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Washington and Atlanta play the third game of their four-game set at 7:10 PM EDT in Turner Field with Nationals' righty Max Scherzer on the mound vs the Braves' Tyrell Jenkins. FOLLOW: MASN; 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 20, 2016, 6:12pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
@ Atlanta Braves

Saturday, August 20, 2016 7:10 PM EDT
Turner Field

Tyrell Jenkins vs Max Scherzer

WEATHER: Rain-ish, 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" (akaBryce Harper) - RF

5. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

6. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

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

8. Wilmer Difo - SS

9. "Mad Max" Scherzer - 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
Wilson Ramos - C	Nick Markakis - RF
Anthony Rendon - 3B	Tyler Flowers - C
Ryan Zimmerman - 1B	Jace Peterson - 2B
Wilmer Difo - SS	Chase d'Arnaud - SS
Max Scherzer - RHP	Tyrell Jenkins - RHP

Jenkins vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF
Bryce Harper	3	2	1	1		1	1		.500	.667	1.000	1.667
Wilson Ramos	3	2				1			.000	.000	.000	.000		1
Anthony Rendon	3	2	1		1	4			.500	.333	2.000	2.333		1
Ben Revere	3	3	1						.333	.333	.333	.667
Trea Turner	3	3	2	1					.667	.667	1.000	1.667
Danny Espinosa	2	1					1		.000	.500	.000	.500
Chris Heisey	2	2							.000	.000	.000	.000
Tanner Roark	2						1			1.000			1
Clint Robinson	2	2	1					1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Total	23	17	6	2	1	6	3	1	.353	.409	.647	1.056	1	2

Scherzer vs the Braves:

Braves	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	IBB	HBP	GDP
Gordon Beckham	50	44	9	3				4	13	.205	.286	.273	.558	1		1
Jeff Francoeur	36	36	8	2	1	1	2		11	.222	.222	.417	.639				1
Nick Markakis	32	28	9	4			3	4	7	.321	.406	.464	.871
Matt Kemp	31	30	2	1				1	9	.067	.097	.100	.197				1
Tyler Flowers	12	11	3			1	1	1	7	.273	.333	.545	.879
Ender Inciarte	9	8	2	1				1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708
Jace Peterson	9	8	1						4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Freddie Freeman	6	4	1			1	1	2	1	.250	.500	1.000	1.500		1
Adonis Garcia	6	6	2			1	1		2	.333	.333	.833	1.167
Julio Teheran	2	2							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	193	177	37	11	1	4	8	13	57	.209	.267	.350	.617	2	1	1	2

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