There's no doubt about it: the Washington Nationals are in a rut. The Nationals lost their fourth straight and fifth in the last six games on Monday night, getting blown out, 11-3, by the Milwaukee Brewers. Washington looks to bounce back on Tuesday night in the second game of a three-game series at Miller Park, and will send Livan Hernandez to the mound looking to stop the bleeding.
Hernandez fell to 3-6 last week when he was the hard-luck loser in Thursday's 1-0 loss to the New York Mets. On Tuesday, he will square off against Chris Narveson, who also was the victim of a 1-0 loss in his last start, though he didn't get the decision.
Washington will make a lineup change, playing Brian Bixler in left field instead of Laynce Nix. The full lineup is as follows.
- Roger Bernadina (CF)
- Ian Desmond (SS)
- Jayson Werth (RF)
- Wilson Ramos (C)
- Michael Morse (1B)
- Danny Espinosa (2B)
- Jerry Hairston Jr. (3B)
- Brian Bixler (LF)
- Livan Hernandez (P)