Washington Nationals (3-7) vs. Los Angeles Angels (5-4)
The 2023 Major League Baseball Season is opening the third week of the 2023 season when the Washington Nationals travel to take on the Los Angeles Angels in this interleague battle at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. The Angels are the favorites (-215) with the total set at 9.5.
These teams faced each other three times last season, in Anaheim, with the Angels winning two of the three games. The teams combined for 11 runs each in the three-game set.
The Washington Nationals dropped the final game of their four-game set with the Colorado Rockies, 7-6, splitting the four-game series. The Nationals are 2-2 on the road and are in last place in the NL East. They are 2-5 in their last seven.
Washington held a 6-3 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth, but Colorado scored four in the bottom of the sixth to earn the victory. Dominic Smith drove in two runs. Washington is hitting .266 as a team with five homers and has scored 40 runs. The Nationals have a .699 OPS.
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The Nationals gave up seven runs on 10 hits in eight innings in the loss. Washington has a 5.42 ERA, 25th overall, and the starting staff has a 5.40 ERA. They will hope that Patrick Corbin can turn things around, but he is not off to a good start, going 0-2 with an 8.00 ERA through the first two starts. Corbin has allowed 17 hits in 9.0 innings.