Game 3 lineups: Nats vs. Yankees

If someone told you neither Juan Soto nor Stephen Strasburg would appear in the Nationals' opening series against the Yankees but they'd still have a chance to win the series, what would you have thought? To their credit, the Nats have given themselves an opportunity to do just that, if they can win this afternoon's finale on South Capitol Street.

The good news: They've got Patrick Corbin on the mound to make his first start of 2020. The Syracuse native and childhood Yankees fan broke a lot of hearts in the Bronx when he chose to sign with the Nationals prior to the 2019 season instead of wearing pinstripes. Now he'll have a chance to beat the Yanks, if he can handle the intimidating Aaron Judge-Giancarlo Stanton duo at the plate.

The Nats will be trying to pick up where they left off at the plate Saturday night when they scored nine runs off James Paxton and several relievers. The Yankees actually are going with a bullpen game today, which makes for interesting matchups. We'll see if Davey Martinez is willing to pinch-hit later in the game in search of a better lefty-righty matchup.
The best news of the day: You can watch the Nationals on MASN for the first time this season. This one is still being nationally televised on TBS (if you live outside the area) but surely you'll want to listen to Bob Carpenter, F.P. Santangelo and Alex Chappell live and on site for their first regular season game of 2020.

NEW YORK YANKEES at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 1:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, TBS, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, MLB.com
Weather: Sunny, 92 degrees, wind 8 mph left field to right field

NATIONALS
SS Trea Turner
RF Adam Eaton
2B Starlin Castro
DH Howie Kendrick
1B Eric Thames
3B Asdrúbal Cabrera
CF Victor Robles
C Yan Gomes
LF Michael A. Taylor

LHP Patrick Corbin

YANKEES
2B DJ LeMahieu
RF Aaon Judge
SS Gleyber Torres
DH Giancarlo Stanton
1B Luke Voit
3B Gio Urshela
LF Miguel Andújar
C Kyle Higashioka
CF Mike Tauchman

RHP Jonathan Loaisiga