Game 11 lineups: Nats at Phillies

PHILADELPHIA - If you thought last night's game had some fireworks, you may want to tune in again tonight for the series finale between the Nationals and Phillies. Because if these two lineups were able to produce against Stephen Strasburg and Aaron Nola the way they did, imagine what could happen against Jeremy Hellickson and Nick Pivetta.

Rendon-Trots-Gray-PIT-sidebar.jpgNo offense to those two right-handers, but they don't have the track record of last night's starters. And both have been beaten up by these respective teams in recent years. Four members of the Nats lineup own a career OPS of at least 1.357 versus Pivetta: Adam Eaton, Anthony Rendon, Juan Soto and Ryan Zimmerman (though Zimmerman actually is getting the night off, with Matt Adams starting at first base). Meanwhile, both Bryce Harper and Andrew McCutchen sport an OPS of at least 1.018 in their careers against Hellickson.

So this could end up being another bullpen game. Which could be problematic, given how many guys were used for multiple innings last night. You have to assume Joe Ross, Matt Grace and probably Sean Doolittle are all unavailable tonight for the Nationals. So look for Justin Miller, Wander Suero and Tony Sipp to get some big innings tonight. Trevor Rosenthal? We'll see how lopsided the game is, one way or the other.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Where: Citizens Bank Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 1500 AM, MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 59 degrees, wind 11 mph left field to right field

NATIONALS (5-5)
RF Adam Eaton
2B Brian Dozier
3B Anthony Rendon
LF Juan Soto
1B Matt Adams
C Yan Gomes
SS Wilmer Difo
RHP Jeremy Hellickson
CF Victor Robles

PHILLIES (7-3)
LF Andrew McCutchen
SS Jean Segura
RF Bryce Harper
1B Rhys Hoskins
C J.T. Realmuto
CF Odúbel Herrera
2B César Hernández
3B Maikel Franco
RHP Nick Pivetta




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