The San Francisco Giants battles the Washington Nationals today at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California. The game will start at 5:00 pm ET and can be watched online through live stream via the link provided below (free for subscribers).

The Nationals (0-2) are hoping to avoid elimination versus the Giants when their veteran starter Doug Fister (6-6, 2.41 ERA) takes the pitching mound this afternoon.

"It's definitely a benefit with having some experience," said Fister to reporters.

"But it just comes down to executing, and that is a big thing. These guys have played well for a long time and they are on quite a roll. But at the same time, we have been backed into a corner before. We've been through a lot of ups and downs, and I think that's something that's definitely going to help us here where we're down 0-2."

The Nationals previously lost to the Giants by a final score of 2-1 in Game 2 on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Giants starter Madison Bumgarner (18-10, 2.98 ERA) will try to sweep the Nationals out of postseason contention when both squads battle each other in Game 3 of the NLDS.

This imminent matchup is expected to be a pitching duel between both NL teams when they square off in order to advance to the 2014 NLCS to face the winner of the Dodgers vs Cardinals series in the next round.

"We are confident with Bum on the mound on Monday," said Giants first baseman Brandon Belt to reporters after hitting the decisive homerun in the 18^th inning in Game 2.

"Definitely not taking it for granted. We have seen teams come back down from 0-2 and win the series. We are going to go in there and try to play our best baseball. If we don't, they will take advantage of it."

The game will starts at 5:00 pm ET and can be watched on TV on the MLB network or online through live stream by clicking here.