{"id":340505,"date":"2026-05-31T18:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/340505\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T18:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:58:24","slug":"washington-nationals-vs-san-diego-padres-game-thread-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/340505\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals vs San Diego Padres Game Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

After yesterday\u2019s comeback win, the Nats have a chance to win yet another series this afternoon. With a win today, they will end May with a record above .500. That would be a huge accomplishment for a group that did not come into the season with high expectations at all.<\/p>\n

Initially, Dylan Crews<\/a> was in this lineup, but he was a late scratch. I would assume that has something to do with the hit by pitch that caught him in the hand yesterday. That means the outfield will be Daylen Lile<\/a> in left, Jacob Young<\/a> in center and James Wood in right. Curtis Mead<\/a> will be back at third base and Jorbit Vivas<\/a> will slide to second. Keibert Ruiz<\/a> will do the catching for this game. Zack Littell<\/a> looks to put a bow on what has been a very strong May for him.<\/p>\n

The Padres have made several changes to their lineup. Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/a> will move to right field after playing second base the first two games. Rookie Sung-Mun Song will play second base today. Gavin Sheets<\/a> will move to DH and veteran Nick Castellanos<\/a> will be in left field. Freddy Fermin<\/a> is back behind the plate for the series finale. Griffin Canning<\/a> has struggled this season, but he posted a quality start last time out and will look to build off of that today.<\/p>\n

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Game Info:<\/p>\n

Stadium: Nationals Park<\/p>\n

Time: 1:35 PM EST<\/p>\n

TV: Nationals.TV<\/a><\/p>\n

Radio: 106.7 The Fan<\/p>\n

Getting a series win would be a great way to close out a successful month of May. The crowds have been outstanding this weekend, and the team is on a roll. Yesterday was an amazing win, and hopefully they can build on that. Follow along in the comments down below and let\u2019s go Nats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After yesterday\u2019s comeback win, the Nats have a chance to win yet another series this afternoon. With a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[112020,118573,112018,139780,3494,78582,77535,12167,84704,32867,112021,112336,112013,82370,74,76,75,2611,19316,48886],"class_list":["post-340505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-curtis-mead","tag-daylen-lile","tag-drew-millas","tag-dylan-crews","tag-fernando-tatis-jr","tag-freddy-fermin","tag-gavin-sheets","tag-getty-images","tag-griffin-canning","tag-jacob-young","tag-jorbit-vivas","tag-keibert-ruiz","tag-nationals-park","tag-nick-castellanos","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-washington-nationals","tag-zack-littell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}