Tomorrow afternoon, the Washington Nationals take on the Miami Marlins in the first series of the season. We get you set for the matchup
Opening Day is finally here! The Washington Nationals will take the field at Nats Park for the first time tomorrow when they take on the Miami Marlins in the first game of a three game series. This will be the fourth time that the two clubs will meet on Opening Day since 2005 (Nats are 1-2 in the three prior meetings).
Last season, these two teams played some competitive matchups, but the Nats ended up having the edge as they won 10 of the 19 games. Four of those starts for the Marlins were by Jose Fernandez, who died last September. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the Fernandez family and the Marlins.
This offseason, Don Mattingly’s club added two new pitchers into their rotation. They signed Edinson Volquez (today’s starter) and made a trade with the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Straily. Also, Miami added to their bullpen with the free agent signings of Junichi Tazawa and Brad Ziegler.
Before we breakdown the pitching matchup between Volquez and Stephen Strasburg, here are the ways you can watch tomorrow’s matchup. Remember, I will be live tweeting the game (@DistrictOnDeck) and we will have a special DoDcast postgame show with my other co-editor, Ron Juckett, shortly after the game on our YouTube channel:
Date: April 3, 2017
First Pitch: 1:05 p.m ET
Location: Washington D.C.
Stadium: Nationals Park
Pitchers: Edinson Volquez vs. Stephen Strasburg
Radio Station: 106.7 The Fan
TV Channel: MASN and WUSA9
Live Stream: MLB.TV