NATS GAME DAY, GAME 25: Baseball in the Sun (Kinda)

Posted by Dave Nichols | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 | , , | 0 comments »

The Washington Nationals, fresh off their 9-4 beat-down of the Houston Astros last night, complete the abbreviated two-game series this afternoon at 12:35 p.m.

The Nats try to stretch their win streak to three games and finish the home stand 3-2. They are 5-7 at home this season.

HOUSTON ASTROS (11-15, 6th in NL Central, one-game loss streak)

Bourn – CF
Keppinger – 2B
Berkman – 1B
Lee – LF
Tejada – SS
Pence – RF
Rodriguez – C
Blum – 3B
Oswalt – P

WASHINGTON NATIONALS (7-17, 5th in NL East, two-game win streak):

Guzman – SS
Johnson – 1B
Zimmerman – 3B
Dunn – RF
Dukes – CF
Willingham – LF
Hernandez – 2B
Nieves – C
Olsen – P

STARTING PITCHERS

HOU: Roy Oswalt (32.0 IP, 0-2, 3.94 ERA, 18 Ks, 9 BBs)
WAS: Scott Olsen (21.0 IP, 0-3, 7.29 ERA, 14 Ks, 9 BBs)

WEATHER

Scattered showers. Game time temp 63F, last out temp 65F. Chance of rain 40%, increasing in the afternoon.

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