Sunday, May 2 Tickets Sun Life Stadium | 1:10 PM ET

WSH John Lannan, LHP (1-1, 5.53)

Nationals (13-11) @ FLA Josh Johnson, RHP (2-1, 3.19)

Marlins (12-12)

 

Nationals: Lannan will try to get back to pitching more efficiently when he faces the Marlins in the series finale. Lannan admittedly labored over his last two starts, yielding 22 runners and seven runs over 12 innings against the Rockies and Cubs -- even though he was able to keep his team in both games. He looked more in control in an earlier game against the Brewers, holding them to two runs over seven innings. Despite his travails with the strike zone against the Cubs in his last game, he held them to three runs in an eventual 4-3 loss. Still, Lannan noted that he was "sick" of doing things the hard way. Against the Marlins, he has pitched well on occasion and is a career 2-1 with a 4.43 ERA.

 

Marlins: So, how does Johnson improve on his last outing? On Monday, Johnson turned in the start of his life, hurling going the distance and driving in three runs in a 10-1 win over the Padres. He Johnson allowed as many hits -- three -- as he had himself. He struck out a career-high 12 batters, allowed just four baserunners -- the other on his only walk -- and was two innings away from the first shutout of his career, until Matt Stairs hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. Still, Johnson will settle for the fourth complete game of his career. That came to fruition when he struck out Chase Headley to end it on his 117th pitch. Johnson came into the game with an uncharacteristic 4.09 ERA and hadn't pitched past the sixth in any of his previous four starts. For his career against the Nationals, the 26-year-old is 5-0 with a 3.51 ERA in 11 games (10 starts).http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/news/probable_pitchers/index.jsp?c_id=fla

More of the same from JJ please. Another CG will do me. However it would also mean that the bullpen has 3 full days off by the time we start against the Giants on Tuesday

#Marlins 5/2 lineup: Maybin, cf; G. Sanchez, 1b; Ramirez, ss; Cantu, 3b; Uggla, 2b; Paulino, c; Ross, rf; Carroll, lf; Johnson, p.

i be at ballpark let win it marlin let see if jj can have same game as last one that be hard to do

uuuuuuuuuuuuughhhhhhhhhhhh

Damn, almost had him JJ.

Damn it JJ YOU HAD HIM

Nice Gaby

Yeah baby

very nice

wow, josh broke 3 bats in the first

Time to stop batting lead off

very nice

 

 

Hey, how many at the game?

very nice

 

 

Hey, how many at the game?

 

sparse at best

Lannan with an easy inning

wow, josh broke 3 bats in the first

 

 

Josh Johnson hates wooden bats looks like.

very nice

 

 

Hey, how many at the game?

 

sparse at best

 

So people only go to home games on Friday and Saturday then? Sad.

This ump does not give the corners

very nice

 

 

Hey, how many at the game?

 

sparse at best

 

So people only go to home games on Friday and Saturday then? Sad.

Its 87 degrees with 70% humidity

very nice

 

 

Hey, how many at the game?

 

sparse at best

 

So people only go to home games on Friday and Saturday then? Sad.

Its 87 degrees with 70% humidity

 

hehe...I live in Eastern NC, so I didn't know.

God dammit

2-0 Nationals

Its 87 degrees with 70% humidity

 

 

Which is exactly why the new retractable roof stadium is needed. On scorching hot days you can close it and let the fans enjoy the AC and baseball. It also takes less of a toll on the players.

Look Cody, we know you're good. No need to show off.

haha, that was a rather interesting route to the ball