The San Francisco Giants (57-57) travel to face off against the Washington Nationals (51-62) on Tuesday, August 6th. This game will be played at Nationals Park in Washington and televised on MASN. The Giants are coming off a win in their previous game, while the Nationals are looking to get back on track from a loss to the Giants. First pitch is set for 5:45 CT.

Giants vs. Nationals Betting Prediction

• Money Line Prediction: Nationals (+105)
• Over/Under Prediction: Over 9 Runs

• The Nationals have scored 5 or more runs in 7 of their last 15 games, showing strong offensive potential.
• In their last 15 home games, the Nationals have a winning record of 8-7, indicating solid performance at home.
• Against the Giants this season, the Nationals have a head-to-head record of 2-1, suggesting they have had success against this opponent.
• The Nationals have won 4 of their last 6 home games, demonstrating recent home-field advantage.
• The Nationals have outscored their opponents by a total of 18 runs in their last 3 home wins, highlighting their ability to dominate at home.

Giants vs Nationals

San Francisco picked up a 4-1 road win over the Nationals in the most recent game of this series. The Giants had a huge 3rd inning, scoring all three of their runs. As for the Nationals, they scored their lone run in the 6th. Heading into the game, the Giants were favored at -167 on the money line.

Logan Webb got the win for the Giants, going 5 2/3 innings and giving up just one run. He finished the game with four strikeouts but issued three walks. Patrick Corbin had a rough outing for the Nationals, taking the loss after going six innings and giving up four runs.

At the plate, the Giants were led by Tyler Fitzgerald and Matt Chapman, as they were the only two Giants hitters to have more than one hit. Fitzgerald and Jerar Encarnacion each had an RBI for San Francisco’s offense.

San Francisco has won two straight games and they have an 8-2 record over their last 10 games, the best in the NL West during that span. The Giants are at an even 57-57 and trail the Padres by 9.5 games for the NL West lead.

Against the run line, the Giants are 31-27 on the road and 55-59 overall, with an average run margin of -0.1 runs per game. Their over/under record is 59-52, and when the total is set at 9 runs, they have a 6-2 O/U record this season.

Hayden Birdsong Gets The Start For The Giants

Right-hander Hayden Birdsong is getting the start for the Giants today as he faces the Nationals on the road. He has made six starts this season and has a record of 3-0 with a 2.97 ERA. Opponents have hit just .193 off Birdsong this year, and his WHIP is currently 1.22. Birdsong’s most recent outing came on July 27th, where he picked up the win and didn’t allow a run in five innings of work. He has come away with the win in each of his last two outings.

Giants Offense Breakdown

San Francisco’s offense is averaging 4.4 runs per game this season, which is 15th in the league. They have been a pretty consistent offense, averaging 4.3 runs per game on the road and 4.4 runs per game at home. The Giants are batting .244 as a team, which is 10th in the league, and they are also one of the league’s best teams at drawing walks.

Over his last 10 games, Matt Chapman has been on fire, going 14/39 with four homers and nine RBIs. For the season, he is batting .246 with a team-high 54 RBIs. Heliot Ramos is also having a good season, as he is batting .285 with 15 homers, which is 2nd on the team.

Washington is 4th in the NL East with a 51-62 record, 15.5 games behind the Phillies. They have a 16-15 record in divisional matchups this season. The Nationals have a 25-29 home record and are 26-33 on the road. Over their last ten games, they are 4-6.

This season, the Nationals are 55-39 on the run line as underdogs, but 9-10 as favorites. Their games have averaged 8.9 runs, resulting in a 56-53 over/under record. The under has hit in two straight games, and the under percentage is 61.9% in games with a total of 9 runs.

MacKenzie Gore Gets The Start For The Nationals

Washington is sending left-hander MacKenzie Gore to the mound today vs. the Giants. He has made 22 starts this season and has a record of 6-9 with a 4.54 ERA. Gore’s WHIP for the season is 1.50, and he has turned in five quality starts. In his last outing, Gore took the loss, going 5 1/3 innings vs. the Diamondbacks and giving up three earned runs. He allowed one homer in that outing. Before that, he had given up at least two homers in three straight starts. Gore has a 5.5 ERA at home compared to 4.86 on the road.

Nationals Offense Breakdown

After a slow start to the season, Luis Garcia Jr. has really picked things up of late, going 11/22 in his last six games with two home runs. For the season, he is batting .290, which is the 3rd best mark on the team. CJ Abrams has also been a big power threat for the Nationals, as his 16 homers are the most on the team and the 15th most in the league.

Overall, the Nationals are just 28th in home runs and are averaging only 4.2 runs per game. This is despite having a team batting average of .242, which is 11th in the league. As a team, they are 6th in fewest strikeouts and have the 13th best on-base percentage in the league.

Giants vs Nationals Prediction

The best way to play the money line in this Giants vs. Nationals matchup is to take the Nationals at +105. We have the Nationals winning this one by a score of 6-5, giving you a bit of wiggle room with the over/under line, which is currently sitting at 9 runs.

Looking at the starting pitchers, we have MacKenzie Gore finishing with seven strikeouts, which is the fourth-best among all starters today. As for the Giants’ starter, Hayden Birdsong is projected to finish with six K’s, which has him coming in at 10th.

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