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Espinosa popped out to third baseman C.Colón.

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Harper singled to center, Taylor scored, Rendón to second.

Singled to center, Taylor scored, Rendón to second.

Zimmerman doubled to left, Rendón scored, Harper to third.

Doubled to left, Rendón scored, Harper to third.

D.Murphy doubled to right, Harper scored, Zimmerman scored.

Doubled to right, Harper scored, Zimmerman scored.

Werth doubled to center, D.Murphy scored.

C.Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder L.Cain, Werth scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder L.Cain, Werth scored.

Butera doubled to center, Infante scored.

A.Escobar singled to center, Butera scored.

W.Ramos singled to left, Zimmerman scored, D.Murphy to third, Werth to second.

Singled to left, Zimmerman scored, D.Murphy to third, Werth to second.

C.Robinson singled to left, D.Murphy scored, Werth to third, W.Ramos to second.

Singled to left, D.Murphy scored, Werth to third, W.Ramos to second.

Espinosa hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder L.Cain, Werth scored.

Rendón grounded into fielder's choice, second baseman Infante to shortstop A.Escobar, W.Ramos scored, C.Robinson to third, Taylor out.

D.Murphy homered to right on a 0-1 count.

C.Robinson singled to center, D.Murphy scored, W.Ramos to second.

Singled to center, D.Murphy scored, W.Ramos to second.

Nationals first.  Taylor safe at second on fielding error by third baseman Moustakas.  Rendón safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Infante, Taylor to third.  Harper singled to center, Taylor scored, Rendón to second.  Zimmerman doubled to left, Rendón scored, Harper to third.  D.Murphy doubled to right, Harper scored, Zimmerman scored.  On right fielder J.Dyson's fielding error, D.Murphy to third.  Werth doubled to center, D.Murphy scored.  W.Ramos struck out.  On Medlen's wild pitch, Werth to third.  C.Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder L.Cain, Werth scored.  Espinosa grounded out, first baseman Hosmer to pitcher Medlen.

Royals second.  A.Gordon struck out.  Infante singled to center.  J.Dyson struck out.  Butera doubled to center, Infante scored.  A.Escobar singled to center, Butera scored.  A.Escobar to second.  Moustakas grounded out, third baseman Rendón to first baseman C.Robinson.

Nationals third.  Zimmerman singled to center.  D.Murphy singled to right, Zimmerman to second.  Werth walked on a full count, Zimmerman to third, D.Murphy to second.  D.Duffy pitching.  W.Ramos singled to left, Zimmerman scored, D.Murphy to third, Werth to second.  C.Robinson singled to left, D.Murphy scored, Werth to third, W.Ramos to second.  Espinosa hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder L.Cain, Werth scored.  Taylor singled to left, W.Ramos to third, C.Robinson to second.  Rendón grounded into fielder's choice, second baseman Infante to shortstop A.Escobar, W.Ramos scored, C.Robinson to third, Taylor out.  Harper struck out.

Nationals fourth.  Gee pitching.  Zimmerman lined out to second baseman Infante.  D.Murphy homered to right on a 0-1 count.  Werth popped out to second baseman Infante.  W.Ramos singled to left.  C.Robinson walked, W.Ramos to second.  Espinosa lined out to right fielder J.Dyson.

Nationals fifth.  Taylor flied out to center fielder L.Cain.  Rendón struck out.  Harper homered to right on a 0-1 count.  Zimmerman flied out to right fielder J.Dyson.

Nationals sixth.  Wang pitching.  C.Colón in as third baseman.  Orlando in as right fielder.  J.Dyson in as center fielder.  D.Murphy singled to right.  Werth struck out.  W.Ramos singled to center, D.Murphy to second.  C.Robinson singled to center, D.Murphy scored, W.Ramos to second.  Espinosa flied out to center fielder J.Dyson.  Taylor grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop A.Escobar to second baseman Infante, C.Robinson out.

The Nationals are coming off of a three-game sweep over the Cardinals in St. Louis for only the third time in franchise history, and the first time since the Montreal Expos did so from June 9-11, 1986. The last visiting team to sweep a three-game series at Busch Stadium was the Texas Rangers, who did so from June 21-23, 2013.

The Nationals are 9-3 all-time versus the Royals, though they haven't faced Kansas City since 2013. The Nationals' .750 win percentage against the Royals is their highest against any interleague opponent in franchise history (minimum five games played).

The Royals have an 8-3 (.727) record at Kauffman Stadium this season, the second-best home record in baseball (Baltimore: 9-3, .750). Since the start of 2015, the Royals have a 59-33 (.641) home record, third best in MLB over that span, trailing only the Pirates' 60-32 (.652) and the Cardinals' 60-33 (.645) home records.

Among all second-basemen, Daniel Murphy ranks first in batting average (.365) and on-base percentage (.426), fourth in slugging percentage (.576) and third in OPS (1.002).

Edinson Volquez is making his 20th start at Kauffman Stadium as a member of the Royals, sporting a 10-4 home record. The 19 starts needed to get 10 home wins is tied with Paul Splittorff (1971-72) and Kevin Appier (1989-91) for the third fewest ever by a Royal. Volquez has a 4.68 ERA and a 2-2 record in six career starts against Washington.

Through four starts, Gio Gonzalez has a 1.42 ERA, ranking fourth in the National League behind only Jason Hammel (0.75), Jake Arrieta (1.00) and Kenta Maeda (1.41). Gonzalez has a 7.49 ERA and a 3-3 record in eight career starts against Kansas City.

HP - Bucknor, 1B - Reynolds, 2B - Gonzalez, 3B - Culbreth

Stephen Strasburg may have learned more about himself from his first rocky beginning to a start then he did when he was mowing opposing hitters down from the get-go.
It's pretty common knowledge to the rest of baseball that the Washington Nationals' one-time phenom had it all working in April, and he'll try to continue a pattern of becoming stronger as the game wears on in Wednesday's road finale against the Kansas City Royals.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)  Stephen Strasburg likes to time his journey from the bullpen to the dugout before a game to minimize the time he has to sit on the bench before getting in the game.
He had to wait what seemed like an eternity Wednesday.

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Washington Nationals @ Kansas City Royals on May 4, 2016

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