San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals 8/13/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The San Diego Padres play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday against the Washington Nationals. San Diego is 63-51 following its 13-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. Brandon Drury hit a three-run home run and Austin Nola hit a two-run shot for San Diego. The Padres are second in the National League last but a distant 16 games behind first place Los Angeles.

Manny Machado is batting .294 to lead San Diego and the third baseman has team highs in home runs with 20, RBIs with 65, hits with 116 and on-base percentage at .365. On Saturday, the San Diego Padres will send Yu Darvish to the mound. The right-hander is 10-5 with a 3.28 ERA, 112 Ks and 26 BBs.

Washington dropped to 37-76 following its 4-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday. The Nationals lost two of three to Chicago and Washington has lost seven of the last eight. The Nationals have the worst team ERA in baseball at 5.31 and opposing hitters average .272 against Washington pitching which is next to last. The Nationals are last in the National League East, 36 ½ games behind the first-place New York Mets.

Lane Thomas is the leading home run hitter for Washington with 10. Nelson Cruz is second in home runs with eight and is the leader in RBIs with 52. When Washington traded away Josh Bell and Juan Soto at the trade deadline they lost a combined 35 home runs and 103 RBIs. On Saturday, the Washington Nationals will send Anibal Sanchez to the mound. The right-hander is 0-5 with a 7.56 ERA, 18 Ks and 11 BBs.