Nats-Phillies postponed, straight doubleheader Tuesday

PHILADELPHIA – Like many thought throughout the day, there will be no baseball played at Citizens Bank Park tonight.

The Nationals and Phillies have been postponed due to the approaching storms in the Philadelphia region, which have been going up the entire East Coast this afternoon. The game will be made up tomorrow, Aug. 8, at 4:05 p.m. as part of a single-admission doubleheader. Game 2 will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of Game 1. Both games will air on MASN2.

If you are planning to attend tomorrow’s game, all gates will open at 3:05 p.m. Tickets from tonight’s game will not be valid for either game on Tuesday.

Trevor Williams, who was scheduled to start tonight, will start Game 1 tomorrow, with Josiah Gray starting Game 2.

The rotation will actually be OK moving forward despite the upcoming doubleheader. The Nats have off-days on each of the next two Mondays. And with Joan Adon’s successful start on Saturday and Williams’ return from the bereavement list, they have six starters readily available for the near future.

Both teams will be able to bring up a 27th player for tomorrow’s twin bill. The state of the Nats bullpen was in question coming into this series against the Phillies after a heavy workload and highly successful weekend in Cincinnati. They will certainly benefit from this off-day and potentially use the extra roster spot on an extra reliever.

This is the Nats’ third postponed this season, but only second due to rain, with an early-June game against the Diamondbacks postponed due poor air quality from Canadian wildfires. Tomorrow will only be the Nats’ second official doubleheader, though they have had two games suspended after starting and completed the following day before the regular scheduled games.