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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.

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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

• LINKS:

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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 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
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 SF IBB HBP GDP missG
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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