The Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals are playing live on the MLB schedule on Saturday and the game starts up at 12:05 pm ET for an early afternoon game at National Park and the matchup is streaming from the MLB.com website for the interleague series.
Doug Fister is pitching for the Nationals, while the Rangers are coming in after a loss to the Nats and they are looking to keep things going after the Nationals won just for the second time in the last eight games and they took it 9-2 and now they are looking for another after Stephen Strasburg got the win on Friday night. The Rangers come into the game third in the AL West and they are 28-27 on the season after the loss and they will have Yu Darvish on the hill on Sunday and that will be big for the team as they lost the first game of the series.
The team is ranked 11th in runs scored and third in batting average this season and the Rangers are also in fourth in on base percentage and 15th in slugging percentage. The pitching has not been up to par this year and they are ranked near the bottom of the league in each category, as they are 26th in ERA and 28th in quality starts, while the team is 30th in WHIP and BAA this season. Ian Desmond jacked a home run in the game for the Rangers and Colby Lewis ended up with the loss in the matchup and they need to get their offense going along with the pitching.
The Nationals come into the game ranked 22nd in runs and they won over the Rangers on Friday night and they are also ranked 17th across the board in batting average, on base percentage and slugging this season. The team comes into the game ranked fourth in pitching and 14th in quality starts and they are also 10th in WHIP and 15th in BAA and now the team is looking to lockup the interleague series. The Nationals are third in the NL East and they are 26-27 on the season and looking to close in on the Atlanta Braves.
The Rangers are chasing the A's in the division and they are looking to bounce back, as they have been up and down this season and so have the Nationals. The two teams will be looking to get things going as the Nationals try to win two in a row and the Rangers try and split the first two matchups.
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