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World Champions: 2019 • NL Wild Card: 2019 • NL East Champions: 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012
WHEN... NATIONALS NEWS OPPONENT
Home..................................... 10-16 ABOUT LAST NIGHT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Road........................................11-16 The World Champion Washington Nationals opened their final homestand of the 2020 season with a 5-1 win The Nationals and Phillies will face off 10 times in
Day............................................ 5-8 over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night...Asdrúbal Cabrera (2-for-3, RBI, BB, 2 R) and Brock Holt (2- 2020 (6 in D.C., 4 in PHI)...The Nationals acquired
Night......................................16-24 for-4, RBI) each posted multi-hit efforts and Aníbal Sánchez put together his strongest outing of the season, Howie Kendrick from the Phillies in 2017...Phillies
Current Streak......................... W2 tossing 5.0 innings of four-hit, one-run ball en route to his third win of the season. outfielder Bryce Harper played in 927 games for
Last 5 Games............................2-3 the Nationals from 2012-18...Philadelphia's hitting
Last 10 Games.........................4-6 2-4-1 coach Joe Dillon most recently served as Washing-
July........................................... 3-4 The Nationals will square off against the Phillies in the final scheduled doubleheader of the season on Tues- ton's assistant hitting coach from 2018-19...Kevin
August.....................................9-16 day...Washington has split each of its four doubleheaders this season...This comes after a stretch in 2018-19 in Frandsen - key member of Washington’s 2014 Na-
September.............................. 9-12 which the Nationals swept five consecutive doubleheaders. tional League East division championship team - is
Vs. LHSP...................................11-5 • This season, the Nationals are 0-0-4 (sweeps-swept-splits) in doubleheaders and 4-4 (.500) when play- a member of Philadelphia’s radio broadcast team.
Vs. RHSP...............................10-27 ing twice in a single day. 2020 RECORD
Series Opener........................ 7-10 • The Nationals are 13-4-25 (sweeps-swept-splits) in doubleheaders and 51-33 (.607) when playing twice W-L................................... 1-6 (1-2 in D.C., 0-4 in PHI)
Series Opener at Home......... 3-6 in a single day since baseball returned to Washington in 2005. Streak......................................................................... W1
Series Opener on Road.........4-4 Aggregate Score................... Nationals 21, Phillies 35
By Series.............................. 2-8-6 WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW ALL-TIME RECORD
By Home Series................... 1-5-2 Paolo Espino will start the second game of today's doubleheader for Washington...It will be his first time on W-L / Nationals (2005-present).....................141-145
By Road Series..................... 1-3-4 a big league mound since 2017 when he appeared in 12 games (two starts) for Milwaukee and Texas, going W-L / Home (2005-present).............................78-66
Rubber Games......................... 1-3 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA between the two stops. SOTO'S RANKS W-L / Nationals Park (2008-present)............ 66-50
Sweeps/Were Swept.............. 1-3 Rk. Stat No. W-L / Away (2005-present)............................. 63-79
Scored First............................17-11 SILVER SLUGGER WATCH 1st (MLB) Slugging% .674 W-L / Franchise (Expos/Nationals)............. 432-449
Opponent Scored First.........4-21 Juan Soto and Trea Turner have both positioned themselves to garner con- 1st (MLB) OPS 1.151
2020 GAME LOG
1st (MLB) On-Base% .477
1-run games............................ 5-8 sideration for the Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award at their respective 1st (MLB) wRC+ 192 DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SAVE
1 or 2 run games.................... 9-13 positions...Both players overall ranks can be found in the boxes to the right. 1st (MLB) wOBA .465 8/25vsPHI L, 8-3 Arrieta-Fedde-None
Comeback Wins..................... 6-13 • Soto paces all of Major League Baseball (not just outfielders) in a ma- 1st (NL) Average .348 8/26vsPHI L, 3-2 Nola-Harris-Workman
Last AB Wins............................3-3 jority of the offensive categories (see box to the right). TURNER'S NL RANKS 8/27vsPHI PPD
Walkoff Wins............................ 1-2 • Turner ranks among National League shortstops in on-base percentage Rk. Stat No. 8/31atPHI L, 8-6 Howard-Fedde-None
