Game 161 lineups: Nats at Rockies

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

September 29, 2018, 12:33pm

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DENVER - This hasn't been Stephen Strasburg's most memorable season. He will have made only 22 starts, his lowest total since 2013 (when he was recovering from Tommy John surgery). Unless he tosses six scoreless innings (or nine innings of one-run ball) tonight, he'll finish with the highest ERA of his career.

Strasburg-Winds-Gray@PHI-sidebar.jpg Strasburg, though, can wrap up a disappointing 2018 season on a legitimate high note. If he pitches well tonight at Coors Field - where he owns a 7.20 ERA, but the vast majority of the damage against him here came in a nine-run start in 2016 right before he went on the DL - he can prevent the Rockies from winning their first-ever division title and finish his season strong. Over his last six starts, Strasburg is 3-0 with 2.60 ERA.

Adam Eaton, Matt Wieters and Wilmer Difo return to the Nationals lineup, with right-hander Jon Gray starting for Colorado. But Ryan Zimmerman remains out with a tight back, and at this point it seems unlikely he'd take a chance playing at all this weekend.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at COLORADO ROCKIES
Where: Coors Field
Gametime: 8:10 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 1500 AM, MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 82 degrees, wind 6 mph in from right field

NATIONALS
RF Adam Eaton
SS Trea Turner
CF Bryce Harper
3B Anthony Rendon
LF Juan Soto
1B Mark Reynolds
C Matt Wieters
2B Wilmer Difo
RHP Stephen Strasburg

ROCKIES
CF Charlie Blackmon
2B D.J. LeMahieu
LF David Dahl
3B Nolan Arenado
SS Trevor Story
RF Carlos Gonzalez
1B Ian Desmond
C Tony Wolters
RHP Jon Gray