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Washington played very poorly yesterday and almost came away with a win. They were 8/35 for a poor .229 batting average. Their starter allowed 10 hits and 5 earned runs in 3,1 innings pitched and their bullpen wasn't any better allowing 4 earned runs in 5.2 innings pitched picking up a loss in the process.
That tells me all I need to know about the Braves. The consecutive series against Phillies, Red Sox and Yankees had a major impact on them and despite their winning streak, they are bound to hit the wall in the next few days.
Historically they play bad when in D.C. and they are also 9-21 in last 30 when trying to win consecutive road games in a same series. Hanson has been great for them, beating NYY and Boston back-to-back and not allowing any runs in last three starts but he is going to get rocked soon. In his first start this season he was going for strikeouts and he had 5 of them with only 1 BB, but he allowed 6 earned runs and 3 home runs. Since then he changed his ways trying to avoid hits and issue walks instead. That has been working very well for him as he allowed 9 hits in over 17 innings pitched in last three starts. However, giving away many walks is going to be punished sooner rather than later. He allowed 16 of them in last 4 starts and his # of pitches per inning increased. He was close to 100 pitches in recent starts without going into the 7th inning in a single game. Surprisingly, Washington is #3 in the majors in walks just behind TB and NYY. They will get their share of walks today and that could be the key stat in this game.
Lannan is pitching like a true ace for Washington. He has won his last three decisionsand Washington won 4 of his last 5 starts. His era is 2.19 in last 5 starts and 2.02 at home this season. He is a ground ball pitcher and Atlanta is one of the NL top ground out teams. In his last 4 starts against the Braves, Lannan allowed 5 earned runs in 26 innings pitched for an era of 1.73, allowing no runs twice and 1 run once.
WASHINGTON -1.5 +217 IS MY GAME OF THE MONTH !!!
Also playing Washington team total over 4 !
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