Bryce Harper back in Nats lineup (with Pirates lineup)

By Josh Land

Nationals

June 20, 2015, 9:03am

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Bryce Harper is back in the Nationals lineup after exiting early in Thursday's contest with what was determined to be a mild left hamstring strain. As usual, he'll be roaming right field and batting cleanup.

Ian Desmond will sit for the second straight game. Desmond has 15 errors in 66 games this season.

Max Scherzer will take the mound (7-5, 1.93 ERA) this afternoon, one start removed from his outstanding one-hitter, in which he allowed just one bloop hit and struck out 16.

For the Pirates:
2B Josh Harrison
LF Starling Marte
CF Andrew McCutchen
3B Jung Ho Kang
C Francisco Cervelli
1B Pedro Alvarez
RF Gregory Polanco
SS Jordy Mercer
LHP Francisco Liriano

For the Nationals:
CF Denard Span
2B Anthony Rendon
3B Yunel Escobar
RF Bryce Harper
C Wilson Ramos
SS Danny Espinosa
1B Tyler Moore
LF Michael A. Taylor
RHP Max Scherzer