MLB - 955 San Diego Padres @ 956 Washington Nationals
(Starting Pitchers: A. Cashner vs G. Gonzalez)
Washington had back to back poor offensive games against Milwaukee just to explode yesterday against Donovan Hand with eight runs scored on .234 BA! On the other side, San Diego has lost all its momentum by losing their last six games. The Padres were managing to stay competitive due to an underrated offense, but since the hitting has gone awol, they have been struggling. Over the last six games, the Padres were only able to hit above .200 BA twice, so there are no miracles...
San Diego will face Gio Gonzalez tonight, who is coming from a mega start at NY against the Mets with no runs allowed on seven innings, while having a 7/2 K/BB ratio! This was his sixth consecutive quality start, where he averaged 1.78 ERA, 0.967 WHIP and a 44/14 K/BB ratio over 40.1 innings! Gio struggled with his command early on the season, but he is currently pitching at CY Young level! Just take a look at the difference on K% and BB% on the first three months of the season:
April: 26.1% K% + 13.0% BB
May: 17.5% K% + 8.8% BB
June: 28.0% K% + 8.9% BB
Gonzalez will face the #27 ranked offense over the last 14 days tonight and therefore, I expect him to dominate the Padres tonight.
Andrew Cashner will start for the Padres and he is coming from five consecutive quality starts in June, where he averaged 2.78 ERA, 1.093 WHIP and 20/6 K/BB over 35.2 innings. Cashner has been pitching well, but he has been lacking a good strikeout punch. He faced Washington on May 19 and he pitched well with three runs allowed in 6.2 innings. However, the Nationals' offense was struggling massively at the time (#28 in May with .650 OPS), while they are now #8 in the league over the last seven days! I expect the Nationals to make a bit of damage on Cashner tonight, something that will be enough for them to pick up an easy win in here, as Gio should dominate San Diego with ease tonight on the other hand.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 956 Washington Nationals RL -1 (w/ G. Gonzalez) @ -109 / 1.92 on 5Dimes
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