{"id":2878,"date":"2018-06-01T17:17:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T17:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:09:18","slug":"national-league-baseball-betting-washington-nationals-at-atlanta-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/national-league-baseball-betting-washington-nationals-at-atlanta-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"National League Baseball Betting: Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top two teams in the <strong>NL<\/strong> <strong>East<\/strong> will square off Friday night when the Atlanta Braves host the Washington Nationals. The Braves won the first game of the series on Thursday. <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">The Nationals come into the game -138 over the Braves on Friday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta spent most of <strong>May<\/strong> in first place in the NL East, and after Thursday\u2019s win over Washington, the Braves begin June in first place. While they have looked the part of a first-place team at times, the Braves have also leveled off recently. They were 7-7 in their final 14 games in May, which has kept their division lead tight and caused them to briefly lose it a couple times.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, meanwhile, is finally kicking it into gear after a sluggish start. Before Thursday\u2019s loss, the Nats had won six games in a row, albeit against the <strong>Marlins<\/strong> and <strong>Orioles<\/strong>. They closed May winning nine of their last 13 games to put them nine games over .500 and just half a game behind the Braves.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ace-junior\">Ace Junior<\/h2>\n<p>The Nationals have the best rotation in the National League, in large part because of Max Scherzer and Gio Gonzalez. But Friday\u2019s starter, <strong>Stephen<\/strong> <strong>Strasburg<\/strong>, is also putting together an impressive season. In 11 starts, Strasburg is 6-4 with a 3.13 ERA. He was significantly better in May than he was in April. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/2018\/04\/10\/strasburgs-8-scoreless-innings-help-nats-stymie-braves\/33723719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He also tossed eight shutout innings against the Braves earlier this year, allowing just three hits while striking out eight.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That being said, several of Atlanta\u2019s more prominent hitters have good career numbers against Strasburg. Freddie Freeman, for instance, is hitting .357 with an OPS of 1.169 against <strong>Strasburg.<\/strong> Nick Markakis, Kurt Suzuki, and Dansby Swanson also have good numbers against him. Strasburg also has little experience facing Ozzie Albies and Johan Camargo, who are both key figures on the highest-scoring team in the National League.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"breakout-performance\">Breakout Performance<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Braves<\/strong> will counter Strasburg by sending Mike Foltynewicz to the mound. Foltynewicz has been a steady presence in the back of the rotation the past few years, but out of nowhere, he\u2019s become Atlanta\u2019s ace early in the season, going 4-3 with a 2.55 ERA. He\u2019s allowed one run or less in seven of his 11 starts this season, showing remarkable consistency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foltynewicz<\/strong> has already faced the Nationals twice this season, allowing four runs (three earned) over 10.1 innings.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/batvspitch\/_\/id\/31819\/mike-foltynewicz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Over his career, he\u2019s struggled against the Nats, as Washington hitters are hitting a combined .316 against him<\/a>. However, much of that damage was done in past seasons. More importantly, players like Daniel Murphy, Matt Wieters, Brian Goodwin, and Ryan Zimmerman who have great numbers against <strong>Foltynewicz<\/strong> are all on the DL.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"whos-in-first\"><strong>Who\u2019s in First?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While <strong>Strasburg<\/strong> dominated the <strong>Braves<\/strong> when he faced them the second week of April, Atlanta is a better team right now than they were at that point in the season. Foltynewicz is also performing at a high level over the past month. He\u2019s capable of matching whatever <strong>Strasburg<\/strong> does, especially against a Nationals lineup that\u2019s still missing a few key pieces. With the Braves having the better bullpen, they\u2019ll have a slight edge if the game is close in the later innings.\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet the Atlanta Braves +138 over the Washington Nationals on Friday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet Major League Baseball at MyBookie<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals mix it up in a National League East battle.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National League Baseball Betting: Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves - 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