Washington Nationals vs Philadelphia Phillies: GameThread 117 Of 162

Washington's won the first two games of this three-game set with their NL East Divisional rivals, but can the Nationals make it three in-a-row over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies? Stephen Strasburg's on the mound for this Sunday afternoon series finale.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 11, 2013, 4:31pm EDT

Next Game

Philadelphia Phillies
@ Washington Nationals

Sunday, Aug 11, 2013, 5:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Kyle Kendrick vs Stephen Strasburg

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

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

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

4. The WereWerth - RF

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

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

7. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

8. Steve "#LOMBOLOBBY" Lombardozzi - 2B

9. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

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

Stephen Strasburg

#37 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-4

Weight: 200

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+ = 125, 15 HR (0.85 HR/9), 48 BB (2.71 BB/9), 197 Ks (11.13 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (5-9), 22 G, 22 GS, 137.1 IP, 3.01 ERA, 3.21 FIP, ERA+ = 125, 12 HR (0.79 HR/9), 42 BB (2.75 BB/9), 143 Ks (9.37 K/9), 1.07 WHIP.

• vs PHI - (1-1), 4 G, 4 GS, 22.1 IP, 4.43 ERA, 4 HR (1.61 HR/9), 2 BB (0.81 BB/9), 22 Ks (8.87 K/9), 0.90 WHIP.

Kyle Kendrick

#38 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

Height: 6-3

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Aug 26, 1984

• 2012 Stats - (11-12), 37 G, 25 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 159.1 IP, 3.90 ERA, 4.32 FIP, ERA+ = 104, 20 HR (1.13 HR/9), 49 BB (2.77 BB/9), 116 Ks (6.55 K/9), 1.27 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (10-8), 23 G, 23 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 144.1 IP, 4.36 ERA, 3.99 FIP, ERA+ = 87, 15 HR (0.94 HR/9), 34 BB (2.12 BB/9), 86 Ks (5.36 K/9), 1.31 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (5-6), 22 G, 20 GS, 112.0 IP, 4.42 ERA, 11 HR (0.88 HR/9), 33 BB (2.65 BB/9), 56 Ks (4.50 K/9), 1.32 WHIP.

• Strasburg vs the Phillies:

	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP	GDP
Jimmy Rollins	12	12	1	0	1	2	0	5	.083	.083	.333	.417	0	0
Domonic Brown	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Kevin Frandsen	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	1	0
Carlos Ruiz	4	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	0	0
Chase Utley	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0
Kyle Kendrick	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Michael Young	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
Cole Hamels	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0
Cliff Lee	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0
John Mayberry	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0
John McDonald	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0
Total	42	40	8	2	3	6	1	11	.200	.238	.475	.713	1	1

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• Kendrick vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP
Ryan Zimmerman	46	38	11	7	0	1	3	5	5	.289	.391	.553	.944	0	1	0	2	3
Adam LaRoche	34	29	5	1	1	0	1	5	4	.172	.294	.276	.570	0	0	0	0	0
Ian Desmond	33	31	11	2	1	2	6	0	5	.355	.364	.677	1.041	0	1	0	1	0
Jayson Werth	21	20	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	.200	.238	.200	.438	0	0	0	0	1
Bryce Harper	20	17	8	3	1	1	2	3	0	.471	.550	.941	1.491	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	19	16	4	0	0	1	3	3	2	.250	.368	.438	.806	0	0	1	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	18	18	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.389	.722	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Bernadina	14	12	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	0	0	0
Denard Span	12	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	.100	.250	.400	.650	0	0	0	0	2
Jordan Zimmermann	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Hairston	6	6	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
Wilson Ramos	6	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Rendon	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Tracy	5	5	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	0	0	0	0	0
Gio Gonzalez	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
Craig Stammen	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Strasburg	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	0	0	0
Total	259	232	64	16	3	9	26	21	29	.276	.341	.487	.828	1	2	1	3	6

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Generated 8/11/2013.

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