Nationals at Blue Jays 6/16/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions
The Washington Nationals head north of the border to play the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday in the second game of a three-game interleague series. Both teams were off on Thursday.
The Nationals defeated the New York Yankees 5-4 on Wednesday as 19-year old rookie Juan Soto hit a pair of home runs to upstage the veteran sluggers for the Yankees.
Teoscar Hernandez leads the Blue Jays with a batting average of .261. Kevin Pillar has a team high 66 hits, while Yangervis Solarte leads in home runs with 12 and RBIs with 37. Toronto has a team batting average of .232 while opposing hitters are averaging .259 at the plate against Blue Jays pitching. On Saturday, Toronto will send Marco Estrada to the mound. The right-hander this season is 3-6 with an ERA of 5.09, 57 Ks and 18 BBs.
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Washington has won 7 of its last 10 against Toronto overall and each of the last 4 games it has played in Toronto. With Scherzer on the mound and coming of a loss in his last outing, the Blue Jays could find it hard to score runs. Final Score Prediction, Washington Nationals win and cover the run line 5-1.