Lineups: Nats vs. Yankees in Tampa

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

February 25, 2020, 5:38pm

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TAMPA - The Nationals' spring relocation from Viera to West Palm Beach three years ago dramatically reduced the amount of time players have to spend on buses traveling to road games. But it didn't completely eliminate long trips from the Grapefruit League schedule.

Today the Nats make their longest trek of the spring, a full 204-mile jaunt across the state of Florida to Tampa, where they are scheduled to face the Yankees this afternoon. Scheduled, that is, weather permitting. There's rain everywhere today, and it may prove too much for the game to be played at Steinbrenner Field. A cancellation would make the drive all the more worthwhile for the Nationals.

There is one good reason to want this game to be played: Joe Ross really needs to pitch. He was supposed to come out of the bullpen four nights ago in relief of Max Scherzer, but that game was rained out after only two innings, so he never got to pitch. Ross would really rather not have it happen to him again today.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS vs. NEW YORK YANKEES
Where: Steinbrenner Field
Gametime: 1:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MLB.tv (Yankees broadcast), MLB Network (delayed at 4 p.m.)
Radio: None
Weather: Rain, 77 degrees, wind 12 mph out to center field

NATIONALS
CF Victor Robles
RF Andrew Stevenson
SS Trea Turner
2B Starlin Castro
LF Yadiel Hernandez
3B Carter Kieboom
C Raudy Read
1B Brandon Snyder
DH AdriÃ¡n Sanchez

RHP Joe Ross

YANKEES
2B DJ LeMahieu
SS Gleyber Torres
CF Brett Gardner
C Gary SÃ¡nchez
3B Gio Urshela
LF Miguel AndÃºjar
1B Mike Ford
RF Clint Frazier
DH Erik Kratz

RHP Masahiro Tanaka