The Atlanta Braves will play the Washington Nationals in Game 3 of their series at Nationals Park on Saturday afternoon.
The Atlanta Braves are 55-37 this season and have won three of their last four games. Atlanta has won the first two games of this series by scores of 5-4 and 8-4. The Atlanta pitching staff has a 3.58 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average this season. The Braves offense has scored 437 runs with a .249 batting average and a .314 on base percentage. Austin Riley is batting .282 with 26 home runs and 60 RBI’s for the Braves this season. The projected starter for Atlanta is Max Fried, who is 9-3 with a 2.56 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP over 112.1 innings pitched this season.
The Washington Nationals are 30-62 this season and have lost eight games in a row. Prior to losing the first two games of this series, Washington lost both games played against Seattle. The Washington pitching staff has a 5.15 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and a .268 opponent batting average. The Nationals offense has scored 354 runs with a .249 batting average and a .318 on base percentage this year. Josh Bell is batting .305 with 13 home runs and 48 RBI’s for the Nationals this season. The projected starter for Washington is Paolo Espino, who is 0-2 with a 3.42 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP over 52.2 innings pitched this season.