The Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers meet Friday in MLB action at American Family Field. The Washington Nationals need a win after losing five of their last seven games. The Milwaukee Brewers look for a win after splitting their last 12 games.
The Washington Nationals have scored eight runs in their last three games and three or fewer runs in five of their last eight games. The Nationals have lost 17 straight games when scoring three or fewer runs. Cesar Hernandez leads the Nationals with 45 hits and 8 RBI while Josh Bell and Maikel Franco have combined for 82 hits and 43 RBI. Erick Fedde gets the ball, and he is 2-2 with a 4.24 ERA and 32 strikeouts this season. Fedde is 1-0 with a 6.00 ERA and 3 strikeouts in his career against the Brewers.
The Milwaukee Brewers have scored eight runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their last nine games. The Brewers have won 10 of their last 12 games when scoring four or more runs. Hunter Renfroe leads the Brewers with 33 hits and 16 RBI while Christian Yelich and Rowdy Tellez have combined for 62 hits and 50 RBI. Eric Lauer gets the ball, and he is 3-1 with a 2.60 ERA and 49 strikeouts this season. Lauer is 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA and 21 strikeouts in his career against the Nationals.
The Nationals are 20-41 in their last 61 road games and 29-67 in their last 96 overall. The Brewers are 5-1 in their last 6 home games and 20-9 in their last 29 overall. The over is 19-7-3 in Nationals last 29 road games. The over is 10-4-1 in Brewers last 15 overall. The Nationals are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings in Milwaukee and 1-5 in the last 6 meetings.
The Washington Nationals have offensive issues as it is, and now they’re going up against a pitcher in Eric Lauer who has allowed 26 hits and 10 earned runs in 34.2 innings while striking out 49. Erick Fedde has been great this month, allowing 13 hits and four runs in his last 16 innings, but he gets little run support half the time. The Brewers are easily the more trustworthy spot here. I’ll lay the RL for max betting value.