Game 144 lineups (take two): Nats at Phillies

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

September 11, 2018, 8:29am

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PHILADELPHIA - Hello again from Citizens Bank Park, where the blowtorches were back out on the infield at noon today, only three hours before scheduled first pitch of this doubleheader. They've since been moved off to the side, but there's still a lot of tilling/rolling/drying work being done on the infield, so I'm not sure you can say with any confidence yet that today's action will start on time (or at all, if we want to consider the worst-case scenario). Oh, also there's a good chance of rain throughout the late afternoon and evening.

But we'll try to stay optimistic and hope for the best. Which means a 3:05 p.m. opener today, with Erick Fedde on the mound for the Nats and Nick Pivetta on the mound for the Phillies. (It'll be Tanner Roark vs. Jake Arrieta in the nightcap.)

The Nationals just want to play baseball at this point. They've played only one of the last four days, but they won two games on that day. They like the way they're playing, so they'd really like to keep playing.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Where: Citizens Bank Park
Gametime: 3:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 1500 AM, MLB.com
Weather: Chance of rain, 77 degrees, wind 5 mph in from right field

NATIONALS
RF Adam Eaton
SS Trea Turner
CF Bryce Harper
3B Anthony Rendon
LF Juan Soto
1B Ryan Zimmerman
2B Wilmer Difo
C Spencer Kieboom
RHP Erick Fedde

PHILLIES
2B CÃ©sar HernÃ¡ndez
LF Rhys Hoskins
1B Justin Bour
3B Carlos Santana
SS AsdrÃºbal Cabrera
RF Nick Williams
CF OdÃºbel Herrera
C Jorge Alfaro
RHP Nick Pivetta