Game 139 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins

It’s been quite a while since the Nationals were last in a position to sweep a three-game series. You have to go all the way back to July 23 when they took the field against the Reds having already won two straight, hoping to win one more and complete the sweep. Alas, they did not, getting shut out by Nick Lodolo during a 5-0 loss.

Well, here they are again at last, having defeated the Marlins each of the last two days and now giving themselves a shot at a sweep this afternoon. They’ll need Mitchell Parker to give them a chance, something the left-hander did finally do over the weekend against the Rays, albeit still in a losing effort. Parker has faced Miami twice this season, and the results haven’t been pretty: 10 runs over 9 1/3 innings. We’ll see if he can turn it around today.

The Nats scored five runs Tuesday night off rookie Adam Mazur. Now they face Eury Pérez, the one-time top prospect who is trying to reestablish himself after missing a year and a half following Tommy John surgery. He was pretty good when he faced the Nationals back in June, allowing only one run over four innings. He failed to make it out of the first inning last time on the mound, though, at Citi Field.

MIAMI MARLINS at WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 1:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 87.7 FM (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 79 degrees, wind 5 mph out to left field

MARLINS
2B Xavier Edwards
C Agustín Ramírez
CF Jakob Marsee
SS Otto Lopez
DH Heriberto Hernández
3B Connor Norby
1B Eric Wagaman
RF Joey Wiemer
LF Javier Sanoja

RHP Eury Pérez

NATIONALS
DH James Wood
LF Daylen Lile
1B Josh Bell
2B Luis García Jr.
RF Dylan Crews
C Jorge Alfaro
CF Robert Hassell III
3B Brady House
SS Nasim Nuñez

LHP Mitchell Parker