Washington Nationals (46-46) at New York Mets (37-53) RHP Max Scherzer (11-5, 2.33) | LHP Steven Matz (4-6, 3.31) Thursday, July 12, 2018 L 7:10 P.M
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Washington Nationals (46-46) at New York Mets (37-53) RHP Max Scherzer (11-5, 2.33) | LHP Steven Matz (4-6, 3.31) Thursday, July 12, 2018 l 7:10 p.m. l Game #93 / Road #47 Citi Field l Flushing, N.Y. Television: MASN l Radio: 106.7 The Fan & Nationals Radio Network Standing: 46-46, 3rd place, National League East • Home: 22-24 • Road: 24-22 • Streak: L1 • Last Five: 2-3 • Last Ten: 4-6 WHEN... NATIONALS NEWS OPPONENT Leading after 6.................. 36-5 ONE LAST SERIES... NEW YORK METS Tied after 6 .......................... 4-9 The Nationals dropped the series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday afternoon, despite a Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy spent seven Trailing after 6 .................. 6-32 strong outing from left-handed pitcher Gio Gonzalez in which he allowed just two earned runs in 6.0 innings seasons (2008-15) with the New York Mets...Washington’s hitting coach Kevin Long served as New York’s hitting coach and hit is seventh career double to give the Nationals their first hit of the game...On the season the Nationals Leading after 7.................. 36-3 from 2015-17 and bench coach Chip Hale served as their finished 5-2 against the Pirates. Tied after 7 .......................... 5-4 third base coach from 2010-11. Trailing after 7 .................. 5-39 • Tonight, the Nationals begin a four game set against the New York Mets before heading into the All-Star break...The Mets took the first series win of the season at Nationals Park with the Nationals taking the THE SERIES Leading after 8.................. 40-1 win in the second series of the season at Citi Field. Since 2011, the Nationals are 51-19 at Citi Field and have Tied after 8 .......................... 5-5 won 10 of their last 12 games at New York since the start Trailing after 8 .................. 1-40 EATON IS ELECTRIC of 2017. In 25 games since being reinstated from the disabled list on June 9, Adam Eaton is 27-for-87 (.310) with Extra innings: ......................2-4 2018 / BY THE NUMBERS two doubles, nine RBI, seven walks, one stolen base and eight runs scored...On the season Eaton has a .316 2018 W-L ...............................2-4 (0-3 in D.C., 2-1 in N.Y.) Scoring first......................37-17 batting average (37-for-117) in 33 games. Streak .............................................................................L1 Opponent scores first ........ 9-29 • Over his last 11 games he is 15-for-41 (.366) with one double, six RBI, five walks, one stolen base and Aggregate Score / 2018 ...................Nationals 27, Mets 36 Shutouts ........................... 5-10 two runs scored...He has a .447 on-base percentage during this stretch. Scoring fewer than 3 ......... 6-27 • Eaton ranks among all National League players (min. 130 PA) in batting average (5th, .316) and on-base ALL-TIME SERIES / BY THE NUMBERS percentage (10th, .389). W-L / Nationals (2005-present) ............................132-114 Scoring 3 or more ............ 39-18 W-L / Home (2005-present) ......................................55-66 Scoring 5 or more .............. 29-7 W-L / Nationals Park (2008-present) ........................48-45 HE WALKS THE LINE Series opener................... 16-14 W-L / Away (2005-present) .......................................77-48 Outfielder Bryce Harper added two more walks to hit season total in yesterday’s game...His 78 walks this W-L / Franchise (Expos/Nationals) ........................430-413 Series finale .................... 13-18 season ranks first among National League hitters and they rank second in Major League Baseball behind LAA Home series W-L-T .......... 6-7-1 Mike Trout...Harper has reached base safely in 19 of his last 22 games. 2018 AGAINST THE METS Road series W-L-T ........... 6-9-1 • In addition to his walks, Harper’s 22 home runs rank third in the National League behind MIL Jesus DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SAVE Total series W-L-T........ 12-14-2 Aguilar (23) and COL Nolan Arenado (23). 4/5vsNYM L, 2-8 deGrom-Strasburg-None 4/7vsNYM L, 2-3 Robles-Kintzler-Familia • Harper’s 36 extra-base hits rank tied for third among National League outfielders with PITGregory Home series sweeps ............ 2-3 4/8vsNYM L, 5-6 Lugo-Kintzler-Rhame Polanco (36) and trailing ATL Nick Markakis (38) and ARI David Peralta (37). Road series sweeps ..............4-2 4/16atNYM W, 8-6 Cole-Ramos-Madson Total series sweeps ............. 6-5 4/17atNYM W, 5-2 Gonzalez-Wheeler-Doolittle TONY IS JUST SO EXTRA 4/18atNYM L, 5-11 Ramos-Madson-None At home ........................... 22-24 On Tuesday night, Anthony Rendon hit his 13th home run of the season, a two-run blast to left-center field... 