The Cincinnati Reds will play the Washington Nationals in Game 1 of their series at Nationals Park on Friday night.
The Cincinnati Reds are 48-75 this season and have lost four games in a row. Cincinnati is coming off of a series loss against Philadelphia, where they lost all four games played in the series. The Cincinnati pitching staff has a 5.04 ERA, a 1.42 WHIP, and a .257 opponent batting average this season. The Reds offense has scored 521 runs with a .240 batting average and a .308 on base percentage. Kyle Farmer is batting .262 with seven home runs and 56 RBI’s for the Reds this season. The projected starter for Cincinnati is Mike Minor, who is 2-10 with a 6.44 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP over 72.2 innings pitched this season.
The Washington Nationals are 42-83 this season and have lost three of their last four games. Washington is coming off of a series split with Seattle, where they won one game and lost one game in the series. The Washington pitching staff has a 5.12 ERA, a 1.45 WHIP, and a .266 opponent batting average. The Nationals offense has scored 466 runs with a .247 batting average and a .312 on base percentage this year. Nelson Cruz is batting .236 with 10 home runs and 61 RBI’s for the Nationals this season. The projected starter for Washington is Cade Cavalli, who will be making his first appearance for the Nationals this season.
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