Game 94 lineups: Nats vs. Dodgers

It may not garner as much attention as Lucas Giolito's major league debut a couple of weeks ago, but Reynaldo Lopez's first career start tonight for the Nationals is nearly as significant a development.

The 22-year-old right-hander is one of the organization's top pitching prospects and has rocketed his up the farm system in the last year, going from Single-A Potomac to Double-A Harrisburg and then briefly to Triple-A Syracuse before earning this final promotion. Lopez also is the first pitcher the Nationals have signed out of the Dominican Republic and developed on their own to reach the big leagues. That's no small achievement for a franchise that for too long has lagged in its Latin American development program.

Lopez's arrival coincides with the placement of reliever Sammy Solis on the 15-day disabled list with right knee inflammation. The club also saw Double-A right-hander Abel De Los Santos get claimed off waivers by the Reds, which opened up the spot on the 40-man roster necessary for Lopez's addition.

Daniel Murphy is back in the lineup for the Nationals, but he's playing third base for the first time this season. That's because Anthony Rendon is still battling the flu, which knocked him out of Sunday's game. Something may also be going on with Stephen Drew that would prevent him from playing third base, but Dusty Baker said he couldn't share any details until after the game tonight...

LOS ANGELES DODGERS vs. WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, XM 183, MLB.com
Weather: Chance of storms, 85 degrees, wind 7 mph out to right field

NATIONALS (56-37)
2B Trea Turner
CF Ben Revere
3B Daniel Murphy
RF Bryce Harper
LF Jayson Werth
1B Clint Robinson
SS Danny Espinosa
C Jose Lobaton
RHP Reynaldo Lopez

DODGERS (52-42)
2B Chase Utley
LF Howie Kendrick
3B Justin Turner
1B Adrian Gonzalez
C Yasmani Grandal
CF Joc Pederson
RF Yasiel Puig
SS Chris Taylor
LHP Scott Kazmir