After dropping the first two series, the Washington Nationals have a chance to take two out of three from the D-Backs with a win today. With Snakes ace Corbin Burnes on the mound, it will be a tough task, but there are paths to victory.
Make Burnes Work:
The first key is to make Corbin Burnes work and drive up his pitch count. That is what the Yankees did in Burnes’ first start as a Diamondback. He got his strikeouts, fanning 8, but he only got through 4.1 innings. That is because the Yankees made him throw 98 pitches in those 4.