Extra Innings.............................3-1 (1st, .391), triples (1st, 4), extra-base hits (2nd, 27), average (2nd, .335), 1st Hits 71 9/1atPHI L, 6-0 Nola-Corbin-None
Led After 6............................20-5 slugging (2nd, .575), doubles (4th, 13) and home runs (4th, 10). T3rd Stolen Bases 10 9/2atPHI L, 3-0 Wheeler-Scherzer-Workman
Led After 7.............................. 15-3 T4th Runs 42
9/3atPHI L, 6-5 Parker-Doolittle-None
5th Average .335
Led After 8...............................16-1 THE KID IS ALRIGHT 5th fWAR 2.4 9/21vsPHI W, 5-1 Sánchez-Wheeler-None
Tied After 6............................... 1-1 Luis García is 12-for-27 (.444) with two doubles, one homer, three RBI and 8th wOBA .411 9/22vsPHI
Tied After 7...............................2-2 six runs scored over his last nine games...He has hit safely in seven of nine. 9th OPS .967 9/22vsPHI
Tied After 8............................... 1-1 • He ranks among National League rookies (min. 110 PA) in average (2nd, 11th SLG% .575 9/23vsPHI
Behind After 6......................0-25 .306), slugging (3rd, .414), OPS (3rd, .739) and OBP (7th, .325). 11th On-Base% .391 MIKE RIZZO
Behind After 7.......................0-22 • García also ranks tied for fourth among NL rookies with 34 hits despite playing in 33 games...Every other Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General
Behind After 8......................0-25 player in the top six has played in at least 40 games, except for PHI Alec Bohm (2nd, 45 hits in 38 G). Manager Mike Rizzo enters his 12th season as the head
Division Games.....................12-21 of Washington’s baseball operation and his 37th season
Vs. Other Divisions.................9-11 KYLE AND KYLE in professional baseball in 2020...On Sept. 6, 2020, Rizzo
Vs. A.L. Teams.........................9-11 • Kyle Finnegan leads the club with 23 appearances...He's tossed scoreless relief over his last six outings and the Nationals agreed to a multi-year contract exten-
Vs. N.L. Teams.......................12-21 (7.0 IP), striking out eight batters along the way. sion...Through the MLB First-Year Player Draft, deft trades
Vs. A.L. East.............................9-11 • A former starter, Kyle McGowin has tossed 7.1 innings of two-hit, shutout relief across six outings since and key free-agent signings, Rizzo turned the former 100-
Vs. N.L. East...........................12-21 being recalled to the active roster on Sept. 2...He has recorded 12 strikeouts and just two walks...Oppos- loss team into one with eight consecutive winning sea-
sons, four division titles, five Postseason appearances and
Hit 0 HR................................ 10-14 ing batters are 2-for-24 (.083) against him.
the 2019 World Series Championship...Rizzo is the fourth-
Hit 1+ HR.................................11-18
longest tenured GM in Major League Baseball.
Hit 2+ HR..................................7-9 BACKSTOP BATS
Scored 3 or Fewer Runs.......1-24 Combined, Yan Gomes and Kurt Suzuki are hitting .267, third-best among catching tandems in the National DAVE MARTINEZ
Scored 4 or More Runs........20-8 League...They also rank among NL catching corps in doubles (2nd, 13), OBP (5th, .330) and SLG (5th, .428). Third-year manager Dave Martinez was named the sev-
Scored 5 or More Runs......... 18-7 • Gomes ranks among National League catchers (min. 100 PA) in average (5th, .261), slugging percentage enth field manager in Nationals history on Oct. 30, 2017...
Through a steady, unwavering approach, consistent
Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs..... 13-7 (4th, .435) and OPS (6th, .735). strategy and never-ending positivity and support for the
Allowed 4 or More Runs...... 8-25 • Suzuki ranks among National League catchers (min. 115 PA) in average (2nd, .267), on-base percentage players, Martinez led the Washington Nationals on an
Allowed 5 or More Runs...... 4-23 4th, .347) and slugging (3rd, .406). improbable run to the 2019 World Series Championship...
More Hits than Opponent....16-6 REALLY BIG RINGS The 2020 season marks his 32nd season in professional
Fewer Hits than Opponent. 2-24 Produced by Jostens, the 2019 World Series Championship rings feature an average of 170 total diamonds, 32 baseball...A 16-year Major League outfielder, Martinez
Committed No Errors...........12-16 custom-cut sapphires, 31 custom-cut rubies, and 24 princess-cut rubies for an impressive precious total stone joined the Nationals after 10 seasons as a Major League
Committed 1 or More Errors.9-16 carat weight of 23.2 carats. coach in Chicago (2015–17) and Tampa Bay (2008–14).
