(Starting Pitchers: T. Jordan vs C. Hamels)
Washington looked good against San Diego, but then they faced a LH pitcher last night and they showed why they are #29 in the league versus LH pitchers by being terrible against John Lannan. To make things worse for them, Washington will face Cole Hamels tonight, another LH pitcher, but much better than Lannan. Hamels is coming from a nice win at Pittsburgh, in an outing where he absolutely dominated with a 0.78 FIP and 1.59 xFIP! Hamels seems to be playing at ace level again and so, he shouldn't have problems tonight in dominating the Nationals who are just being terrible versus LH pitchers this season. He had no luck on a previous outing this season against Washington (4.26 ERA, but 1.65 FIP + 2.54 xFIP), so I believe things will be different tonight.
On the other hand, Washington will start Taylor Jordan, who will have his third start for the Nationals. He pitched at NY against the Mets and at home against the Brewers, in two outings where he limited the damage by allowing just two and one earned runs. However, his command wasn't impressive (3/0 and 1/2 K/BB) and Philadelphia's offense has been playing well for a while now, with their lineup full of LH batters helping the team hitting .309 BA on their last 10 games versus RH pitchers! I believe the Phillies will have in here an edge in both SP and offense, therefore I'll be taking Philadelphia tonight.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 952 Philadelphia Phillies ML (w/ C. Hamels) @ -138 / 1.72 on Betonline
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