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Washington and Atlanta start a four-game set in Turner Field with Reynaldo Lopez on the mound for the Nationals against Braves' right-hander Rob Whalen. GAME TIME: 7:10 PM; FOLLOW: MASN; 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 18, 2016, 5:39pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Atlanta Braves

Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:10 PM EDT
Turner Field

Rob Whalen vs Reynaldo Lopez

WEATHER: Stormy, 81°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Trea Turner - 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. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

6. @BatHoarder - 1B

7. #LSD - SS

8. Pedro Severino - C

9. Reynaldo Lopez - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

WASHINGTON NATIONALS	ATLANTA BRAVES
Trea Turner - CF	Ender Inciarte - CF
Jayson Werth - LF	Adonis Garcia - 3B
Daniel Murphy - 2B	Freddie Freeman - 1B
Bryce Harper - RF	Matt Kemp - LF
Anthony Rendon - 3B	Nick Markakis - RF
Clint Robinson - 1B	Tyler Flowers - C
Danny Espinosa - SS	Jace Peterson - 2B
Pedro Severino - C	Dansby Swanson - SS
Reynaldo Lopez - RHP	Rob Whalen - RHP

Whalen vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	3B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF
Daniel Murphy	3	2	1		1	4		.500	.333	2.000	2.333	1
Anthony Rendon	3	3					1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ben Revere	3	3	2	2		1		.667	.667	2.000	2.667
Trea Turner	3	3	3	1	1	1		1.000	1.000	2.667	3.667
Danny Espinosa	2	2					1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Brian Goodwin	2	2						.000	.000	.000	.000
Reynaldo Lopez	2	2					1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Pedro Severino	2	2					1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jayson Werth	2	2					1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	22	21	6	3	2	6	5	.286	.273	.857	1.130	1

Lopez vs the Braves:

Braves	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
Ender Inciarte	4	4							.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Freddie Freeman	3	2	1		1	1	1		.500	.667	2.000	2.667
Adonis Garcia	3	2							.000	.000	.000	.000
Matt Kemp	3	3	1					1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Nick Markakis	3	3	1	1					.333	.333	.667	1.000
Jace Peterson	3	2					1		.000	.333	.000	.333
Robert Whalen	2	2	1						.500	.500	.500	1.000
Gordon Beckham	1	1						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	22	19	4	1	1	1	2	2	.211	.286	.421	.707	1

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