Washington Nationals at San Diego Padres Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 18-17 San Diego Padres play host to the 19-16 Washington Nationals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Petco Park, May 14, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 10:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Padres -120/Nationals +110
O/U Total: 6.5

Pitching Matchup
Doug Fister (R) W/L 2-1 WHIP 1.25 ERA 2.87
Tyson Ross (R) W/L 1-3 WHIP 1.52 ERA 3.98

Washington defeated Arizona 9-6 yesterday to win the series 2-1. They are 2-1 on their current road trip and 8-2 in their last 10 games. San Diego defeated Seattle 4-2 last night to complete a 4-5 road trip.

This is the first matchup of the season between these two clubs. The Nationals won the season series 4-3 in 2014 and have a 7-3 edge in the past 10 encounters games between these two teams.

Fister received a no decision in his last start, an 8-6 victory over Atlanta. He allowed 3 runs in 6.2 innings for his 4th Q start of the year.

Ross also had a no decision in his last start, a 6-4 win at Arizona. He tossed 6 innings and surrendered 2 runs for his 4th Q start of the season. He has allowed more than 3 ERs once in his 7 starts in 2015.

No one on Washington has double-digit ABs vs. Ross but several players have had some success vs. the right-hander. OF Bryce Harper is 2-2 with a HR and 1 RBI while C Wilson Ramos is 2-4 with an RBI. OF Denard Span is 3-9 (.333) and has the only SB vs. Ross.

No Padres hitter has more than 7 ABs against Fister and no one has hit a homer or stolen a base against him. Four players in the lineup are hitting .333 or better against the veteran right-hander.

Washington at San Diego Betting Trends

The game total has gone under 4-1 times in the last 5 meetings of these two teams.
The Nationals are 7-3 striaght up in the last 10 meetings of these two teams.
Washington is 9-4 straight in the last 13 games on the road in San Diego.
The Nationals are 6-1 straight up in their last 7 games.
The Padres are 7-1 in 8 starts for Ross at home in San Diego.

Injury Report

WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Erik Davis P 60-Day Disabled List
Casey Janssen P 15-Day Disabled List
Reed Johnson OF 15-Day Disabled List
Nate McLouth OF 15-Day Disabled List
Anthony Rendon 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Felipe Rivero P 15-Day Disabled List
Craig Stammen P 15-Day Disabled List

SAN DIEGO PADRES
Yonder Alonso 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Tim Federowicz C 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Johnson P 15-Day Disabled List
Cory Luebke P 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Morrow P 15-Day Disabled List
Wil Myers 1B Day-to-Day (wrist)
Melvin Upton OF 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Washington: 63%
San Diego: 37%

Free MLB Pick

Washington has lit up the scoreboard for 55 runs in their last 7 games for an average of 7.87 runs per game scoring 5 or more runs in every game. The only time the Nationals have faced Padres’ starter Tyson Ross they chased him out in the 5th with Ross going 5 1/3 allowing 5 runs. Doug Fister hasn’t started against San Diego since the 2011 season so it’s not super relevant but he did pitch a complete game allowing 1 run on 6 hits. He has very good batter vs. pitcher numbers against the Padres lineup with them hitting a combined .200 with a .257 SLG and .557 OPS.

Take the Washington Nationals +107‏