Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals 6/18/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Philadelphia Phillies will be at Nationals Saturday afternoon for a game with the Washington Nationals. Philadelphia comes into Saturday three games above .500 on the year after winning three of the last four games played including two in a row following a 10-1 win over Washington in game 1 of this series. Zack Wheeler got the start for Philadelphia giving up only one run on four hits across 7 innings of work leading to the victory.

Offensively Philadelphia was dominant with eleven hits in 39 at bats as a team including 3-7 with runners in scoring position to score ten runs. Kyle Schwarber led the way for the Philadelphia offense with two hits and four at bats including a two run home run two drive in three total runs. Nick Castellanos and Didi Gregorious chipped in for Philadelphia as well with two RBI's each.

The Washington Nationals come into Saturday 20 games below .500 following the blowout loss against Philadelphia. Patrick Corbin took the loss for Philadelphia after giving up nine runs on eight hits across 3.1 innings of work.

Josh Bell leads the way for the Washington offense with a .294 batting average to go along with a team leading 41 RBI’s. Juan Soto supplies the power to the Washington lineup leading the team with 13 home runs on the year, while Cesar Hernandez posts a team leading 75 hits.