It’s another surprisingly gorgeous August day here in the nation’s capital, where the home team has a shot at a series win if it can beat the Rockies again this afternoon. The Nationals won Wednesday night in convincing fashion, thanks to an effective and efficient start from Mitchell Parker and a consistent offensive attack highlighted by Luis García Jr.’s three-run homer.
Can Patrick Corbin duplicate Parker’s seven innings of one-run ball? That might be a bit too much to ask out of the veteran left-hander, who for the sixth straight start will be taking the mound in search of his 100th career win. (He entered the season with 97, by the way.) Corbin did enjoy back-to-back quality starts a month ago against the Reds and Padres. In four starts since then, he sports a 10.38 ERA, with 21 runs allowed in only 17 1/3 innings.
The Nats did a nice job at the plate Wednesday night against Rockies right-hander Tanner Gordon. They’ll try to keep that up today against right-hander Cal Quantrill, who did toss a quality start against them two months ago at Coors Field. Quantrill has struggled since then, though, with a 7.23 ERA over his last eight games, with 10 homers surrendered in that time.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS vs. COLORADO ROCKIES
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 1:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 88.7 FM (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Mostly sunny, 77 degrees, wind 7 mph left field to right field
NATIONALS
RF Alex Call
SS CJ Abrams
LF James Wood
C Keibert Ruiz
2B Luis García Jr.
3B José Tena
DH Juan Yepez
1B Joey Gallo
CF Jacob Young
LHP Patrick Corbin
ROCKIES
SS Ezequiel Tovar
2B Brendan Rodgers
DH Brenton Doyle
1B Michael Toglia
C Jacob Stallings
LF Nolan Jones
CF Jordan Beck
RF Sam Hilliard
3B Aaron Schunk
RHP Cal Quantrill