Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals: GameThread 15 of 162

The Washington Nationals try to make it two straight vs the St. Louis Cardinals and five of the last six overall. Doug Fister vs John Lackey at 7:05 PM EDT. TV: MASN, ESPN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 22, 2015, 6:22pm EDT

Next Game

St. Louis Cardinals
@ Washington Nationals

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Doug Fister vs John Lackey

WEATHER: Sunny, 63°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

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

3. The WereWerth - LF

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

5. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 1B (Word.)

6. Yunel Escobar - 3B

7. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

8. #NRSOD - 3B

9. Doug "Groundball Machine" Fister - RHP

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Today's Lineups

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Matt Carpenter - 3B	Denard Span - CF
Jason Heyward - RF	Ian Desmond - SS
Matt Holliday - LF	Jayson Werth - LF
Matt Adams - 1B	Bryce Harper - RF
Jhonny Peralta - SS	Ryan Zimmerman - 1B
Jon Jay - CF	Yunel Escobar - 3B
Yadier Molina - C	Wilson Ramos - C
Kolten Wong - 2B	Danny Espinosa - 2B
John Lackey - RHP	Doug Fister - RHP

Fister vs the Cardinals:

Name	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	HBP	GDP
Mark Reynolds	13	13	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	.231	.231	.462	.692	0	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	12	12	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	1
Peter Bourjos	10	8	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	.500	.556	.625	1.181	1	0	1	0
Jason Heyward	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0
Matt Adams	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	0	0	0	0
Matt Carpenter	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tony Cruz	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0
Matt Holliday	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.500	.333	2.000	2.333	0	1	0	0
Jon Jay	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0
Kolten Wong	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	0	0	0	0
Total	59	53	15	1	1	3	7	3	7	.283	.328	.509	.837	1	1	1	1

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Lackey vs the Nationals:

Name	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF
Yunel Escobar	31	27	11	3	2	3	5	.407	.452	.519	.970	1
Reed Johnson	13	13	2	1	1	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	0
Jose Lobaton	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0
Total	47	43	14	4	3	3	5	.326	.362	.419	.780	1

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