Game 30 lineups: Nats at Phillies

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

May 06, 2017, 11:41am

Comments

PHILADELPHIA - The Nationals have the best record in baseball, a .690 winning percentage, and they've done so despite a steadily revolving door of pitchers. Tonight the door opens again, and in walks A.J. Cole, making his first big league start of the season.

Cole technically takes over Joe Ross' rotation spot, though the Nationals would have liked to give that spot to Jacob Turner (had he not been needed to throw four innings out of the bullpen on Wednesday). The 25-year-old Cole made four starts at Triple-A Syracuse, posting a 6.63 ERA. This will be his 10th big league start (12th appearance). He's 1-2 with a 5.29 ERA.

Bryce Harper is once again not in the lineup, still dealing with a sore groin suffered during Thursday's game in D.C. Rafael Bautista gets the opportunity to make his first career start tonight, playing right field in Harper's stead.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Where: Citizens Bank Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, XM 187/869, MLB.com
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 58 degrees, wind 12 mph out to right field

NATIONALS (20-9)
SS Trea Turner
LF Jayson Werth
2B Daniel Murphy
1B Ryan Zimmerman
3B Anthony Rendon
C Matt Wieters
CF Michael A. Taylor
RF Rafael Bautista
RHP A.J. Cole

PHILLIES (12-16)
2B CÃ©sar HernÃ¡ndez
LF Brock Stassi
CF OdÃºbel Herrera
3B Maikel Franco
1B Tommy Joseph
RF Michael Saunders
SS Freddy Galvis
C Cameron Rupp
RHP Vince Velasquez