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The Washington Nationals start a four-game set in San Francisco tonight with Stephen Strasburg on the mound against Giants' right-hander Ryan Vogelsong. Game Time: 10:15 PM EDT; TV: MASN, MLBN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 13, 2015, 8:39pm EDT

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ San Francisco Giants

Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:15 PM EDT
AT&T Park

Ryan Vogelsong vs Stephen Strasburg

WEATHER: Sunny, 79°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. #YESCOBAR - 3B

2. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

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. The WereWerth - LF

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

7. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

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

9. Stephen [blanking] Strasburg - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

WASHINGTON NATIONALS	SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Yunel Escobar - 3B	Gregor Blanco - CF
Anthony Rendon - 2B	Matt Duffy - 3B
Bryce Harper - RF	Brandon Belt - 1B
Ryan Zimmerman - 1B	Buster Posey - C
Jayson Werth - LF	Hunter Pence - RF
Ian Desmond - SS	Brandon Crawford - SS
Wilson Ramos - C	Justin Maxwell - LF
Michael Taylor - CF	Kelby Tomlinson - 2B
Stephen Strasburg - RHP	Ryan Vogelsong - RHP

Vogelsong vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Ian Desmond	14	14	5	1	1	1	6		3	.357	.357	.786	1.143
Bryce Harper	12	11	3	1			1	1	4	.273	.333	.364	.697
Jayson Werth	11	10	3	2			1	1	1	.300	.364	.500	.864
Ryan Zimmerman	11	8	3	1			1	3		.375	.545	.500	1.045
Anthony Rendon	8	7	1	1				1	1	.143	.250	.286	.536
Danny Espinosa	7	6	2				1	1	4	.333	.429	.333	.762
Wilson Ramos	7	5	1					2		.200	.429	.200	.629
Stephen Strasburg	4	4							2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Gio Gonzalez	3	3							3	.000	.000	.000	.000
Yunel Escobar	2	2								.000	.000	.000	.000
Jose Lobaton	2	1						1		.000	.500	.000	.500	1
Clint Robinson	2	2								.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Michael Taylor	2	2	1				1		1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Jordan Zimmermann	2	2								.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	87	77	19	6	1	1	11	10	19	.247	.333	.390	.723	2

Strasburg vs the Giants:

Giants	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	HBP	GDP
Gregor Blanco	19	17	4		1	1	2	5	.235	.316	.412	.728			1
Buster Posey	19	17	5	1			1	5	.294	.368	.353	.721		1	1
Hunter Pence	18	16	4		1	2	2	4	.250	.333	.438	.771
Brandon Crawford	14	13	5			4	1	3	.385	.429	.385	.813
Brandon Belt	10	9	3			1	1	2	.333	.400	.333	.733
Nori Aoki	4	4	1						.250	.250	.250	.500
Matt Cain	4	3						1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Ryan Vogelsong	4	4						2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Matt Duffy	2	2						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jake Peavy	2	1							.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Madison Bumgarner	1	1						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Justin Maxwell	1	1	1						1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Total	98	88	23	1	2	8	7	24	.261	.323	.341	.664	2	1	2

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