Nats, Cardinals lineups for series opener

Jesus Flores is behind the plate for the Nationals tonight as they kick off a four-game set with the Cardinals, while St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina has returned to the lineup after missing one game with upper-body strains resulting from a violent home plate collision. A night after Kurt Suzuki hit his first homer as a National, he'll back Flores up. Neither catcher has faced Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia in their career. It'll be Garcia and Edwin Jackson on the mound tonight in the...Jesus Flores is behind the plate for the Nationals tonight as they kick off a four-game set with the Cardinals, while St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina has returned to the lineup after missing one game with upper-body strains resulting from a violent home plate collision. A night after Kurt Suzuki hit his first homer as a National, he'll back Flores up. Neither catcher has faced Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia in their career. It'll be Garcia and Edwin Jackson on the mound tonight in the series opener. Jackson earned a World Series ring last year as a member of the Cardinals, but he's still looking for his first career win against the Cards. Tonight will be his fifth career start against St. Louis. Garcia is 3-5 with a 4.15 ERA this season. Here's an interesting note to have in mind going into tonight's game: The Nats are 29-4 since the All-Star break when scoring three or more runs. When scoring fewer than three runs, the Nats are 0-13 since the break. For the Nats: RF Jayson Werth CF Bryce Harper 3B Ryan Zimmerman LF Michael Morse 1B Adam LaRoche SS Ian Desmond 2B Danny Espinosa C Jesus Flores P Edwin Jackson For the Cardinals: CF Jon Jay RF Carlos Beltran LF Matt Holliday 1B Allen Craig C Yadier Molina 3B David Freese 2B Skip Schumaker SS Rafael Furcal P Jaime Garcia