Lannan takes the mound in series finale

 The Nationals enter tonight’s game coming off of a 10-0 victory over the Cardinals to extend their winning streak to five straight. Livan Hernandez’s performance last ight was described as “vintage” by Jim Riggleman – John Lannan hopes to follow up with a similarly efficient outing tonight.
Here are tonight’s lineups for the series finale:

Cardinals:

Tyler Greene – SS
Colby Rasmus – CF
Albert Pujols – 1B
Matt Holliday – LF
Lance Berkman – RF
Yadier Molina – C
Skip Schumaker – 2B
Daniel Descalso – 3B
Kyle Lohse – P

Nationals:

Jayson Werth – RF
Roger Bernadina – CF
Ryan Zimmerman – 3B
Laynce Nix – LF
Michael Morse – 1B
Danny Espinosa – 2B
Wilson Ramos – C
John Lannan – P
Ian Desmond – SS

*John Lannan is 2-2 in six starts against the Cardinals with a solid 2.72 ERA.

*Jayson Werth has batted .455 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI against Kyle Lohse. Ryan Zimmerman has also belted out a double, knocked in two runs and walked twice with Lohse on the mound