The Nats head to Port St. Lucie for a 6:10pm start time on this televised game at Tradition Field as Lucas Giolito gets the start opposite Bartolo Colon who starts for the New York Mets.
The Nats travel roster has a few starters and most noticeably is Daniel Murphy and Ryan Zimmerman. Ex-Met Matt den Dekker will start as the DH and yesterday’s walk-off hero Chris Heisey moves up to the 5th spot in the starting line-up.
Of special note, David Wright will start his first game of the Spring as he deals with spinal stenosis.
- Michael A. Taylor CF
- Daniel Murphy 2B
- Stephen Drew 3B
- Ryan Zimmerman 1B
- Chris Heisey RF
- Danny Espinosa SS
- Reed Johnson LF
- Jose Lobaton C
- Matt den Dekker DH
Lucas Giolito RHP
More details to follow:
The #Nats have optioned catcher Pedro Severino to Triple-A Syracuse.