Starter Goes at least 5 inn.14-20 WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
Starter Goes at least 6 inn.....8-7 @Britt_Ghiroli - The Athletic (Sept. 21)
Starter Goes at least 7 inn..... 4-1 All baseball night games should start at 6 p.m. next
Home Whites..........................0-0 year. Other opinions are welcome, but also wrong.
Champions Gold.................... 5-12
Road Greys.............................. 6-9 @dougherty_jesse - Washington Post (Sept. 21)
Red Alternates........................0-0 Andrew Stevenson continues to produce since he was
Blue Alternates..................... 10-11 IN THE COMMUNITY called up last Friday. A lead-off double has the Nation-
Blue Stars & Stripes...............0-0 WORLD SERIES RING SWEEPSTAKES als in position to strike early against Zack Wheeler.
White Stars & Stripes.............0-0 Fans can enter for a chance to win a 2019 World Series Washington Nationals Championship Ring, fitted and
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
personalized by Jostens. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a piece of baseball history, filled with @Todd_Dybas - NBC Sports Washington (Sept. 21)
NAME MLB DEBUT all the memories and symbolism of the championship season, crafted from 14-karat white and yellow gold Brockness Monster.
RHP Kyle Finnegan........ 7/25 vs. NYY with 23.20 carats in precious gems. Contest ends October 3, 2020 at 11:59 PM ET. Proceeds benefit Washing-
RHP Dakota Bacus...........8/9 vs. BAL ton Nationals Philanthropies. To enter visit natsringsweeps.com. @JessicaCamerato - MLB.com (Sept. 21)
LHP Seth Romero............8/13 at NYM
INF Luis García..................8/14 at BAL NATIONALS HISTORY Nationals bullpen strikeouts over four innings: Suero
RHP Wil Crowe............... 8/22 vs. MIA Sept. 22 (7-7) 2, Finnegan 1, Harris 2, Hudson 2
LHP Ben Braymer............8/28 at BOS 2006 – Ryan Zimmerman, via a third-inning RBI-single off Orlando Hernandez, reached the 100 RBI mark Two hits, zero runs combined
OF Yadiel Hernandez......9/10 vs. ATL for the first time, becoming just the third NL rookie in 53 years to accomplish the feat (Mike Piazza – ’93,
Albert Pujols – ‘01) @MarkZuckerman - MASNSports.com (Sept. 21)
Final: Nationals 5, Phillies 1. They avoided elimination
2018 – Austin Voth earned his first career win, tossing 5.0 innings of one-hit, shutout ball in Washington’s tonight. They'll try to continue to stave it off tomorrow
6-0 win over the New York Mets. He struck out five batters while issuing just two walks. during their final doubleheader of this brutal stretch.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Team Lg W L SV SVO G GS CG INN H R ER HR BB SO WHIP FIP ERA
2007 Lake County SAL 4 5 0 1 33 13 0 108.1 95 53 44 20 31 116 1.16 — 3.66
2008 Kinston CAR 0 2 0 0 7 6 0 29.2 39 31 28 5 11 20 1.69 — 8.49
Lake County SAL 2 0 1 2 19 0 0 37.0 35 13 13 4 12 48 1.27 — 3.16
2009 Akron EL 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0.67 — 3.00
Lake County SAL 2 1 0 0 5 2 0 13.1 19 10 10 1 2 14 1.58 — 6.75
Kinston CAR 9 6 1 1 22 21 0 118.1 89 41 34 9 34 101 1.04 — 2.59
2010 Akron EL 9 4 0 0 21 15 0 101.1 95 49 45 13 35 92 1.28 — 4.00
Columbus INT 3 3 0 0 7 7 0 41.2 43 26 26 7 12 32 1.32 — 5.62
2011 Akron EL 6 0 1 1 22 5 0 81.0 66 22 22 8 18 78 1.04 — 2.44
Columbus INT 2 1 0 1 12 5 0 39.1 35 16 15 3 7 41 1.07 — 3.43
