Washington Nationals (91-59) at Atlanta Braves (67-82) LHP Gio Gonzalez [14-7, 2.68] | RHP Lucas Sims [2-5, 5.36] Weds., Sept
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Washington Nationals (91-59) at Atlanta Braves (67-82) LHP Gio Gonzalez [14-7, 2.68] | RHP Lucas Sims [2-5, 5.36] Weds., Sept. 20 l 7:35 p.m. l Game #151 / Road #74 l SunTrust Park l Atlanta, GA Television: MASN2 l Radio: 106.7 FM The Fan & Nationals Radio Network Standing: 91-59, 1st place, National League East • Home: 45-32 • Road: 46-27 • Streak: W2 • Last Five: 3-2 • Last Ten: 5-5 NATIONALS NEWS OPPONENT ON THE ROAD AGAIN ATLANTA BRAVES The Washington Nationals will continue their final road trip of the 2017 regular season on The Nationals and Braves will meet 19 times this season (10 times in D.C., 9 in Atlanta)...Na- Wednesday with the second game of this three-game set against the Atlanta Braves...Wash- tionals manager Dusty Baker was selected by Atlanta in the 26th round of the 1967 amateur ington took the opener, 4-2...The Nationals’ final road swing before the playoffs will take them draft...Baker went on to play eight seasons with the Braves, often batting behind Hall of Famer from Atlanta to New York and then to Philadelphia...WSH will close the regular season at Hank Aaron, hitting .278 with 111 doubles, eight triples, 77 home runs, 324 RBI, 253 walks, home against Pittsburgh, Sept. 28-Oct. 1. 58 stolen bases and 311 runs scored in 628 games from 1968-1975...Braves C Kurt Suzuki • At 46-27 (.630), the Nationals set out on this final nine-game road trip with the best road (2012-2013) and LHP Ian Krol (2013) are former Nationals now playing in Atlanta. record in the National League, the third-best mark in the Major Leagues...With three more wins on this trip, Washington will set a new Nationals record (2005-present) for road wins THE SERIES in a single season...That mark is currently held by the 2012 club (48-33). The Nationals and Braves have played 238 games since 2005, with the record giving the edge to the Nationals at 125-113...The Nationals are 45-21 against the Braves since June 21, 2014 COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR and went 14-5 against Atlanta in 2015, including a 10-0 mark at Nationals Park...According to Nationals 1B Ryan Zimmerman’s remarkable comeback season of 2017 continued on Tues- Elias, it was the first time in Nationals history (2005-pres.) that Washington swept a season day as he went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI -- making him a 30-homer, 30-double, 100- series at home against a divisional opponent...WSH was even better in 2016, going 15-4. RBI player for the season...Via STATS, Zimmerman now owns just the seventh 30-double, 30-homer season in Nationals history (2005-pres.), and is the only two-time 30-homer/30- 2017 / BY THE NUMBERS double player in club history...Furthermore, Zimmerman’s third-career 100-RBI season (also 2017 W-L ..................................................................................9-8 (4-6 in D.C., 5-2 in Atlanta) 2006 & 2009), gives him just the fourth 30-homer/30-double/100-RBI season in Nationals his- Streak ............................................................................................................................. Won 2 tory (2005-pres.), joining Adam Dunn (2010) and Adam LaRoche (2012) -- and he is again Aggregate Score / 2017 ......................................................................Nationals 79, Braves 97 the only player ever to do it twice. Home Runs Hit / 2017 .........................................................................Nationals 14, Braves 24 ALONE AT THE TOP ALL-TIME SERIES / BY THE NUMBERS Nationals SS Trea Turner stole his 41st and 42nd bases of the season on Tuesday night (in W-L / Nationals (2005-present) ....................................................................................125-113 just his 88th game of the season), tying and then setting a new Nationals single-season record W-L / Home (2005-present) ..............................................................................................71-50 for stolen bases (2005-pres.)