MLB Gas Can Alert For Saturday, August 13

Target these offenses against bad pitching

By Matthew Horner – Aug 13, 2022, 12:27am

San Diego Padres vs. Anibal Sanchez (7.56 ERA), Washington Nationals

The Padres offense features some of the best players in the sport: Juan Soto. They traded for Soto at the deadline, so this will be an early homecoming for him getting to face his former team. You can bet that he will want to show them that they should have forked over the for tune he demanded, so I wouldn't doubt at all that he has a massive game against his former squad. The same can be said for Josh Bell, who came over to San Diego in the same trade. These guys combined with Manny Machado gives the Padres one of the most lethal lineups in baseball, and now they get to take on one of the worst pitchers on the mound Saturday.

Anibal Sanchez gets the nod for Washington in this one. In his last outing, he took the loss as the Nationals were beaten 6-3 by the Cubs, giving up four runs on seven hits and two walks over five-plus innings of work. He struck out three. Sanchez tossed 56 of 91 pitches for strikes before exiting the game, and he's managed to get hooked with the loss in all five of his big-league starts this season. Think that will change against the Padres? I doubt it.
  
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