The Washington Nationals will play the Seattle Mariners in Game 1 of their series at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday night.
The Washington Nationals are 41-82 this season and have lost four of their last six games. Washington is coming off of a series split against San Diego, where they won two games and lost two games in the series. The Washington pitching staff has a 5.16 ERA, a 1.46 WHIP, and a .267 opponent batting average this season. The Nationals offense has scored 461 runs with a .247 batting average and a .313 on base percentage. Nelson Cruz is batting .238 with 10 home runs and 60 RBI’s for the Nationals this season. The projected starter for Washington is Erick Fedde, who is 5-7 with a 4.95 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP over 92.2 innings pitched this season.
The Seattle Mariners are 66-56 this season and have lost two games in a row. Seattle is coming off of a series loss against Oakland, where they lost two out of the three games played. The Seattle pitching staff has a 3.67 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and a .238 opponent batting average. The Mariners offense has scored 508 runs with a .233 batting average and a .316 on base percentage this year. Julio Rodriguez is batting .274 with 19 home runs and 63 RBI’s for the Mariners this season. The projected starter for Seattle is Robbie Ray, who is 9-8 with a 3.87 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP over 142 innings pitched this season.
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