Padres vs. Nationals prediction and odds for Tuesday, May 23 (Value on the total)

The San Diego Padres are conscionable 2-8 successful their past 10 games heading into Tuesday’s showdown pinch nan lowly Washington Nationals.

Former Padres apical imaginable MacKenzie Gore, who was dealt to Washington successful nan Juan Soto deal, will get a ace astatine facing his erstwhile squad tonight. Gore is 3-3 pinch a 3.69 ERA truthful acold this season.

The Padres person ace Yu Darvish (2-3, 3.56 ERA) connected nan bump for this game.

This should beryllium a winnable roadworthy crippled for nan Friars, but they’ve underachieved to this constituent and are without prima Manny Machado, who is connected nan injured list.

Let’s analyse nan likelihood and a champion stake for this National League contest:

Padres vs. Nationals odds, tally statement and total

Padres vs. Nationals prediction and pick

Both Gore and Darvish person been coagulated this season, and each of their Fielding Independent Pitching numbers are eerily akin to their ERAs truthful acold this season.

I perfectly emotion nan UNDER successful this matchup arsenic a result, particularly erstwhile you look astatine these team’s play agelong OVER/UNDER trends.

The Padres are nan champion UNDER squad successful Major League Baseball, going 31-14-2 truthful acold this season. Washington isn’t acold down astatine 24-20-3.

Plus, some of these offenses person struggled this season, ranking successful nan bottommost 10 successful nan convention successful OPS. The Nationals person been moreover worse against right-handed pitching (26th successful MLB) than they person wide this season.

Darvish should beryllium capable to unopen down this lineup, and Gore has allowed 3 aliases less runs successful 7 of his 9 starts this season. The UNDER is nan measurement to go.

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