The Washington Nationals and the Milwaukee Brewers meet in the finale of their three-game set in MLB action from American Family Field on Sunday.

Nationals Trying To Avoid Sweep

The Washington Nationals will be looking to avoid the sweep in this series after a 9-5 loss on Saturday made it back-to-back defeats in this series. The loss set the Nationals back to 65-84 on the year, on the brink of elimination sitting 12.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race. Joey Meneses leads the Nationals with 157 hits and 80 RBIs with a .282 batting average while Lane Thomas has a team-high 25 home runs with 79 RBIs and 156 hits with Meneses posting a team-high 34 doubles as well. CJ Abrams also has 5 triples as well this season. Patrick Corbin will start this one for the Nationals and is 10-13 with a 5.13 ERA and 119 strikeouts this season.

Washington Nationals Team Facts

The Nationals have lost seven of their last eight games against teams that held a winning record.
The Nationals have failed to cover the run line seven of their last eight games against teams that held a winning record.
The Nationals have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last five games.
The Nationals have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last three road day games.
The Nationals have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last five road games against NL Central opponents.

Washington Nationals Player Prop Facts

CJ Abrams ranks T5th in the league in Steals (41) this season.

Brewers Pushing For Sweep On Sunday

The Milwaukee Brewers have a shot to get one step closer to the NL Central title after their win over the Nationals on Saturday. The win brought the Brewers up to 84-64 on the year, sitting 6.5 games clear atop the NL Central. Christian Yelich leads the Brewers with 143 hits, in addition to 70 RBIs and a .272 batting average as well as a .363 OBP while Willy Adames comes in with a team-leading 24 home runs and 77 RBIs. William Contreras leads the Brewers with 34 doubles while Adames has the unfortunate distinction of leading the Brewers with 151 strikeouts this season. Brandon Woodruff will start for the Brewers here and is 5-1 with a 1.93 ERA and 62 strikeouts this season.

Milwaukee Brewers Team Facts

The Brewers have won each of their last six home games against teams that held a losing record.
The Brewers have covered the run line in eight of their last nine games.
The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Brewers’ last five day games against National League opponents.
The Brewers have led after 7 innings in each of their last five home games against opponents that held a losing record.
The Brewers have led after 5 innings in each of their last four games against National League opponents that held a losing record.

Matchup/League Facts

The Milwaukee Brewers rank 1st in the league for opponent batting average this season (.227).
The Milwaukee Brewers rank 1st in the league for hits allowed this season (1116).
The Washington Nationals rank 30th in the league for home runs allowed this season (229).
The Washington Nationals rank 29th in the league for home runs this season (137).

Chris’ Pick

I’m sticking with the Brewers here. I get it, it’s not always easy to lay the run line with the Brewers, but Patrick Corbin more often than not, has regressed back to the Patrick Corbin that made us plenty of money by fading him early on this season. Brandon Woodruff remains one of the best options that the Brewers have in that rotation and sometimes it comes down to something as simple as backing the team with something to play for. Give me Milwaukee here.