The Washington Nationals and the Miami Marlins are playing an MLB game on Monday night as they start an NL East division series and the baseball matchup starts up at 7:10 pm ET and comes as the teams are chasing the leaders in the division and this now is the third week of the league schedule and the game is streaming online from the MLB.com website.

The Nationals come into the game as the number two team in the NL East and they are 7-5 after losing to the Atlanta Braves on the road and now they play against the Marlins with Jordan Zimmerman on the mound. The Nats have been one of the most consistent teams on the offensive side so far this season, as they are in the top 10 in runs, batting average, on base percentage and slugging percentage, ranking sixth in batting in the early goings and they are hoping that continues through the front part of the season. Brad Hand is coming in for the start and he s 0-0 on the season after starting well with a mid 3.00 ERA and after this game the Marlins will have to face off against Stephen Strasburg and that obviously will be a tough matchup to win.

The Marlins are coming into the game after a loss against the Phillies and that saw Jonathan Papelbon get his third save of the season and Miami has also started the season well on offense. The team is ranked in the top 10 in all the major categories and they are ranked ninth in runs with 60 this season. The Marlins are seventh in the league in batting average and they are 12th in slugging percentage and 12th in ERA and the batting average against has been solid as well.

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