The Athletics beat the Washington Nationals 6-0 at Nationals Park in Washington on Thursday. Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez struck out a career-high 10 batters, while Tyler Soderstrom hit a home run. The Athletics stand at 51-66;

After two wildly different outcomes in their previous two games, the Athletics and Washington Nationals play the rubber match of their 3-game set this afternoon. Our A’s vs Nationals predictions and MLB picks think the visitors have the pitching advantage and will ride that to victory at Nationals Park on Thursday, August 7.