Starting lineups: Nats vs. Marlins in Jupiter

JUPITER, Fla. – This afternoon the Nationals will make their first of back-to-back trips to Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium over the next two days. They’ll play the Marlins in their first 15-minute trip up the road from their home in West Palm Beach.

We’ve landed on another multiple-starter day as Shinnosuke Ogasawara and Mitchell Parker are both scheduled to pitch against the Fish. The plan is for each left-hander to get up to 40 pitches and about three innings.

Ogasawara had a tough time during his last outing against the Mets’ A lineup. He completed 1 ⅔ innings with four hits, four runs (two earned), one walk and two strikeouts on 32 pitches, 24 strikes. He also served up a two-run home run to Juan Soto. But he should have a better time against this Marlins squad that is projected to finish last in the National League East.

Parker was charged with five hits, a double, two runs and two strikeouts in 2 ⅓ innings on 42 pitches, 31 strikes, against the Mets on Friday. He did, however, strike out Soto on a high fastball.

The lineup – which includes regulars James Wood, making his first appearance in the outfield, and Luis García Jr. – will have a tough challenge to start this one. Former Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara makes his third start of the spring. The right-hander has yet to give up a run or walk over three innings, recording four strikeouts and allowing only three hits. Alcantara missed all of last season while recovering from October 2023 Tommy John surgery.

Once again, it’s very cloudy and windy down here in South Florida. But the wind is blowing outward, so perhaps some fly balls will get caught in the jet streams and carry out over the fence. And once again, you can listen to Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler on the radio broadcast streamed on Nationals.com and MLB.com, or watch the Marlins broadcast with an MLB.tv subscription.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS vs. MIAMI MARLINS
Where: Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, Jupiter
Gametime: 1:10 p.m. EDT
TV: MLB.tv (Marlins’ feed)
Radio: MLB.com
Weather: Mostly cloudy and windy, 83 degrees, wind 20 mph out to left-center field

NATIONALS
SS CJ Abrams
LF James Wood
3B Paul DeJong
2B Luis García Jr.
1B Juan Yepez
DH Andrés Chaparro
CF Robert Hassell III
C Riley Adams
RF Andrew Pinckney

LHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara

MARLINS
SS Xavier Edwards
RF Griffin Conine
CF Derek Hill
3B Connor Norby
LF Kyle Stowers
C Nick Fortes
2B Otto Lopez
1B Graham Pauley
DH Eric Wagaman

RHP Sandy Alcantara