SportsLine's model simulated Washington Nationals vs. Cincinnati Reds 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Wednesday's matchup at Nationals Park in Cleveland

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It’s Wednesday, July 23 and the Reds (52-50) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (41-60). Nick Lodolo is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Michael Soroka for Washington. Washington attempts the sweep over Cincinnati today as the Nationals took the second game of the series, 6-1.

The Reds arrived in the nation’s capital fresh off an impressive series win over the Mets, giving them six victories in eight games. This was a good time to take advantage of the Nationals, a team that had struggled for the better part of two months,

The Cincinnati Reds came out of the All-Star break, won two games and were just 1 1/2 games behind the final wild-card position

Cincinnati Reds rookie Chase Burns became the first pitcher in franchise history with at least 10 strikeouts in two of his first 5 MLB appearances.

Josh Bell hit his 13th home run, Jacob Young and CJ Abrams contributed RBI doubles during the decisive fifth inning, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 6-1.

Since June 1, the Cincinnati Reds’ bullpen has only been charged with five total losses. The Reds are mostly winning and losing with the performances of their rotation, but still it feels like middle and low-leverage relief is an area where the Reds need more production.