The Nationals will try salvage the series against the Phillies this afternoon and end a two-game losing streak.
Left-handers Gio Gonzalez and Cole Hamels will square off on the mound.
With Hamels starting, Bryce Harper is out of the lineup and Scott Hairston is starting in his place. Hairston is a .392 hitter with five doubles, five home runs and nine RBIs in his career against Hamels.
For the Nationals
CF Denard Span
3B Anthony Rendon
RF Jayson Werth
1B Adam LaRoche
SS Ian Desmond
LF...The
Nationals will try salvage the series against the Phillies this afternoon and end a two-game losing streak.
Left-handers
Gio Gonzalez and Cole Hamels will square off on the mound.
With Hamels starting, Bryce Harper is out of the lineup and
Scott Hairston is starting in his place. Hairston is a .392 hitter with five doubles, five home runs and nine RBIs in his career against Hamels.
For the Nationals
CF Denard Span
3B Anthony Rendon
RF Jayson Werth
1B Adam LaRoche
SS Ian Desmond
LF Scott Hairston
2B Asdrubal Cabrera
C Jose Lobaton
LHP Gio Gonzalez
