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NLDS Game 3 GameThread: Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants

Can the Washington Nationals live to play another day? Can they beat the San Francisco Giants and avoid getting swept out of the postseason? Doug Fister vs Madison Bumgarner. Game Time: 5:07 PM EDT; TV: MLBN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN, 1500 AM.

By Patrick Reddington
Christian Petersen

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ San Francisco Giants

Monday, October 6, 2014 5:07 PM EDT
AT&T Park

Madison Bumgarner vs Doug Fister

WEATHER: Sunny, 72°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

3. The WereWerth - RF

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

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

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

7. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

8. Asdrubal "Cabby" Cabrera - 2B

9. Doug Fister - RHP

• LINKS:

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Today's Lineups

WASHINGTON NATIONALS SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Denard Span - CF Gregor Blanco - CF
Anthony Rendon - 3B Joe Panik - 2B
Jayson Werth - RF Buster Posey - C
Adam LaRoche - 1B Pablo Sandoval - 3B
Ian Desmond - SS Hunter Pence - RF
Bryce Harper - LF Brandon Belt - 1B
Wilson Ramos - C Brandon Crawford - SS
Asdrubal Cabrera - 2B Travis Ishikawa - LF
Doug Fister - RHP - HP

• Fister vs the Giants:

Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Hunter Pence 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0 0 0 0 1
Buster Posey 9 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778 0 0 0 0 0
Pablo Sandoval 9 8 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 .625 .667 .750 1.417 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Crawford 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0 0 0 0 0
Gregor Blanco 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0
Madison Bumgarner 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0 0 0
Travis Ishikawa 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Panik 3 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Belt 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Hudson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 53 51 15 1 0 2 4 2 7 .294 .321 .431 .752 0 0 0 0 1
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Generated 10/6/2014.

• Bumgarner vs the Nationals:

Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Adam LaRoche 21 21 6 3 0 0 1 0 8 .286 .286 .429 .714 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Zimmerman 18 17 3 1 0 1 3 1 2 .176 .222 .412 .634 0 0 0 0 2
Ian Desmond 17 15 5 1 0 0 2 1 5 .333 .375 .400 .775 1 0 0 0 0
Danny Espinosa 16 13 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .308 .438 .308 .745 0 0 1 1 0
Jayson Werth 15 13 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 .154 .267 .308 .574 0 0 1 0 0
Bryce Harper 10 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 1 0 0 0 0
Denard Span 9 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .125 .111 .125 .236 0 1 0 0 0
Wilson Ramos 8 8 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Fister 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Gio Gonzalez 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0
Anthony Rendon 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 .600 .600 .800 1.400 0 0 0 0 0
Asdrubal Cabrera 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Lobaton 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Nate Schierholtz 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Zimmermann 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 140 129 34 9 1 2 11 6 35 .264 .299 .395 .695 3 1 2 1 2
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Generated 10/6/2014.

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