Washington Nationals At Atlanta Braves: GameThread 57 Of 162

The Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves play the rubber match of their three-game set this afternoon in Turner Field where Nathan Karns makes the second start of his major league career against Braves' lefty Paul Maholm. 1:35 pm EST from Hotlanta.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jun 2, 2013, 12:57pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Atlanta Braves

Sunday, Jun 2, 2013, 1:35 PM EDT
Turner Field

Nate Karns vs Paul Maholm

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

2. Steve "#LOMBOLOBBY" Lombardozzi - LF

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

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

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

6. Tyler "Moore Moore" Moore - RF

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Onion - C

9. Nathan "Nate" Karns - RHP

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

Paul Maholm

#28 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves

Height: 6-2

Weight: 220

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Jun 25, 1982

• 2012 Stats - (13-11), 32 G, 31 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 3.67 ERA, 4.00 FIP, ERA+ = 111, 20 HR (0.95 HR/9), 53 BB (2.52 BB/9), 140 Ks (6.67 K/9), 1.22 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (6-4), 11 G, 11 GS, 67.1 IP, 3.74 ERA, 3.67 FIP, ERA+ = 104, 5 HR (0.67 HR/9), 21 BB (2.81 BB/9), 51 Ks (6.82 K/9) 1.28 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (2-7), 12 G, 12 GS, 4.64 ERA, 77.2 IP, 4.64 ERA, 14 HR (1.62 HR/9), 21 BB (2.43 BB/9), 62 Ks (7.18 K/9), 1.28 WHIP.

Nathan Karns

#57 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-3

Weight: 230

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: November 25, 1987

• 2012 Stats - (A-) - (3-0), 2 SV, 11 G, 5 GS, 44.1 IP, 2.03 ERA, 2.37 FIP, 1 HR (0.20 HR/9) 21 BB (4.26 BB/9), 61 Ks (12.38 K/9), 0.99 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (A+) - (8-4), 13 G, 13 GS, 71.2 IP, 2.26 ERA, 2.21 FIP, 1 HR (0.13 HR/9), 26 BB (3.27 BB/9), 87 Ks (10.93 K/9), 1.02 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (AA) - (4-2), 9 G, 9 GS, 45.0 IP, 4.60 ERA, 3.53 FIP, 4.60 ERA, 3.53 FIP, 5 HR (1.00 HR/9), 18 BB (3.60 BB/9), 55 Ks (11.00 K/9), 1.31 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (MLB) - (0-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 4.1 IP, 6.23 ERA, 9.06 FIP, ERA+ = 66, 2 HR (4.15 HR/9), 2 BB (4.15 BB/9), 3 Ks (6.23 K/9), 1.62 WHIP.

• vs ATL - N/A

• Maholm vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	HBP	GDP
Ryan Zimmerman	25	24	7	0	0	1	1	3	.292	.320	.292	.612	0	0	1
Ian Desmond	18	16	5	1	2	3	2	3	.313	.389	.750	1.139	0	0	0
Adam LaRoche	17	15	3	1	0	2	2	4	.200	.294	.267	.561	0	0	0
Danny Espinosa	11	10	1	0	0	1	0	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	0	1	0
Bryce Harper	9	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0
Chad Tracy	8	7	4	0	0	1	1	0	.571	.625	.571	1.196	0	0	0
Roger Bernadina	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	0
Denard Span	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0
Tyler Moore	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Jordan Zimmermann	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0
Zach Duke	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0
Stephen Strasburg	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Gio Gonzalez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	128	119	27	2	2	8	7	26	.227	.276	.294	.570	1	1	1

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