The Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals are playing live on the MLB schedule on Saturday and the game from Nationals Park starts at 1:05 pm ET and Jordan Zimmermann and Aaron Harang will be on the mound in the pitching matchup.
Jordan Zimmermann will be on the mound against the Phillies and he is looking to get his season moving in the right direction. The team has been off to a slow start and they are starting to get going and it comes after Zimmermann had a bad game against the Phillies last week. Zimmermann now gets the chance to bounce back against the same team and he comes in at 1-1 with an 8.64 ERA.
The Nationals won over the Phillies after taking a 3-0 lead early and they ended up winning 7-2 on Friday night. The Nationals are now 5-6 in the NL East and Zimmermann will try and bounce back after giving up eight runs in his start against the Red Sox. Zimmermann had won four of the last five starts against the Phillies and he has pitched well against the team at home in his career.
Max Scherzer got the win for the Nationals against the Phillies and Bryce Harper hit a home run and now the team is looking to keep things going on Saturday against the Phillies. Ryan Zimmerman had a double in the game and Scherzer improved to 1-1 on the season and now the Nats can get back to .500 on the season.
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