Washington Nationals vs Arizona Diamondbacks: GameThread 78 Of 162

The Washington Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks in each of the first two games of the three-game series in Nationals Park, and this afternoon they go for the... third win with Stephen Strasburg on the mound for the Nats against the D-Backs' Patrick Corbin.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jun 27, 2013, 3:27pm EDT

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Arizona Diamondbacks
@ Washington Nationals

Thursday, Jun 27, 2013, 4:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Patrick Corbin vs Stephen Strasburg

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 85.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This Is D-SPAN - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

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

4. The WereWerth - RF

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

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

7. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - LF

8. Onion - C

9. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

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

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 - (4-6), 14 G, 14 GS, 86.1 IP, 2.40 ERA, 3.04 FIP, ERA+ = 158, 6 HR (0.63 HR/9), 25 BB (2.61 BB/9), 86 Ks (8.97 K/9), 1.03 WHIP.

• vs AZ - (1-0), 2 G, 2 GS, 11.0 IP, 1.64 ERA, 1 HR (0.82 HR/9), 4 BB (3.27 BB/9), 13 Ks (10.64 K/9), 0.91 WHIP.

Patrick Corbin

#46 / Pitcher / Arizona Diamondbacks

Height: 6-3

Weight: 165

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Jul 19, 1989

• 2012 Stats - (6-8), 22 G, 17 GS, 1 SV, 107.0 IP, 4.52 ERA, 4.00 FIP, ERA+ = 90, 14 HR (1.18 HR/9), 25 BB (2.10 BB/9), 86 Ks (7.23 K/9), 1.33 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (9-0), 15 G, 15 GS, 1 CG, 102.2 IP, 2;19 ERA, 3.21 FIP, ERA+ + 178, 6 HR (0.53 HR/9), 27 BB (0.53 BB/9), 79 Ks (6.93 K/9), 1.00 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 7.0 IP, 2.57 ERA, 0 HR, 0 BB, 7 Ks (9.00 K/9), 0.57 WHIP.

• Strasburg vs the D-Backs:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF	GDP
Martin Prado	19	16	3	1	0	3	3	.188	.316	.250	.566	0	0
Eric Hinske	7	5	1	1	1	1	2	.200	.286	.400	.686	1	0
Cody Ross	5	5	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0
Miguel Montero	4	2	1	0	0	2	1	.500	.750	.500	1.250	0	0
Gerardo Parra	4	3	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
Paul Goldschmidt	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Aaron Hill	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Jason Kubel	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Wil Nieves	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
Trevor Cahill	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	53	45	6	2	2	6	14	.133	.226	.178	.404	2	1

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• Corbin vs the Nationals:

	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF	GDP
Adam LaRoche	3	2	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
Tyler Moore	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	3	1	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Ross Detwiler	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Ross Ohlendorf	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
Craig Stammen	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	16	15	1	2	5	.067	.063	.067	.129	1	1

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