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This evening’s game on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra is a clash from the U.S.\u00c2\u00a0capital.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\nThis evening’s game on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra is a clash from the U.S.\u00c2\u00a0capital.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Giants (13-13) and Nationals (12-14)\u00c2\u00a0have split the first two games of their four-game series,\u00c2\u00a0and if today’s game carries on\u00c2\u00a0in the same way\u00c2\u00a0as those two, it will be a low-scoring affair.<\/p>\n
Washington and San Francisco enter today’s game\u00c2\u00a0in the bottom third\u00c2\u00a0of the run-scoring chart (25th and 26th respectively) and the two teams have combined for just six runs so far in this series.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jason Marquis shut-out the Giants on Friday night as the Nationals took the opener 3-0, while the winning run in Saturday’s 2-1 victory for the Giants came courtesy of a bases-loaded walk rather than a solid hit.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both teams\u00c2\u00a0are also playing without their\u00c2\u00a0regular third baseman.\u00c2\u00a0 Pablo Sandoval’s off-season fitness regime was paying off handsomely and he was batting .313\/.374\/.530 with five homers\u00c2\u00a0until breaking a bone in his right hand and landing on the Disabled List yesterday.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ryan Zimmerman was carrying on his traditional role of \u00c2\u00a0leading the Nationals’ offence until succumbing to an abdominal tear that now requries surgery.\u00c2\u00a0 Both are expected to be out of action for the next six weeks.<\/p>\n
Matt Cain and Jordan Zimmermann are the scheduled starters for today’s game.\u00c2\u00a0 Cain hasn’t quite hit top form through his first five starts this season, but is one of the best in the National League when he is on his game.\u00c2\u00a0 Zimmermann is still feeling his way back from Tommy John surgery after returning to a Major League\u00c2\u00a0mound\u00c2\u00a0for seven starts at the end of last season.<\/p>\n