{"id":79015,"date":"2023-08-20T03:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T03:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/2023\/08\/20\/philadelphia-phillies-vs-washington-nationals-mlb-betting-preview-august-20\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T03:42:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T03:42:17","slug":"philadelphia-phillies-vs-washington-nationals-mlb-betting-preview-august-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runyourpool.com\/articles\/2023\/08\/20\/philadelphia-phillies-vs-washington-nationals-mlb-betting-preview-august-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Phillies vs. Washington Nationals MLB Betting Preview | August 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span data-dsid-content=\"ct14-nid11622-qid6375-syid7413-mid809284\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trea Turner leads the Philadelphia Phillies (67-56) into a contest against the Washington Nationals (56-68) after his two-home run performance in a 12-3 win over the Nationals. The Phillies are favorites (-225) in this game against the underdog Nationals (+186), which starts at 7:10 PM ET on Sunday. Philadelphia&#8217;s Zack Wheeler and Washington&#8217;s Trevor Williams pitch first for their squads in this matchup.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to get your parents, spouse, co-workers, third cousin and mailman together again. MLB pools are back! Hit your own home run with RunYourPool today.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#0034ce\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.articles.runyourpool.com\/baseball-pools.cfm?source=ds&amp;effort=4200\">Start here &gt;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Game Info, Betting Lines for Phillies vs. Nationals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Game Day:<\/strong> Sunday, August 20, 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Game Time:<\/strong> 7:10 PM ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Williamsport, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stadium:<\/strong> Muncy Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<caption>Phillies vs Nationals Betting Information<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Favorite<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Favorite Moneyline<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Total<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Phillies<\/td>\n<td>-225<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How Do I Watch the Phillies vs. the Nationals?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TV Channel:<\/strong> ESPN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Phillies Stats &amp; Trends<\/h2>\n<h3>Phillies Batting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Phillies are 14th in MLB action with 147 total home runs.<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia has the seventh-best batting average in MLB (.257).<\/li>\n<li>The Phillies are 10th in MLB with a .325 on-base percentage.<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia strikes out 9.1 times per game to rank 24th in MLB.<\/li>\n<li>The Phillies average 1.2 homers per road game this season (76 total away from home).<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia is slugging .420 with 3.4 extra-base hits per game in road contests.<\/li>\n<li>The team averages 8.9 hits per game and is batting .253 on the road this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Phillies Key Batters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bryson Stott has 25 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 31 walks while hitting .296. He has an on-base percentage of .341 and a slugging percentage of .440.<\/li>\n<li>He ranks 13th in batting average, 47th in on-base percentage, and 67th in slugging among qualifying hitters in baseball.<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Schwarber is batting .183 with 13 doubles, a triple, 32 home runs and 92 walks. He&#8217;s slugging .432 with an on-base percentage of .327.<\/li>\n<li>His batting average is 138th among qualified players, his on-base percentage 81st, and his slugging percentage 75th.<\/li>\n<li>Schwarber has picked up at least one hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .176 with two home runs, five walks and five RBI.<\/li>\n<li>Alec Bohm has collected 118 base hits, an OBP of .334 and a slugging percentage of .420 this season.<\/li>\n<li>Bohm brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .208 with two RBI.<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Castellanos leads Philadelphia with 134 hits and a team-best slugging percentage of .472.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Nationals Stats &amp; Trends<\/h2>\n<h3>Nationals Batting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nationals rank 29th in Major League Baseball with just 113 home runs as a team.<\/li>\n<li>Washington has a team batting average of .260 this season, which ranks fourth among MLB teams.<\/li>\n<li>The Nationals have an OBP of .320 this season, which ranks 15th in MLB.<\/li>\n<li>Washington is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking second with an average of 7.1 strikeouts per game.<\/li>\n<li>In 64 games at home this season, they&#8217;ve hit 54 homers, an average of 0.8 per contest.<\/li>\n<li>Washington is slugging .408 in 64 home games this season.<\/li>\n<li>In 64 home games this season, they have a batting average of .268 while averaging 9.0 base hits per contest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Nationals Key Batters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Lane Thomas has accumulated an on-base percentage of .334, a slugging percentage of .480, and has 140 hits, all club-bests for the Nationals (while batting .287).<\/li>\n<li>Including all the qualified players in MLB, he is 15th in batting average, 62nd in on-base percentage and 32nd in slugging percentage.<\/li>\n<li>Joey Meneses has 29 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 32 walks while hitting .281. He&#8217;s slugging .418 with an on-base percentage of .327.<\/li>\n<li>He ranks 23rd in batting average, 81st in on-base percentage and 93rd in slugging percentage in the majors.<\/li>\n<li>Keibert Ruiz is hitting .260 with 18 doubles, 15 home runs and 28 walks.<\/li>\n<li>C.J. 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