Game 111 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

August 08, 2017, 11:09am

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The Nationals' rotation is getting back to normal, with Max Scherzer having returned last night and Gio Gonzalez set to return tomorrow night. But there's one more stop-gap start needed from a fill-in tonight, and so A.J. Cole will be taking the mound to face the Marlins for the second time in a week.

A.J.-Cole-throwing-white-sidebar.jpg It didn't go so well for Cole in Miami; he allowed five runs in five innings, four of those coming during a rough bottom of the fifth. We'll see if the right-hander is able to make any adjustments this time around.

We'll also see if the Nationals can make any adjustments to Vance Worley in their second go-around against the right-hander. Worley dominated last week in that same game Cole started against him, tossing seven innings of scoreless, two-hit, zero-walk baseball against a Nats lineup that looked absolutely flummoxed.

So what happens tonight: a repeat of Wednesday's Miami blowout, or a reversal of fortunes on both sides? We shall see.

MIAMI MARLINS at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 1500 AM, XM 186/869, MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 79 degrees, wind 8 mph in from left field

NATIONALS (66-44)
CF Brian Goodwin
2B AdriÃ¡n Sanchez
RF Bryce Harper
1B Ryan Zimmerman
LF Adam Lind
3B Anthony Rendon
SS Wilmer Difo
C Jose Lobaton
RHP A.J. Cole

MARLINS (52-58)
2B Dee Gordon
RF Giancarlo Stanton
CF Christian Yelich
C J.T. Realmuto
3B Derek Dietrich
1B TomÃ¡s Telis
LF Ichiro Suzuki
SS Miguel Rojas
RHP Vance Worley