The Philadelphia Phillies hope to repeat the performance they had on Tuesday night when they face the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. The Phillies, who stand five-and-a-half games out of the Wild Card are turning to the exact same lineup they used on Tuesday, including rookie call-up Darin Ruf who hit a home run on Tuesday in his first ever career start. The Nationals will sit regular starting 2B Danny Espinosa.
The full lineups are below.
Philadelphia Phillies (78-76)
1.Jimmy Rollins, SS
2. John Mayberry, CF
3. Chase Utley, 2B
4. Ryan Howard, 1B
5. Carlos Ruiz, C
6. Domonic Brown, RF
7. Darin Ruf, LF
8. Kevin Frandsen, 3B
9. Kyle Kendrick, SP
Washington Nationals (93-61)
1. Jayson Werth, RF
2. Bryce Harper, CF
3. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
4. Adam LaRoche, 1B
5. Michael Morse, LF
6. Ian Desmond, SS
7. Steve Lombardozzi, 2B
8. Kurt Suzuki, C
9. John Lannan, SP