The San Francisco Giants will travel to Washington, District of Columbia, to face the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, with the first pitch of Game 1 scheduled for 6:45 PM ET on Monday evening. They will air on MASN and NBC Sports Bay Area.
The San Francisco Giants are coming off a 2-1 series win over the weekend on the road against the Cincinnati Reds. They compiled a record of 9-7 after the All-Star break, which has improved their record to 56-57. This puts them in 4th place in the NL West, 9.5 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for 1st place in the division, and 4.5 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks for the final Wild Card spot in the National League.
The Giants won Game 3 on the road against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday 8-2. The 8th inning played a pivotal role in the win. They scored five of their eight runs in the inning, including a two-run home run hit by Tyler Fitzgerald, which also scored LaMonte Wade. Robbie Ray had a solid start, pitching five innings, allowing two runs, and recording nine strikeouts to improve to 2-1 this season.
This will be the second time San Francisco has faced Washington this season. The Nationals won the previous series 2-1 in San Francisco, while the Giants were outscored by the Nationals by 3.67 to 4.67 runs per game in the series.
The San Francisco Giants will look to build on their win in Game 3 of their series against the Reds when they travel to face the Washington Nationals in Game 1.
Even though the Nationals have been competitive in the majority of their games this season, they have one of the worst records in the National League at 51-61, which puts them in 4th place in the NL East, 15.5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies for 1st place in the division, and the 3rd worst record in the NL, only ahead of the Miami Marlins and Colorado Rockies.
However, the Washington Nationals are coming off a 2-1 series win at home against the Milwaukee Brewers and are on a two-game winning streak following a 6-4 win in Game 2 on Saturday and a 4-3 win in Game 3 on Sunday.
The Nationals scored the first four runs of the game, three of which came in the 6th inning, when C.J. Abrams, Juan Yepez, and Keibert Ruiz scored off a triple off the bat of James Wood. Mitchell Parker improved his record to .500 at 6-6 as a starter after pitching six innings of shutout baseball and recording three strikeouts.
Washington has won eight of the last ten games in the series against San Francisco while outscoring the Giants by an average of 6.3 to 3.2 runs per game. The Washington Nationals will look to extend their winning streak to three games when they host the San Francisco Giants for Game 1 of the series on Monday evening.
JustBet has the San Francisco Giants listed as -175 moneyline favorites on the road against the Washington Nationals for Game 1 of the series on Monday evening. Washington has won eight of the last ten games with an average margin of 2.1 runs per game and two of the previous three games in the series with an average margin of 1 run per game.
Patrick Corbin is arguably the worst starting pitcher in baseball this season as he enters the game against the Giants with a record of 2-11 and an ERA of 5.88 while having lost his previous start this season against the Giants after allowing seven runs in 5 ? innings pitched and is coming off one of the worst starts of his career after losing his 11th games this season following a loss against the Arizona Diamondbacks in which he allowed 10 runs in 3 innings pitched. Take the run line for the San Francisco Giants at -1.5 when they travel to face the Washington Nationals for Game 1 of the series on Monday evening.
