Starting lineups: Nationals vs. Red Sox in West Palm Beach

By Pete Kerzel

Nationals

March 05, 2019, 4:20am

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - You'll notice something a little different today about the starting lineup for the Nationals in their game on MASN against the Red Sox.

Max Scherzer is pitching. But for the first time this season, he'll also wield a bat in anger, becoming the first Nats pitcher to hit in a game. Up until this point, the Nats have employed a designated hitter while the pitchers concentrated on, well, pitching.

scherzer at bat red swing.jpg Scherzer is no slouch with the bat, slashing .194/.227/.220 for his career. Last year, he was a .243/.274/.271 hitter with six RBIs and a stolen base.

Once again, manager Davey Martinez is keeping second baseman Brian Dozier and shortstop Trea Turner in the lineup on the same day, an effort to hasten the development between the new double play partners. Turner is leading off, Dozier is hitting cleanup.

BOSTON RED SOX AT WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Gametime: 1:05 p.m. EST
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: MLB.com (Red Sox feed)
Weather: Mostly sunny, 80 degrees, winds 10 mph out from left field

NATIONALS
SS Trea Turner
LF Juan Soto
1B Howie Kendrick
2B Brian Dozier
CF Victor Robles
RF Brandon Snyder
3B Adrian Sanchez
C Pedro Severino
RHP Max Scherzer

RED SOX
2B Tzu-Wei Lin
1B Blake Swihart
DH J.D. Martinez
C Christian VÃ¡zquez
CF Gorkys HernÃ¡ndez
3B Bobby Dalbec
LF Sam Travis
RF Tate Matheny
SS C.J. Chatham