MLB - 903 Atlanta Braves @ 904 Washington Nationals
(Starting Pitchers: P. Maholm vs S. Strasburg)
After losing yesterday's marathon game that only ended in the 14th inning, Atlanta will start Maholm today and his win over San Diego on Wednesday put him on a great streak of 7-1 and an 1.19 ERA over the last ten starts. On his first three games with the Braves, Maholm had three quality starts, including leaving San Diego with just one run and five hits on his last game.
Washington will be starting Strasburg and he is coming from three wins in a row, but where he somewhat struggled a bit with his control. He walked four batters on his last two games and looking at the fact Atlanta is his nemesis on the league, with a super patient lineup that makes a lot of damage on him, as seen on the fact that the Braves are hitting .313 BA and .861 OPS against Strasburg! So, he will definitely struggle today and also looking at the fact he has never gone further than the sixth inning in his last four starts shows me that Washington will need to use their bullpen today. The problem is that they have been overused on these last few days, especially their closer Clippard, Gonzalez and Stammen, who aren't likely to be available today. So, I expect Washington to struggle on their pitching tonight with both their SP and on their bullpen.
With Atlanta starting an in-form SP and with Washington being very likely to struggle on their pitching tonight, I believe the Braves have an excellent shot of getting revenge from last night's very close loss and get a very good win over Strasburg and the Nationals. Therefore, I'll be taking Atlanta in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 903 Atlanta Braves ML (w/ P. Maholm) @ +128 / 2.28 on 5Dimes
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