Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins: GameThread 147 of 162

The Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins play the second game of their four-game weekend set at 7:05 PM EDT in D.C. Max Scherzer vs Jose Fernandez tonight. TV: MASN, MLBN; RADIO: 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Sep 18, 2015, 6:01pm EDT

Next Game

Miami Marlins
@ Washington Nationals

Friday, September 18, 2015 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Max Scherzer vs Jose Fernandez

WEATHER: Sunny, 79°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

2. #YESCOBAR - 3B

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

4. The WereWerth - RF

5. @BatHoarder - 1B

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

7. Matt den Dekker - LF

8. #LOBATRON - C

9. "Mad Max" Scherzer - RHP

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Today's Lineups

MIAMI MARLINS	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Dee Gordon - 2B	Anthony Rendon - 2B
Ichiro Suzuki - RF	Yunel Escobar - 3B
Christian Yelich - LF	Bryce Harper - CF
Justin Bour - 1B	Jayson Werth - RF
Marcell Ozuna - CF	Clint Robinson - 1B
Derek Dietrich - 3B	Ian Desmond - SS
J.T. Realmuto - C	Matt den Dekker - LF
Miguel Rojas - SS	Jose Lobaton - C
Jose Fernandez - RHP	Max Scherzer - RHP

Scherzer vs the Marlins:

Marlins	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	GDP
Ichiro Suzuki	34	32	7		1		1	2	5	.219	.265	.281	.546
Dee Gordon	23	22	7	1		1	2		2	.318	.318	.500	.818	1
Martin Prado	19	19	9	2		1	2		2	.474	.474	.737	1.211		1
Justin Bour	10	10	2						3	.200	.200	.200	.400
Jeff Mathis	10	10	2	1					2	.200	.200	.300	.500		1
Adeiny Hechavarria	9	9	2				1		4	.222	.222	.222	.444
Marcell Ozuna	9	9	1			1	1		3	.111	.111	.444	.556		1
Derek Dietrich	7	6	1	1			1	1	3	.167	.286	.333	.619
Casey McGehee	6	5	1					1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533
J.T. Realmuto	6	6	1	1					3	.167	.167	.333	.500
Miguel Rojas	6	6	1			1	1		2	.167	.167	.667	.833
Christian Yelich	6	6	2						1	.333	.333	.333	.667		1
Adam Conley	2	2							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Tom Koehler	2	2							1	.000	.000	.000	.000		1
Cole Gillespie	1							1			1.000
Brad Hand	1													1
Chris Narveson	1	1							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	152	145	36	6	1	4	9	5	34	.248	.273	.386	.660	2	5

Fernandez vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF	IBB	GDP
Ian Desmond	14	14						10	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jayson Werth	14	12	1		1	4	1	4	.083	.143	.333	.476	1		1
Bryce Harper	11	8	2				3	4	.250	.455	.250	.705
Wilson Ramos	9	8	1			1		1	.125	.111	.125	.236	1
Ryan Zimmerman	9	8	3	1			1		.375	.444	.500	.944
Anthony Rendon	8	8	2					2	.250	.250	.250	.500
Yunel Escobar	5	3	1			1	2		.333	.600	.333	.933
Danny Espinosa	5	5	1	1				2	.200	.200	.400	.600
Tyler Moore	5	5						2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Dan Uggla	5	4					1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200		1
Michael Taylor	4	4	1					1	.250	.250	.250	.500
Jose Lobaton	3	3	1	1				1	.333	.333	.667	1.000
Tanner Roark	3	3						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jordan Zimmermann	2	2							.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	97	87	13	3	1	6	8	31	.149	.216	.218	.435	2	1	1

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