The Washington Nationals should be well up for this contest after taking a 7-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday. Here they'll face right-hander Jeff Samardzija (1-0, 1.62 ERA) who may be off to a fast start here in 2019, but he is 0-6 with a hideous 7.39 ERA in his last six starts against the Nationals.

Nats' righty Jeremy Hellickson (1-0, 2.25 ERA) on the other hand has posted a solid 3.29 ERA in five career starts against the Giants. He tossed six shutout innings of a 15-1 win at Philadelphia last time out and Nationals are 7-1 in Hellickson's last eight starts vs. a team with a losing record.

Nationals are 5-1 in their last 6 games following a loss and 13-3 in their last 16 after allowing 5 runs or more in their previous game. Giants are 1-9 in their last 10 after scoring 5 runs or more in their previous game and 2-7 in their last 9 games following a win.

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