Washington Nationals at Kansas City Royals: GameThread 26 of 162

Washington's Nationals try to make it five straight wins overall and two straight in Kauffman Stadium in Game 2 of 3 with the Kansas City Royals. Tanner Roark vs Chris Young. GAME TIME: 8:15 PM EDT; FOLLOW: MASN 2; 106.7 the FAN.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball May 3, 2016, 7:25pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Kansas City Royals

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 8:15 PM EDT
Kauffman Stadium

Chris Young vs Tanner Roark

WEATHER: Clear, 64°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. MAT - CF

2. #RENDONISREADY - 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. Daniel Murphy - 2B

6. The WereWerth - DH

7. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

8. #LSD - SS

9. Chris Heisey - LF

10. Daddy Roark - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

WASHINGTON NATIONALS	KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Michael Taylor - CF	Alcides Escobar - SS
Anthony Rendon - 3B	Lorenzo Cain - CF
Bryce Harper - RF	Eric Hosmer - 1B
Ryan Zimmerman - 1B	Kendrys Morales - DH
Daniel Murphy - 2B	Alex Gordon - LF
Jayson Werth - DH	Salvador Perez - C
Wilson Ramos - C	Omar Infante - 2B
Danny Espinosa - SS	Christian Colon - 3B
Chris Heisey - LF	Jarrod Dyson - RF

Tanner Roark - RHP	Chris Young - RHP

Young vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP
Stephen Drew	24	20	4	2		1	4	3	.200	.333	.300	.633
Ryan Zimmerman	21	20	5	2	1	3	1	3	.250	.286	.500	.786
Danny Espinosa	13	10	3				2	4	.300	.462	.300	.762	1
Jayson Werth	10	9	1		1	1	1	2	.111	.200	.444	.644
Bryce Harper	9	8	4		1	3	1	1	.500	.556	.875	1.431
Daniel Murphy	7	5					2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286
Wilson Ramos	2	2	2		2	2			1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000
Total	86	74	19	4	5	10	11	14	.257	.360	.514	.874	1

Roark vs the Royals:

Royals	PA	AB	H	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Kendrys Morales	3	3	1		.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Alcides Escobar	2	2	1		.500	.500	.500	1.000
Alex Gordon	1	1			.000	.000	.000	.000
Eric Hosmer	1			1		1.000
Kris Medlen	1	1			.000	.000	.000	.000
Salvador Perez	1	1			.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	9	8	2	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	1

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