Washington Nationals at New York Mets: GameThread 23 of 162

The Washington Nationals and New York Mets start a four-game set tonight at 7:10 PM EDT in Citi Field. Stephen Strasburg and Jacob deGrom go head-to-head in the series opener. TV: MASN; RADIO: 99.1 FM.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 30, 2015, 5:45pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ New York Mets

Thursday, April 30, 2015 7:10 PM EDT
Citi Field

Jacob deGrom vs Stephen Strasburg

WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 57°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

2. Yunel Escobar - 3B

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. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

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

8. #NRSOD - 2B

9. Stephen Strasburg - RHP

• LINKS:

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Today's Lineups:

WASHINGTON NATIONALS	NEW YORK METS
Denard Span - CF	Curtis Granderson - RF
Yunel Escobar - 3B	Juan Lagares - CF
Jayson Werth - LF	Lucas Duda - 1B
Bryce Harper - RF	Michael Cuddyer - LF
Ryan Zimmerman - 1B	Daniel Murphy - 2B
Wilson Ramos - C	Eric Campbell - 3B
Ian Desmond - SS	Wilmer Flores - SS
Danny Espinosa - 2B	Kevin Plawecki - C
Stephen Strasburg - RHP	Jacob deGrom - RHP

deGrom vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	IBB
Ian Desmond	6	6	2		1	3		2	.333	.333	.833	1.167
Bryce Harper	6	6	2					2	.333	.333	.333	.667
Dan Uggla	4	4	1	1				1	.250	.250	.500	.750
Jordan Zimmermann	4	3						3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Yunel Escobar	3	2	1				1		.500	.667	.500	1.167
Tyler Moore	3	2					1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333		1
Wilson Ramos	3	3	1	1					.333	.333	.667	1.000
Denard Span	3	3	2						.667	.667	.667	1.333
Michael Taylor	3	3							.000	.000	.000	.000
Jayson Werth	3	3						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ryan Zimmerman	3	3	1		1	2		1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667
Jose Lobaton	2	2	1						.500	.500	.500	1.000
Total	43	40	11	2	2	5	2	11	.275	.310	.475	.785	1	1

Strasburg vs the Mets:

Mets	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	HBP	GDP
Daniel Murphy	15	13	4			1	2	1	.308	.400	.308	.708				1
Ruben Tejada	13	13	2					4	.154	.154	.154	.308
Michael Cuddyer	12	12	4			1		4	.333	.333	.333	.667
Lucas Duda	12	7	1		1	2	3	1	.143	.417	.571	.988		1	1
Curtis Granderson	10	7	1				3	2	.143	.400	.143	.543
Juan Lagares	9	9	1					4	.111	.111	.111	.222
Wilmer Flores	5	5	1					1	.200	.200	.200	.400
Matt Harvey	5	5						3	.000	.000	.000	.000
John Mayberry	5	5	2	1	1	2		2	.400	.400	1.200	1.600
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	5	5						3	.000	.000	.000	.000				1
Dillon Gee	3	2						2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Total	94	83	16	1	2	6	8	27	.193	.269	.277	.546	1	1	1	2

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