The Philadelphia Phillies will play the Washington Nationals in a double header on Friday at Nationals Park.
The Philadelphia Phillies are 83-72 this season and have lost five games in a row. Philadelphia is coming off of a series loss against the Cubs, where they lost all three games played. The Philadelphia pitching staff has a 3.94 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .244 opponent batting average this season. The Phillies offense has scored 717 runs with a .254 batting average and a .317 on base percentage. Kyle Schwarber is batting .212 with 42 home runs and 87 RBI’s for the Phillies this season. The projected starter for Philadelphia in Game 1 is Bailey Falter, who is 5-4 with a 4.21 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP over 77 innings pitched this season. The projected starter for Philadelphia in Game 2 is Noah Syndergaard, who is 9-10 with a 4.12 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP over 129 innings pitched this season.
The Washington Nationals are 54-101 this season and have lost four of their last six games. Washington is coming off of a series loss against Atlanta, where they lost two out of the three games played in the series. The Washington pitching staff has a 4.94 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a .265 opponent batting average. The Nationals offense has scored 582 runs with a .249 batting average and a .311 on base percentage this year. Lane Thomas is batting .246 with 17 home runs and 52 RBI’s for the Nationals this season. The projected starter for Washington in Game 1 is Erick Fedde, who is 6-11 with a 5.34 ERA and a 1.57 WHIP over 119.2 innings pitched this season. The projected starter for Washington in Game 2 is Anibal Sanchez, who is 3-6 with a 4.06 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP over 64.1 innings pitched this season.
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