Game 108 lineups: Nats at Diamondbacks

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

August 03, 2016, 8:57am

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PHOENIX - The Nationals have already secured a winning road trip. Now they'll try to sweep the Diamondbacks and head home with a 6-3 record after their long and eventful swing through Cleveland, San Francisco and Arizona.

Max Scherzer takes the mound against the club that drafted him way back in 2006. He's been on quite a run lately: 3-1 with a 1.09 ERA in his last six starts. He may need to be in top form again today, because the Nationals are fielding a lineup that is lacking Ryan Zimmerman, Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos.

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Zimmerman is out for the third straight day after getting hit by a pitch in his left wrist. Werth and Ramos were already scheduled to sit out today, so nothing to worry about there. Bryce Harper is back in the lineup after sitting out last night with an illness...

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix
Gametime: 3:40 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, XM 184/869, MLB.com
Weather: Indoors

NATIONALS (63-44)
CF Trea Turner
LF Ben Revere
RF Bryce Harper
1B Daniel Murphy
3B Anthony Rendon
SS Danny Espinosa
2B Wilmer Difo
C Pedro Severino
RHP Max Scherzer

DIAMONDBACKS (43-64)
CF Michael Bourn
SS Chris Owings
3B Jake Lamb
1B Paul Goldschmidt
RF David Peralta
LF Yasmany Tomas
2B Brandon Drury
C Tuffy Goeswisch
RHP Zack Godley