Washington Nationals vs San Francisco Giants: GameThread 81 of 162

The Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants play the second game of this weekend's three-game set at 11:20 AM EDT in D.C. Stephen Strasburg vs Madison Bumgarner in Nationals Park. TV: MASN, MLBN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jul 4, 2015, 10:27am EDT

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San Francisco Giants
@ Washington Nationals

Saturday, July 4, 2015 11:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Stephen Strasburg vs Madison Bumgarner

WEATHER: Rainy-ish, 73°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

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

2. #Yescobar - 3B

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

4. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

5. @BatHoarder - 1B

6. #NRSOD - 2B

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

8. Tyler "Moore, Moore" Moore - LF

9. Stephen [Blanking] Strasburg - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Gregor Blanco - CF	Michael Taylor - CF
Joe Panik - 2B	Yunel Escobar - 3B
Matt Duffy - 3B	Bryce Harper - RF
Buster Posey - C	Wilson Ramos - C
Brandon Belt - 1B	Clint Robinson - 1B
Brandon Crawford - SS	Danny Espinosa - 2B
Ryan Lollis - LF	Ian Desmond - SS
Justin Maxwell - RF	Tyler Moore - LF
Madison Bumgarner - LHP	Stephen Strasburg - RHP

Strasburg vs the Giants:

Giants	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	HBP	GDP
Gregor Blanco	17	16	4		1	1	1	5	.250	.294	.438	.732				1
Buster Posey	17	15	5	1			1	5	.333	.412	.400	.812			1	1
Brandon Crawford	13	12	5			4	1	2	.417	.462	.417	.878
Brandon Belt	9	9	3			1		2	.333	.333	.333	.667
Angel Pagan	9	8	1			1	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347
Tim Hudson	6	6	2					1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Travis Ishikawa	6	5	3	1	1	2		1	.600	.500	1.400	1.900		1
Joe Panik	5	4	1			1	1		.250	.400	.250	.650
Matt Cain	4	3						1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Ryan Vogelsong	4	4						2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Joaquin Arias	1	1						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	91	83	24	2	2	10	5	22	.289	.333	.386	.719	1	1	1	2

Bumgarner vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP
Dan Uggla	22	20	1	1			2	8	.050	.136	.100	.236					1
Ian Desmond	20	18	6	1		2	1	5	.333	.368	.389	.757	1
Danny Espinosa	16	13	4				2	4	.308	.438	.308	.745			1	1
Bryce Harper	13	11	3		1	1	1	3	.273	.333	.545	.879	1
Denard Span	13	12	3			1		3	.250	.231	.250	.481		1
Wilson Ramos	11	10	2	2		1		2	.200	.200	.400	.600	1
Tyler Moore	10	10						4	.000	.000	.000	.000
Doug Fister	8	8						4	.000	.000	.000	.000
Gio Gonzalez	5	4	1						.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Yunel Escobar	3	3	1					1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Jose Lobaton	3	3	1	1				2	.333	.333	.667	1.000
Jordan Zimmermann	2	2	1						.500	.500	.500	1.000
David Carpenter	1	1							.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	127	115	23	5	1	5	6	36	.200	.244	.270	.513	4	1	1	1	1

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