Per John Fay of the Enquirer, here is the lineup the Reds trot out vs. Johan Santana and the Mets tomorrow:
Jerry Hairston Jr. lf
Darnell McDonald cf
Joey Votto 1b
Brandon Phillips 2b
Jay Bruce rf
Edwin Encarnacion 3b
Ramon Hernandez c
Alex Gonzalez ss
Aaron Harang p
Taveras has the flu, thus McDonald getting the start. Santana’s career batting average against vs. righties is actually worse than lefties (.226 vs lefties, .222 vs. righties), but you figure McDonald gets the start over Dickerson since he is right-handed.
Here is a look back at the six previous Opening Day Lineups at Great American Ball Park (hat tip to baseball-reference.com)
2003:
Larkin ss
A. Boone 2b
Griffey Jr cf
Kearns lf
Dunn rf
Casey 1b
Larson 3b
LaRue c
Jimmy Hat Haynes p
2004:
Jimenez 2b
Larkin ss
Casey 1b
Kearns rf
Dunn lf
LaRue c
Freel cf
Castro 3b
Lidle p
2005:
Jimenez 2b
Griffey cf
Casey 1b
Kearns lf
Dunn rf
Smilin’ Joe Randa 3b
Aurilia ss
LaRue c
Wilson p
2006:
Womack 2b
Lopez ss
Griffey cf
Dunn lf
Encarnacion 3b
Hatteberg 1b
Kearns rf
Valentin c
Harang p
2007:
Freel cf
Dunn lf
Phillips 2b
Griffey rf
Encarnacion 3b
Hatteberg 1b
Gonzalez ss
Ross c
Harang p
2008:
Patterson cf
Keppinger ss
Griffey rf
Phillips 2b
Dunn lf
Encarnacion 3b
Hatteberg 1b
Valentin c
Harang p