The Washington Nationals will play the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of their series at Busch Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
The Washington Nationals are 48-89 this season and have lost two games in a row. Washington won Game 1 of this series by a score of 6-0 on Monday. The Washington pitching staff has a 5.02 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a .264 opponent batting average this season. The Nationals offense has scored 521 runs with a .250 batting average and a .315 on base percentage. Lane Thomas is batting .245 with 15 home runs and 46 RBI’s for the Phillies this season. The projected starter for Washington is Josiah Gray, who is 7-9 with a 4.91 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP over 128.1 innings pitched this season.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 81-56 this season and have won six of their last seven games. St. Louis won Games 2 and 3 of this series by scores of 4-1 and 6-5. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 3.76 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .245 opponent batting average. The Cardinals offense has scored 672 runs with a .257 batting average and a .329 on base percentage this year. Paul Goldschmidt is batting .329 with 35 home runs and 108 RBI’s for the Cardinals this season. The projected starter for St. Louis is Adam Wainwright, who is 10-9 with a 3.21 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP over 168 innings pitched this season.
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