San Diego Padres vs Washington Nationals Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 7/24/24, 8:42 AM  by Carlos Zabala | Modified on 7/24/24 at 9:10 AM in MLB Picks

In a pitching duel where both the Padres and the Nationals left many runners on base, the visitors won 4-0 yesterday at Nationals Park. The back-to-back HRs of Arraez and Profar, the key pieces of Shildt's line-up, seemed like too much of an advantage for the Nationals who barely had 5 hits. 2 of those 5 hits were from Yepez, who since his call to the senior team is one of the hottest bats in MLB with an AVG of 377 with 8 2B and 1 HR. The Padres pitching has practically won only victories with little help from its offense, there are now 8 consecutive Padres games in which the two teams do not exceed 10 runs, and within that period, Padres or the opposing team was shut out in 5 occasions.

Waldron continues his solid season pitching for Padres in Wednesday's game, although the little offensive support he sometimes receives has him with a 5-9 record. In his last game he pitched 6 innings with 5 strikeouts allowing 1 ER and ended up taking the L .

Parker will be the pitcher for the Nationals, 24 years old and established in the Nationals rotation throughout 2024, the left-hander is coming off the worst outing by far in his career against the Brewers where he only got two outs and allowed 3 hits and 5 ER.