Washington Nationals vs San Francisco Giants: GameThread 109 of 162

Washington Nationals' lefty Gio Gonzalez takes on the San Francisco Giants for the second time in a week. Jeff Samardzija starts for the Giants in the series opener in D.C. GAME TIME: 7:05 PM; FOLLOW: MASN, WUSA9, 106.7 the FAN.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 5, 2016, 5:56pm EDT

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San Francisco Giants
@ Washington Nationals

Friday, August 5, 2016 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Gio Gonzalez vs Jeff Samardzija

WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 82°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Trea Turner - CF

2. The WereWerth - LF

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

4. Daniel "Hits" Murphy - 2B

5. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

6. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

7. @BatHoarder - 1B

8. #LSD - SS

9. Gio Gonzalez (aka The Best-Dressed Pitcher in Town) - LHP

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Today's Lineups:

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Denard Span - CF	Trea Turner - CF
Angel Pagan - LF	Jayson Werth - LF
Eduardo Nunez - 3B	Bryce Harper - RF
Buster Posey - 1B	Daniel Murphy - 2B
Hunter Pence - RF	Wilson Ramos - C
Brandon Crawford - SS	Anthony Rendon - 3B
Trevor Brown - C	Clint Robinson - 1B
Ehire Adrianza - 2B	Danny Espinosa - SS
Jeff Samardzija - RHP	Gio Gonzalez - LHP

Gonzalez vs the Giants:

Giants	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	GDP
Buster Posey	24	24	7	1		1	1			.292	.292	.458	.750		1
Hunter Pence	21	19	2	1				2	2	.105	.190	.158	.348
Denard Span	16	13	4		1		1	3	1	.308	.438	.462	.899
Brandon Crawford	13	13	4			1	3		2	.308	.308	.538	.846		1
Brandon Belt	12	11	3				1	1		.273	.333	.273	.606
Angel Pagan	12	11	4	1			1	1		.364	.417	.455	.871
Eduardo Nunez	11	10	1	1			2	1	2	.100	.182	.200	.382
Gregor Blanco	10	7	2				2	3	1	.286	.500	.286	.786
Joe Panik	8	8	1				1			.125	.125	.125	.250
Jake Peavy	5	3						1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	1
Madison Bumgarner	4	3	1	1				1	2	.333	.500	.667	1.167
Conor Gillaspie	3	3	1		1					.333	.333	1.000	1.333
Johnny Cueto	2	2	1						1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Matt Moore	2	2							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Matt Cain	1	1							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	144	130	31	5	2	2	12	13	14	.238	.308	.354	.662	1	2

Samardzija vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	HBP	GDP
Jayson Werth	24	22	6	1		1	6	2	3	.273	.333	.455	.788				1
Ryan Zimmerman	20	19	1					1	7	.053	.100	.053	.153
Wilson Ramos	14	14	5	1		2	2		4	.357	.357	.857	1.214
Daniel Murphy	12	12	6	1	1	1	4		2	.500	.500	1.000	1.500				1
Danny Espinosa	11	10	3	1			3		3	.300	.273	.400	.673		1
Bryce Harper	10	10	2							.200	.200	.200	.400
Ben Revere	10	9	3				2	1	1	.333	.400	.333	.733
Chris Heisey	9	8	4				2		1	.500	.556	.500	1.056			1
Anthony Rendon	9	8	2				2			.250	.222	.250	.472		1
Wilmer Difo	3	3	1	1						.333	.333	.667	1.000
Clint Robinson	3	2								.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Max Scherzer	3	2							1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Blake Treinen	2	1							1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Yusmeiro Petit	1	1							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	131	121	33	5	1	4	21	4	24	.273	.297	.430	.727	3	2	1	2

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