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[Dave in Fairfax]

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Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals, Game 4, Final Match-up of the Truncated Season
When: Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 6:05 p.m.
Where: Nationals Park
Weather: at game time, 77°, mostly sunny, 0% chance of precipitation, winds from the WSW shifting to SW, which might help carry the ball to center field, or might not.

Philadelphia Phillies

Zachary Adams Eflin (RHP, 3-2, 4.28)

1. Andrew Stefan McCutchen (R) LF
2. Alec Daniel Bohm (R) 3B
3. Bryce Aron Max Harper (L) DH
4. Jacob Tyler Realmuto (R) 1B
5. Mariekson Julius Gregorius (L) SS
6. Jean Carlos Enrique Segura (R) 2B
7. Jay Allen Bruce (L) RF
8. Andrew Michael Knapp (S) C
9. Scott Michael Kingery (R) CF

Washington Nationals

Erick James Fedde (RHP, 2-3, 4.36) - Fedde is coming off of his best start of the year in Miami (6 IP, no runs on 1 hit, 2 BB, 6 Ks), but he was shelled in his last start against the Phillies (6 ER over 6 IP)

1. Andrew Patrick Stevenson (L) LF
2. Joshua Isaiah Harrison (R) 2B
3. Juan José Soto Pacheco (L) RF
4. Asdrúbal José Cabrera (S) 1B
5. Brock Wyatt Holt (L) 3B
6. Yan Gomes (R) C
7. Luis Victoriano García (L) SS
8. Yadiel Hernández (L) DH
9. Michael Anthony Taylor (R) CF

Today's Events:

Today in baseball history, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club was founded in New York in 1845. On this day in 1986, Jim Deshaies became the first pitcher to strike out the first 8 batters he faced, a feat later matched by Jacob deGrom in 2014 and Germán Márquez in 2018.

Baseball birthdays include Lefty Stewart (1900-1974), Jim Rooker (b. 1942), Dennis Lamp (b. 1952), Tony Fossas (b. 1957), Pete Harnisch (b. 1966), Jeff Cirillo (b. 1969), Matt Kemp (b. 1984), Joba Chamberlain (b. 1985) and Jedd Gyorko (b. 1988).

Other birthday boys and girls include Augustus Caesar (63 BC-19 AD), Kublai Khan (1215-1294), field marshal Friedrich Paulus (1890-1957), who was defeated and captured at Stalingrad, Aldo Moro (1916-1978), the Italian PM kidnapped and killed by the Red Brigades, actor Mickey Rooney (1920-2014), jazz saxophonist John Coltrane (1926-1967), musician Ray Charles (1930-2004), coach Marty Schottenheimer (b. 1943), musician Bruce Springsteen (b. 1949), golfer Larry Mize, Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander (b. 1959), actor Chi McBride (b. 1961) and actor Anthony Mackie (b. 1978).

Last game's hero: Yadiel Hernández

Image courtesy of MASNSports.