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Marlins' starter Jose Fernandez shut the Washington Nationals down last night in Miami. Now it's Nathan Eovaldi's turn to try to spoil any remaining hope the Nats have of returning to the postseason for the second straight year. Tanner Roark starts for the Nationals.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Sep 7, 2013, 6:32pm EDT

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Miami Marlins

Saturday, Sep 7, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT
Marlins Park

Tanner Roark vs Nathan Eovaldi

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 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. Ian "+Range, +Arm" Desmond - SS

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

6. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

7. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - LF

8. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

9. Tanner Roark - RHP

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

Nathan Eovaldi

#24 / Pitcher / Miami Marlins

Height: 6-2

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 13, 1990

• 2012 Stats - (4-13), 22 G, 22 GS, 119.1 IP, 4.30 ERA, 4.13 FIP, ERA+ = 92, 10 HR (0.52 HR/9), 47 BB (3.54 BB/9), 78 Ks (5.88 K/9), 1.51 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-5), 14 G, 14 GS, 84.2 IP, 3.40 ERA, 3.51 FIP, ERA+ = 115, 5 HR (0.53 HR/9), 32 BB (3.40 BB/9), 61 Ks (6.48 K/9), 1.29 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (1-1), 2 G, 2 GS, 12.0 IP, 3.75 ERA, 5 BB (3.75 BB/9), 11 Ks (8.25 K/9), 1.33 WHIP.

Tanner Roark

#59 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-2

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Oct 05, 1986

• 2013 Triple-A 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 - (4-0), 9 G, 22.2 IP, 1.19 ERA, 2.30 FIP, ERA+ = 325, 0 HR, 7 BB (2.78 BB/9), 19 Ks (7.54 K/9), 0.93 WHIP.

• vs MIA - (0-0), 2 G, 3.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0 HR, 2 BB (6.00 BB/9), 2 Ks (6.00 K/9), 1.00 WHIP.

• Eovaldi vs the Nats:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	IBB
Ian Desmond	6	6	3	0	1	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0
Bryce Harper	6	5	2	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	0
Adam LaRoche	6	6	3	1	2	0	1	.500	.500	.667	1.167	0	0
Anthony Rendon	6	5	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	1
Denard Span	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0
Jayson Werth	6	5	0	0	2	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	6	6	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0
Ross Ohlendorf	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Wilson Ramos	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0
Stephen Strasburg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0
Total	53	47	11	1	5	5	13	.234	.308	.255	.563	1	1

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• Roark vs the Fish:

	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ed Lucas	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Justin Ruggiano	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Donovan Solano	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Giancarlo Stanton	2	1	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Adeiny Hechavarria	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Jake Marisnick	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Logan Morrison	1	0	0	1	0		1.000
Juan Pierre	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	12	10	1	2	2	.100	.250	.100	.350

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Generated 9/7/2013.

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