Tonight at 7:05 p.m. ET, the Toronto Blue Jays (23-29) and Washington Nationals (28-22) take the field at Nationals Park for the opening contest of a three-game series live from Washington, D.C.
Toronto continues a six-game road trip and looks to avoid a three-match skid while Washington returns to Nationals Park for a seven-game homestand trying to avoid dropping a fourth consecutive contest.
The Blue Jays lost two of three games to the Minnesota Twins this weekend while the Nationals were swept in a three-match meeting with the Reds in Cincinnati.
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R.A. Dickey (2-5, 5.77 ERA) toes the rubber for Toronto while Washington counters with Jordan Zimmermann and he is 4-2 with a 3.26 ERA thus far this season.
Dickey gave up five runs against the Chicago White Sox in five innings and has allowed a homer in each of his last four starts and at least one long ball in seven of his 10 outings this season.
Zimmermann has thrown eight straight quality starts and beat Dickey both times that he's faced him in his career back when he was pitching for the New York Mets.
Josh Donaldson has been red hot for the Blue Jays this season and he enters the contest ranking first in the American League with 39 RBI and 43 runs while he's also second in homers (15) and total bases (122). Right fielder Jose Bautista is tied for second in the AL with 34 walks.
Bryce Harper has been a force for the Nationals this season, ranking first in the MLB with a .469 on-base percentage, a .724 slugging percentage and a 1.193 OPS. Harper is first in the National League in homers (18), runs (42) and walks (44) while his 43 RBI are tied for second. Ian Desmond is tied for second in the NL with 16 doubles.
Toronto enters play in third place in the AL East, 3.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees, who are tied atop the division, while Washington sits in first place in the NL East, a half-game above the second-place New York Mets.
The Blue Jays and Nationals open up a three-game interleague series live tonight from Nationals Park in Washington.
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