In their first full series in July, the first-place Washington Nationals (45-32) will come home to Washington to face off against the largely successful, first-place San Francisco Giants (45-35).
Last week, the Giants took over first place with a bang worthy of Fourth of July fireworks: they swept the former first-place Los Angeles Dodgers, prevented them from scoring a single run in the entire series and captured the top spot that the Dodgers had been monopolizing for most of the season. Giants’ opponents have scored just 10 runs in their last seven games, four of which were shutouts. Needless to say, the Giants will be rolling into Washington with some serious momentum.
Picking up the offense
Although the Nationals remain in the bottom half of the rankings in most offensive categories, recently they have been moving up. They scored 53 runs in their last seven games (compared to the Giants’ 24 runs scored in the same time period). The Nationals have hit the second most dou...
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PLAYERS:
Ian Desmond,
Buster Posey,
Melky Cabrera,
Pablo Sandoval,
Matt Cain,
Tim Lincecum,
Jordan Zimmermann,
Edwin Jackson,
Madison Bumgarner,
Ross Detwiler,
Sergio Romo,
Gregor Blanco,
Joaquin Arias,
Emmanuel Burriss
TEAMS: Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals
TEAMS: Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals
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