Washington Nationals vs. San Francisco Giants (10:15 pm ET, CSN-BA)
Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants fight it out against each other in Game 1 (10:15pm ET, CSN) on Tuesday at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California. The Nationals have a 23-22 home, 9-12 away record whereas Giants have a 22-21 away, 13-8 home record.
In the midst of their worst offensive slump of the season are the San Francisco Giants and would love to get rid of their longest losing streak. When the Giants open a three-game series the Washington Nationals they will definitely give the game their best shot, to end their sixth loss in a row. the Giants’, scuffling offense has been the biggest reason for their consistent failures. Against the Nationals, Manager Bruce Bochy has moved Aaron Rowand to the sixth hole and Andres Torres to the leadoff spot.
“It’s really, really tough. It’s frustrating, It’s very sad. Every day we go out there and don’t score” said catcher Bengie Molina, who snapped an 0-for-17 funk Sunday.
Hernandez has the third-best ERA in the majors and nearly three runs fewer than his career average. Torres will be pitted against Hernandez (4-2, 1.62 ERA). Against San Francisco from 1999-2002, he in his last three starts has posted an 8.31 ERA. in San Francisco, Washington hasn’t had much success, losing five of six over the past two seasons. In Ryan Zimmerman’s last five games at AT&T Park, he has two homers and four RBIs with batting .440.
