Washington Nationals vs Atlanta Braves: GameThread 113 of 162

Washington and Atlanta play the second game of their doubleheader in D.C. with Max Scherzer on the mound for the Nationals against Braves’ lefty Sean Newcomb.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Aug 7, 2018, 6:35pm EDT

Division Series - San Francisco Giants v Washington Nationals - Game Two

Next Game

Atlanta Braves
at Washington Nationals

August 7, 2018 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Max Scherzer vs Sean Newcomb

WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 89°

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. #Treange - SS

2. #JuanPursuit - LF

3. #RENDONISREADY - 3B

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

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

6. Daniel "Hits" Murphy - 2B

7. MAT - CF

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

9. "Mad Max" Scherzer - RHP

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Tonight's Lineups:

BRAVES	NATIONALS
Ender Inciarte - CF	Trea Turner - SS
Ozzie Albies - 2B	Juan Soto - LF
Freddie Freeman - 1B	Anthony Rendon - 3B
Nick Markakis - RF	Bryce Harper - RF
Adam Duvall - LF	Ryan Zimmerman - 1B
Johan Camargo - 3B	Daniel Murphy - 2B
Tyler Flowers - C	Michael Taylor - CF
Dansby Swanson - SS	Spencer Kieboom - C
Max Fried - LHP	Jefry Rodriguez - RHP