San Francisco Giants vs Washington Nationals Prediction: Giants won’t bottle this

Tuesday’s Major League Baseball action from Oracle Park features a matchup between the Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants.

The Giants defeated the Brewers in game one by a score of 6-4 and in game two by a score of 4-1. In the championship game, San Francisco was defeated 7-3 despite having 13 hits as a team. Ross Stripling started the game and went five innings, allowing five earned runs on seven hits while walking two batters. Anthony DeSclafani will take the field for the Giants on Tuesday as the team's starting pitcher for the contest. This year, DeSclafani has started six games and has a record of 3-1 with a 2.13 earned run average and 30 strikeouts over 38.0 innings pitched. The over is 5-2 in the Giants' past seven games played on Tuesday, and the Giants' record in game one of a series is 2-7 in the last nine times they've played. In the last five games that San Francisco has played, their record in game one of a series is 4-1 when the over is bet.

Washington suffered losses to the Diamondbacks on Friday and Saturday, respectively, totaling 3-1 and 8-7. On Sunday, Washington overcame a 7-3 deficit to win 9-8 after scoring six runs over the course of the final three innings of the game. After the game, Trevor Williams had a final line of 4.1 innings pitched with five earned runs, seven hits, and two walks. The Nationals have a record of 13-42 in the previous 55 games they've played in the first game of a series, and they have a record of 2-6 in the last eight games they've played against the NL West.

The Giants are favored to prevail in this matchup. In the meantime, we anticipate a large number of innings.