Underway at Nationals Park

Published July 22, 2009 4:00am ET



Underway here at Nationals Park – with Triple-A callup Collin Balester on the mound for Washington. He is a replacement for the injured Jordan Zimmermann, placed on the 15-day disabled list with an inflamed right elbow. Tonight’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals is a makeup for one that was postponed on May 3rd. The Cardinals will head by train afterwards right to Philadelphia for their weekend series with the Phillies. The Nats get set to host the San Diego Padres. Here are the starting lineups.

 

Cardinals

2B Schumaker

CF Rasmus

1B DeRosa

RF Ludwick

LF Ankiel

C Molina

3B Thurston

SS Ryan

P Wainwright

 

Nationals

CF Morgan

SS Guzman

3B Zimmerman

LF Dunn

1B Johnson

RF Willingham

2B Gonzalez

C Bard

P Balester