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Game Thread: Phillies at Nationals 4/27/16

I've got your play of the game right here, MASN, you piles of dirt.

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

SERIES PREVIEW

Nationals Park

7:05PM EDT on CSN

Jeremy Hellickson (1-1) 5.221 ERA

PHILLIES: The last time Hellickson faced Washington, he fared worse than he did in his rough follow-up outing against the Mets. Unable to make it out of the fifth in his last two starts, he will look to return to not sucking complete butt.

Gio Gonzalez (1-0) 1.42 ERA

NATIONALS: Gonzalez is off to the fastest start of his career in Washington. He has surrendered three earned runs in 19 innings (1.42 ERA) and has cut down his walks to 1.9 per nine innings, compared to a career average of 3.8 per nine. He also looks like he was dipped in a bucket of canola oil, but that's none of our business.

Today's Lineups

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Odubel Herrera - CF Michael Taylor - CF
Freddy Galvis - SS Anthony Rendon - 3B
Maikel Franco - 3B Bryce Harper - RF
Darin Ruf - 1B Ryan Zimmerman - 1B
Carlos Ruiz - C Daniel Murphy - 2B
Cesar Hernandez - 2B Jayson Werth - LF
Tyler Goeddel - LF Danny Espinosa - SS
Jeremy Hellickson - RHP Jose Lobaton - C
Peter Bourjos - RF Gio Gonzalez - LHP