{"id":718482,"date":"2026-06-06T02:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/718482\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T02:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:45:27","slug":"washington-nationals-vs-arizona-diamondbacks-game-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/718482\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals vs Arizona Diamondbacks Game Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sweep at the hands of the Marlins was demoralizing, but the Nats need to bounce back. They got a day off to re-set, and now they start the first west coast trip of the series. The Nats will square off against a Diamondbacks<\/a> team that sneakily is in second place in the NL West.<\/p>\n

I have a feeling this lineup from Blake Butera will not be very popular. Curtis Mead<\/a>, Jacob Young<\/a> and Keibert Ruiz<\/a> are all on the bench. That means Jorbit Vivas<\/a> will be at third, Dylan Crews<\/a> will be in center and Drew Millas<\/a> will be behind the plate. Jose Tena will also be hitting third and in the DH spot. Foster Griffin<\/a> will be on the mound.<\/p>\n

The Diamondbacks have an extreme mix of youth and experience. Veterans like Corbin Carroll<\/a>, Nolan Arenado<\/a>, Geraldo Perdomo<\/a> and Ketel Marte<\/a> are in the lineup. However, there are also rookies like Ryan Waldschmidt and the debuting LuJames Groover in the lineup. We will not see old pal Ildemaro Vargas<\/a> tonight after he collided with Max Muncy<\/a> yesterday. Veteran Merrill Kelly<\/a> will be on the hill for the Snakes.<\/p>\n

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Game Info:<\/p>\n

Stadium: Chase Field<\/p>\n

Time: 9:40 PM EST<\/p>\n

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

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

This is a very important series for the Nats after the Marlins debacle. Will this be a June swoon or was that Marlins series just a blip on the radar. We will find out this weekend. Follow along in the comments down below and let\u2019s go Nats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sweep at the hands of the Marlins was demoralizing, but the Nats need to bounce back. They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2398],"tags":[5,57322,1538,6524,6418,38,26653,566,55398,1533,16566,6287,1825,2101,729,1532,660,58,4,415,3628,1028,3538,414,71,4222],"class_list":["post-718482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-nationals","tag-baseball","tag-blake-butera","tag-corbin-carroll","tag-curtis-mead","tag-dc","tag-diamondbacks","tag-drew-millas","tag-dylan-crews","tag-foster-griffin","tag-geraldo-perdomo","tag-ildemaro-vargas","tag-jacob-young","tag-jorbit-vivas","tag-keibert-ruiz","tag-ketel-marte","tag-max-muncy","tag-merrill-kelly","tag-miami-marlins","tag-mlb","tag-nationals","tag-nationals-park","tag-nolan-arenado","tag-the-nats","tag-washington","tag-washington-nationals","tag-washingtonnationals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116700874244037415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}