The Washington Nationals will play the second game of a four-game holiday weekend set on Friday night when the team hosts the St. Louis Cardinals at Nationals Park.
Coming off an 8-1 beatdown of the reigning World Series champions on Thursday night, the Nationals will look to continue to build positive momentum prior to entering the final month of the regular season. Manager Davey Johnson has decided to make one line-up switch by starting Kurt Suzuki at catcher in place of Jesus Flores.
Here is the projected starting lineup for the Nationals:
— Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) August 31, 2012
#Nats vs#STLCards RHP Wainwright: Werth 9, Harper 8, Zimmerman 5, LaRoche 3, Morse 7, Desmond 6, Espinosa 4, Suzuki 2, Gonzalez 1.
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