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Good afternoon from Nationals Park, where the Nationals and Astros start their hotly-anticipated four-game series tonight at 7:05 p.m. The Astros look like a completely different team from the last time the Nationals saw them in May; they've surged to 72-77, good for third place in the National League Central. Nothing formidable, but considering they were tied for the worst record in the National League when they last faced the Nationals, they've come a long way. The Astros are 52-43 since then, the sixth-best mark in the NL.
Here are the lineups for both teams:
Astros:
Bourgeois - CF
Keppinger - 2B
Pence - RF
Lee - 1B
Blum - SS
Johnson - 3B
Bogusevic - LF
Quintero - C
Norris - P
Nationals:
Espinosa - SS
Kennedy - 2B
Zimmerman - 3B
Dunn - 1B
Bernadina - CF
Morse - RF
Harris - LF
Ramos - C
Hernandez - P
