Washington Nationals (30-61) vs Atlanta Braves (54-37)
Game Info: Friday, July 15, 2022 at 7:05 pm (Nationals Park)
Patrick Corbin (4-11) (5.70) vs Ian Anderson (7-5) (4.98)
Betting Odds: Washington Nationals +180 / Atlanta Braves -220 --- Over/Under: 9.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Atlanta Braves will play the Washington Nationals in Game 2 of their series at Nationals Park on Friday night.
The Atlanta Braves are 54-37 this season and have won five of their last seven games. Atlanta won Game 1 of this series by a score of 5-4 on Thursday night. The Atlanta pitching staff has a 3.57 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average this season. The Braves offense has scored 429 runs with a .248 batting average and a .313 on base percentage. Austin Riley is batting .284 with 25 home runs and 58 RBI’s for the Braves this season. The projected starter for Atlanta is Ian Anderson, who is 7-5 with a 4.98 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP over 86.2 innings pitched this season.
The Washington Nationals are 30-61 this season and have lost seven games in a row. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Washington lost both games played against Seattle. The Washington pitching staff has a 5.13 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and a .267 opponent batting average. The Nationals offense has scored 350 runs with a .249 batting average and a .317 on base percentage this year. Josh Bell is batting .300 with 13 home runs and 48 RBI’s for the Nationals this season. The projected starter for Washington is Patrick Corbin, who is 4-11 with a 5.70 ERA and a 1.67 WHIP over 94.2 innings pitched this season.
Atlanta is 14-4 in their last 18 road games and 6-2 in their last 8 Friday games. The under is 6-0 in Atlanta’s last 6 game two’s of a series. Washington is 24-54 in their last 78 games and 8-21 in their last 29 games. The under is 8-0 in Washington’s last 8 game two’s of a series. The Braves are 37-15 in these two teams last 52 head to head meetings.
Atlanta comes into this matchup as pretty big favorites and for good reason. Atlanta is better than Washington in just about everything and Washington has one of the worst team ERA’s in baseball. For the Braves, Ian Anderson has allowed three runs in his last 10.1 innings. For Washington, Patrick Corbin has allowed six runs in his last 21 innings. I like the over in this game as I think both teams get plenty of scoring chances.