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The Washington Nationals and New York Yankees start a two-game set in Yankee Stadium at 7:05 PM EDT tonight with Max Scherzer on the mound against Masahiro Tanaka. TV: MASN, WUSA9; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jun 9, 2015, 6:22pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ New York Yankees

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 7:05 PM EDT
Yankee Stadium

Masahiro Tanaka vs Max Scherzer

WEATHER: Sunny, 79°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Yunel Escobar - DH

2. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

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

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

5. Clint "Mr." Robinson - LF

6. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

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

8. #NRSOD - 2B

9. Michael "It's Michael Taylor Time" Taylor - CF

P. "Mad Max" Scherzer - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

WASHINGTON NATIONALS	NEW YORK YANKEES
Yunel Escobar - DH	Brett Gardner - CF
Anthony Rendon - 3B	Chase Headley - 3B
Bryce Harper - RF	Alex Rodriguez - DH
Ryan Zimmerman - 1B	Mark Teixeira - 1B
Clint Robinson - LF	Brian McCann - C
Wilson Ramos - C	Carlos Beltran - RF
Ian Desmond - SS	Didi Gregorius - SS
Danny Espinosa - 2B	Stephen Drew - 2B
Michael Taylor - CF	Ramon Flores - LF

Max Scherzer - RHP	Masahiro Tanaka - RHP

Tanaka vs the Nationals: N/A

Scherzer vs the Yankees:

Yankees	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	HBP	GDP
Stephen Drew	23	22	3	2		2	1	8	.136	.174	.227	.401			2
Brett Gardner	20	18	2				2	5	.111	.200	.111	.311
Mark Teixeira	20	19	3	1	1	1	1	5	.158	.200	.368	.568
Chase Headley	18	14	4				3	4	.286	.444	.286	.730		1
Garrett Jones	14	13	3	2		1	1	4	.231	.286	.385	.670
Alex Rodriguez	14	12	1			1	2	4	.083	.214	.083	.298
Brian McCann	12	8	1			1	4	3	.125	.417	.125	.542			2
Carlos Beltran	4	1					3		.000	.750	.000	.750
Chris Young	3	2	1	1		1	1		.500	.667	1.000	1.667
Andrew Miller	2	1							.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Total	130	110	18	6	1	7	18	33	.164	.287	.245	.532	1	1	4

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