The Washington Nationals are swapping their batting order around to see if they can spark some offense against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. Leading off for the Nationals will be second baseman Danny Espinosa. After centerfielder Bryce Harper and third baseman Ryan Zimmerman bat after that, right fielder Michael Morse will bat clean up for the first time this season, followed by first baseman Adam LaRoche.
Chien-Ming Wang will take the mound for the Nationals Tuesday night.
The rest of the Nationals' lineup is as follows.
#Nationals lineup 6/19 vs. #Rays- Espinosa 4, Harper 8, Zimmerman 5, Morse 9, LaRoche 3, Desmond 6, Moore 7, Flores 2, Wang 1
— Nationals PR (@NationalsPR) June 19, 2012
The game against the Rays is scheduled for a 7:05 p.m. first pitch with television coverage on MASN 2. Radio coverage will be provided by 106.7 The Fan FM, 1500 WFED AM and 1580 WHFS AM.
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