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Washington Nationals vs Texas Rangers: GameThread 55 of 162

The Washington Nationals can sweep the three-game set with the Texas Rangers today, but to do that they'll have to beat right-hander Yu Darvish. Tanner Roark vs Yu Darvish. 1:35 PM EDT. TV: MASN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C., 1500 AM WFED.

President Richard Nixon tossing out baseball, at Washington Senators' opening game with New York in Washington, D.C. April, 1969
President Richard Nixon tossing out baseball, at Washington Senators' opening game with New York in Washington, D.C. April, 1969
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Next Game

Texas Rangers
@ Washington Nationals

Sunday, June 1, 2014 1:35 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Tanner Roark vs Yu Darvish

WEATHER: Sunny, 75°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY- 3B

3. The WereWerth - RF

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

5. BuffaRhino - C

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

7. Nate McLouth - LF

8. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

9. Tanner Roark - RHP

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Today's Lineups

TEXAS RANGERS WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Michael Choice - LF Denard Span - CF
Elvis Andrus - SS Anthony Rendon - 3B
Alex Rios - RF Jayson Werth - RF
Adrian Beltre - 3B Adam LaRoche - 1B
Donnie Murphy - 1B Wilson Ramos - C
Leonys Martin - CF Ian Desmond - SS
Chris Gimenez - C Nate McLouth - LF
Luis Sardinas - 2B Danny Espinosa - 2B
Yu Darvish - RHP Tanner Roark - RHP

• Roark vs the Rangers:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Donnie Murphy 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
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Generated 6/1/2014.

• Darvish vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jose Lobaton 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 1
Denard Span 4 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 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
Total 12 11 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 .273 .333 .455 .788 0 0 0 0 1
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 6/1/2014.

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