Padres start 4-game series against the Nationals
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Washington Nationals (39-80, fifth in the NL East) vs. San Diego Padres (66-54, second in the NL West)
San Diego; Thursday, 9:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Anibal Sanchez (0-5, 7.20 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Padres: Yu Darvish (10-6, 3.40 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 141 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Padres -384, Nationals +298; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres host the Washington Nationals on Thursday to begin a four-game series.
San Diego is 66-54 overall and 33-24 in home games. The Padres have the eighth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .320.
Washington has gone 20-36 in road games and 39-80 overall. The Nationals are 27-9 in games when they scored at least five runs.
The teams match up Thursday for the fourth time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Manny Machado has 30 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 73 RBI while hitting .305 for the Padres. Ha-Seong Kim is 12-for-35 with seven doubles over the past 10 games.
Luke Voit leads Washington with 16 home runs while slugging .417. Joey Meneses is 14-for-34 with four home runs and six RBI over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Padres: 5-5, .260 batting average, 3.35 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs
Nationals: 3-7, .251 batting average, 5.26 ERA, outscored by 28 runs
INJURIES: Padres: Tayler Scott: 15-Day IL (finger), Craig Stammen: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Drew Pomeranz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Matt Beaty: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Pierce Johnson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Adams: 60-Day IL (forearm)
Nationals: Luis Garcia: 10-Day IL (groin), Erick Fedde: 15-Day IL (shoulder), MacKenzie Gore: 15-Day IL (elbow), Evan Lee: 60-Day IL (flexor), Stephen Strasburg: 60-Day IL (ribs), Tanner Rainey: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jackson Tetreault: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Carter Kieboom: 60-Day IL (forearm), Sean Doolittle: 60-Day IL (elbow), Will Harris: 60-Day IL (pectoral), Seth Romero: 60-Day IL (calf), Joe Ross: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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