The Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves will face each other on Sunday in the final game of a weekend series, with temperatures once again expected to hit triple digits. Manager Davey Johnson has loaded the lineup with lefties to face Braves start Tim Hudson, and rookie Jhonatan Solan gets the start behind the plate for Washington. Solano is 8 for 20 in his young career, with a home run and three doubles in 21 plate appearances.
Here is today's complete lineup, via the @NationalsPR twitter feed:
Davey's Lineup-Sun. @ ATL/G77: Lombardozzi 2b, Harper rf, Zimmerman 3b, Morse lf, LaRoche 1b, Desmond ss, Ankiel cf, Solano c, GGonzalez lhp
— Nationals PR (@NationalsPR) July 1, 2012
First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. EST at Turner Field.
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