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The Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins kick off the 2017 campaign at 1:05 PM EDT this afternoon with Stephen Strasburg on the mound against Edinson Volquez in the season opener in Nationals Park. FOLLOW: MASN, 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Apr 3, 2017, 12:35pm EDT

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Washington Nationals
vs Miami Marlins

April 3, 2017 1:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Edinson Volquez vs Stephen Strasburg

WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 53°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. Trea Turner - SS

2. Adam "Spanky" Eaton - CF

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

6. The WereWerth - LF

7. Dirt - 3B

8. Matt [Nickname Pending] Wieters - C

9. #Stretchburg- RHP

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Today's Lineups:

MIAMI MARLINS	WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Dee Gordon - 2B	Trea Turner - SS
J.T. Realmuto - C	Adam Eaton - CF
Christian Yelich - CF	Bryce Harper - RF
Giancarlo Stanton - RF	Daniel Murphy - 2B
Justin Bour - 1B	Ryan Zimmerman - 1B
Marcell Ozuna - LF	Jayson Werth - LF
Derek Dietrich - 3B	Stephen Drew - 3B
Adeiny Hechavarria - SS	Matt Wieters - C
Edinson Volquez - RHP	Stephen Strasburg - RHP