Washington Nationals (10-12) at San Francisco Giants (9-12) LHP Gio Gonzalez (2-1, 2.49) | RHP Chris Stratton (1-1, 2.22) Mon., April 23 l 7:15 p.m. PT / 10:15 p.m. ET l Game #23 / Road #13 AT&T Park l San Francisco, Calif. Television: MASN 2 l Radio: 106.7 FM The Fan & Nationals Radio Network Standing: 10-12, 4th place, National League East • Home: 3-7 • Road: 7-5 • Streak: L2 • Last Five: 2-3 • Last Ten: 4-6 WHEN... NATIONALS NEWS OPPONENT Leading after 6.................. 9-2 MOVING ON SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Tied after 6 ........................ 0-2 Following Sunday night’s 4-3 defeat against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Nationals will begin the last series Nationals manager, Dave Martinez spent parts of the 1993 Trailing after 6 .................. 1-8 of their 10-day road trip with three games against the San Francisco Giants starting tonight. and 1994 season with the Giants and was a key member of the 1993 Giants that won 103 games... • Following this series, the Nationals will travel home where they will enjoy a day off on Thursday before a Mark Melancon pitched in 30 games for the Nationals in 2016. Leading after 7.................. 9-1 three-game weekend set against the Diamondbacks. Tied after 7 ........................ 0-2 THE SERIES Trailing after 7 .................. 1-9 MICHAEL A. The Nationals and Giants will meet six times this season... On Sunday night against the Dodgers, Michael A. Taylor went 3-for-3, with one double, one home run (his first Washington is 12-8 against San Fransisco since the start Leading after 8................ 10-0 of the season), one RBI, one walk, two stolen bases and two runs scored...Over his last seven games, Taylor is of the 2015 season. Tied after 8 ........................ 0-2 hitting .364 (8-for-22) with four doubles, three RBI, four walks, four stolen bases and seven runs scored...He Trailing after 8 ................ 0-10 has reached base safely in six of the seven games and has hit safely in four of the seven. 2018 / BY THE NUMBERS 2018 W-L ..................................... 0-0 (0-0 in D.C., 0-0 SF) Extra innings: .................... 0-2 • With eight stolen bases, Taylor is tied with teammate Trea Turner for most stolen in the National League Streak (since 2017) .......................................................W1 and is tied for second in MLB...As a team, the Nationals lead all of Major League Baseball with 25 stolen Aggregate Score / 2018 .................... Nationals 0, Giants 0 Scoring first........................ 9-7 bases. Opponent scores first ........ 1-5 • Neither Taylor nor Turner have been caught stealing yet in 2018. ALL-TIME SERIES / BY THE NUMBERS Shutouts ........................... 2-1 W-L / Nationals (2005-present) ................................45-39 EXTRA ZIM W-L / Home (2005-present) ......................................25-16 W-L / Nationals Park (2008-present) ........................19-13 Scoring fewer than 3 ......... 2-6 Over his last four games, Ryan Zimmerman is 6-for-15 (.400) with two doubles, one triple, two home runs, W-L / Away (2005-present) .......................................20-23 Scoring 3 or more .............. 8-6 five RBI and five runs scored...Five of his six hits have been extra base hits...On Wednesday at New York, he W-L / Franchise (Expos/Nationals) ........................115-129 Scoring 5 or more .............. 7-4 turned in his best game of the 2018 season, going 3-for-4 with a triple, two home runs, four RBI and three runs scored...It was his 24th career multi-home run game and his eighth career game with at least three 2018 AGAINST THE GIANTS Series opener..................... 5-2 extra base hits. DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SAVE Series finale ...................... 1-6 4/23atSFG LEADING MAN 4/24atSFG Home series W-L-T ......... 1-2-0 4/25atSFG Bryce Harper’s eight home runs are tied for second most in Major League Baseball while his 27 walks are the Road series W-L-T .......... 2-2-0 6/8vsSFG most...He ranks in the NL in runs scored (2nd, 20), RBI (T2nd, 19), slugging percentage (5th, .638), on-base Total series W-L-T........... 3-4-0 6/9vsSFG percentage (4th, .460), and OPS (4th, 1.098) 6/10vsSFG Home series sweeps .......... 0-1 • Harper has been issued at least one walk in seven of his last eight games…He has two streaks of at least one walk per game so far this season (8 G, 4/1-8 and 7 G, 4/14-21)…His eight-game streak is DAVE MARTINEZ Road series sweeps ............ 1-0 Nationals manager Dave Martinez was named the Total series sweeps ........... 1-1 the longest in MLB this season. • In 2017, the longest streak with at least one walk was 14 games by Mike Trout from Aug. 21 to Sept. seventh field manager in Nationals history on Oct. 30, 2017. He joined the Nationals for what will be At home ............................. 