Washington Nationals vs San Francisco Giants: GameThread 110 of 162

The Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants play the second game of their three-game set at 7:05 PM EDT in D.C. with Stephen Strasburg on the mound against Matt Cain. FOLLOW: MLBN (out of market) MASN; 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 6, 2016, 5:33pm EDT

Next Game

San Francisco Giants
@ Washington Nationals

Saturday, August 6, 2016 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Stephen Strasburg vs Matt Cain

WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 86°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Trea Turner - 2B

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 - 1B

5. Wilson "Duke of Lizards" Ramos - C

6. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

7. #LSD - SS

8. The Igniter - CF

9. Stephen [Blanking] Strasburg - RHP

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Today's Lineups:

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Denard Span - CF	Trea Turner - 2B
Eduardo Nunez - 3B	Jayson Werth - LF
Brandon Belt - 1B	Bryce Harper - RF
Buster Posey - C	Daniel Murphy - 1B
Brandon Crawford - SS	Wilson Ramos - C
Hunter Pence - RF	Anthony Rendon - 3B
Joe Panik - 2B	Danny Espinosa - SS
Gregor Blanco - LF	Ben Revere - CF
Matt Cain - RHP	Stephen Strasburg - RHP

Strasburg vs the Giants:

Giants	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	HBP	GDP
Gregor Blanco	22	20	5		1	1	1	2	5	.250	.318	.500	.818			1
Buster Posey	22	20	7	2			1	1	6	.350	.409	.450	.859		1	1
Hunter Pence	21	19	5			1	2	2	6	.263	.333	.421	.754
Brandon Crawford	17	16	6				4	1	5	.375	.412	.375	.787
Brandon Belt	13	10	3				1	3	3	.300	.462	.300	.762
Angel Pagan	9	8	1				1	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347
Joe Panik	7	6	1				1	1		.167	.286	.167	.452
Matt Cain	4	3							1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Eduardo Nunez	4	4	3				1		1	.750	.750	.750	1.500
Johnny Cueto	2	2								.000	.000	.000	.000
Jake Peavy	2	1								.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Madison Bumgarner	1	1							1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	124	110	31	2	1	2	12	11	30	.282	.352	.373	.725	2	1	2

Cain vs the Nationals:

Nationals	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	HBP	GDP
Ryan Zimmerman	39	36	8	3	1	5	2	7	.222	.256	.389	.645		1		1
Daniel Murphy	22	19	4	1	1	4	2	4	.211	.273	.421	.694		1
Danny Espinosa	16	12	3		2	2	2	5	.250	.400	.750	1.150	1		1
Jayson Werth	12	10	5		1	1	2	2	.500	.583	.800	1.383
Bryce Harper	11	7	1		1	4	2	1	.143	.300	.571	.871	1	1
Chris Heisey	8	7					1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125
Wilson Ramos	6	6						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Anthony Rendon	5	3					2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400
Stephen Strasburg	5	5						3	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ben Revere	3	3						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Clint Robinson	3	2	2	1					1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500			1
Trea Turner	3	3						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Gio Gonzalez	2	1						1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Yusmeiro Petit	2	2						1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Tanner Roark	2	1							.000	.000	.000	.000	1
Matt Belisle	1	1							.000	.000	.000	.000
Max Scherzer	1	1							.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	141	119	23	5	6	16	13	31	.193	.277	.387	.664	4	3	2	1

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