laynce nix, notice the way he spells his first name. bruce in right. martis on the mound for the nationals. he's 5-1 with a 5.31 earned run average. >> let's give you the scouting report before i get zapped by lightning. three runs or less in his first starts. has not allowed double figures in any of his starts. not 10 runs or more. 9 or less in all of his starts. after three bat start, 17 run, 4 home run, went out there threw a nice job against the new york mets and allowed one run. hopefully the worst is bemonday shairon. >> guzman at short. johnson at 1st. dunn, duke in center. willingham will have his first career start in right field. >> they don't want to keep moving dunn around to left one night, right the next and 1st the next day. >> i played growing up. i was center fielder, leadoff guy. i switched left, right, used to be able to play every outfield position. >> johnny: fouled up, one quick out. first pitch at 7:07 tonight. 77 degrees here at game time this night. hairston went 1-3 last night. i noticed how you got all state in soccer without

laynce nix will bat cleanup for the reds. at 1st, hernandez. bruce in right. hanigan is the catcher. harang is the catcher for dusty baker. willingham certainly excite to be back in the lineup. .280 hit with 6 doubles and 2 home runs. the nine homers will come up big if he can connect again tonight. guzman in the top spot, short stop. zimmermann at 3rd batting 3 3rd. dunn batting cleanup in left. willingham right fielder. bard will call the game for the pitcher batting 9th. we look at that time reds and nationals as they try to get things going in this series. trying to add a punch to the lineup with willingham in the lineup. >> no doubt. he deserves to play. he has hit the ball extremely well. i believe he needs an opportunity to go out there and play two or three weeks and see what he can do. it's the toughest thing in the world to try to play part time. the second toughest thing is not knowing if you're going play. you've got to do it bat after bat. he's worked real hard. he deserves a shot to play. >>> the schedule takes a turn after this series. inner lea

laynce nix has moved to left field in place of jonny gomes for cincinnati. and herrera. >> rob: 24-year-old out of, oh december that -- odessa, texas. odessa -- odessa, texas. they can run these guys out there. almost all of them have 25 plus appearances. this is his 26th of the year with a 1.5 e.r.a. >> johnny: daniel ray making his first appearance in this series. left-hander. ball hit that ver taveras. he is hurt. >> rob: right here, herrera -- oh. last night, the 1st baseman charges and it hits him on the instep or ankle of that right leg. he is a tough guy. he is not coming out of game. >> johnny: yeah. herrera stays. anderson hernandez hitting for the pitcher. man on, nobody out, bottom of the 8th, 2-1 lead. the nats trying to tie it up. did it last night in the bottom of the 9th. no reason they can't do it today. grounder to third past the 3rd baseman! hernandez will make the turn and stay at second. -- hernandez is on. 2-1, nobody out in the 8th. another golden opportunity, rob, coming up right now. anderson hernandez had gone 0-16 his last four game