Washington at Philadelphia

Philadelphia is making a move to secure a Wild Card berth as it has won six of its past seven, including 3-1 over the Braves on Wednesday when Nick Castellanos hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh. Washington has lost five of seven and sits at the bottom of the NL East and has traded away most of its best players and now is playing out the string for the rest of 2022. Noah Syndergaard will make his first start for the Phillies after being acquired in a trade with the Angels where he had a 3.83 ERA in 2022, and he hasn't allowed more than three runs his last four starts. Paolo Espino gave up four runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings his last start against St. Louis and the Nationals are 1-10 his last 11 starts versus NL East teams. The Phillies have won 20 of the past 28 meetings and they have won 12 of 17 in the first game of a series. Take the Phillies.