Philadelphia Phillies vs. Washington Nationals Prediction and Free Pick. The 3-6 Philadelphia Phillies go into the 3-6 Washington Capitals tonight April 16, 2015 on the grass at Nationals Park to play this 2nd of 3 series.
Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Phillies +123/Nationals -133
O/U Total: 6
Pitching Matchup
COLE HAMELS (L) ERA: 3.75 W/L: 0-1
DOUG FISTER (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0
The Phillies took 2 of the 3 games last week in Philadelphia and the Nationals have lost 5 of their last 6 games against the Phillies to end last season’s series between these two so Washington’s backers aren’t doing well in this match-up. The posted game total has gone under in 8 of their last 10 most recent games. Washington will be sending Doug Fister to the mound today while Cole Hamels will be looking to improve his 0-1 record for the Phillies. Washington is listed as the -134 favorite while the opening total line is sitting at 6.5. The Nationals are sitting in No. 16 position for their rated batting order averaging 3.78 runs per 9 innings while the No. 29 Phillies are only averaging 2.44 runs per game. Defensively the Nationals are sitting at No. 27 in scoring at home, while in contrast the Phillies are No.18 allowing 4.27 runs on the road.
Philadelphia at Washington Betting Trends
Philadelphia is 7-2 straight up in their last 9 games against Washington
The game has gone under 4 times out of 5 games when Philly plays Washington.
Washington is 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games.
The total has gone under 4 of 6 times when Philly is on the road in Washington
Washington is 15-6 straight up when they are playing at home against Philadelphia
Injury Report
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Chad Billingsley
Domonic Brown
Mario Hollands
Cliff Lee
Jonathan Pettibone
WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Erik Davis
Casey Janssen
Nate McLouth
Anthony Rendon
Denard Span
Craig Stammen
Consensus Betting
Philadelphia: 28%
Washington: 72%
Free MLB Pick
Philadelphia (3rd – NL East) at Washington (4th – NL East)
Did the Nationals bats wake up Fenway or was it the Red Sox’ lack of quality pitching that resulted in the 21 runs scored over their last 3? We think it was the pitching more than anything else and would have to see a continuation of that form against the Phillies tonight to believe that their early season offensive woes are a thing of the past. Doug Fister gets the ball tonight and although he had a good outing in his 2015 opener against the same team he’ll face tonight pitching 6 innings of scoreless ball he got a no decision. The scoreless outing was his third consecutive dating back to last season. Fister has been good historically against Philadelphia allowing 8 earned runs over 35 innings he hasn’t fared well in the w/l column with his team holding a 2-3 record in his 5 career starts versus them.
It’s not too often that a pitcher goes 7 innings allowing 2 hits and gets a no decision. But that’s exactly what happened to Philly starter Cole Hamels in his latest. Philadelphia has struggled immensely at the plate this season putting a meagre 2.46 runs per game on the scoreboard and a worse 1.00 run per game in Hamels’ two starts.
Neither team is likely to put many runs on the scoreboard tonight having us rising the UNDER in this game.
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