Game 73 lineups: Nats vs. Reds

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

June 23, 2017, 11:10am

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And we're back on South Capitol Street, where the Nationals return home for the better part of the last stretch of the season's first half. They are scheduled to play each of the next 17 days before the All-Star break, but 14 of those games will take place right here at Nationals Park, a welcome relief.

It begins tonight with the opener of a weekend series against the rebuilding Reds, who come in having lost 11 of 12. Cincinnati actually has a good lineup and a decent bullpen, but its starting rotation is killing everything. To that end, tonight 24-year-old prospect Luis Castillo will make his major league debut, called up directly from Double-A. The book on Castillo: He throws hard. Really hard. Like 100 mph. We'll see how he fares against an imposing Nationals lineup.

The guy on the mound for the Nats throws pretty hard, too. Stephen Strasburg is his name, and you've probably heard of him and seen what he can do before.

CINCINNATI REDS at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 1500 AM, XM 186/869, MLB.com
Weather: Chance of rain, 85 degrees, wind 16 mph out to center field

NATIONALS (43-29)
SS Trea Turner
LF Brian Goodwin
RF Bryce Harper
1B Ryan Zimmerman
2B Daniel Murphy
3B Anthony Rendon
C Matt Wieters
CF Wilmer Difo
RHP Stephen Strasburg

REDS (30-41)
CF Billy Hamilton
2B Scooter Gennett
1B Joey Votto
LF Adam Duvall
3B Eugenio SuÃ¡rez
RF Scott Schebler
C Devin Mesoraco
SS JosÃ© Peraza
RHP Luis Castillo