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Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals: GameThread 18 of 162

The Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals split the first two games of this four-game set in the nation's capital. Tonight it's Lance Lynn vs Jordan Zimmermann on the mound. TV: WUSA9, MASN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C., 1500 AM WFED.

By Patrick Reddington
Rob Carr

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St. Louis Cardinals
@ Washington Nationals

Saturday, April 19, 2014 1:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Jordan Zimmermann vs Lance Lynn

WEATHER: Sunny, 64°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-Span - CF

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

3. The WereWerth - RF

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

5. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

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

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. #TEAMSANDY - C

9. Jordan "DeadEyez" Zimmermann - RHP

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Today's Lineups

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Matt Carpenter - 3B Denard Span - CF
Jon Jay - CF Bryce Harper - LF
Matt Holliday - LF Jayson Werth - RF
Matt Adams - 1B Adam LaRoche - 1B
Allen Craig - RF Anthony Rendon - 3B
Jhonny Peralta - SS Ian Desmond - SS
Kolten Wong - 2B Danny Espinosa - 2B
Tony Cruz - C Sandy Leon - C
Lance Lynn - RHP Jordan Zimmermann - RHP

• Zimmermann vs the Cardinals:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Yadier Molina 18 16 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 .500 .529 .563 1.092 1 0 0 1 0
Matt Holliday 16 12 3 0 0 1 2 3 2 .250 .438 .500 .938 0 0 0 1 0
Jon Jay 15 14 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 .429 .467 .429 .895 0 0 0 1 2
Matt Carpenter 10 10 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Descalso 9 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .375 .444 .500 .944 0 0 0 1 0
Allen Craig 7 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .429 .429 .857 1.286 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Ellis 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .333 .619 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Adams 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .667 .667 2.000 2.667 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Bourjos 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Jhonny Peralta 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0
Shelby Miller 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Total 93 83 31 5 0 3 13 4 8 .373 .429 .542 .971 2 0 0 4 2
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Generated 4/19/2014.

• Lynn vs the Nationals:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ian Desmond 7 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 .333 .429 .500 .929 0 0 0 1 0
Jayson Werth 7 7 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 .286 .286 .857 1.143 0 0 0 0 0
Adam LaRoche 6 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 .400 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Espinosa 5 4 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Harper 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Frandsen 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Nate McLouth 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Ross Detwiler 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 37 33 10 2 0 4 8 3 9 .303 .378 .727 1.106 0 0 0 1 0
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Generated 4/19/2014.

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