The LA Dodgers and Washington Nationals are playing on the MLB schedule on Wednesday and the matchup in the afternoon has the teams playing at Nationals Park and has Dan Haren against Stephen Strasburg and is streaming live from the MLB.com main website.

The Dodgers come into the game at third in the NL west and the division has been very good this season, as the Giants are back on track and looking like a championship team again after missing out on the playoffs last year, while the Rockies have been the best offensive teams in the league and they will be a force in the division as well. The dodgers have gotten some great play from the meat of their lineup and after this game they have a tough divisional matchup with the Giants and Josh Beckett will be on the mound for that against Ryan Vogelsong.

The Dodgers come into the game after winning over the Nationals and that saw Clayton Kershaw return and he looked as good as ever and now he is 2-0 on the season after pitching back in Australia. The team is hopeful he will be healthy now and they come into the game ranked eighth in the league in runs and ninth in batting average and they are also in the top 10 in slugging and 12^th in on base percentage. The team is ranked ninth in ERA and quality starts and they are also in the top half of the league in BAA and WHIP and they can continue that solid play on Wednesday.

The Nats come into the game second in the AL East and they are looking to get back into the divisional mix after missing the playoffs last season. Wilson Ramos has been out for over 30 games and now he is back after being on the DL and the team comes in about to start a series with the Oakland A's and that will be on Friday and Doug Fister will be on the mound. The team comes in ranked 12^th in runs and eighth in batting average and they are also in the top 10 in on base and slugging percentage. The pitching has been very solid and they are fourth in ERA and 10^th in quality starts and they are also 11^th in WHIP and 16^th in BAA.

The two teams arte playoff hopefuls in the National League and this easily could be a preview of a postseason series matchup as the two teams push on in 2014.

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