After last night's dramatic 14-inning win, the Phillies find themselves two games back of the Padres in the wild-card and five behind the Mets in the NL East.
We're a little less than an hour away from today's first pitch. Skies are partly cloudy here in South Philly and temperatures are in the mid-80s. The outfield flags indicate a slight breeze from rightfield to left.
The Nationals batting order:
1. Felipe Lopez, ss; 2. Ronnie Belliard, 2b; 3. Ryan Zimmerman, 3b; 4. Dmitri Young, 1b; 5. Austin Kearns, rf; 6. Ryan Church, lf; 7. Jesus Flores, c; 8. Nook Logan, cf; 9. John Lannan, lhp
The Phillies batting order:
1. Jimmy Rollins, ss; 2.Shane Victorino, rf; 3. Chase Utley, 2b; 4. Ryan Howard, 1b; 5. Aaron Rowand, cf; 6. Pat Burrell, lf; 7.Wes Helms, 3b; 8. Rod Barajas, c; 9. Adam Eaton, rhp
Coming soon, a brief scouting report on Nationals pitcher John Lannan. In the meantime, if anybody has seen Lannan pitch - or has any memories of pitchers making their major league debuts either for or against the Phils - feel free to send 'em along.