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2018 MLB Season
(52-42) Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals (48-48)
Date: Friday July 20, 2018
Time: 7:05 PM ET
Venue: Nationals Park, Washington, DC.
Projected Starters: Newcomb vs. Strasburg
MLB Moneyline Odds: Nationals -178
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: OFF
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: 8½
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Atlanta Braves
The NL East is one of the divisions to watch in the last 2+ months of the regular season. Philadelphia has one more win than Atlanta, which is six better than Washington in the loss column (and has four more wins).
Sean Newcomb will start the post-break schedule for the Braves after Mike Foltynewicz tossed a scoreless inning for the National League on Wednesday.
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Newcomb probably could have been an all-star, too, except he struggled in three July starts, when he gave up 13 earned runs in 12 innings, upping his ERA from 2.71 to 3.51. In those three starts, he walked 12 and struck out just seven.
His time will come. He may have hit a bit of a wall in July, though. He’s up to 105 innings after throwing 100 last season as a rookie. He should be good after a little break, but what about in August and September? Atlanta needs him to be an ace if it is to beat out Philly and the Nats.
Washington Nationals
Welcome back, Stephen Strasburg. The Nationals’ second ace and Max Scherzer’s sidekick makes his first start after going out with right shoulder inflammation on June 8.
He was having a stellar season before the arm troubles. He won four of his five starts in May, giving up just 10 runs in the process.
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The Nats aren’t out of it, not by a long shot. They were the favorite when the season started and they were the favorite even in May when they were several games back.
They aren’t any longer. They are basically even with Philly and Atlanta. The talent is there but I’m just not sure it’s ever going to work out for a team that has yet to get on the same page through the first 3.5 months of the season.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- ATL are 2-11 in their last 13 Fri. games.
- Over is 15-5 in ATL last 20 road games.
- ATL are 3-8 in their last 11 overall.
- Under is 37-18 in WAS last 55 on grass.
- WAS are 59-21 in Strasburgs last 80 starts.
- Over is 40-19-3 in Strasburgs last 62 home starts.
- Head to Head: Under is 8-1-2 in the last 11 meetings.
- Head to Head: WAS are 9-4 in Strasburgs last 13 starts vs. ATL.
Free Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals MLB Prediction: Strasburg at home.
The energy in Washington DC is high and the Nats know they have to come out of the gates hot. I’ll take Strasburg in his first start back.
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MLB Free Score Prediction: Atlanta 2 – Washington 4
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