Game 89 lineups: Nats vs. Royals

It's the final day of the first half of the season, and what a wild first half it's been for the Nationals. They went 19-31 over their first 50 games. Only the Marlins were worse in the National League. They've now gone 27-11 over their last 38 games. Nobody in baseball has been better.

A win today would not only seal up another series victory, this time over the Royals, but it would send the Nationals into the All-Star break on a high note, no worse than six games back in the NL East and atop the wild card standings. That's a pretty remarkable scenario, given where things stood in late May.

Corbin-45-Blue-sidebar.jpgIt'll be Patrick Corbin on the mound, still grieving the loss of his good friend Tyler Skaggs, looking to duplicate his outstanding performance from earlier in the week. Right-hander Jakub Junis starts for Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 1:35 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 1500 AM, MLB.com
Weather: Chance of storms, 82 degrees, wind 4 mph in from center field

NATIONALS (46-42)
SS Trea Turner
RF Adam Eaton
3B Anthony Rendon
LF Juan Soto
1B Matt Adams
2B Brian Dozier
CF Victor Robles
C Yan Gomes
LHP Patrick Corbin

ROYALS (30-60)
CF Whit Merrifield
SS Adalberto Mondesi
LF Alex Gordon
3B Hunter Dozier
RF Jorge Soler
1B Cheslor Cuthbert
2B Nicky Lopez
C Martin Maldonado
RHP Jakob Junis




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