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Ronald Belisario will begin a rehab assignment with Class A Inland Empire Saturday and potentially Sunday as well, per Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times. The 66ers are on the road this weekend in Rancho Cucamonga. Hernandez also reported that Belisario could be activated by Tuesday, when the Dodgers begin a road trip in Philadelphia.
The Nationals have purchased the contract of Kevin Mench, who last played a major league game on September 28, 2008, writes Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post. Nyjer Morgan was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sore hip.
Here are the lineups:
| Nationals | Dodgers | |||
| CF | Maxwell | LF | Podsednik | |
| SS | Desmond | 2B | Theriot | |
| 3B | Zimmerman | RF | Ethier | |
| 1B | Dunn | CF | Kemp | |
| LF | Willingham | 1B | Loney | |
| RF | Morse | 3B | Blake | |
| C | Pudge II | SS | Carroll | |
| 2B | Gonzalez | C | Ausmus | |
| P | Lannan | P | Kershaw | |