Game 59 lineups: Nats vs. Mets

The Nationals are about to complete their sixth doubleheader of the season. That's a lot of twinbills in a normal year, let alone a 60-game season. And they've done just fine on these long days of baseball. They entered today with one sweep and four splits. And after taking the opener from the Mets 4-3, they have a shot at another sweep and at worst another split. All things considered, that's not bad.

Aníbal Sánchez makes his final start of the season, and potentially his final start as a National. The club has the option to bring him back in 2021 and pay him a grand total of $18 million ($6 million of that would be deferred) but that seems unlikely for a guy who will turn 37 in February. So the right-hander will be looking to put together one more strong outing before entering a winter of uncertainty.

The Nationals lineup will try to have more success against Rick Porcello than it did the first two times it faced him last month. It's almost entirely the same lineup from the first game today, aside from Kurt Suzuki catching and Michael A. Taylor starting in center field.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS vs. NEW YORK METS - GAME 2
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 6:30 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, MLB.com
Weather: Cloudy, 70 degrees, wind 3 mph in from right field

NATIONALS
LF Andrew Stevenson
SS Trea Turner
RF Juan Soto
DH Yadiel Hernández
1B Brock Holt
C Kurt Suzuki
2B Luis García
3B Josh Harrison
CF Michael A. Taylor

RHP Aníbal Sánchez

METS
RF Brandon Nimmo
LF Jeff McNeil
DH Robinson Canó
1B Pete Alonso
3B Todd Frazier
2B Luis Guillorme
SS Amed Rosario
CF Guillermo Heredia
C Robinson Chirinos

RHP Rick Porcello