Phillies-Nationals lineups for Friday

August 19, 2011 3:30 PM by Ben Goessling View Comments

Good afternoon from Nationals Park. As the Nationals start their series against the Phillies, Michael Morse gets a night off at first base to rest his left elbow, where he got hit by a pitch against the Cubs last week. Laynce Nix, who is 11-for-25 with three homers in his career against Roy Oswalt, starts at first.

Here are the Nationals' and Phillies' lineups for tonight's series opener:

Phillies:

Rollins - SS
Mayberry - CF
Utley - 2B
Howard - 1B
Pence - RF
Ibanez - LF
Ruiz - C
Valdez - 3B
Oswalt - P

Nationals:

Desmond - SS
Ankiel - CF
Zimmerman - 3B
Nix - 1B
Werth - RF
Espinosa - 2B
Gomes - LF
Ramos - C
Hernandez - P