Nats pregame: vs. Braves, 8/19/10

Published August 19, 2010 4:00am ET



Some changes for the Nats this afternoon. Wilson Ramos makes his Washington debut, filling in for Ivan Rodriguez at catcher. Nyjer Morgan also returns from the 15-day disabled list while Josh Willingham (knee) goes on it. We’re not likely to see Willingham again this season. Adam Dunn gets a day off with Michael Morse at first base. John Lannan (4-5, 5.23 ERA) looked good in his last start against the Diamondbacks on Aug. 13. We’ll see if that continues today. Atlanta (71-49) is in first place in the National League East and has taken the first two games of this series against the last-place Nats (51-69). Here are the lineups.

Nationals:

Morgan  – CF

Desmond – SS

Bernadina – RF

Zimmerman – 3B

Morse – 1B

Kennedy – 2B

Ramos – C

Harris – LF

Lannan  – SP

 

Braves:

Infante – 2B

Heyward – RF

Prado – 3B

Diaz – LF

McCann – C

Gonzalez – SS

Cabrera – CF

Hinske – 1B

Lowe – SP