The Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals are playing on the MLB schedule on Wednesday and the matchup starts at 4:05 pm ET from Nationals Park and has the teams looking to stay on track heading into the back stretch of May and the live stream coverage comes from MLB.com for the game and comes after the Nats won the last game on Tuesday.
The Reds had Johnny Cueto on the mound and after his amazing start he finally came back to earth and was hit with six earned and now the team will try to rebound. The game before, Todd Frazier hit a two-run homer in the 15th inning and that gave the Reds a win and now they are looking to bounce back as they try and catch-up with the Brewers in the NL central division. The Reds are coming off of another playoffs appearance, but they have struggled in the early goings and now have a series with the Cardinals coming up next.
The Nationals come into the game at second in the NL East and they are looking to try and catch the Braves and they will start up a series with the Pirates on the road next and that will be at PNC Park. The team comes into the game at 13th in runs scored this season and the team is 17th in batting average and 19th in on base percentage and the team is also ranked 14th in slugging percentage. The pitching has been very good as the team is ranked sixth in the league in ERA and 11th in quality starts and they also are 12th in WHIP and 14th in BAA.
The Reds come into the game with a series coming against the Cardinals and that will have Shelby Miller taking on Homer Bailey in the first matchup and the Reds come in struggling on offense and they are four games under .500 and third in the NL central. The team is ranked near the bottom of the league in runs and 24th in batting average and they are also 20th and 24th in on base and slugging percentage. The pitching has been very good, as the team is 12th in ERA, third in quality starts, eighth in WHIP and third in BAA.
The two teams are looking to get footing in their divisions heading into June and this is the last game of the series before heading into the weekend.
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