Cincinnati Reds (48-61) vs. Washington Nationals (55-53) RHP Anthony DeSclafani (4-3, 5.47) | LHP Gio Gonzalez (6-7, 3.78) Friday, August 3, 2018 l 7:05 p.m. ET l Game #109 / Home #52 Nationals Park l Washington, D.C. Television: MASN l Radio: 106.7 The Fan & Nationals Radio Network Standing: 55-53, 3rd place, National League East • Home: 26-25 • Road: 29-28 • Streak: W3 • Last Five: 3-2 • Last Ten: 6-4 WHEN... NATIONALS NEWS OPPONENT Leading after 6...................42-6 THAT’S CALLED A WINNING STREAK CINCINNATI REDS Tied after 6 .......................... 7-9 The Washington Nationals won their third straight game on Thursday night, topping the Cincinnati Reds, 10- Nationals manager Dave Martinez spent the 1992 Trailing after 6 .................. 6-39 4, in the opening game of this four-game weekend set...Max Scherzer (6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 SO) earned season with the Cincinnati Reds, hitting .254 with 20 doubles, five triples, three homers, 31 RBI and 47 runs Leading after 7.................. 45-3 his 15th win of the season, while Trea Turner (2-for-4, HR, 4 RBI, BB, 2 R, 2 SB), Bryce Harper (2-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 R) and Juan Soto (3 BB, RBI, R) led the offense. scored in 135 games...Reds interim manager Jim Rig- Tied after 7 .......................... 5-6 gleman managed the Nationals from 2009-11. Trailing after 7 .................. 5-45 • The Nationals have won six of their last eight games...Over the eight-game stretch dating to July 25, Washington has outscored its opponents 67-25...Nationals starting pitchers have worked to a 1.88 ERA THE SERIES Leading after 8.................. 48-1 (11 ER/52.2 IP) and a .188 opp. AVG over this stretch of games. Tied after 8 .......................... 5-6 The Nationals and Reds will face off seven times in Trailing after 8 .................. 1-46 2018 (3 in CIN, 4 in D.C.)...Since June 5, 2016, Washing- SPEAKING OF STREAKS ton has won 14 of the last 16 games against the Reds, Extra innings: ......................2-6 The Washington Nationals have won eight straight games over the Cincinnati Reds dating to July 14, 2017... outscoring them 134-67 over this stretch. During this eight-game streak, the Nationals have scored at least 10 runs four times and have outscored the Scoring first......................45-19 Reds, 66-28, along the way. 2018 / BY THE NUMBERS Opponent scores first ...... 10-34 2018 W-L .........................4-0 (1-0 in D.C., 3-0 in CIN) Shutouts ........................... 5-11 SECOND HALF STATUS CHECK Streak (since 2017) ................................................ W8 Scoring fewer than 3 ......... 6-31 Since returning from the All-Star break, the Nationals rank among National League clubs in slugging percent- Aggregate Score / 2018 ............ Nationals 31, Reds 16 Scoring 3 or more ............ 49-22 age (1st, .494), on-base percentage (1st, .370), OPS (1st, .864), runs scored (1st, 83), stolen bases (1st, 14) Scoring 5 or more .............. 38-8 and batting average (2nd, .281). ALL-TIME SERIES / BY THE NUMBERS W-L / Nationals (2005-present) ..........................47-43 Series opener................... 20-17 THE OPPOSITE OF A DERBY SLUMP W-L / Home (2005-present) ................................25-18 Series finale .................... 17-19 Bryce Harper is hitting .359 (14-for-39) with four doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI, nine walks, three stolen W-L / Nationals Park (2008-present) ..................21-13 W-L / Away (2005-present) .................................22-25 Home series W-L-T .......... 8-7-1 bases and 12 runs scored in 12 games since returning from the All-Star break...He has a .480 on-base per- W-L / Franchise (Expos/Nationals) ..................225-252 Road series W-L-T ......... 7-10-2 centage, a .692 slugging percentage and 1.172 OPS over this stretch. Total series W-L-T........ 15-17-3 • Even before the All-Star break, Harper began to heat up in the form of extra-base hits...Since June 19, he 2018 AGAINST THE REDS is tied for fourth in the National League with 12 doubles and his 19 extra-base hits are tied for eighth. Home series sweeps ............ 3-3 DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SAVE • Harper clubbed his 26th home run of the season on Thursday night...With 26, he is tied for second in the Road series sweeps ..............5-3 3/30@CIN W, 2-0 Scherzer-Bailey-Doolittle Total series sweeps ............. 8-6 National League in home runs...His 87 walks pace the National League. 3/31@CIN W, 13-7 Strasburg-Castillo-None 4/1@CIN W, 6-5 Gonzalez-Romano-Doolittle At home ........................... 26-25 TREA TAKES BASES 8/2vsCIN W, 10-4 Scherzer-Mahle-None On the road ..................... 