HBT: Gio won't make final start for Nationals

The Nationals have scratched Gio Gonzalez from his final regular season start tonight after clinching the NL East title last night.

Washington is still fighting Cincinnati for the No. 1 seed, but manager Davey Johnson has decided that resting Gonzalez for a Game 1 start in the NLDS is more important. Tom Gorzelanny will take his place against the Phillies.

Making a 33rd start also could have helped Gonzalez?s case for the Cy Young award, but instead he?ll finish two-thirds of an inning short of cracking 200 innings for the third straight season and ends the year 21-8 with a 2.89 ERA.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/02/with-division-title-clinched-gio-gonzalez-wont-make-final-start-for-nationals/related/

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