun 16, 2013, 1:05 PM EDT
Progressive Field

Stephen Strasburg vs Corey Kluber

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

3. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - DH (Oh, Word.)

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

5. The WereWerth - RF

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

7. HCBB (aka Chad Tracy) - 3B

8. Onion - C

9. The Shark - LF

10. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

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

Corey Kluber

#28 / Pitcher / Cleveland Indians

Height: 6-4

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Apr 10, 1986

• 2012 Stats - (2-5), 12 G, 12 GS, 63.0 IP, 5.14 ERA, 4.29 FIP, ERA+ = 76, 9 HR (1.29 HR/9), 18 BB (2.57 BB/9), 54 Ks (7.71 K/9), 1.49 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (4-4), 11 G, 9 GS, 57.1 IP, 4.08 ERA, 3.39 FIP, ERA+ = 94, 7 HR (1.10 HR/9), 12 BB (1.88 BB/9), 57 Ks (8.95 K/9), 1.22 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - N/A

Stephen Strasburg

#37 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-4

Weight: 220

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, 15 HR (0.85 HR/9), 48 BB (2.71 BB/9), 197 Ks (11.13 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-5), 12 G, 12 GS, 74.1 IP, 2.54 ERA, 3.20 FIP, ERA+ = 150, 6 HR (0.73 HR/9), 21 BB (2.54 BB/9), 73 Ks (8.84 K/9), 1.06 WHIP.

• vs CLE - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 5.1 IP, 1.69 ERA, 1 HR (1.69 HR/9), 5 BB (8.44 BB/9), 8 Ks (13.50 K/9), 1.31 WHIP.

• Kluber vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP	missG
Denard Span	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

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• Strasburg vs the Indians:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Michael Bourn	16	13	2	0	0	3	6	.154	.313	.154	.466
Carlos Santana	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
Mike Aviles	2	2	1	1	2	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
Mark Reynolds	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Drew Stubbs	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	25	21	5	1	2	4	9	.238	.360	.286	.646

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