Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Nationals 4/28/2023 Picks

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Nationals 4/28/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The Pittsburgh Pirates will travel to the District of Columbia to open a National League Inter-Division series against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington, on Friday evening.

Pittsburgh improved to 18-8 overall and 9-4 on the road play after winning nine of the recent ten games played while holding the best overall record in the National League with 1.5 games ahead of Milwaukee in the second place while posting a +35 run difference for the year.

The Pirates enter this match-up riding on a two-game winning streak after winning the last two installments of a series over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In a 6-2 win over the Dodgers on Thursday, starter Mitch Keller (3-0) fanned out ten batters in 6.0 innings pitched while First Baseman Connor Joe finished with a two-run blast for the Pirates.

Forty-three-year-old left-hander Rich Hill with a 2-2 record and 4.85 ERA will be climbing up the hill to start for Pittsburgh in the series opener versus the Washington Nationals on Friday night.

The Southpaw starter took the win for the Pirates in his last two starts and Hill has given away only one run through his last 11 innings pitched for the season.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are 9-1 SU in their last 10 contests and the Pirates are 8-2 straight up in their last 10 road games.

Pittsburgh is 1-5 straight up in their last 6 outings on the road versus Washington while the totals went UNDER in 4 of the Pirates’ last 6 matches on a Friday.

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Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Nationals Predictions 4/28/2023

The Washington Nationals are returning home for the next series while looking to bounce back from the recent road loss when facing the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.

Washington dropped to 9-15 overall, 2-9 at home play, and placed dead last in the NL East after losing nine of their first 11 home outings and had difficulty in moving up from the basement of the NL East.

The Nationals won a series over the NY Mets at 2-1 but lost the series finale to a score of 8-9 on Thursday. Washington landed five runs in the eighth frame until it fell to the NY Mets by just a one-run deficit.

SS C.J. Abrams scored to give the Nationals their 8-7 lead in the eighth inning but pitcher Mason Thompson (2-2) gave up two runs in the bottom of the eighth in the loss.

The Washington Nationals’ team manager Dave Martinez will be appointing thirty-year-old righty Chad Kuhl to start the series opener facing Pittsburgh on Friday night.

The right-handed starter posted a 0-1 record with an ERA of 7.36 for the season. Right-hander Kuhl had an issue controlling the ball after granting 12 free bases while giving away 20 hits through 18-plus innings.

The totals went UNDER in 6 of Washington’s last 6 outings. The Nationals are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games. The Washington Nationals are 1-7 SU in their last 8 home matches.

The Nationals are 5-1 SU in their last 6 contests at home versus Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals. The MLB Pick for this contest is Pittsburgh -125. The Pirates will dominate this match-up against the Nationals on the road with a 9-4 record.

After finishing 26 games played, Pittsburgh ranked 7th in OPS and 8th in runs scored while Washington ranked 26th in OPS and 27th in runs scored this season. The prediction; Pittsburgh Pirates will win 6-5.

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