Gio Gonzalez has started in each of Washington’s three previous playoff runs, all NLDS losses, but hasn’t made a start in Nationals Park since the first, back in 2012.
With Max Scherzer pushed back to Game 3 by the hamstring tweak he suffered last weekend, Gonzalez, the Nats’ 32-year-old left-hander, gets the nod in Game 2 against the Cubs this afternoon.
When he met with reporters on Friday, Gonzalez said he was excited that he’d get an opportunity to make another Postseason start in the nation’s capital.