Game 11 lineups: Nats vs. Orioles

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals Orioles

August 08, 2020, 10:02am

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Nothing went right for the Nationals Friday night during an 11-0 whitewashing at the hands of the Orioles. They can only hope for a better result tonight in the second game of the weekend series.

Most of Davey Martinez's lineup remains the same, with two exceptions: Eric Thames is back at first base, because the Nats are facing a right-hander (Thomas Eshelman), and AsdrÃºbal Cabrera is back at third base instead of Carter Kieboom.

That lineup had better have the right approach against Eshelman, whose fastball averages only 86.9 mph and who throws a lot of curveballs and changeups. We saw Friday night how a soft-tosser (Tommy Milone) was able to fluster the Nationals' bats. They'll need to be better tonight if they want to avoid a similar fate.

They'll also need a good start out of Austin Voth, who will look to build off his five-inning outing against the Blue Jays last week and approach the 80-to-90-pitch mark. This is Voth's second career start against the Orioles; he tossed six innings of one-run ball against them last summer.

BALTIMORE ORIOLES at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 6:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, MLB.com
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 84 degrees, wind 4 mph out to left field

NATIONALS
SS Trea Turner
RF Adam Eaton
2B Starlin Castro
LF Juan Soto
DH Howie Kendrick
1B Eric Thames
3B AsdrÃºbal Cabrera
C Kurt Suzuki
CF Victor Robles

RHP Austin Voth

ORIOLES
2B Hanser Alberto
RF Anthony Santander
SS JosÃ© Iglesias
3B Rio Ruiz
DH Renato NÃºÃ±ez
C Chance Sisco
LF Dwight Smith Jr.
1B Chris Davis
CF Austin Hays

RHP Thomas Eshelman