Michael Morse will be making his season debut Saturday for the Washington Nationals when they face the Atlanta Braves. Morse, sidelined to start the 2012 season because of a strained lat suffered in spring training, will be batting fifth and playing right field. Today's Washington lineup, via @NationalsPR:

Today's lineup: Lombardozzi, lf; Harper, cf; Zimmerman, 3b; LaRoche, 1b; Morse, rf; Desmond, ss; Espinosa, 2b; Flores, c; Strasburg, p

— Nationals PR (@NationalsPR) June 2, 2012

Last season, Morse led the team with 31 home runs and 95 runs batted in.

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