The Washington Nationals will play the Miami Marlins in Game 2 of their series at loanDepot Park on Saturday night.
The Washington Nationals are 52-98 this season and have lost four of their last five games. Washington lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 5-2 on Friday night. The Washington pitching staff has a 4.99 ERA, a 1.44 WHIP, and a .266 opponent batting average this season. The Nationals offense has scored 570 runs with a .250 batting average and a .313 on base percentage. Lane Thomas is batting .249 with 17 home runs and 52 RBI’s for the Nationals this season. The projected starter for Washington is Erick Fedde, who is 6-10 with a 5.29 ERA and a 1.56 WHIP over 114 innings pitched this season.
The Miami Marlins are 62-89 this season and have lost two of their last three games. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Miami lost two out of three games against the Cubs. The Miami pitching staff has a 3.93 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .243 opponent batting average. The Marlins offense has scored 542 runs with a .230 batting average and a .295 on base percentage this year. Miguel Rojas is batting .236 with six home runs and 34 RBI’s for the Marlins this season. The projected starter for Miami is Sandy Alcantara, who is 13-8 with a 2.37 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP over 212.2 innings pitched this season.
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