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