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Washington and Chicago wrap up their four-game set in D.C. with Joe Ross o the mound for the Nationals against the Cubs' Jon Lester. GAME TIME: 4:05 PM EDT; FOLLOW: MASN; MLBN (out of market); 106.7 the FAN in D.C.

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Chicago Cubs
at Washington Nationals

June 29, 2017 4:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Joe Ross vs Jon Lester

WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 88°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. #Treacycle - SS

2. Ryan Raburn - LF

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

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

5. Daniel "Hits" Murphy - 2B

6. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

7. Matt ["Nickname Pending"] Wieters - C

8. MAT - CF

9. Joe. Ross. Period. - RHP

• LINKS:

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Today's Lineups:

CHICAGO CUBS WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Jon Jay - LF Trea Turner - SS
Ian Happ - RF Ryan Raburn - LF
Anthony Rizzo - 1B Bryce Harper - RF
Willson Contreras - C Ryan Zimmerman - 1B
Addison Russell - SS Daniel Murphy - 2B
Jeimer Candelario - 3B Anthony Rendon - 3B
Albert Almora - CF Matt Wieters - C
Javier Baez - 2B Michael Taylor - CF
Jon Lester - LHP Joe Ross - RHP

Ross vs the Cubs:

Lester vs the Nationals:

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