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Washington and Detroit play the rubber match of their three-game set tonight in Nationals Park with Max Scherzer on the against Tigers' right-hander Jordan Zimmermann. GAME TIME: 7:05 PM EDT; FOLLOW: MASN; 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball May 11, 2016, 6:03pm EDT

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Detroit Tigers
@ Washington Nationals

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Max Scherzer vs Jordan Zimmermann

WEATHER: Partly cloudy 64°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Ben Revere - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

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

4. Daniel "Hits" Murphy - 2B

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

6. The WereWerth - LF

7. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

8. #LSD - SS

9. "Mad Max" Scherzer - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

DETROIT TIGERS	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Ian Kinsler - 2B	Ben Revere - CF
J.D. Martinez - RF	Anthony Rendon - 3B
Miguel Cabrera - 3B	Bryce Harper - RF
Victor Martinez - 1B	Daniel Murphy - 2B
Justin Upton - LF	Ryan Zimmerman - 1B
James McCann - C	Jayson Werth - LF
Anthony Gose - CF	Wilson Ramos - C
Jose Iglesias - SS	Danny Espinosa - SS
Jordan Zimmermann - RHP	Max Scherzer - RHP

Scherzer vs the Tigers:

Tigers	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP
Ian Kinsler	27	25	5	1	1		3	1	4	.200	.259	.320	.579	1
Mike Aviles	25	25	7	2			4		4	.280	.280	.360	.640
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	21	21	6			1	3		6	.286	.286	.429	.714
Victor Martinez	6	6	1							.167	.167	.167	.333
Justin Upton	6	5						1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167
Anthony Gose	5	5							5	.000	.000	.000	.000
J.D. Martinez	3	3	1			1	3			.333	.333	1.333	1.667
Miguel Cabrera	2	1	1					1		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Jose Iglesias	2	2	1							.500	.500	.500	1.000
Total	97	93	22	3	1	2	13	3	22	.237	.268	.355	.623	1

Zimmermann vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Daniel Murphy	62	61	20	5	4	9	1	3	.328	.339	.607	.945	2
Ben Revere	12	12	3			1		1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Stephen Drew	6	6						2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jayson Werth	5	5	2		1	2		1	.400	.400	1.000	1.400
Oliver Perez	1	1	1						1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Yusmeiro Petit	1	1							.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	87	86	26	5	5	12	1	7	.302	.310	.535	.845	3

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