Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Nationals Picks and Prediction for Sunday July 5 2026

By: Eddie Kline Published 07/05/2026, 01:25 AM ET

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In Sunday afternoon MLB action, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Nationals will wrap up their series from Nationals Park. Be ready for the baseball season with all of our MLB predictions. The Pirates (45-45) have split their previous ten games and are sitting in fourth place in the NL Central Division standings. On Saturday, 2B Brandon Lowe and C Henry Davis had two RBIs each to lead Pittsburgh to a 7-1 road victory. Braxton Ashcraft (9-3) struck out seven batters across five plus innings to earn the win.

Twenty-three year old righty Bubba Chandler (3-8 4.62 ERA) will take the mound for the Pirates in this matchup. In his last start, Chandler (6.1 IP) was tagged for seven hits and five runs during an 8-0 road loss against Philadelphia.

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The Washington Nationals are eight games below .500 at home and are seven games out of first place in the NL East Division. During yesterday’s home loss, Pittsburgh batters managed just six hits and were retired by strikes 11 times. OF James Wood homered and drew two walks in a losing effort for the Nationals, who fell to 46-44 overall.

Thirty-seven year old righty Miles Mikolas (2-7 5.44 ERA) will need to hit the reset button at the All-Star Break. The Nationals have dropped Mikolas’ previous three starts and he has surrendered 13 runs (11 ER) over his last 16 plus innings.

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Pirates vs Nationals Pick

Pittsburgh OF Oneil Cruz has landed on the 10-day injured list with a hand injury and is not expected to return until after the All-Star Break. Through 90 games, Pittsburgh ranks 2nd in OPS and 3rd in runs scored. For the season, Washington ranks 4th in OPS and 1st in runs scored. Take the over. Final Score Prediction, Pittsburgh Pirates win 7-5.

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