Washington Nationals at New York Yankees Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 32-25 New York Yankees play host to the 30-27 Washington Nationals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Yankee Stadium, June 9, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Yankees -120/Nationals +110
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Max Scherzer (R) W/L 6-4 WHIP 0.91 ERA 1.85
Masahiro Tanaka (R) W/L 3-1 WHIP 0.82 ERA 2.76

Both clubs had the day off yesterday. Washington is coming off a 2-5 homestand and is 2-8 in their last 10 games. New York is 3-0 on their current homestand and has won 6 games in a row. They are 7-1 in their past 8 games.

The Nationals are 2-0 vs. the Yankees in 2015 and have a 6-4 edge in the past 10 games between these two clubs going back to 2006.

Scherzer had a 5-game winning streak snapped in a 7-3 loss to Toronto last week. He allowed 4 ERs in 6.1 innings and has 9 Q starts on the season.

Tanaka was a 3-1 winner at Seattle in his last start. He yielded 1 run in 7 innings and struck out 9. He has 3 Q starts in 5 outings this year.

No one on Washington has faced Tanaka before.

For the Yankees, OF Chris Young is 1-2 (.500) with an RBI and SB vs. Scherzer. 3B Chase Headley is 4-14 (.286) with a SB against the right-hander but no other hitters have a BA above .231. The quintet of C Brian McCann, DH Alex Rodriguez, IF Stephen Drew, UT Garrett Jones and OF Brett Gardner is a combined 9-58 (.155) vs. the veteran right-hander.

Washington at New York Betting Trends

The Nationals are 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games.
Washington is 1-4 straight up in their last 5 road games.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Washington’s last 6 games on the road in New York
The Yankees are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games.
New York is 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games at home.

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
Sammy Solis P 15-Day Disabled List
Craig Stammen P 60-Day Disabled List
Stephen Strasburg 15-Day Disabled List
Jayson Werth OF 15-Day Disabled List

NEW YORK YANKEES
Jacoby Ellsbury OF 15-Day Disabled List
Slade Heathcott OF 15-Day Disabled List
Ivan Nova P 60-Day Disabled List
Gregorio Petit 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Brendan Ryan SS 60-Day Disabled List
Chase Whitley P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Washington: 48%
New York Yankees: 52%

Free MLB Pick

That Yankees are on a roll winning 6 consecutive games which certainly isn’t what Washington is on losing 8 of their last 10 games. New York starter Mashiro Tanaka looked good in his return going 7 innings allowing 2 runs and we expect him to be even stronger in his second back tonight. Max Sherzer is coming off a poor performance for him versus the Jays in his last start allowing 4 runs in 6 innings to put an end to a 4 game Q start streak. He has mediocre historical statistics against the Yankees with New York hitting a weak .236 but having a solid on base percentage of .352. We’ll take the hot team at home laying a small number in this situation every time.

Take the NY Yankees -120‏