Game 97 lineups: Nats vs. Padres

And we are back. After an urgently needed four -day break, the Nationals return in the second half of the season and hope that it will be much better than in the first half. The “second half” is of course a miscernation. You have already played 96 games, so that 66 still have to be played.

It starts tonight with the start of a three player series against the Padres that send someone into the hill that the Nats may not see again: Dylan Histanz. Almost exactly a year ago, the right-hander threw a no-grille here in the National Park. Prease was not nearly as good this season; He appears 3: 9 with an era of 4.88, but he still strikes more than 11 battery per nine inning.

The all-star break gave Miguel Cairo and Jim Hicke the opportunity to reorganize their rotation. So since Mackenzie Gore has thrown his goalless Inning Tuesday in Atlanta, he is now being pushed back to Sunday. And since Jake Irvin thrown the first half in Milwaukee on Sunday, he will get an additional break. So it is Michael Soroka out of the slide tonight, and Mitchell Parker will play on Saturday evening.

San Diego Padres at Washington National
Where: National Park
Gametime: 6.45 p.m. Edt
TV: Masn, mlb.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 87.7 FM (Spanish), mlb.com
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 80 degrees, wind 66 miles per hour to the left field

Padres
RF Fernando Tatis Jr.
1b Luis Arraez
3b Manny Machado
LF gavin leaves
See Jackson Merrill
SS Xander Bogaerts
2b Jake Cronenworth
Ie Trenton Brooks
C Elias Díaz

Rhp dylan stops

National
SS CJ Abrams
LF James Wood
2b Luis García Jr.
Ie Josh Bell
1b Nathaniel Lowe
3b Brady House
RF Daylen Lile
C Riley Adams
See Jacob Young

RHP Michael Soroka