Harper out of Nats' Saturday lineup

By Dan Kolko

Nationals

April 26, 2014, 7:12am

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Not surprisingly, outfielder Bryce Harper isn't in today's Nationals lineup against the Padres and hard-throwing right-hander Andrew Cashner.

(That's Cashner, the pitcher, who is not to be confused with Cashner, the outfielder, who played left field for a batter in Thursday night's opener of the four-game series between the teams.)

Harper jammed his left thumb sliding into third base on a triple in last night's 11-1 win over San Diego. X-rays taken at Nationals Park were negative, manager Matt Williams said Harper would be re-evaluated this morning and that process has apparently dictated that Harper not appear in today's lineup.

Instead, Kevin Frandsen gets the start in left field behind right-hander Tanner Roark. With a day game following a rain-delayed night game, Sandy Leon will catch.

For the Padres:

SS Everth Cabrera
LF Chris Denorfia
RF Will Venable
2B Jedd Gyorko
1B Yonder Alonso
CF Alexi Amarista
3B Jace Peterson
C Rene Rivera
RHP Andrew Cashner

For the Nationals

CF Denard Span
3B Anthony Rendon
RF Jayson Werth
1B Adam LaRoche
SS Ian Desmond
2B Danny Espinosa
LF Kevin Frandsen
C Sandy Leon
RHP Tanner Roark