Game 90 lineups: Nats vs. Mariners

It’s time for more baseball. After dropping the opener of their day-night doubleheader to the Mariners, the Nationals are back at it this evening with the makeup for Tuesday night’s rained out game.

Erick Fedde gets the start on the heels of one of his worst outings of the year. Pitching Friday night in Atlanta, he was roughed up for eight runs in three-plus innings. The issue, as it has been so often, was an inability to put away hitters. During one stretch in the second inning, Fedde got ahead in the count 0-2 to five consecutive hitters but didn’t retire any of them. He’s got to find a way to take advantage of those advantageous situations.

The Mariners, meanwhile, have right-handed reliever Erik Swanson opening tonight’s game but then intend to hand the ball to a familiar face after that: Tommy Milone. Yes, the same lefty who made his major league debut for the Nats in 2011 (and homered!) and then returned to pitch for them for a brief while in 2018. The 35-year-old has been all over the place during his career, but he’s still getting the job done, entering tonight’s expected “bulk relief” outing with a 3.60 ERA in four relief appearances.

In case you missed the news, the Nationals also brought back a familiar face to their own bullpen, calling up Tyler Clippard from Triple-A Rochester. That move, though, comes at the expense of Tanner Rainey, who has been placed on the 60-day injured list with a sprained elbow ligament.

SEATTLE MARINERS at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 6:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 88 degrees, wind 6 mph out to center field

NATIONALS
2B César Hernández
1B Josh Bell
RF Juan Soto
DH Nelson Cruz
SS Luis García
LF Lane Thomas
3B Ehire Adrianza
C Tres Barrera
CF Victor Robles

RHP Erick Fedde

MARINERS
CF Julio Rodríguez
LF Jesse Winker
SS J.P. Crawford
1B Carlos Santana
3B Eugenio Suárez
2B Adam Frazier
DH Justin Upton
C Luis Torrens
RF Sam Haggerty

RHP Erik Swanson