Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies 8/4/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

By: Tony G |

Last Updated: 08/03/2022 at 10:28 PM ET

The Washington Nationals will travel on the road to start a new series in Pennsylvania on Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies for a scheduled first pitch time at 7:05 PM Eastern. This game will be available on MLB extra innings. Washington comes into this game after trading star slugger Juan Soto to the San Diego padres having a record of 36–69 on the season. Washington has lost three out of their last five games.

The Philadelphia Phillies come into the smash up with a record on the season of 56–48, and are coming off a sweep on the road of the Pittsburgh Pirates in four games, however their last game was a loss against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta by the score of 13 –1.

Noah Syndergaard will take the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies being just traded over from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with a record on the season of 5–8, to go along with an earned run average of 3.83 and 64 total strikeouts on the season. It will be interesting to see if Noah Syndergaard can recapture his New York magic in Philadelphia. Look to see who else is looking to capture their magic with our baseball picks.

Paolo Espino Will be on the mound for Washington with zero wins on the season to go along with three losses in an earned run average of 3.78 and only 50 strikeouts in 66.2 innings pitched. As Bino has given up 70 hits, 13 walks, and 13 home runs.

After trading away most of their power including Juan Soto and Josh Bill, the Philadelphia Phillies still have a better team batting average than Washington at .247 and a better team earned run average at 3.82 which is why we see Philadelphia making a strong push in the second half after the trade deadline. Final Score Prediction: Philadelphia wins by the score of 7–3.

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