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The Washington Nationals and New York Mets finish up their three-game set in Citi Field on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball at 8:08 PM EDT. Jordan Zimmermann vs Noah Syndergaard. TV: ESPN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 2, 2015, 7:05pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ New York Mets

Sunday, August 2, 2015 8:08 PM EDT
Citi Field

Noah Syndergaard vs Jordan Zimmermann

WEATHER: Sunny, 84°

• 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. #LOBATRON - C

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

9. Jordan "DeadEyez" Zimmermann - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

WASHINGTON NATIONALS	NEW YORK METS
Yunel Escobar - 3B	Curtis Granderson - RF
Anthony Rendon - 2B	Daniel Murphy - 2B
Bryce Harper - RF	Yoenis Cespedes - CF
Ryan Zimmerman - 1B	Lucas Duda - 1B
Jayson Werth - LF	Juan Uribe - 3B
Ian Desmond - SS	Kelly Johnson - LF
Jose Lobaton - C	Kevin Plawecki - C
Michael Taylor - CF	Noah Syndergaard - RHP
Jordan Zimmermann - RHP	Ruben Tejada - SS

Syndergaard vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Danny Espinosa	3	3				1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bryce Harper	3	3	2				.667	.667	.667	1.333
Wilson Ramos	3	3	1				.333	.333	.333	.667
Clint Robinson	3	2			1		.000	.333	.000	.333
Michael Taylor	3	3	1	1		1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Ian Desmond	2	1	1		1		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Dan Uggla	2	1			1		.000	.500	.000	.500	1
Jordan Zimmermann	2	2				1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Yunel Escobar	1	1				1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	22	19	5	1	3	4	.263	.364	.263	.627	1

Zimmermann vs the Mets:

Mets	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	HBP	GDP
Daniel Murphy	57	56	19	5		3	8	1	2	.339	.351	.589	.940			2
Lucas Duda	38	35	7	2			1	2	7	.200	.263	.257	.520		1
Juan Lagares	28	26	7	2			2	1	7	.269	.321	.346	.668		1
Ruben Tejada	24	23	7						2	.304	.304	.304	.609	1
Curtis Granderson	22	20	4					2	5	.200	.273	.200	.473
Kelly Johnson	18	17	5					1	5	.294	.333	.294	.627
Wilmer Flores	16	16	4		1				2	.250	.250	.375	.625
Travis d'Arnaud	10	10	4	1			1			.400	.400	.500	.900
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	9	9	2	1			2		2	.222	.222	.333	.556
Juan Uribe	7	7	2				1		1	.286	.286	.286	.571
Jon Niese	5	4						1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200
Jacob deGrom	4	4	1						1	.250	.250	.250	.500
Kevin Plawecki	3	3	1				1		1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Bartolo Colon	2	2							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Noah Syndergaard	2	2							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	245	234	63	11	1	3	16	8	39	.269	.299	.363	.662	1	2	2

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