2012 Columbus INT 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6.2 10 8 5 2 4 5 2.10 — 6.75
Akron EL 7 3 0 0 22 20 0 116.1 116 42 40 7 34 106 1.29 — 3.09
2013 Akron EL 2 5 0 0 15 13 0 79.0 90 52 47 10 27 73 1.48 — 5.35
Columbus INT 4 6 0 0 17 8 0 62.0 66 30 27 6 17 68 1.34 — 3.92
2014 Harrisburg EL 6 5 0 0 24 16 0 113.0 98 52 50 12 23 112 1.07 — 3.98
Syracuse INT 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6.2 2 1 1 0 1 4 0.45 — 1.35
2015 Harrisburg EL 0 3 0 0 8 7 1 38.0 35 18 18 3 11 32 1.21 — 4.26
Syracuse INT 8 6 0 0 20 19 0 117.2 116 47 42 13 19 88 1.15 — 3.21
2016 Syracuse INT 8 11 0 0 26 24 1 152.2 146 60 56 13 29 133 1.15 — 3.30
2017 Colorado Springs
PCL 4 2 0 1 16 14 0 75.2 86 40 38 12 14 73 1.32 — 4.52
Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 17.2 17 13 12 5 8 13 1.42 7.25 6.11
Round Rock PCL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.67 — 3.00
Texas 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6.1 6 4 4 2 2 7 1.26 5.98 5.68
2018 Round Rock PCL 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6.0 10 11 10 2 4 6 2.33 — 15.00
Colorado Springs
PCL 4 5 0 0 19 10 0 54.0 62 31 29 7 22 52 1.56 — 4.83
2019 Fresno PCL 8 4 0 0 17 17 0 92.1 97 61 58 15 24 93 1.31 — 5.65
GCL Nationals 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.1 4 2 2 0 1 9 1.15 — 4.15
MINORS Totals 89 74 3 8 342 225 2 1500.1 1457 719 662 173 393 1402 1.23 — 3.97
MLB Totals 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 24.0 23 17 16 7 10 20 1.38 6.91 6.00
BULLPEN NOTES BULLPEN MAP
#70 BRAYMER, Ben (LHP) LEFT RIGHT
YR TEAM LG W L SV SVO G GS CG INN H R ER HR BB SO WHIP FIP ERA • #70 B. Braymer • #67 K. Finnegan
2020 WSH NL 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 7.1 7 1 1 0 5 8 1.64 3.06 1.23 • #33 R. Harper
LAST: 9/20atMIA (Win, 5.0 IP, H, 3 BB, 4 SO) • #36 W. Harris
Selected in the 18th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft...Was added to the 40-Man roster on Nov. 19, 2019. • #44 D. Hudson
• Made his MLB debut on 8/28 at BOS...Made his first career start and earned his first win on 9/20 at MIA. • #61 K. McGowin
• Began 2019 in Double-A & went 4-4 w/ a 2.51 ERA (22ER/79.0 IP) and 69 SO in 13 starts...2020 Pitch Mix: 4-Seam (53.9%), Curve (23.7%), Changeup (22.4%). • # 51 W. Suero
HOLDS: 0 IR / IS: 3 / 3 OPP. SLASH: .241 / .353 / .276
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#67 FINNEGAN, Kyle (RHP) PLAYER W L S G IP ER ERA
YR TEAM LG W L SV SVO G GS CG INN H R ER HR BB SO WHIP FIP ERA Braymer
2020 WSH NL 1 0 0 0 23 0 0 22.1 19 10 8 2 13 25 1.43 4.02 3.22 2020 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 —
LAST: 9/21 vs. PHI (Hld., 1.0 IP, H, BB, SO) Career 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 —
Signed with the Nationals in Dec. 2019 after seven seasons in Oakland's system...First outing will be MLB debut...Is under team control for six years. Corbin
• Earned 1st career win on 8/22 vs. MIA...Has offered scoreless relief in 19 of 23 games...Last 6 G: 3 Holds, 0.00 ERA (0 ER/7.0 IP), 7 H, 8 SO, 4 BB. 2020 0 1 0 2 11.0 4 3.27
• Made MLB debut out of the bullpen on 7/25 vs. NYY...2020 Pitch Mix: Sinker (70%), Slider (21.1%), Split Finger (8.6%), 4-Seam (0.3%). Career 5 3 0 11 67.2 24 3.19
HOLDS: 4 IR / IS: 15 / 4 OPP. SLASH: .224 / .333 / .318 Espino
2020 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 —
#33 HARPER, Ryne (RHP) Career 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 —
