Nationals vs Phillies Odds, Lines & Spread (Aug 7)

Nationals and Phillies have been playing a very lopsided series over the past year. Philadelphia has won 17 of the last 19 games and nine of 11 this year, including nine wins in a row. The teams are playing each other on Sunday.

The Phillies are -295 moneyline favorites against the Nationals. First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 pm ET at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The game is expected to be 93 degrees.

Philadelphia is holding down the third Wild Card spot in the NL. Aaron Nola is fresh off a fantastic start, having pitched 6 innings of one run ball against Pittsburgh. He blanked Miami over 8.1 innings two weeks ago. Nolas has a 1.72 ERA in two meetings against Washington.

Washington will start Cory Abbott against Philadelphia. Abbott has been stellar in four appearances between the starting rotation and the bullpen, yielding just four hits and one run over nine innings.

Philadelphia has won nine of 10 games and is 11 games over .500. Kyle Schwarber hit his 34th homer on Friday. Washington is 2-8 in their last 10 and have won just once since trading away Juan Soto and Josh Bell. Victor Robles is the only Washington batter with a WAR north of 0.9.

Philadelphia has outscored Washington by 45 runs in their previous 18 games. Philadelphia has beaten Washington at least two runs 11 times in the last calendar year. Washington relievers own a 4.21 ERA and have given up home runs at the fourth highest rate in MLB.