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The Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres start a three-game set in the nation's capital with Stephen Strasburg on the mound against James Shields at 7:05 PM EDT. TV: MASN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 25, 2015, 5:57pm EDT

Next Game

San Diego Padres
@ Washington Nationals

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Stephen Strasburg vs James Shields

WEATHER: Sunny, 82°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This is D-SPAN - CF

2. The WereWerth - LF

3. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

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

5. #YESCOBAR - 3B

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

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

8. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

9. Stephen [blanking] Strasburg - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

SAN DIEGO PADRES	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Yangervis Solarte - 3B	Denard Span - CF
Cory Spangenberg - 2B	Jayson Werth - LF
Matt Kemp - RF	Anthony Rendon - 2B
Justin Upton - LF	Bryce Harper - RF
Yonder Alonso - 1B	Yunel Escobar - 3B
Jedd Gyorko - SS	Ryan Zimmerman - 1B
Derek Norris - C	Ian Desmond - SS
James Shields - RHP	Wilson Ramos - C
Travis Jankowski - CF	Stephen Strasburg - RHP

Strasburg vs the Padres:

Padres	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP	GDP
Justin Upton	32	29	9		2	5	2	7	.310	.375	.517	.892	1	2
Melvin Upton	26	24	5	1	2	3	2	12	.208	.269	.500	.769
Alexi Amarista	11	10	3		1	2	1	2	.300	.364	.600	.964		1
Clint Barmes	11	11	2		1	2		4	.182	.182	.455	.636
Yonder Alonso	9	9	1			1		1	.111	.111	.111	.222
Jedd Gyorko	8	7	2	1				3	.286	.375	.429	.804	1
Matt Kemp	8	8	2	1		1		4	.250	.250	.375	.625		1
Cory Spangenberg	3	3						2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ian Kennedy	2	2						2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Derek Norris	2	2						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Yangervis Solarte	2	2							.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	114	107	24	3	6	14	5	38	.224	.272	.421	.692	2	4

Shields vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP
Yunel Escobar	30	29	6	1	1		3	.207	.233	.241	.475	1
Ryan Zimmerman	6	5	1		1	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533
Jayson Werth	3	3	1				1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Total	39	37	8	1	2	1	5	.216	.256	.243	.500	1

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