Game 47 lineups: Nats vs. Padres
The Nationals host the Padres this weekend, and they'll have someone else calling the shots from the dugout for all three games. Bench coach Chris Speier will be serving as manager while Dusty Baker attends his son's high school graduation in California. Speier will have some extra help in the dugout, with minor league field coordinator Jeff Garber added to the big league coaching staff for the weekend.
The Nationals face a struggling Padres club, and perhaps with that in mind a pair of key regulars are getting the night off: Ryan Zimmerman and Daniel Murphy. Speier actually joked this afternoon that Zimmerman had suffered a wrist injury playing Wiffle ball with his daughter, while Murphy hurt his back. Funny guy. Funny guy.
Max Scherzer is on the mound, and it'll be interesting to see if Speier has to confront that moment when he needs to walk out to take the ball from his starter's hand. Scherzer has been known to bark a few choice words at managers when that situation arises.
SAN DIEGO PADRES at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 1500 AM, XM 188/869, MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 73 degrees, wind 13 mph left field to right field
NATIONALS (28-18)
SS Trea Turner
LF Jayson Werth
RF Bryce Harper
3B Anthony Rendon
1B Adam Lind
C Matt Wieters
CF Michael A. Taylor
2B Wilmer Difo
RHP Max Scherzer
PADRES (18-31)
CF Allen Córdoba
2B Yangervis Solarte
1B Wil Myers
3B Ryan Schimpf
LF Cory Spangenberg
C Austin Hedges
RF Matt Szczur
SS Erick Aybar
RHP Luis Perdomo
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