Washington Nationals vs Los Angeles Dodgers: GameThread 89 of 162

The Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers play the second game of the day at 4:05 PM EDT (or 20 minutes after the first game ends). Doug Fister vs Clayton Kershaw. TV: FS1; MASN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jul 18, 2015, 3:53pm EDT

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Saturday, July 18, 2015 4:05-ish PM EDT
Nationals Park

Doug Fister vs Clayton Kershaw

WEATHER: Rainy, 93°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

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

2. #NRSOD - 2B

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

4. #YESCOBAR - 3B

5. @BatHoarder - LF

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

7. #LOBATRON - C

8. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - 1B

9. Doug "Groundball Machine" Fister - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

LOS ANGELES DODGERS	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Joc Pederson - CF	Michael Taylor - CF
Howie Kendrick - 2B	Danny Espinosa - 2B
Justin Turner - 3B	Bryce Harper - RF
Adrian Gonzalez - 1B	Yunel Escobar - 3B
Andre Ethier - LF	Clint Robinson - LF
Yasiel Puig - RF	Ian Desmond - SS
A.J. Ellis - C	Jose Lobaton - C
Jimmy Rollins - SS	Tyler Moore - 1B
Clayton Kershaw - LHP	Doug Fister - RHP

Fister vs the Dodgers:

Dodgers	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	HBP
Alberto Callaspo	24	22	8		1	3	2	1	.364	.417	.500	.917
Howie Kendrick	24	23	6	2	1	4		2	.261	.292	.478	.770		1
Jimmy Rollins	12	10	3	1	1	1	1	3	.300	.364	.700	1.064	1
Adrian Gonzalez	11	10	4			1	1	3	.400	.455	.400	.855
Enrique Hernandez	6	5	1				1		.200	.333	.200	.533
A.J. Ellis	3	3	2						.667	.667	.667	1.333
Joc Pederson	3	2	1				1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167
Clayton Kershaw	2	2	1						.500	.500	.500	1.000
Total	85	77	26	3	3	9	6	10	.338	.393	.494	.886	1	1

Kershaw vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Ian Desmond	24	23	3		1			1	7	.130	.167	.217	.384
Dan Uggla	16	15	1					1	8	.067	.125	.067	.192
Danny Espinosa	10	10	1	1					5	.100	.100	.200	.300	1
Yunel Escobar	9	8	3				1	1	2	.375	.444	.375	.819
Bryce Harper	6	6	1			1	1		3	.167	.167	.667	.833
Jose Lobaton	6	5						1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	1
Wilson Ramos	6	6	1						2	.167	.167	.167	.333
Tyler Moore	4	4							2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Emmanuel Burriss	3	3	1							.333	.333	.333	.667
Doug Fister	2	2							2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Max Scherzer	2	2							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Blake Treinen	2	2	1						1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Total	90	86	12	1	1	1	2	4	34	.140	.178	.209	.387	2

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