Regular Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa has been pulled out of the starting lineup for Wednesday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies and replaced with Steve Lombardozzi. According to baseball-reference.com, Espinosa has reached base 6 times in 19 plate appearances against Wednesday's scheduled Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick, but only has 3 hits in 16 at-bats (.188 average) dating back to 2010.
The full lineups are below.
Washington Nationals (93-61)
1. Jayson Werth, RF
2. Bryce Harper, CF
3. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
4. Adam LaRoche, 1B
5. Michael Morse, LF
6. Ian Desmond, SS
7. Steve Lombardozzi, 2B
8. Kurt Suzuki, C
9. John Lannan, P
Philadelphia Phillies (78-76)
1.Jimmy Rollins, SS
2. John Mayberry, CF
3. Chase Utley, 2B
4. Ryan Howard, 1B
5. Carlos Ruiz, C
6. Domonic Brown, RF
7. Darin Ruf, LF
8. Kevin Frandsen, 3B
9. Kyle Kendrick, P
First pitch for tonight's game is at 7:05 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2 outside of D.C., while MASN will handle the local broadcast. The game can also be heard on 106.7 The Fan, WFED-AM 1500, and WHFS-AM 1580