Philadelphia Phillies (42-36, second in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (41-38, third in the NL East)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Washington; Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Jesus Luzardo (6-4, 4.20 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 97 strikeouts); Nationals: Zack Littell (6-6, 5.45 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 41 strikeouts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LINE: Phillies -170, Nationals +140; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals play the Philadelphia Phillies, leading the series 1-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Washington is 17-22 in home games and 41-38 overall. The Nationals have a 19-11 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philadelphia has a 19-17 record in road games and a 42-36 record overall. The Phillies have gone 15-6 in games decided by one run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday’s game is the fifth time these teams meet this season. The season series is tied 2-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TOP PERFORMERS: James Wood has 19 doubles and 20 home runs for the Nationals. Nasim Nunez is 15 for 32 with a double and two triples over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bryce Harper has 14 doubles, two triples and 17 home runs for the Phillies. Kyle Schwarber is 13 for 39 with five home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Nationals: 6-4, .261 batting average, 4.09 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phillies: 5-5, .253 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INJURIES: Nationals: Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Irvin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Max Kranick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Williams: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ken Waldichuk: 60-Day IL (forearm), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phillies: Adolis Garcia: 60-Day IL (lat), Brad Keller: 15-Day IL (forearm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Philadelphia Phillies (42-36, second in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (41-38, third in the NL East) Washington; Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Jesus Luzardo (6-4, 4.20 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 97 strikeouts); Nationals: Zack Littell (6-6, 5.45 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 41 strikeouts) LINE: Phillies -170, Nationals +140; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs BOTTOM […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418131,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418130\/revisions\/418131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}