Washington Nationals At New York Mets: GameThread 146 Of 162

The Washington Nationals have won five straight overall and three straight in Flushing, Queens, NY's Citi Field over the Mets heading into the series finale with their NL East divisional rivals. Can the Nats make it six straight wins?

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Sep 12, 2013, 12:38pm EDT

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ New York Mets

Thursday, Sep 12, 2013, 1:10 PM EDT
Citi Field

Tanner Roark vs Aaron Harang

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

3. The WereWerth - RF

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

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

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

7. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

8. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

9. Tanner Roark - RHP

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

Aaron Harang

#44 / Pitcher / New York Mets

Height: 6-7

Weight: 260

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: May 09, 1978

• 2012 Stats - (10-10), 31 G, 31 GS, 179.2 IP, 3.61 ERA, 4.14 FIP, ERA+ = 104, 14 HR (0.70 HR/9), 85 BB (4.26 BB/9), 131 Ks (6.56 K/9), 1.40 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (5-11), 22 G, 22 GS, 2 CG, 2 SO, 120.1 IP, 5.76 ERA, 4.69 FIP, ERA+ = 64, 21 HR (1.57 HR/9), 28 BB (2.09 BB/9), 87 Ks (6.51 K/9), 1.34 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (1-3), 8 G, 8 GS, 43.2 IP, 3.92 ERA, 5 HR (1.03 HR/9), 18 BB (3.71 BB/9), 25 Ks (5.15 K/9), 1.70 WHIP.

Tanner Roark

#59 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-2

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Oct 05, 1986

• 2013 AAA Stats - (9-3), 33 G, 11 GS, 2 SV, 105.2 IP, 3.15 ERA, 3.00 FIP, 6 HR (0.51 HR/9), 20 BB (1.70 BB/9), 84 Ks (7.15 K/9), 0.99 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (5-0), 10 G, 1 GS, 28.2 IP, 0.94 ERA, 2.18 FIP, ERA+ = 404, 0 HR, 7 BB (2.20 BB/9), 23 Ks (7.22 K/9), 0.87 WHIP.

• vs NYM - (0-0), 1 G, 3.1 IP, 2.70 ERA, 0 HR, 3 BB (8.10 K/9), 5 Ks (13.50 K/9), 1.80 WHIP.

• Harang vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB
Adam LaRoche	37	31	7	3	0	3	6	5	5	.226	.324	.613	.937	0	1	1
Chad Tracy	20	20	4	1	0	0	2	0	4	.200	.200	.250	.450	0	0	0
Jayson Werth	18	16	3	0	1	1	1	2	6	.188	.278	.500	.778	0	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	16	14	5	2	0	0	1	2	3	.357	.438	.500	.938	0	0	0
Scott Hairston	11	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	.200	.273	.300	.573	0	0	0
Ian Desmond	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	0
Bryce Harper	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	0	0	0
Jordan Zimmermann	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0
Total	114	102	24	7	2	4	10	10	25	.235	.301	.461	.762	1	1	1

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• Roark vs the Mets:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Lucas Duda	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Daniel Murphy	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Omar Quintanilla	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500
Josh Satin	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000
Zack Wheeler	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Eric Young	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Travis d'Arnaud	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Matt den Dekker	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Juan Lagares	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	15	12	3	1	3	3	5	.250	.400	.333	.733

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