Game 60 lineups: Nats vs. White Sox

Don't blink or you might miss the Nationals' homestand. Seriously, it's only two games and tomorrow's finale against the White Sox is a matinee. Not sure I can ever remember a homestand that brief.

The Nats and White Sox actually will face each other four times over the next week-plus, with a two-game series on the South Side coming up next Monday and Tuesday. So maybe it's better to think of this as a four-game series with a long break (in San Diego) in the middle.

Whatever the case, there's a pretty good storyline to tonight's opener on South Capitol Street, with Reynaldo López making the start for Chicago against the team that included him in the blockbuster 2016 trade that brought Adam Eaton to D.C. The breakout star of that deal at the moment is Lucas Giolito (8-1, 2.54 ERA) but the big right-hander isn't scheduled to pitch in this series, so the focus will be on López, who had a solid 3.91 ERA in 32 starts last season but has struggled (3-5, 6.20 ERA) in 12 starts this season.

Eaton hasn't exactly been tearing it up himself of late. The right fielder is batting .207 with only two extra-base hits over his last 24 games, bringing his season batting average down to .262. The Nationals need this guy to be better, not only to win the trade but to win more games.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 1500 AM, MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 76 degrees, wind 9 mph out to left field

NATIONALS (26-33)
SS Trea Turner
RF Adam Eaton
3B Anthony Rendon
LF Juan Soto
1B Matt Adams
2B Brian Dozier
CF Victor Robles
C Yan Gomes
RHP Stephen Strasburg

WHITE SOX (29-30)
CF Leury García
3B Yoán Moncada
1B José Abreu
C James McCann
SS Tim Anderson
LF Eloy Jiménez
RF Charlie Tilson
2B Yolmer Sánchez
RHP Reynaldo López