Nationals-Marlins lineups for Friday

May 6, 2011 3:40 PM by Ben Goessling View Comments

Here are the Nationals' and Marlins' lineups for the first game of the three-game series, which begins tonight at Sun Life Stadium:

Jerry Hairston Jr. is back in center for the Nationals, with Rick Ankiel missing his fourth game with a sore right wrist. And Ian Desmond drops another spot in the lineup, to eighth:

Nationals:
Espinosa - 2B
Cora - 3B
Werth - RF
Nix - LF
LaRoche - 1B
Rodriguez - C
Hairston - CF
Desmond - SS
Zimmermann - P

Marlins:
Coghlan - CF
Bonifacio - LF
Ramirez - SS
Sanchez - 1B
Stanton - RF
Dobbs - 3B
Buck - C
Infante - 2B
Nolasco - P

I'm not in Florida this weekend, but I'll pop in with some thoughts during the night.