7/12atNYM On the road ..................... 24-22 It marked his 38th extra-base hit of the season (25 doubles, 13 home runs)...His 38 extra base hits are tied 7/13atNYM for 10th in the National League. 7/14atNYM After day off ........................ 4-7 7/15atNYM • Rendon has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games with eight extra-base hits (4 doubles, 4 home runs, 7/31vsNYM One-run games ................. 9-16 10 RBI). 8/1vsNYM Two-run games................ 16-12 • His 25 doubles rank tied for fifth in the National League trailing...Since June 15, his 18 extra-base hits 8/24atNYM Opp. at or above .500 .......24-27 are tied for second-most in the Nationals League and tied for third-most in Major League Baseball. 8/25atNYM 8/26atNYM Opp. below .500 ...............22-19 BIG CITY IS HEATING UP 9/20vsNYM Come-from-behind wins........14 InfielderMatt Adams is 9-for-27 (.333) with one double, two walks and five runs scored in seven games since 9/21vsNYM 9/22vsNYM Last at-bat W-L ................... 8-9 returning from the disabled list on July 4...Adams collected four hits in his first game back on July 5 against Walk-off W-L ....................... 3-2 9/23vsNYM the Marlins marking a season-high and matching a career-high...Prior to being placed on the disabled list, DAVE MARTINEZ Facing left-handed SP....... 9-18 Adams hit .275 with seven doubles, 13 home runs, 36 RBI, 16 walks and 24 runs scored in 57 games...The Facing right-handed SP . 37-28 Nationals went 26-12 in his 38 starts prior to the injury. Nationals manager Dave Martinez was named the • From April 25 to June 16, Adams ranked third in the National League with 11 home runs and was tied for seventh field manager in Nationals history on Oct. Day games ...................... 14-20 seventh with 32 RBI over this span. 30, 2017. He joined the Nationals for what will be Night games.................... 32-26 his 30th season in professional baseball. A 16-year March/April ..................... 13-16 SO TELL ME MORE ABOUT SOTO... Major League outfielder, Martinez has been a Major May ................................... 20-7 Juan Soto blasted his ninth home run of the season on July 9, a line drive to right field in the fifth inning...Soto League coach for the last 10 seasons, serving as Cubs June................................... 9-16 leads all MLB rookies (min. 190 PA), in batting average (.304), on-base percentage (.417), and OPS (.957)... manager Joe Maddon’s bench coach and right-hand July ...................................... 4-7 His slugging percentage (.549) ranks second behind NYY Gleyber Torres (.555)...Though he was called up man in Chicago (2015–17) as well as Tampa Bay August................................. 0-0 on May 20, he ranks among NL rookies in walks (3rd, 31), HR (3rd, 9), doubles (T5th, 11) and RBI (6th, 28). (2008–14). This is the first Major League managerial Sept./Oct. ............................ 0-0 • Since May 15 (the date of his “first” game due to the suspended game vs. NYY), he leads National assignment of Martinez’s career. League rookies in walks (1st, 31), home runs (1st, 9), RBI (1st, 28) and doubles (T2nd, 11). Pre All-Star break ............ 46-46 • Among all National League players (min. 190 PA), Soto ranks in on-base percentage (2nd, .417), OPS WHAT THEY’RE SAYING Post All-Star break .............. 0-0 (5th, .957) and slugging (10th, .540). @MarkZuckerman - MASNSports.com (July 11) Wearing home whites ........ 8-10 2 scoreless innings for Gio Gonzalez on 18 pitches. Wearing road greys ...........20-17 TURN IT UP Wearing red alternates ........ 6-8 Over his last 22 games, Trea Turner is 28-for-90 (.311) with one double, one triple, four homers, 12 RBI, @jorgecastillo - Washington Post (July 11) Wearing blue alternates .......5-0 eight walks, two stolen bases and 18 runs scored...He has a .374 on-base percentage and a .478 slugging Shoutout to a reader for this factoid: Hellickson’s win Wearing blue stars & stripes ... 2-3 percentage during this stretch. last night was the first for a Nationals starter in which Wearing white stars & stripes ...5-7 • Turner’s 100 hits this season rank ninth in the National League...His 22 stolen bases are tied for fourth the Nationals didn’t score at least 17 runs since June 6. When homering ................36-22 in Majore league Baseball. When playing error free ....28-27 @ESPNeddiematz - ESPN.com (July 11) When SP goes 6.0+ IP ......29-22 Today marks the 3-month anniversary of the last time When SP goes 7.0+ IP ....... 18-6 Sean Doolittle walked a batter When SP goes 8.0+ IP ......... 4-0 NATIONALS HISTORY vs. NL East ...................... 16-17 July 12 (2-3 on this date) @MarkZuckerman - MASNSports.com (July 11) vs. NL Central...................... 8-2 2014 – Washington topped Philadelphia, 5-3, in 10 innings. Ryan Zimmerman’s two-out walk-off single off Daniel Murphy, meanwhile, went 4-for-4 last night vs.