...Turner topped the 41 bases Alfonso Soriano stole in 2006 as W-L / Nationals Park (2008-present) ................................................................................57-37 part of his historic 40-40 season. W-L / Away (2005-present) ...............................................................................................54-64 W-L / Franchise (Expos/Nationals) ...............................................................................339-355 THEY KEEP MAKING HISTORY With seven strikeouts in his 7.0 innings of work against the Braves on Tuesday night, RHP 2017 AGAINST THE BRAVES DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SV TOG DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SV TOG Max Scherzer crossed the 250-strikeout mark for the season -- the fourth consecutive year 4/18@ W, 3-1 Scherzer-Foltynewicz-Kelley 3:09 7/6 L, 2-5 Foltynewicz-Gonzalez-Johnson 3:10 in which he’s surpassed that mark...Scherzer, who leads the NL in strikeouts, became the 4/19@ W, 14-4 Ross-Teheran-None 3:32 7/7 W, 5-4 (10) Albers-Krol-None 3:28 4/20@ W, 3-2 Strasburg-Dickey-Kelley 2:41 7/8 L, 0-13 Teheran-Strasburg-None 3:!2 fourth pitcher in Major League history to compile four consecutive seasons or more with 250+ 5/19@ L, 4-7 Vizcaino-Romero-Johnson 3:32 7/9 W, 10-5 Grace-Newcomb-None 3:32 strikeouts (per Elias)...In the process he joined elite company: Randy Johnson (1997-2002), 5/20@ L, 2-5 Krol-Scherzer-Johnson 3:20 9/12 L, 0-8 Teheran-Gonzalez-None 2:57 5/21@ W, 3-2 Strasburg-Garcia-Glover 2:50 9/13 L, 2-8 Gohara-Scherzer-None 3:08 Ferguson Jenkins (1968-71) and Pedro Martinez (1997-2000), all Hall of Famers. 6/12 L, 10-11 Motte-Albers-Johnson 3:49 9/14 W, 5-2 Roark-Foltynewicz-Doolittle 2:40 • Behind Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw (2.26) in the NL ERA race sit Scherzer (2nd, 2.59), 6/13 W, 10-5 Gott-Dickey-None 3:16 9/19@ W, 4-2 Scherzer-Gohara-Doolittle 3:01 RHP Stephen Strasburg (3rd, 2.60), and LHP Gio Gonzalez (4th, 2.68)...According to 6/14 L, 3-13 Teheran-Roark-None 3:17 9/20@ 9/21@ Elias, it’s been 50 years since three teammates finished in the top four in their league in ERA -- 1967, when Joe Horlen (2.06 ERA, 1st), Gary Peters (2.28, 2nd.), and Tommy TRANSACTIONS AND DISABLED LIST John (2.48, 4th) did so for the White Sox. 9/4..... Recalled RHP A.J. Cole and C Pedro Severino from Triple-A Syracuse...Placed RHP Erick Fedde on • Strasburg’s historic scoreless innings streak ended at 35.0 on Sunday, the longest in the 10-day disabled list with a right forearm flexor strain. 9/7..... Selected the contract of OF Victor Robles from Double-A Harrisburg...Recalled OF Rafael Bautista franchise history (Nationals/Expos) and, per Elias, the longest for any player in the Major and OF Andrew Stevenson from Triple-A Syracuse...Transferred RHP Erick Fedde to the 60-day DL. Leagues since 2015: (Zack Greinke, 45.2 IP; Kershaw, 37.0 IP) 9/8..... Recalled INF Adrian Sanchez from Triple-A Syracuse. DISABLED LIST PITCHING IN PLAYER INJURY 10/60 DL PLACED / RETRO REINSTATED #GAMES Adam Eaton L. Knee Strain 60 April 29 126 Since the All-Star break, the Nationals’ bullpen (3.51) is behind only the Milwaukee Brewers Koda Glover Lower Back Stiffness 60 June 11 89 Joe Ross R. Elbow Sprain 60 July 14 / July 11 61 (3.49) for the best ERA in the NL -- and of late they’ve been working on a scoreless innings Ryan Raburn L. Trapezius Strain 60 July 26 / July 23 53 streak of their own...Washington’s relievers have not surrendered a run in 18.2 innings (span- Stephen Drew L. Abdominal Strain 60 July 29 / July 26 51 Bryce Harper Hyperextended L knee 10 Aug. 13 35 ning five games), striking out 21, walking four, and surrendering just seven hits in that span. Brian Goodwin L. Groin Strain 10 Aug. 16 / Aug. 14 33 Erick Fedde R. Forearm Flexor Strain 60 Sept. 4 13 Trea Turner R. Hamstring Strain 10 April 10 / April 9 April 21 10 90. Koda Glover L. Hip Impingement 10 April 26 May 12 14 Nationals Manager Dusty Baker is the 12th manager in Major League history to win 90 or Shawn Kelley Lower Back Strain 10 May 5 / May 2 May 12 9 Stephen Drew R. Hamstring Strain 10 April 12 May 29 41 more games on 10 or more occasions, per Elias Sports...With this, his 10th 90-plus win sea- Jose Marmolejos L. Forearm Strain 60 Feb. 24 June 1 52 son, Baker joins John McGraw (16), Joe McCarthy (15), Bobby Cox (15), Connie Mack Joe Blanton R Shoulder Inflammation 10 May 17 June 11 21 Sammy Solis L. Elbow Inflammation 60 April 19 July 1 65 (13), Joe Torre (12), Tony La Russa (12), Earl Weaver (11), Casey Stengel (11), Al Lopez Chris Heisey R Biceps Rupture 10 May 24 July 7 40 (10), Walter Alston (10), and Sparky Anderson (10), as the only managers ever to accom- Michael A. Taylor R. Oblique Strain 10 July 7 Aug. 13 29 Shawn Kelley R Trapezius Strain 10 June 18 / June 17 Aug. 17 51 plish that feat, via Elias, and all of them are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Stephen Strasburg R. Elbow nerve impingement 10 July 27 / July 24 Aug. 19 23 • 2017 marks the ninth Postseason appearance as a manager for Dusty Baker…According Max Scherzer L. Neck Inflammation 10 Aug. 18 / Aug. 15 Aug. 28 12 Jayson Werth L. Foot Contusion 60 June 5 / June 4 Aug. 28 75 to Elias, only six other managers have led teams to nine Postseasons (all are in the Hall of Trea Turner R Wrist Fracture 60 June 30 Aug.