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7:05 pm EDT Wed May 19, 2010

Though Livan Hernandez hasn’t needed much run support, even he wasn’t able to avoid becoming a casualty of the Washington Nationals’ recent struggles at the plate. Adam Dunn’s absence certainly isn’t helping. Losers of five straight, the Nationals hope to have Dunn back to help their faltering lineup as they send Hernandez to the mound in the opener a two-game series with the New York Mets on Wednesday night. Washington is coming off a nine-game road trip that began with two wins in three games against New York but ended with its longest skid of the season. The Nationals have scored 10 runs during their losing streak, falling 3-2 to St. Louis on Tuesday night, and have been without Dunn the past two games due to flulike symptoms. Dunn is batting .252 with a team-high nine homers and 19 RBIs. Prior to its rut, Washington had its best performance at the plate this season in beating Colorado 14-6 on Thursday night. In the Nationals’ next game, Hernandez was outdueled by Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez in a 6-2 loss in the opener of a day-night doubleheader Saturday.

Hernandez, who surrendered three runs in six innings, will pitch on three days’ rest because that doubleheader forced Washington to alter its rotation. Hernandez has gotten three runs or fewer to work with in each of his last five outings, but he’s still managed to earn two wins. The veteran right-hander, who made 23 starts for the Mets last year, is 12-13 with a 4.43 ERA in 33 starts against them. Hernandez is facing a Mets lineup that is having its own problems. New York has been held to three runs or fewer in four of its last six games. The Mets lost 3-2 on Tuesday night when Atlanta scored the winning run in the ninth inning on a throwing error by third baseman David Wright, who also struck out three times. New York is expected to give the ball to R.A. Dickey in this game. He is taking one of the two vacancies in the rotation due to Jonathon Niese’s hamstring injury and the demotion of Oliver Perez to the bullpen.