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The Washington Nationals and New York Mets start a four-game set in Citi Field tonight with Gio Gonzalez on the mound for the Nats in Flushing, Queens. Can the Nationals make it three-straight after taking the final two games of three in Miami?

By Patrick Reddington
Drew Hallowell

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ New York Mets

Monday, Sep 9, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT
Citi Field

Gio Gonzalez vs Carlos Torres

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70.

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

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

Carlos Torres

#52 / Pitcher / New York Mets

6-1

185

R

R

Oct 22, 1982

• 2012 Stats - (5-3), 31 G, 53.0 IP, 5.26 ERA, 3.70 FIP, ERA+ = 88, 2 HR (0.34 HR/9), 26 BB (4.42 BB/9), 42 Ks (7.13 K/9), 1.42 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-3), 28 G, 5 GS, 62.1 IP, 2.89 ERA, 3.72 FIP, ERA+ = 125, 8 HR (1.16 HR/9), 8 BB (1.16 BB/9), 46 Ks (6.64 K/9), 1.08 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - (0-1), 2 G, 1 GS, 5.0 IP, 14.40 ERA, 1 HR (1.80 HR/9), 2 BB (3.60 BB/9), 5 Ks (9.00 K/9), 2.40 WHIP.

Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-0

200

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+ = 137, 9 HR (0.41 HR/9), 76 BB (3.43 BB/9), 207 Ks (9.35 K/9), 1.13 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (9-6), 28 G, 28 GS, 167.2 IP, 3.49 ERA, 3.55 FIP, ERA+ = 109, 16 HR (0.86 HR/9), 70 BB (3.76 BB/9), 170 Ks (9.13 K/9), 1.29 WHIP.

• vs NYM - (4-1), 7 G, 7 GS, 40.0 IP, 3.15 ERA, 3 HR (0.68 HR/9), 19 BB (4.28 BB/9), 35 Ks (7.88 K/9), 1.23 WHIP.

• Torres vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Scott Hairston 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Harper 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Adam LaRoche 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Rendon 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Denard Span 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
Jayson Werth 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Zimmerman 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Desmond 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Ramos 2 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Lombardozzi 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 26 24 10 3 0 1 8 2 5 .417 .462 .667 1.128 0 0 0 0 0
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Generated 9/9/2013.

• Gonzalez vs the Mets:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ike Davis 13 12 4 1 0 1 2 1 4 .333 .385 .667 1.051 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Turner 13 13 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Murphy 9 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 0 0 0 0 0
Lucas Duda 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .333 .600 .333 .933 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Young 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Lagares 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Omar Quintanilla 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Satin 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Brown 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Lutz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Zack Wheeler 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 56 52 10 1 0 1 6 4 12 .192 .250 .269 .519 0 0 0 0 0
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Generated 9/9/2013.

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