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The Washington Nationals and New York Mets play the rubber match of their three-game set in Citi Field with Nats' left-hander Gio Gonzalez on the mound against highly-regarded Mets' prospect Zack Wheeler. Can the Nationals take two of three on the road in NY?

By Patrick Reddington
Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ New York Mets

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013, 1:10 PM EDT
Citi Field

Gio Gonzalez vs Zack Wheeler

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This Is D-SPAN - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

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

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

5. The WereWerth - RF

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

7. The Shark - LF

8. Kurt "'Zuki" Suzuki - C

9. Gio Gonzalez (aka The Best-Dressed Pitcher In Town) - LHP

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

Zack Wheeler

#65 / Pitcher / New York Mets

6-4

185

L

R

May 30, 1990

• 2012 Stats - (AA-AAA) - (12-8), 25 G, 25 GS, 2 CG, 2 SO, 149.0 IP, 3.26 ERA, 4 HR (0.24 HR/9), 59 BB (3.56 BB/9), 148 Ks (8.94 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (1-0), 2 G, 2 GS, 11.1 IP, 3.18 ERA, 5.18 FIP, ERA+ = 118, 1 HR (0.79 HR/9), 8 BB (6.35 BB/9), 8 Ks (6.35 K/9), 1.41 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - N/A

Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-0

205

R

L

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 - (4-3), 16 G, 16 GS, 98.0 IP, 3.31 ERA, 3.59 FIP, ERA+ = 114, 9 HR (0.83 HR/9), 42 BB (3.86 BB/9), 97 Ks (8.91 K/9), 1.17 WHIP.

• vs NYM - (3-1), 6 G, 6 GS, 33.0 IP, 3.82 ERA, 3 HR (0.82 HR/9), 17 BB (4.64 BB/9), 28 Ks (7.64 K/9), 1.33 WHIP.

• Wheeler vs the Nats: N/A

• Gio vs the Mets:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
David Wright 14 11 3 0 1 1 2 3 1 .273 .429 .727 1.156 0 0 1 0 0
John Buck 13 12 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 .167 .231 .250 .481 0 0 0 0 0
Marlon Byrd 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Murphy 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Hefner 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Young 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 47 41 8 1 1 1 4 6 10 .195 .298 .341 .639 0 0 1 0 0
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Generated 6/30/2013.

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