Game 22 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

August 21, 2020, 10:13am

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The Nationals return to action tonight. Howie Kendrick does not. For the sixth straight scheduled game and seventh straight day overall, Kendrick is not in the team's starting lineup. That's a growing concern, because before Wednesday night's game in Atlanta was rained out, manager Davey Martinez made it sound like there was a good chance the veteran hitter would be ready to play tonight against the Marlins. Clearly, he's not. Stay tuned.

With Kendrick and Starlin Castro out for the last week, Martinez has needed to cobble together the heart of his lineup. Tonight, for the first time, it includes Luis GarcÃa. The 20-year-old rookie second baseman is batting fifth, behind Juan Soto and AsdrÃºbal Cabrera. It's a sign both of how much Martinez already trusts him and of how beat up the Nats lineup currently is.

Patrick Corbin gets the start against a Miami club that after it shockingly hot start after returning from an extended break following a coronavirus outbreak has come back to earth. Don Mattingly's crew has lost five in a row and is back to playing .500 ball at 9-9.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS vs. MIAMI MARLINS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 6:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, MLB.com
Weather: Chance of storms, 82 degrees, wind 8 mph out to left field

NATIONALS
SS Trea Turner
RF Adam Eaton
LF Juan Soto
1B AsdrÃºbal Cabrera
2B Luis GarcÃa
C Yan Gomes
DH Eric Thames
3B Carter Kieboom
CF Victor Robles

LHP Patrick Corbin

MARLINS
2B Jonathan Villar
1B JesÃºs Aguilar
C Francisco Cervelli
3B Brian Anderson
DH Jorge Alfaro
LF Corey Dickerson
CF Lewis Brinson
RF JesÃºs SÃ¡nchez
SS Miguel Rojas

RHP Elieser Hernandez