Game 99 lineups: Nats vs. Padres

The nationals have been in this position in this position in the past few months after they lost the first game of a series before they went back to win the next evening and left the final as a decisive rubber game. And in five of the last seven such cases they lost the final and lost the series.

One of these series came in San Diego last month, where the rubber game contained a Pitching Matchup from Mackenzie Gore against Nick Pivetta. Gore was excellent that afternoon and allowed a run over six innings. And Pivetta was better and threw seven goalless Innerings, with only three batteries reaching the base. So the Padres won the game 1-0.

Here we are again with the same pitching matchup in the series finale between the same two teams, this time in the National Park. Can Gore duplicate his efforts from this excursion? It is even more important that the NATs start an offensive threat to Pivetta and offer urgently needed running support for their ACE? That is at stake this afternoon.

San Diego Padres at Washington National
Where: National Park
Gametime: 1:35 p.m. Edt
TV: Masn, mlb.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 87.7 FM (Spanish), mlb.com
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 87 degrees, wind 11 miles per hour according to the right field

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

RHP Nick Pivetta

National
SS CJ Abrams
Ie James Wood
2b Luis García Jr.
1b Nathaniel Lowe
RF Alex call you
3b Paul Dejong
LF Daylen Lile
C Riley Adams
See Jacob Young

LHP Mackenzie Gore