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Washington Nationals' starter Max Scherzer takes the mound in the nation's capital tonight against San Diego Padres' starter Edwin Jackson in the second game of this weekend's three-game set. GAME TIME: 7:05; FOLLOW: MASN; 106.7 the FAN.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jul 23, 2016, 6:16pm EDT

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San Diego Padres
@ Washington Nationals

Saturday, July 23, 2016 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Max Scherzer vs Edwin Jackson

WEATHER: Sunny, 93°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. The Igniter - CF

2. The WereWerth - LF

3. Daniel "Hits" Murphy - 2B

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

5. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

6. @BatHoarder - 1B

7. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

8. #LSD - SS

9. "Mad Max" Scherzer - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

SAN DIEGO PADRES	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Travis Jankowski - CF	Ben Revere - CF
Wil Myers - 1B	Jayson Werth - LF
Matt Kemp - RF	Daniel Murphy - 2B
Yangervis Solarte - 3B	Bryce Harper - RF
Melvin Upton Jr. - LF	Wilson Ramos - C
Ryan Schimpf - 2B	Clint Robinson - 1B
Christian Bethancourt - C	Anthony Rendon - 3B
Alexei Ramirez - SS	Danny Espinosa - SS
Edwin Jackson - RHP	Max Scherzer - RHP

Scherzer vs the Padres:

Padres	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	GDP
Alexei Ramirez	67	60	8	3		2	5	8	.133	.197	.183	.380	1	1	2
Matt Kemp	28	27	1				1	9	.037	.071	.037	.108			1
Melvin Upton	10	9					1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100
Wil Myers	6	6	4	1	2	2		1	.667	.667	1.833	2.500
Derek Norris	5	5	1					3	.200	.200	.200	.400
Yangervis Solarte	3	2	1	1			1		.500	.667	1.000	1.667
Brett Wallace	3	3	1					1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Andrew Cashner	2	2						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Colin Rea	2	2						2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ryan Schimpf	2	2						2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Brad Hand	1												1
Total	129	118	16	5	2	4	8	31	.136	.189	.229	.418	2	1	3

Jackson vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP	GDP
Daniel Murphy	20	20	5		1	2		2	.250	.250	.400	.650		1
Chris Heisey	13	11	1				1	3	.091	.231	.091	.322	1
Jayson Werth	12	12	4	2		1		2	.333	.333	.500	.833
Stephen Drew	11	9	3			1	2	1	.333	.455	.333	.788
Danny Espinosa	8	8	2					1	.250	.250	.250	.500
Wilson Ramos	7	7	1					2	.143	.143	.143	.286
Anthony Rendon	5	5						2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ben Revere	4	4	1			1			.250	.250	.250	.500
Bryce Harper	3	3	1						.333	.333	.333	.667		1
Trea Turner	2	1					1		.000	.500	.000	.500
Clint Robinson	1	1	1			2			1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Max Scherzer	1						1			1.000
Stephen Strasburg	1	1							.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	88	82	19	2	1	7	5	13	.232	.284	.293	.577	1	2

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