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Washington and Colorado start a three-game set in Coors Field tonight with Max Scherzer on the mound for the Nationals vs Rockies' lefty Jorge De La Rosa at 8:40 PM EDT in the series opener. FOLLOW: MASN; 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 15, 2016, 7:54pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Colorado Rockies

Monday, August 15, 2016 8:40 PM EDT
Coors Field

Jorge De La Rosa vs Max Scherzer

WEATHER: Cloudy, 74°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Trea Turner - 2B

2. The WereWerth - LF

3. Daniel "Hits" Murphy - 1B

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

5. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

6. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

7. #LSD - SS

8. The Igniter - CF

9. "Mad Max" Scherzer - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

WASHINGTON NATIONALS	COLORADO ROCKIES
Trea Turner - 2B	Charlie Blackmon - CF
Jayson Werth - LF	DJ LeMahieu - 2B
Daniel Murphy - 1B	Carlos Gonzalez - RF
Bryce Harper - RF	Nolan Arenado - 3B
Anthony Rendon - 3B	David Dahl - LF
Wilson Ramos - C	Daniel Descalso - SS
Danny Espinosa - SS	Nick Hundley - C
Ben Revere - CF	Ben Paulsen - 1B
Max Scherzer - RHP	Jorge De La Rosa - LHP

De La Rosa vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF
Jayson Werth	20	17	5	1	1	4	2	3	.294	.350	.529	.879		1
Danny Espinosa	9	9	3	2				1	.333	.333	.556	.889
Bryce Harper	9	8	2			1	1	4	.250	.333	.250	.583
Anthony Rendon	9	9	1	1					.111	.111	.222	.333
Chris Heisey	8	7	3	1			1	2	.429	.500	.571	1.071
Daniel Murphy	6	4	1				2		.250	.500	.250	.750
Wilson Ramos	6	5					1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167
Stephen Strasburg	5	5						3	.000	.000	.000	.000
Max Scherzer	4	3	1					2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Ben Revere	3	3							.000	.000	.000	.000
Yusmeiro Petit	2	2						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	81	72	16	5	1	5	7	17	.222	.288	.333	.621	1	1

Scherzer vs the Rockies:

Rockies	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
Carlos Gonzalez	12	10	3		3	3	2	3	.300	.417	1.200	1.617	1
Gerardo Parra	11	11	1					2	.091	.091	.091	.182
Nick Hundley	8	8	1	1		1		4	.125	.125	.250	.375
Charlie Blackmon	7	7	2					1	.286	.286	.286	.571
Nolan Arenado	6	6	1					3	.167	.167	.167	.333
Daniel Descalso	6	4	1		1	1	2	2	.250	.500	1.000	1.500	1
Ben Paulsen	6	6	1	1				3	.167	.167	.333	.500
Jorge De La Rosa	4	4	1					2	.250	.250	.250	.500
Ryan Raburn	2	2						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	62	58	11	2	4	5	4	21	.190	.242	.431	.673	2

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