Nationals vs Marlins Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 25: MLB

Nationals vs Marlins Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 25: MLB

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Odds
Time 7:11 p.m. EST
Nationals money line -115
Nationals run line -1.0 (+120)
Marlins money line -105
Marlins run line +1.0 (-143)
Over / under 8 (-110)

 

Key stats
  Nationals Marlins
Record 54-70 51-75
Road / home record 23-37 30-31
Last 10 record 4-6 2-8
Streak W1 L8
Over / under record 53-67-4 57-62-7
Runs / game 4.44 3.97
Runs allowed / game 4.82 4.28

 

Preview

The Nationals are in Miami for the second of a three-game road trip.  They won the first game of the series last night 5-1 and are coming off of a 2-1 series defeat.  The Marlins now have eight straight losses having been swept in two consecutive series.

Pitching matchup

Nationals

Josiah Gray (0-1, 3.90 ERA) Josiah Gray will start for the Nationals.  The rookie pitcher joined the Nationals on MLB trade deadline day and is 0-1 with Washington.  His ERA in 2021 is 3.90 but is 2.86 since his move to the capital and he has a WHIP of 1.16.  As a National Gray has surrendered 18 hits for eight runs with seven of those being home runs and has 22 strikeouts with only five walks.

Marlins

Edward Cabrera (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Edward Cabrera will make his MLB debut when he takes the mound for the Marlins on Wednesday night.  Cabrera has a 3-4 record and a 2.93 ERA in the minors in 2021.  In his 13 minor league games in 2021, he gave up 45 hits for 23 runs to go along with 25 walks and 92 strikeouts.  

Prediction

The Nationals dominated the first game and limited Miami's bats to a single run scored in the 9th inning.  In their last 6 games (which includes their last two series) Washington's bats have put 38 runs on the board at an average of 6.33 runs per game.  Miami's batting is averaging only 2.06 runs per game over their current eight-game slide but may have a better opportunity to get some runs on the board tonight. The over / under at 8 seems achievable especially given the pitching matchup.

PICK: Over 8 (-110)

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