3* ROAD WARRIOR
Washington Nationals -144
The San Francisco Giants are a complete mess right now. This team has been down right pathetic since returning from the break. They have just 2 wins and it looks like they're swinging garden hoses up at the plate with how bad their offense has been. I think it's only going to get worse tonight for SF as they have their worst starter going against arguably Washington's best in Max Scherzer.
Max has been prone to the long ball a bit this season but he has really stepped up in recent form. In his last 3 outings, he has an ERA of 1.29 and a WHIP of 0.76. That's as dominant as it gets folks. On the other hand, Jeff Samardzija has been a pitching machine lately. He has given up 4+ runs in 5 of his last 6 starts and he is allowing nearly two runners to reach base an inning.
Bottomline here is that we have a huge pitching mis-match and we are fading a team that is stuck in the mud right now. Ride the winning streaks and fade the cold streaks and that's what we're doing here tonight by going against the struggling Giants. (FWIW, I also lean over)