The Braves will roll their normal lineup out for Monday's series opener with the Nationals. Atlanta trails the Nats by five games in the NL East with about 40 games left in the season meaning the stakes in this three-game series are at an all-time high.

After sitting out on Sunday afternoon with sore knees, Chipper Jones has returned to the lineup and is batting fourth. Despite his shoulder issues the last few weeks, Brian McCann is also playing, batting seventh.

Here are the lineups for Monday's game. It starts at 7:05 p.m.

Braves:

Michael Bourn - CF
Martin Prado - LF
Jason Heyward - RF
Chipper Jones - 3B
Freddie Freeman - 1B
Dan Uggla - 2B
Brian McCann - C
Paul Janish - SS
Tim Hudson - P

Nationals:

Jayson Werth - RF
Bryce Harper - CF
Ryan Zimmerman - 3B
Michael Morse - LF
Adam LaRoche - 1B
Ian Desmond - SS
Danny Espinosa - 2B
Kurt Suzuki - C
Jordan Zimmermann - P

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