Game 145 lineups: Nats at Pirates

By Bobby Blanco

Nationals

September 12, 2023, 2:54pm

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PITTSBURGH – The Nationals got a great start from Patrick Corbin last night to end a long stretch without length from their starter. Is it too much to ask for a second in a row?

Joan Adon will try to provide the Nats with back-to-back quality starts for the first time in a while. Since rejoining the rotation as the sixth man, the right-hander is 2-1 with a 5.59 ERA over six outings. He has tossed two quality starts, each coming in his two road starts in Cincinnati and Miami. Although he struck out six in his last start, he gave up two runs in five innings on 80 pitches.

Offensively, the Nats took the lead first last night for the first time in two weeks, led by CJ Abrams’ first multi-homer game and another homer from Dominic Smith. Again I ask, is it too much to ask for a second in a row?

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Where: PNC Park
Gametime: 6:35 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, MLB.com
Weather: Chance of showers, 70 degrees, wind 8 mph out to left-center field

NATIONALS
SS CJ Abrams
RF Lane Thomas
C Keibert Ruiz
DH Joey Meneses
2B Ildemaro Vargas
3B Carter Kieboom
1B Dominic Smith
LF Alex Call
CF Jacob Young

RHP Joan Adon

PIRATES
2B Ji Hwan Bae
LF Bryan Reynolds
3B Ke'Bryan Hayes
CF Jack Suwinski
1B Connor Joe
C Endy Rodríguez
RF Joshua Palacios
DH Miguel Andujar
SS Alika Williams

LHP Bailey Falter