Game 37 lineups: Nats at Padres

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

May 08, 2018, 2:31pm

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SAN DIEGO - The Nationals have a chance tonight to win their third consecutive series, and Jeremy Hellickson has a chance tonight to actually receive his first decision of the season and maybe even face an opposing lineup a third time.

Hellickson has pitched quite well for the Nats, posting a 3.00 ERA and 1.05 WHIP in four starts. But he has yet to complete six innings, mostly because Davey Martinez has deployed a really quick hook on the right-hander, not wanting to let him face a lineup the third time through. We'll see if that strategy changes at all tonight.

Zimmerman Swings Gray Sidebar.jpg As for the Nationals lineup, Ryan Zimmerman is back as promised after sitting out three games with a sore right side/back. Matt Adams, though, remains in the lineup, moving to left field, getting a rare chance to face a left-hander (Clayton Richard). Bryce Harper, the only remaining player on the roster to have started every game this season, remains in the top spot.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at SAN DIEGO PADRES
Where: Petco Park
Gametime: 10:10 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 63 degrees, wind 7 mph out to right field

NATIONALS
RF Bryce Harper
SS Trea Turner
3B Anthony Rendon
1B Ryan Zimmerman
2B Howie Kendrick
LF Matt Adams
C Pedro Severino
RHP Jeremy Hellickson
CF Michael A. Taylor

PADRES
RF Travis Jankowski
1B Eric Hosmer
3B Christian Villanueva
LF Franchy Cordero
2B Jose Pirela
C Raffy Lopez
SS Freddy Galvis
CF Manuel Margot
LHP Clayton Richard