Washington Nationals vs San Diego Padres 8/18/2022 Picks

Washington Nationals vs San Diego Padres 8/18/2022 Picks Predictions Previews

The Washington Nationals will play Game 1 of 4 against the Padres at Petco Park in San Diego,CA on Thursday evening.

The Nationals are struggling after losing two straight games to the Chicago Cubs with their recent loss at 2-3 yesterday.

Washington is 5th at 39-80 in the National League East Division. SP Anibal Sanchez is one of the pitching probables at 0-5, has a 7.20 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, and 22 strikeouts.

The Nationals are 3-7 in their last 10 outings of the season and are the worst team in baseball 41 games below .500 after losing three of the last five games played including a 3-2 loss to Chicago on Wednesday.

Cory Abbott got the start for Washington giving up two runs on three hits across 6 innings of work leading to a no decision. Jake McGee came on in relief to allow one run on one hit after recording only two outs leading to the loss.

The Washington Nationals are 2-5 SU in their last 7 outings with the Padres.
Washington is 1-7 SU in their last 8 games on the road.
The total went OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games on the road against San Diego.

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Washington Nationals vs San Diego Padres Predictions 8/18/2022

Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres broke off from their 2-game losing skid and avoided a sweep after bashing the Miami Marlins to a score of 10-3 yesterday.

San Diego is 11 games over .500 despite riding a two game losing streak following a 4-3 loss to the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.

Sean Manaea took the mound for San Diego giving up three runs on four hits across four innings of work leading to a no decision.

The San Diego bullpen held true before Luis Garcia came on in relief to allow one run on two hits leading to the loss.

The Padres split their last 10 matches of the season and are 2nd at 66-54 in the National League West Division. San Diego is 33-24 in home games and has the eighth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .320.

The Padres scored 13 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 5 of their last 8 games. The team won 8 straight games when scoring 4 or more runs.

Manny Machado leads the Padres with 128 hits and 73 RBI, while Jake Cronenworth and Jurickson Profar have combined for 210 hits and 110 RBI.

The total went OVER in 4 of San Diego’s last 5 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Diego’s last 5 games at home against Washington.
San Diego is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games played on a Thursday.

Washington Nationals vs San Diego Padres. The MLB Pick for this contest is San Diego Padres. San Diego needs to get back to their winning ways and will do just that Thursday night against a terrible Washington Nationals team.

Take the Padres to dominate this game from the opening pitch as they will get back on track with a needed home win predicted to a score of 8-2.

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