The Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles meet in game one of their two-game interleague series from Camden Yards on Tuesday.

Nationals Playing Out The String

The Washington Nationals are simply playing out the string at this point, sitting at 69-88 on the year, after an 8-5 loss in the finale of their double-header on Sunday. Joey Meneses leads the Nationals with 164 hits and 87 RBIs with a .279 batting average while Lane Thomas has a team-high 27 home runs with 85 RBIs and 163 hits with both Thomas and Meneses posting a team-high 35 doubles as well. CJ Abrams also has 6 triples as well this season. Josiah Gray will start for the Nationals here and is 8-12 with a 4.00 ERA and 136 strikeouts this season.

Washington Nationals Team Facts

The Nationals have lost each of their last six night games against teams that held a winning record.
The Nationals have failed to cover the run line each of their last six night games against teams that held a winning record.
The Nationals have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last nine night games.
The Nationals have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last six night games against opponents that held a winning record.
The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Nationals’ last four games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Washington Nationals Player Prop Facts

Lane Thomas has hit a home run in three of his last four appearances after not playing the previous day.
CJ Abrams has recorded at least one RBI in five of his last six appearances after not playing the previous day.
Luis Garcia has scored at least one run in each of the Nationals’ last six games against opponents that held a winning record.
Luis Garcia has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Nationals’ last four night games against opponents that held a winning record.
Luis Garcia has recorded two or more hits in each of the Nationals’ last four night games against opponents that held a winning record.
CJ Abrams ranks 5th in the league in Steals (43) this season.

Orioles Pushing For AL East Title

The Baltimore Orioles are still on the hunt for the AL East title, sitting at 97-59 on the year, 2.5 games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays for the top spot in the AL East after a 5-1 win over the Guardians on Sunday to earn the series split. Anthony Santander leads the Orioles with 27 home runs and 92 RBIs as well as 147 hits and 41 doubles while Adley Rutschman has a team-high 158 hits and a .372 OBP. Austin Hays has a team-best .276 batting average and 140 hits and 36 doubles as well for the O’s. Gunnar Henderson also has a team-high 9 triples for the Orioles up to this point in the year. Kyle Bradish will start for the Orioles here and is 11-7 with a 3.01 ERA and 159 strikeouts this season.

Baltimore Orioles Team Facts

The Orioles have won each of their last eight games against NL East opponents that held a losing record.
The underdogs have covered the run line in each of the Orioles’ last nine games.
The Orioles have led after 7 innings in each of their last eight games against NL East opponents that held a losing record.
The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last four games between the Nationals and Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
The Orioles have trailed after 3 innings in six of their last seven games as home favorites.

Baltimore Orioles Player Prop Facts

Anthony Santander has hit at least one home run in three of his last four home appearances after not playing the previous day.
Adley Rutschman has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Orioles’ last four games as favorites.
Anthony Santander has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Orioles’ last five games.
Adley Rutschman has scored at least one run in six of his last seven appearances after not playing the previous day.
Kyle Bradish has recorded six or more strikeouts in six of his last seven appearances with the Orioles as favorites against NL opponents.
Gunnar Henderson has recorded at least one hit in each of the Orioles’ last 10 night games against NL opponents that held a losing record.
Kyle Bradish ranks 6th amongst qualified players for Earned Run Average (3.01) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

The Baltimore Orioles rank 3rd in the league for doubles this season (303).
The Baltimore Orioles rank 6th in the league for runs scored this season (793).
The Washington Nationals rank 30th in the league for home runs allowed this season (240).
The Washington Nationals rank 29th in the league for home runs this season (146).

Chris’ Pick

I’m sticking with the Orioles here. Frankly it just boils down to the Orioles being the far better team with something to play for and Bradish has been arguably the most consistent starter that the Orioles have had up to this point in the season. I just don’t think that the Nationals will be able to hang around here and I look for the Orioles to win this one comfortably. Give me Baltimore -1.5 here.