29-28 Trea Turner has recorded at least two stolen bases in three consecutive games...His current streak is tied for 8/3vsCIN After day off ........................ 3-9 second in Major League history (with many players) and trails only HOU Jose Altuve (4 G, 6/26-29/2014) and 8/4vsCIN CLE Ray Chapman (4 G, 9/24-28/1917) for the longest streak in MLB history. 8/5vsCIN One-run games ............... 10-18 • Turner leads Major League Baseball with 30 stolen bases, while his 119 hits are tied for ninth in the Two-run games................ 17-13 National League. DAVE MARTINEZ • Over his last seven games, Turner is hitting .412 (14-for-34) with two doubles, one triple, two home runs, Opp. at or above .500 .......26-30 Nationals manager Dave Martinez was named the Opp. below .500 ...............29-23 seven RBI, one HBP, two walks, eight stolen bases and 12 runs scored. seventh field manager in Nationals history on Oct. Come-from-behind wins........15 30, 2017. He joined the Nationals for what will be ROOKIE OF THE MONTH...AGAIN his 30th season in professional baseball. A 16-year Last at-bat W-L ................. 8-11 For the second consecutive month, Juan Soto was named National League Rookie of the Month...He led Na- Walk-off W-L ....................... 3-4 Major League outfielder, Martinez has been a Major tional League rookies in batting average (.299), on-base percentage (.398), slugging percentage (.526), OPS League coach for the last 10 seasons, serving as Cubs (.924), hits (29), RBI (15) and walks (16). Facing left-handed SP..... 11-18 manager Joe Maddon’s bench coach and right-hand Facing right-handed SP . 44-35 • Soto leads all MLB rookies (min. 265 PA), in batting average (.306), on-base percentage (.419), slugging man in Chicago (2015–17) as well as Tampa Bay percentage (.554), and OPS (.973). Day games ...................... 19-22 (2008–14). This is the first Major League managerial • Even though he was called up on May 20, he ranks among National League rookies this season in home assignment of Martinez’s career. Night games.................... 36-31 runs (2nd, 13), walks (T2nd, 43), runs (3rd, 44), RBI (5th, 37), hits (6th, 68) and doubles (T5th, 14). March/April ..................... 13-16 • Since May 15 (the first game in his game log, due to the suspended game vs. NYY), Soto ranks among all WHAT THEY’RE SAYING May ................................... 20-7 National League hitters in on-base percentage (3rd, .419), runs scored (6th, 44), slugging percentage @MarkZuckerman - MASNSports.com (Aug. 2) June................................... 9-16 (8th, .554), walks (7th, 43), home runs (T9th, 13) and batting average (12th, .306). Offensive numbers since All-Star break ... July .................................. 11-14 • Among all National League hitters (min. 265 PA) in 2018, he ranks in OPS (2nd, .973), on-base percent- Harper: .359/.480/.692 August................................. 2-0 age (2nd, .419), slugging percentage (7th, .554) and batting average (9th, .306). Murphy: .366/.422/.634 Sept./Oct. ............................ 0-0 Zimmerman: .292/.370/.542 TONY IS ON A TEAR Pre All-Star break ............ 48-48 #Nats veterans are starting to hit like themselves Post All-Star break .............. 7-5 Anthony Rendon has hit safely in 32 of his last 37 games dating back to June 15...Over the stretch he is hit- again. ting .325 with a .370 OBP and a .616 SLG...He is tied for fifth in the National League with 23 extra-base hits Wearing home whites ........ 9-11 (12 2B, 3B, 10 HR) and his .616 SLG is good for sixth over this stretch. @JamalCollier - Nationals.com (Aug. 2) Wearing road greys ...........24-20 • Rendon ranks in the NL in doubles (T8th, 26) and SLG (11th, .518) this season. Bryce Harper just destroyed his 26th homer of the Wearing red alternates ...... 7-11 season. Wearing blue alternates .......6-0 MURPH IS MASHING @Todd_Dybas - The Sports Capitol (Aug. 2) Wearing blue stars & stripes ... 3-3 In 19 games dating to July 8, Daniel Murphy is 24-for-59 (.407) with a .471 on-base percentage (24 H, 8 Another hit for Murphy. He reaches first and chats with Wearing white stars & stripes ...7-7 BB) and a .627 slugging percentage (4 2B, 3 HR)...He has struck out just six times in 68 plate appearances Votto. That would be an interesting conversation. When homering ................44-27 over this stretch. @masnKerr - MASNSports.com (Aug. 2) When playing error free ....34-33 • Murphy has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games, going 16-for-42 (.381) with two doubles, three homers, NL Rookie of the Month has walked 3 times in 3 at-bats When SP goes 6.0+ IP ......37-25 13 RBI, four walks and seven runs scored. When SP goes 7.0+ IP ....... 23-8 tonight. His name is Juan Soto. #Nats When SP goes 8.0+ IP ........