Game 66 lineups: Nats at Blue Jays

By Mark Zuckerman

Nationals

June 15, 2018, 11:31am

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TORONTO - A very pleasant good day to you from Rogers Centre, where the Nationals are making their first appearance since 2012, when their 19-year-old slugger was asked a clown question by a Canadian reporter. What does this weekend have in store for the lads in curly W caps?

The Nats face a reeling Blue Jays club that opened the season 13-6 and has since gone 17-32, including a three-game sweep at Tampa Bay to begin this week. They'll hope to take advantage of that, and the generally friendly hitting conditions here, to get their offense going again. Michael A. Taylor is tonight's odd-man-out against right-hander Aaron Sanchez, with Juan Soto in left, Bryce Harper in center and Adam Eaton in right. And Daniel Murphy continues to DH for the third straight game.

Gio Gonzalez gets the start for the Nats, hoping to bounce back from a laborious, 3 1/3-inning start against the Giants the last time out. And a reminder: Michael Morse is filling in this weekend as MASN's game analyst, with F.P. Santangelo attending his son's graduation in California.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Where: Rogers Centre
Gametime: 7:07 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 1500 AM, MLB.com
Weather: Clear, 69 degrees, wind 7 mph out to center field

NATIONALS
RF Adam Eaton
SS Trea Turner
CF Bryce Harper
3B Anthony Rendon
DH Daniel Murphy
1B Matt Adams
LF Juan Soto
2B Wilmer Difo
C Pedro Severino

LHP Gio Gonzalez

BLUE JAYS
LF Teoscar HernÃ¡ndez
1B Justin Smoak
3B Yangervis Solarte
DH Kendrys Morales
CF Kevin Pillar
C Russell Martin
RF Randal Grichuk
SS Aledmys DÃaz
2B Devon Travis
RHP Aaron Sanchez