Nats look to take the rubber game
Dodgers:
Furcal – SS
Ethier – RF
Ramirez – LF
Kemp – CF
Loney – 1B
Belliard – 2B
DeWitt – 3B
Martin – C
Padilla – RHP (11-6, 4.52)
Nationals:
Harris – CF
Desmond – SS
Dunn – 1B
Zimmerman – 3B
Willingham – LF
Dukes – RF
Gonzalez – 2B
Burke – C
Martin – RHP (5-4, 4.21)
*This is the fifth game this season that Adam Dunn is batting third. He is seeking his first home run in the three hole and is batting .286 (4-for-14) with two RBI and three walks.
*Nyjer Morgan fractured his left hand while swiping third base on August 27th at Chicago and it has left a hole in the lineup. In 51 games with Morgan, the Nationals scored 5.03 runs per game thanks to a .276 team batting average, a .347 on-base percentage and a .435 slugging mark. In 22 games since Morgan’s injury, the Nationals are averaging 3.3 runs per game and have put up .230/.305 /.363 numbers.
*Rookie Ian Desmond gets his fourth start at shortstop. He has started one game in right field and five games at second base.
