Game 60 lineups: Nats vs. Giants

Here's some good news to begin your Saturday: The clouds are beginning to clear out of the region and there is no forecast of rain today. The Nationals and Giants should have no trouble playing both ends of today's 14-inning doubleheader.

That's about the only good news, unfortunately. The Nats just announced a swath of roster moves, a couple of them quite unexpected. Here's the full list:

* Right-hander Daniel Hudson was placed on the 10-day injured list with right elbow inflammation.

* Outfielder Yadiel Hernandez was optioned to Triple-A Rochester.

* Right-hander Erick Fedde was activated off the COVID-19 IL.

* Right-hander Jefry Rodriguez had his contract purchased from Triple-A.

* Right-hander Andres Machado was promoted from Rochester to serve as the 27th man for today's doubleheader.

* Right-hander Will Harris was transferred to the 60-day IL to create a spot on the 40-man roster.

We'll get into all of that in the next post, especially the Hudson news, once we've heard from manager Davey Martinez. In the meantime, we'll focus on today's 2:05 p.m., seven-inning game, which will be started by Fedde.

It's Fedde's first major league game in nearly four weeks and you just hope there isn't too much rust. The Nationals would love to get five-plus innings from him, given the overall state of the pitching staff. They'll hope he's got that in him, and that he can put them in position to win.

The lineup, which was shut out on two hits Friday night by Anthony DeSclafani, now faces Giants ace Kevin Gausman, who has been nothing short of brilliant this season. With that in mind, and with another game to play tonight, Martinez is going with a batting order that includes Kyle Schwarber leading off, Josh Harrison batting fifth, Alex Avila batting seventh and Andrew Stevenson batting ninth.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 2:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB Network (outside D.C. market), MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, MLB.com
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 73 degrees, wind 6 mph in from right field

NATIONALS
LF Kyle Schwarber
SS Trea Turner
RF Juan Soto
1B Josh Bell
2B Josh Harrison
3B Starlin Castro
C Alex Avila
RHP Erick Fedde
CF Andrew Stevenson

GIANTS
LF LaMonte Wade Jr.
RF Mike Yastrzemski
C Buster Posey
1B Brandon Belt
SS Brandon Crawford
2B Wilmer Flores
CF Mike Tauchman
3B Jason Vosler
RHP Kevin Gausman