3-7 6...For perspective, the longest streak with at least one walk in Major League history is 22 games by his 30th season in professional baseball. A 16-year On the road ....................... 7-5 Detroit’s Roy Cullenbine, July 2-22, 1947. Major League outfielder, Martinez has been a Major After day off ...................... 1-1 APRIL POWER League coach for the last 10 seasons, serving as Cubs In 497 at-bats spanning 143 career games in March/April, Bryce Harper has posted a .638 slugging percent- manager Joe Maddon’s bench coach and right-hand One-run games ................. 1-3 age and a 1.073 OPS...The .638 slugging percentage is the best in Major League history for March/April, tied man in Chicago (2015–17) as well as Tampa Bay Two-run games.................. 3-1 of the likes of Babe Ruth (.638) and ahead of Barry Bonds (.633)...The 1.073 OPS trails Ruth (1.090) and (2008–14). This is the first Major League managerial Ted Williams (1.088). assignment of Martinez’s career. Come-from-behind wins.........2 • With eight home runs, Harper is just one homer short of his personal career-mark for home runs in WHAT THEY’RE SAYING Last at-bat W-L ................. 0-3 March/April (9, 3x: 2017, 2016, 2013). Walk-off W-L ..................... 0-0 @MarkZuckerman - MASNSports.com (April 22) • The Nationals record (2005-pres.) for home runs in March/April is 11 by Ryan Zimmerman in 2017...The Taylor now 8-for-8 on stolen base attempts this sea- team record for most home runs in a single month is held by Harper (13, May 2015). Facing left-handed SP....... 2-6 son. Facing right-handed SP ... 8-6 INSTANT OFFENSE @jorgecastillo - Washington Post (April 22) Speaking of Trea Turner, Washington’s leadoff hitter has reached base safely in 17 of 22 games and has hit Day games ........................ 4-4 Jeremy Hellickson is through 5 scoreless innings safely in four of his last six...He’s posted multi-hit efforts in three of those six games...All told, he is 8-for-27 Night games...................... 6-8 on 75 pitches. He’s retired 13 straight. The Dodgers (.296) with three doubles, one RBI, two stolen bases and four runs scored in his last six games. haven’t had a baserunner since the 1st inning. March/April ................... 10-12 May ................................... 0-0 DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE BULLPEN @MarkZuckerman - MASNSports.com (April 22) June................................... 0-0 Henry Blanco’s bullpen has also been strong when it comes to striking out batters...Washington’s relievers Michael A. Taylor into the left field bullpen for his 1st July .................................... 0-0 lead the National League and rank second in Major League Baseball with 11.28 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (behind homer of the season. He’s 4-for-9 in the series. #Nats August............................... 0-0 NYY - 13.22)...Their 84 strikeouts rank tied for sixth in the National League. up 2-0 in top 4th. September/October. ........... 0-0 • Sean Doolittle ranks tied for fifth among National League relievers with 19 strikeouts. @JamalCollier - MLB.com (April 22) Pre All-Star break .......... 10-12 WALK THIS WAY Trevor Gott strikes out Puig and Utley to escape a Post All-Star break ............ 0-0 As a team, the Nationals offense leads Major League Baseball with 100 walks, ahead of the bases-loaded jam. Huge. 96mph and 97mph fastballs Philadelphia Phillies (98) and Houston Astros (95)...As mentioned, Bryce Harper leads MLB with 27 walks, Wearing home whites ........ 1-3 to escape the jam. while Trea Turner is tied for ninth in the National League with 15. Wearing road greys ............. 6-4 Wearing red alternates ...... 1-2 Wearing blue stars & stripes . 1-2 NATIONALS HISTORY Wearing white stars & stripes . 1-1 April 23 (3-6 on this date) 2014 – Down 4-1 against the Angels in the bottom of the ninth, Jose Lobaton began the inning with a solo When homering .................. 5-8 shot, four batters later Jayson Werth turned Ernesto Frieri’s 3-0 offering into a game-tying two-run double When playing error free ...... 7-6 down the left-field line. After Frieri departed,Adam LaRoche served Fernando Salas’ first offering into left When SP goes 6.0+ IP ....... 7-5 field to plate Werth and cap the comeback. For just the second time since their D.C. arrival in 2005, the When SP goes 7.0+ IP ....... 4-2 Nationals erased a ninth-inning deficit of at least three runs to win. When SP goes 8.0+ IP ....... 2-0 IN THE COMMUNITY vs. NL East ........................ 5-7 April 30: Team trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center vs.