Game 103 lineups: Nats vs. Padres

The good news about today’s early start is that the Nationals can quickly put last night’s 12-3 loss behind them. The bad news is they still have to play the Padres, who they are 0-5 against this season and need to beat this afternoon to avoid a season sweep.

Patrick Corbin will take the mound for this matinee finale. The veteran left-hander was great in his first start of the second half, holding the Reds to one run on three hits and no walks with six strikeouts in six innings on Friday. He also tossed one of his five quality starts this season thus far against the Padres a month ago, holding them to three runs over seven innings with five strikeouts.

That was the only time Corbin has completed seven innings this season, so the Nats are hoping for a repeat today, especially with a depleted bullpen. Corbin is only 2-9 on the season, but a win today would be the 100th of the southpaw’s 12-year career.

Dylan Cease makes his 22nd start of the season for San Diego. The right-hander is 9-8 with a 3.76 ERA, 1.033 WHIP and 11.7 strikeouts-per-nine-innings in his first season as a Padre. He held the Nats scoreless over seven innings of one-run, one-walk ball while striking out 10 in June.

The Nats offense will definitely look for better results against Cease, who is riding a 13-inning scoreless streak entering today’s start.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 12:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, DC 87.7 (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Chance of showers, 82 degrees, wind 6 mph from left to right field

NATIONALS
SS CJ Abrams
RF Lane Thomas
DH Jesse Winker
1B Juan Yepez
LF James Wood
C Keibert Ruiz
2B Luis García Jr.
3B Ildemaro Vargas
CF Jacob Young

LHP Patrick Corbin

PADRES
LF Jurickson Profar
3B Donovan Solano
2B Xander Bogaerts
DH Manny Machado
1B Jake Cronenworth
SS Ha-Seong Kim
CF Jackson Merrill
C Luis Campusano
RF Bryce Johnson

RHP Dylan Cease