Game 43 lineups: Nats vs. Dodgers

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

May 18, 2018, 11:35am

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To answer your question before you even ask it: No, I don't know if tonight's game is going to be played, delayed or postponed. The forecast obviously looks terrible. As it continues to look Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening. As always, when I know, you'll know.

If by some chance they're able to play, it'll be Max Scherzer on the mound for the Nationals. Scherzer was supposed to start Wednesday night against the Yankees on normal rest. Now he's on an extra two days' rest. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? We'll find out, whenever this game is played.

The Nats are certainly catching the Dodgers at a good time. These guys just lost nine of 11 to the Padres, Diamondbacks, Reds and Marlins and are a staggering nine games under .500, barely out of last place in the National League West. They are, to put it mildly, desperate. Which could be a good thing or a bad thing from the Nats' perspective.

Anyway, none of this matters if they can't play tonight. Stay tuned, and we'll pass along whatever we hear.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB Network (outside D.C. market), MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, MLB.com
Weather: Rain, 59 degrees, wind 15 mph in from center field

NATIONALS
SS Trea Turner
RF Bryce Harper
3B Anthony Rendon
1B Matt Adams
LF Howie Kendrick
C Pedro Severino
CF Michael A. Taylor
RHP Max Scherzer
2B Wilmer Difo

DODGERS
LF Joc Pederson
CF Cody Bellinger
3B Justin Turner
C Yasmani Grandal
1B Max Muncy
SS Chris Taylor
2B Chase Utley
RF Yasiel Puig
RHP Ross Stripling