Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants: GameThread 115 of 162

The Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants play the second game of their four-game set tonight at 10:15 PM EDT in AT&T Park. Max Scherzer vs Matt Cain. TV: MASN 2; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 14, 2015, 9:04pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ San Francisco Giants

Friday, August 14, 2015 10:15 PM EDT
AT&T Park

Matt Cain vs Max Scherzer

WEATHER: Sunny, 70°

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

5. @BatHoarder- LF

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

7. #NRSOD - 2B

8. #LOBATRON - C

9. "Mad Max" Scherzer - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

WASHINGTON NATIONALS	SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Michael Taylor - CF	Gregor Blanco - CF
Yunel Escobar - 3B	Matt Duffy - 3B
Bryce Harper - RF	Brandon Belt - 1B
Ryan Zimmerman - 1B	Buster Posey - C
Clint Robinson - LF	Hunter Pence - RF
Ian Desmond - SS	Brandon Crawford - SS
Danny Espinosa - 2B	Justin Maxwell - LF
Jose Lobaton - C	Ehire Adrianza - 2B
Max Scherzer - RHP	Matt Cain - RHP

Cain vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	GDP
Ryan Zimmerman	34	31	8	3	1	5	2	4	.258	.294	.452	.746		1	1
Ian Desmond	15	14	5	1	1	2	1	4	.357	.400	.643	1.043			1
Danny Espinosa	12	10	2		1	1	1	5	.200	.273	.500	.773	1
Jayson Werth	12	10	5		1	1	2	2	.500	.583	.800	1.383
Bryce Harper	6	4					1		.000	.200	.000	.200	1
Stephen Strasburg	5	5						3	.000	.000	.000	.000
Yunel Escobar	4	4	1	1					.250	.250	.500	.750			1
Wilson Ramos	4	4						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jordan Zimmermann	4	2						1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2
Jose Lobaton	3	2					1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333
Anthony Rendon	3	2					1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333
Tanner Roark	2	1							.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Total	104	89	21	5	4	9	9	23	.236	.303	.427	.730	5	1	3

Scherzer vs the Giants:

Giants	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Gregor Blanco	9	8	4	1				1	1	.500	.556	.625	1.181
Hunter Pence	9	9	2	2			1		6	.222	.222	.444	.667
Brandon Crawford	4	3	2			1	3	1		.667	.750	1.667	2.417
Brandon Belt	3	2	1		1		1	1		.500	.667	1.500	2.167
Buster Posey	3	3	1			1	2		1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667
Total	28	25	10	3	1	2	7	3	8	.400	.464	.840	1.304

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