The Washington Nationals and Boston Red Sox are playing live on the MLB schedule on Wednesday and the baseball matchup in the afternoon will be from Fenway Park and the matchup has Gio Gonzalez and Wade Miley matching up and the team will honor the Boston Marathon victims and tragedy at 2:49 pm ET during the game.

The team is looking to get off to their best start in two decades and this comes after the team had a very tough season last year. The Red Sox feel that they are ready to contend now and they have made a number of big moves and they have paid off already. Hanley Ramirez has been off to a good start and while Pablo Sandoval dealt with an injury, the team won on Tuesday against the Nats.

The Red Sox have started off in first place in the AL East and they have now won five of the last six games after losing once to the Yanks and once to the Phillies. The team has won two against one of the best teams in baseball in the Nats and they now have the chance to pull off a sweep. The Red Sox have been scoring runs and they feel that they could be the best team in the American League.

The team pulled an 8-7 win against the Nationals when things were not going right and now they have the chance to pull the sweep. Sandoval left the game after getting hit by a pitch and while the injury does not appear serious, he could be out for a game or two. The team took a lead against Stephen Strasburg but they let the Nats get back into the game and now they have Miley back on the mound after his first start with the team.

The Nationals have Craig Stammen on the 15-day disabled list and they have been dealing with a few injuries and have not been off to a good start. Many picked the team as the best in the NL and while they still could be, the team is just 2-6. The team opened with two of three losses against the Mets and then they lost two of there against the Phillies, including a 4-1 loss. The team now has lost two against the Red Sox and are trying to avoid a third straight series losing two of three.

The Red Sox have the chance to get off to a very good start and that would put them among the league leaders in wins. The Yankees, Orioles and Blue Jays are all chasing in the division to start the season.

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