Game 108 lineups: Nats at Diamondbacks

PHOENIX – All right, after all the craziness of the trade deadline, there’s still a game to be played tonight. And the Nationals really need a bounceback performance after Monday’s late-night implosion.

In spite of the last-minute maneuvering Davey Martinez had to make, the lineup exploded for five runs in the top of the first and eight overall during the game. He can only hope for similar results from a group that now includes Juan Yepez, Harold Ramírez and Travis Blankenhorn, who was called up from Triple-A Rochester today to take Lane Thomas’ roster spot.

That group, so successful against Arizona lefty Jordan Montgomery, faces right-hander Ryne Nelson tonight. Nelson has struggled this season to the tune of a 4.85 ERA and 1.414 WHIP over 98 1/3 innings, but he held the Nats to two runs on three hits over seven innings last month in D.C.

Patrick Corbin, meanwhile, returns to his old stomping grounds to face a Diamondbacks lineup he held to one run and three hits over five innings last month. And he’s coming off back-to-back quality starts against the Reds and Padres, even though he took a tough 3-0 loss to San Diego’s Dylan Cease in last week’s no-hitter on South Capitol Street.

Joan Adon joined Blankenhorn from Rochester to take the spot of Dylan Floro, who was traded to the Diamondbacks.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Where: Chase Field
Gametime: 9:40 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 88.7 FM (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Indoors

NATIONALS
SS CJ Abrams
1B Juan Yepez
LF James Wood
DH Harold Ramírez
C Keibert Ruiz
RF Alex Call
2B Luis García Jr.
CF Jacob Young
3B Trey Lipscomb

LHP Patrick Corbin

DIAMONDBACKS
2B Ketel Marte
C Gabriel Moreno
LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
3B Eugenio Suárez
DH Randal Grichuk
CF Jake McCarthy
1B Kevin Newman
RF Corbin Carroll
SS Geraldo Perdomo

RHP Ryne Nelson