YR TEAM LG W L SV SVO G GS CG INN H R ER HR BB SO WHIP FIP ERA Fedde
2020 WSH NL 1 0 0 0 22 0 0 23.0 25 15 14 3 7 24 1.39 3.85 5.48 2020 0 2 0 2 11.0 10 8.18
LAST: 9/20 at MIA (2.0 IP, SO) Career 2 3 0 7 32.1 20 5.57
Right-handed reliever was acquired from the Minnesota Twins on Jan. 29...Posted 11.0 strikeouts per 9.0 innings in his nine-year Minor League career. Finnegan
• Has tossed more than 1.0 IP in 7 games...Earned first win of the season on 7/30 at TOR...Has offered scoreless relief in 15 of 22 games this season. 2020 0 0 0 4 3.0 5 15.00
• Struck out a season-high 4 batters on 7/25 vs. NYY...2020 Pitch Mix: Slider (50.5%), 4-Seam (37.6%), Curve (11.6%), Changeup (0.3%). Career 0 0 0 4 3.0 5 15.00
HOLDS: 1 IR / IS: 19 / 2 OPP. SLASH: .266 / .324 / .426 Harper
2020 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 0.00
#36 HARRIS, Will (RHP) Career 0 0 0 3 2.0 0 0.00
YR TEAM LG W L SV SVO G GS CG INN H R ER HR BB SO WHIP FIP ERA Harris
2020 WSH NL 0 1 0 3 18 0 0 15.2 18 9 6 3 9 20 1.72 4.87 3.45 2020 0 1 0 4 3.1 1 2.70
LAST: 9/21 vs. PHI (1.0 IP, 2 SO) Career 0 2 0 9 6.2 2 2.70
Veteran right-handed reliever signed a 3-year contract with the Nationals in January 2020...Enters 2020 with 2.36 ERA, 3rd among relievers since 2015. Hudson
• Last 4 G: Hold, 0.00 ERA (0 ER / 3.1 IP), H, 6 SO...Has offered scoreless relief in 11 of 15 G since returning from the Injured List. 2020 0 0 0 3 3.2 0 0.00
• In 2019 went 4-1 with 4 saves and a 1.50 ERA in 68 G for HOU....2020 Pitch Mix: Cutter (77.3%), Curve (22.3%), 4-Seam (0.3%). Career 1 0 3 19 24.2 9 3.28
HOLDS: 6 IR / IS: 4 / 1 OPP. SLASH: .273 / .360 / .455 McGowin
2020 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 —
#44 HUDSON, Daniel (RHP) Career 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 9.00
YR TEAM LG W L SV SVO G GS CG INN H R ER HR BB SO WHIP FIP ERA Sanchez
2020 WSH NL 2 2 9 14 19 0 0 18.2 15 14 14 6 8 26 1.23 6.37 6.75 2020 1 0 0 2 8.1 4 4.32
LAST: 9/21 vs. PHI (1.0 IP, H, BB, 2 SO) Career 7 11 0 27 145.2 71 4.39
Veteran reliever returns to the Nationals on a two-year contract...Recorded the final out of the 2019 World Series, striking out Houston's Michael Brantley. Scherzer
• Ranks 5th in NL with 9 saves (T8th in MLB)...Has tossed scoreless relief in 12 of 19 G...Opposing batters are .211 (15-for-71) against him. 2020 0 1 0 1 6.0 3 4.50
• Tossed scoreless relief in 7 of 9 Postseason G...Went 4-for-4 in SVO...2020 Pitch Mix: 4-Seam (76.1%), Slider (16.1%), Changeup (5.7%), Curve (2.1%). Career 11 4 0 21 136.2 41 2.70
HOLDS: 0 IR / IS: 8 / 1 OPP. SLASH: .211 / .317 / .507 Suero
2020 0 0 0 4 4.1 3 6.23
#61 McGOWIN, Kyle (RHP) Career 2 0 0 21 20.1 7 3.10
YR TEAM LG W L SV SVO G GS CG INN H R ER HR BB SO WHIP FIP ERA Voth
2020 WSH NL 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 7.1 2 0 0 0 2 12 0.55 0.77 0.00 2020 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 —
LAST: 9/18 at MIA (0.2 IP, H) Career 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 —
Tall, right-handed reliever enjoyed four stints with the Nationals in 2019...Made his Major League debut in 2018.
• Earned 1st career win on 9/5 at ATL...Recorded 1st career hold on 9/11 vs. ATL...Opposing batters are hitting .083 (2-for-24).
• Appeared in 7 G with WSH in 2019...Made lone start on May 24 vs. ATL...2020 Pitch Mix: Slider (75.4%), 4-Seam (20.3%), Sinker (4.2%).
HOLDS: 1 IR / IS: 8 / 4 OPP. SLASH: .083 / .154 / .083