Fredericksburg VA - After narrowly coming up short in the first-half race in the Carolina League North, the Fredericksburg Nationals took 2 out of the first 3 games from Salem in the 2nd half to finish up a 12-game road trip with a 5-7 record. Now, the team returns home for 12 straight games against divisional opponents, first the Delmarva Shorebirds, who are 6-3 against the FredNats this season after going 27-9 against Fredericksburg in 2021.

• Delmarva Shorebirds (22-46) vs. Fredericksburg Nationals (35-34)
• RHP Juan De Los Santos ( 2-7; 4.83) | RHP Jackson Rutledge (1-5; 8.00)
• Tuesday, June 28 | 7:05 p.m. | Virginia Credit Union Stadium | Game 70 of 132 |
• Broadcast: FredNats Baseball Network/MiLB.tv

Washington Nationals 2019 first-round pick Jackson Rutledge starts tonight for the FredNats against RHP Juan De Los Santos for the Shorebirds. 1-5 with an 8.00 ERA on the season so far.

Rutledge is in search of his second win in his last four starts after pitching 6 shutout innings at home against Lynchburg two weeks ago and then facing one over the minimum through 4 innings before a rain delay ended his start in Myrtle Beach.

In 11.1 innings at home this year, Rutledge has only allowed three earned runs for an ERA of 2.38. In his last home start against Lynchburg, the sinkerballer righty got 12 groundouts to go along with four strikeouts and only one walk. Rutledge pitched in the last series at Delmarva and got roughed up, lasting just 2.2 innings and giving up 6 hits and 6 earned runs.