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Lineups: Nats vs. Cardinals in Jupiter

February 28, 2021, 4:25am

And away we go ... Yes, there's a ballgame today in Florida. The Nationals are playing the Cardinals in Jupiter, the first of 24 games on the Grapefruit League schedule. And there are a whole lot of starters playing for both clubs. Davey Martinez's lineup includes Victor Robles leading off and Trea Turner batting third (yep, they really are going to test this out this spring). It doesn't include Juan Soto, but it does feature a 4-5-6 of Josh Bell, Kyle Schwarber and Starlin Castro. If you...

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Game 60 lineups: Nats vs. Mets

September 27, 2020, 9:02am

Nationals

No, the Nationals' season finale doesn't really mean anything in the big picture. They were eliminated from postseason contention earlier in the week. And the Mets were eliminated Saturday, so they don't have anything to play for, either. But there are still a few things of note at stake when the two teams take the field today for the final time in 2020. The Nationals enter at 25-34, the Mets at 26-33. So if the Nats win, they'd end up tied for fourth place in the National League East. (And...

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Orioles and Blue Jays lineups (updated)

September 26, 2020, 11:12am

Orioles

JosÃ© Iglesias is starting at shortstop tonight in Buffalo after serving as the designated hitter and homering in the last two games. RamÃ³n UrÃas has moved to second base, with Hanser Alberto now the designated hitter. UrÃas hit his first career home run last night and is batting .381 (8-for-21) with two doubles, a homer and three RBIs in nine major league games. Austin Hays is leading off and playing left field. He's a career .296 hitter (50-for-169) in 52 September games, with...

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Game 59 lineups: Nats vs. Mets

September 26, 2020, 2:12pm

Nationals

The Nationals are about to complete their sixth doubleheader of the season. That's a lot of twinbills in a normal year, let alone a 60-game season. And they've done just fine on these long days of baseball. They entered today with one sweep and four splits. And after taking the opener from the Mets 4-3, they have a shot at another sweep and at worst another split. All things considered, that's not bad. AnÃbal SÃ¡nchez makes his final start of the season, and potentially his final start...

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Game 58 lineups: Nats vs. Mets

September 25, 2020, 10:57am

Nationals

This hasn't been the season Max Scherzer or the Nationals envisioned. All they can do now is try to finish strong and head into the winter with something of a positive taste left in their mouths. For Scherzer, the final opportunity to do that comes tonight against the Mets. Though his overall numbers (4-4, 3.67 ERA, 1.386 WHIP) are not up to his usual standards, Scherzer has pitched pretty well over the second half of this season. In his last five starts, he has a 3.00 ERA and 41 strikeouts...

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Phillips on injured list (plus lineups and notes)

September 23, 2020, 11:51am

Orioles

Phillips on injured list (plus lineups and notes)

The Orioles placed reliever Evan Phillips on the 10-day injured list this afternoon with right elbow inflammation and recalled Branden Kline, who traveled with the team as part of the taxi squad. Phillips won't pitch again this season, but avoided a more serious injury. He walked off the mound in the sixth inning last night after surrendering a three-run homer to Christian VÃ¡zquez, and while facing Jackie Bradley Jr. Kline has made one relief appearance with the Orioles this summer and...

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Game 56 lineups: Nats vs. Phillies (updated)

September 23, 2020, 11:11am

Nationals

Game 56 lineups: Nats vs. Phillies (updated)

The Nationals opened this bizarre season 0-6 against the Phillies. Who'd have thought they'd have a chance to finish 4-6 against their division rivals? A win tonight would complete a four-game sweep, deal Philadelphia another blow to its postseason chances and keep the Nats' minuscule chances alive for another day. A loss tonight doesn't automatically eliminate the Nationals. One of the Cardinals, Brewers or Giants would also need to win, raising their season win total to 28 (which the Nats...

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Game 55 lineups: Nats vs. Phillies

September 22, 2020, 1:46pm

Nationals

Well, the Nationals remain mathematically alive. They've won three in a row, including the first two in this series against the Phillies, and they'll try to pull off a doubleheader sweep here tonight and keep that dim flame from burning out. After Austin Voth tossed the first complete game of his career this afternoon, the Nats bullpen is as fresh as it could be. Which means they may not need to rely on too much out of Paolo Espino, who makes his first major league start since 2017. The...

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Game 53 lineups: Nats vs. Phillies

September 21, 2020, 10:53am

Nationals

We have reached the final week of a most unusual regular season. Around these parts, that usually means a pennant race, a potential clincher for the Nationals and maybe a few days to rest guys up for the postseason. Not in 2020. Though the Nats are technically still alive, practically speaking they're done. Their elimination number, if you're wondering, is currently three, so the earliest they could be officially knocked out is Tuesday. (Update: It turns out they actually could be eliminated...

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Game 51 lineups: Nats at Marlins

September 20, 2020, 7:23am

Nationals

OK, it's time for the second of three doubleheaders the Nationals have scheduled in a five-day span. Slowly but surely, they're getting through this rough stretch and approaching the finish line of a difficult season. Davey Martinez decided to have Max Scherzer start this afternoon's opener in Miami, thinking he can hopefully get six or even seven innings out of his ace and save his entire bullpen for the nightcap, in which Ben Braymer will start but several relievers will be needed....

