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Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs: GameThread 80 of 162

The Washington Nationals dropped the first two games of this four-game set with the Chicago Cubs, now they look for a split starting in Game 1 of today's doubleheader. Gio Gonzalez vs Dallas Beeler. 1:05PM; TV: MASN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN, 1500 AM.

By Patrick Reddington
Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports

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Washington Nationals
@ Chicago Cubs

Saturday, June 28, 2014 1:05 PM EDT
Wrigley Field

Dallas Beeler vs Gio Gonzalez

WEATHER: Partly cloudy 81°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY- 3B

3. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - LF (Word?)

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

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

6. Kevin "No-Look" Frandsen - 2B

7. Nate McLouth - RF

8. Jose "Ice Cream Man" Lobaton - C

9. Gio Gonzalez (aka The Best-Dresssed Pitcher in Town) - LHP

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Today's Lineups

WASHINGTON NATIONALS CHICAGO CUBS
Denard Span - CF Junior Lake - CF
Anthony Rendon - 3B Justin Ruggiano - RF
Ryan Zimmerman - LF Anthony Rizzo - 1B
Adam LaRoche - 1B Starlin Castro - SS
Ian Desmond - SS Mike Olt - 3B
Kevin Frandsen - 2B Chris Coghlan - LF
Nate McLouth - RF Darwin Barney - 2B
Jose Lobaton - C John Baker - C
Gio Gonzalez - LHP Dallas Beeler - RHP

• Beeler vs the Nats: N/A

• Gonzalez vs the Cubs:

Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Justin Ruggiano 13 12 4 3 0 0 1 1 4 .333 .385 .583 .968 0 0 0 0 0
Starlin Castro 11 9 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 .444 .455 .444 .899 0 1 0 0 0
Darwin Barney 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Rizzo 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Valbuena 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 0 0 0
Welington Castillo 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Hammel 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Nate Schierholtz 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Sweeney 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 52 47 14 4 0 1 5 3 12 .298 .333 .447 .780 1 1 0 0 0
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 6/28/2014.

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