Game 85 lineups: Nats at Phillies

PHILADELPHIA – On the heels of the best performance of the season from one of their young starters, the Nationals now hand the ball to another young starter for today’s series finale at Citizens Bank Park, hoping Joan Adon can come anywhere close to doing what Josiah Gray did Wednesday night.

Nobody’s expecting that kind of dominance from Adon, but the Nats do expect/hope for some signs of legitimate improvement from the rookie right-hander, who returns after a brief stint at Triple-A Rochester to take the rotation spot that opened up when Jackson Tetreault went on the injured list with a stress fracture of his right scapula.

Adon faced these Phillies in his last big league start, June 17, when he allowed four runs on seven hits over five innings. He did strike out six and only walk one, and club officials were encouraged by much of what they saw, especially the way Adon finished strong by retiring the last seven batters he faced.

The Nats faced Bailey Falter during that same series in D.C., scoring three runs in five innings against the lefty. All three runs came off the bat of Josh Bell, who blasted two homers that evening and will be licking his chops to get another crack at Falter today.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Where: Citizens Bank Park
Gametime: 4:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, MLB.com
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 80 degrees, wind 7 mph in from right field

NATIONALS
2B César Hernández
RF Juan Soto
1B Josh Bell
DH Nelson Cruz
LF Yadiel Hernandez
3B Maikel Franco
SS Luis García
C Tres Barrera
CF Victor Robles

RHP Joan Adon

PHILLIES
LF Kyle Schwarber
1B Rhys Hoskins
RF Nick Castellanos
DH Darick Hall
C J.T. Realmuto
SS Didi Gregorius
2B Bryson Stott
3B Matt Vierling
CF Mickey Moniak

LHP Bailey Falter