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Game 50 lineups: Nats at Marlins

September 19, 2020, 12:41pm

Nationals

Well, if you're a fan of symmetry and symbolism, tonight's game is really important for the Nationals. To lose, not to win. Because if they lose, their season record will be 19-31. Yep, same as it was after 50 games last season. The difference, of course, is that one year ago they had 112 games to turn everything around and this year they have 10 games. So the chance of this 19-31 start producing the same result as the last 19-31 start are nearly impossible. Let the record show, these...

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Lineups and notes on rotation, Armstrong, offense and more

September 16, 2020, 1:05pm

Orioles

Lineups and notes on rotation, Armstrong, offense and more

Ryan Mountcastle is back in left field tonight as the Orioles continue their series against the Braves at Camden Yards. Mountcastle made his first start at first base last night in a 5-1 loss. Pat Valaika is playing first base, Andrew Velazquez is at second base and Hanser Alberto has moved to third. Austin Hays is in center field instead of Cedric Mullins. JosÃ© Iglesias produced his 15th multi-hit game last night, tied with Alberto for the team lead. Iglesias is batting .375 (24-for-64)...

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Game 47 lineups: Nats at Rays

September 16, 2020, 7:00am

Nationals

How do the Nationals avoid a repeat of Tuesday night's lifeless, 6-1 loss to the Rays? They need to get a much better pitching performance and they need to hit. Obviously. On the mound, it's up to Austin Voth to somehow make the leap into a guy who can actually get hitters out twice in a game. We know he can do it the first time through the order. It's time for him to show he can do it the second time as well. At the plate, it's up to this lineup to not get freaked out by the Rays'...

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Game 46 lineups: Nats at Rays (Rainey to IL)

September 15, 2020, 11:32am

Nationals

Game 46 lineups: Nats at Rays (Rainey to IL)

The Nationals' final road trip of 2020 begins tonight in St. Petersburg, Fla., where they'll face the Rays in the first of a quick two-game series. It's a rematch of last week's two-gamer in D.C., both of those games won by the Nats. But the challenge may be greater this time. For one thing, the Nationals just lost their best reliever. Tanner Rainey has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right flexor strain, a move that is retroactive to Sept. 12. Rainey had pitched very well...

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Orioles and Braves lineups

September 15, 2020, 12:18pm

Orioles

Ryan Mountcastle is making his first major league start at first base tonight as the Orioles continue their series against the Braves at Camden Yards. Mountcastle has been working out at first and played the position in the minors before the Orioles shifted him to left field during the 2019 season at Triple-A Norfolk. Austin Hays remains in left field and is batting ninth. Hanser Alberto returns to the lineup at second base. JosÃ© Iglesias remains the No. 2 hitter. DJ Stewart is batting third...

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Game 45 lineups: Nats vs. Braves

September 13, 2020, 6:41am

Nationals

When the 2020 regular season ends two weeks from today - How crazy is that? - and we try to find answers for what went wrong for the Nationals, it might be easy to point out the heartbreakers they lost to the Braves as especially low points. To be sure, there have been some really tough losses in there, a couple of blown saves by Daniel Hudson and a couple more one-run losses this week. And yet, if they can win this afternoon behind Max Scherzer, the Nationals will have split the season series...

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Orioles and Yankees lineups

September 13, 2020, 7:09am

The Orioles will try to avoid a four-game sweep today at Yankee Stadium with Ryan Mountcastle again batting third and left-hander John Means on the mound for his eighth start of the season. JosÃ© Iglesias is the designated hitter again and Pat Valaika is getting the start at shortstop. DJ Stewart is batting sixth against Yankees left-hander J.A. Happ. For the Orioles Hanser Alberto 2B JosÃ© Iglesias DH Ryan Mountcastle LF Pedro Severino C Renato NÃºÃ±ez 1B DJ Stewart RF Pat Valaika SS...

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Game 43 lineups: Nats vs. Braves

September 11, 2020, 10:45am

Nationals

After a difficult night at the ballpark, the Nationals return for the second game of this four-game weekend series against the Braves, hoping for better results this time. As always, they'll have to find a way to keep Ronald AcuÃ±a Jr. and Freddie Freeman in the yard. The good news: Erick Fedde managed to keep Freeman in the yard last week when he faced him in Atlanta. The bad news: AcuÃ±a led off the game with a homer off him, the first of three homers Fedde surrendered in 3 2/3...

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Orioles and Yankees lineups in opener

September 11, 2020, 9:25am

Orioles

The Orioles activated veteran right-hander Alex Cobb from the injured list leading into today's start in the opener of today's doubleheader against the Yankees in the Bronx. Cobb is the 29th man for the doubleheader. A corresponding roster move must be made after the nightcap, and it doesn't have to involve Cobb. The 40-man roster and 60-man player pools are full. Pat Valaika is playing first base and batting ninth, with Chris Davis on the bench. Davis hasn't played since the Orioles...

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Game 42 lineups: Nats vs. Braves

September 10, 2020, 10:57am

Nationals

How do you stop a team that just scored 29 runs last night? By sending your winless No. 5 starter with an 8.26 ERA to the mound, obviously. On paper, tonight's matchup does not appear to favor the Nationals. Austin Voth is pitching, still seeking his first win in his eighth start of the season. And he's facing a Braves lineup that just set a modern National League record last night with 29 runs in a blowout win over the Marlins, a game in which they actually didn't score in either the first...