Today's Nats-Mets lineups

By Dan Kolko

Nationals

July 25, 2012, 7:01am

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FLUSHING, N.Y. - It'll be the 10-win Stephen Strasburg against the one-win Jeremy Hefner at Citi Field today as the Nationals and Mets wrap up a three-game set. Twice this season, the Nats have taken the first two games of a series against the Mets only to drop the finale, failing to record the sweep. Today they'll rely on Strasburg as they try to notch their fifth straight victory. In his only career start at Citi Field coming into today, Strasburg fired six scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out nine. That performance came in a 4-0 Nats win back on April 11. The 26-year-old Hefner only has faced the Nats once; he allowed four runs (three earned) over six innings in a June 6 loss at Nationals Park. For the Nationals 2B Steve Lombardozzi RF Bryce Harper 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Adam LaRoche LF Michael Morse SS Danny Espinosa CF Roger Bernadina C Sandy Leon P Stephen Strasburg For the Mets SS Ruben Tejada LF Jordany Valdespin 3B David Wright 1B Ike Davis 2B Daniel Murphy RF Kirk Nieuwenhuis C Josh Thole CF Andres Torres P Jeremy Hefner