Washington Nationals at Cincinnati Reds Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 19-27 Cincinnati Reds play host to the 28-19 Washington Nationals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Great American Ball Park, May 29, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Nationals -123/Reds +113
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Stephen Strasburg (R) W/L 3-5 WHIP 1.69 ERA 6.50
Anthony DeSclafani (R) W/L 2-4 WHIP 1.23 ERA 3.46

Both of these teams had the day off yesterday. Washington is 2-1 on their current road trip and 8-2 in their last 10 games. Cincinnati is 1-2 on their homestand and 1-9 in their past 10 games.

This is the first series between these two clubs in 2015. They split the series 3-3 in 2014 and the Nationals have a 6-4 edge in the last 10 encounters between these two clubs.

Strasburg was an 8-1 loser vs. Philadelphia in his last outing. He went 3.2 innings and allowed 5 ERs. He has only 1 Q start on the year and that was in his 3rd start.

DeSclafani had a no decision in a 2-1 win at Cleveland in his last start. He went 7 innings and yielded 1 run for his 5th Q start of the season.

No Washington hitter has more than 2 ABs vs. DeSclafani and no one has homered off of the young right-hander or stolen a base off of him.

Reds OF Marlon Byrd is 6-19 (.316) with a HR and 6 RBIs vs. Strasburg while 2B Brandon Phillips is 3-10 (.300) with an RBI. OF Jay Bruce is 3-6 with 2 RBIs while SS Zack Cozart, 1B Joey Votto and 3B Todd Frazier are a combined 2-15 (.133) vs. the right-hander.

Washington at Cincinnati Betting Trends

Washington is 9-2 straight up in their last 11 games.
The Nationals are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games on the road.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games against the Reds.
Cincinnati is 1-10 straight up in their last 11 games
The Reds are 1-5 straight up in their last 6 home games.

Injury Report

WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Doug Fister 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
Sammy Solis P 15-Day Disabled List
Craig Stammen P 15-Day Disabled List
Jayson Werth OF 15-Day Disabled List

CINCINNATI REDS
Homer Bailey P 60-Day Disabled List
Jason Bourgeois OF 60-Day Disabled List
Johnny Cueto P Day-to-Day (elbow)
Sean Marshall P 60-Day Disabled List
Devin Mesoraco C 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Phillips 2B Day-to-Day (foot)

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Washington: 68%
Cincinnati: 32%

Free MLB Pick

The Nationals have been the best team in the Majors in May and we can’t discount that. However, while they have won 5 of their last 7 the victories can be credited to the pitching staff that has allowed 3 or less runs in 6 of the games and 2 or less in 5. The offense during that stretch of games has only once exceeded 3 runs and that was 4 runs scored against Philadelphia. Today’s starter for Washington has by far the worst statistics on the staff with the highest WHIP and Era and has allowed the most home runs. Cincinnati also has strong lifetime batter vs. pitcher stats with the roster hitting .302 with a decent .791 OPS against Stephen Strasburg. Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani was impressive in April, but has been mediocre in May. He is coming off of a solid performance against the Indians where he allowed 1 run over 7 innings on 3 hits and may be returning to form. He has limited experience against the Nationals’ lineup holding them to 2 hits in 10 at bats in relief. We’ll fade Strasburg here and hope that the Reds can take advantage of the struggling pitcher.

Take the Cincinnati Reds +113‏