Game 144 lineups: Nats at Pirates

PITTSBURGH – Hello from PNC Park, where this reporter is making his first trip to this beautiful ballpark! I’ve heard a lot of great things about this stadium and it certainly lives up to the hype.

After a 2-7 homestand, the Nationals will try to reverse their fortunes as they embark on their penultimate road trip of the season. The Nats have played well on the road recently, going 6-4 over their last 10 games away from Nationals Park.

Patrick Corbin will look to become the Nats’ first 10-game winner since 2019, when he, Stephen Strasburg, Max Scherzer and Aníbal Sánchez all won double-digit starts. Oh, how times have changed since Corbin won 14 games in his first year with the Nats, now the owner of a 9-13 record and 5.23 ERA this season.

Corbin gave up three runs over 5 ⅓ innings while taking the loss in the first game of a doubleheader against the Pirates on April 29. But he’s 2-1 with a 2.31 ERA in six career starts at PNC Park.

The Nats dropped two of three to the Pirates that weekend in April, getting outscored 24-11.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Where: PNC Park
Gametime: 6:35 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 77 degrees, wind 4 mph out to left-center field

NATIONALS
SS CJ Abrams
RF Lane Thomas
C Keibert Ruiz
DH Joey Meneses
1B Dominic Smith
LF Travis Blankenhorn
3B Ildemaro Vargas
2B Luis García
CF Jacob Young

LHP Patrick Corbin

PIRATES
3B Ke'Bryan Hayes
LF Bryan Reynolds
RF Connor Joe
DH Miguel Andujar
C Endy Rodríguez
2B Liover Peguero 
CF Ji Hwan Bae
1B Jared Triolo 
SS Alika Williams 

RHP Andrew Jackson