Nationals Host Braves On Monday Night

Braves Looking for Consistency

The Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals meet at Nationals Park on Monday night. The way both starters have been throwing lately, this should be a great pitching matchup.

The Braves will give the ball to starter Mike Foltynewicz in this one. Right hander Foltynewicz is 4-5 this season with a 3.48 ERA. Folty is 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA in three starts against Washington in his career. He has gone 14 scoreless innings in his last two starts. He has improved with better fastball control as the season has matured. On Wednesday he fired seven scoreless innings in a 14-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Starting this game for the Nationals will be Stephen Strasburg. The right hander has a 2.80 ERA to go along with a 7-2 record this season. Strasburg has been stellar in recent outings against the new-look Braves. That was not the case earlier in his career.The former No. 1 overall draft choice is 6-1 with a 2.68 ERA in eight starts against the Braves since the start of the 2015 season.

Before that, he was only 4-7 with a 4.24 ERA from 2010 to 2014 vs. Atlanta.

Nationals Just got Swept by Rangers

Oddsmakers opened the Nationals as -230-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, while the game's total opened at 8.5.

The Nationals were a 5-1 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Texas Rangers. That made winners of bettors who got Texas at 231 on the moneyline, while the total score (6) was good news for UNDER bettors. They were swept in all three games against the Rangers.

In their last action, Atlanta was a 2-1 loser on the road against the New York Mets. Bettors on New York at 127 on the moneyline collected their winnings from that game, while the total score (3) sent UNDER bettors home happy as well.

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Atlanta	27-35	-$420.00	3-3	24-32	11-13	16-22	35-26-1	-0.7
Washington	38-24	$415.00	6-4	32-20	32-18	6-6	29-30-3	1.08

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

M Foltynewicz (4-5) ERA: 3.48

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Jun 7, 2017	PHI	W	14-1	O	7	$80.00
Jun 2, 2017	CIN	L	2-3	U	7	-$100.00
May 27, 2017	SF	L	3-6	O	4	-$100.00

S Strasburg (7-2) ERA: 2.80

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Jun 7, 2017	LA	L	1-2	U	6	-$100.00
Jun 2, 2017	OAK	W	13-3	O	7	$72.00
May 27, 2017	SD	W	3-0	U	7	$39.00

Bullpen

Atlanta's relievers have pitched 7.2 innings in the last 3 games.
Washington's relievers have pitched 9.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Atlanta Braves - M Foltynewicz

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Apr 18, 2017	3-1	WSH	7	5	2	2	4	3	Loss
Sep 7, 2016	5-4	WSH	6	5	1	1	3	8	No Decision
Aug 12, 2016	8-5	ATL	5.2	5	4	4	2	3	Win

Washington Nationals - S Strasburg

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
May 21, 2017	3-2	WSH	7.2	5	2	2	1	11	Win
Apr 20, 2017	3-2	WSH	7	6	2	2	2	10	Win
Sep 7, 2016	5-4	WSH	2.1	2	1	1	0	4	No Decision
Aug 12, 2016	8-5	ATL	5.1	7	6	6	2	7	Loss
Apr 14, 2016	6-2	WSH	7.2	4	2	2	2	7	Win

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.40	19	4.29	9
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.59	10	3.76	5
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.37	3	5.10	25
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.14	9	4.72	14

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
May 21, 2017	WSH	3	ATL	2	173	8.5	U	Stephen Strasburg (R)	Jaime Garcia (L)	7	6	0	1	9	12
May 20, 2017	WSH	2	ATL	5	203	9	U	Max Scherzer (R)	Bartolo Colon (R)	7	9	1	4	8	9
May 19, 2017	WSH	4	ATL	7	156	9.5	O	Gio Gonzalez (L)	R.A. Dickey (R)	8	12	3	7	6	9
Apr 20, 2017	WSH	3	ATL	2	145	8	U	Stephen Strasburg (R)	R.A. Dickey (R)	4	7	3	3	6	12
Apr 19, 2017	WSH	14	ATL	4	103	8	O	Joe Ross (R)	Julio Teheran (R)	20	8	6	2	7	8
Apr 18, 2017	WSH	3	ATL	1	160	8	U	Max Scherzer (R)	Mike Foltynewicz (R)	7	5	4	5	4	9
Sep 18, 2016	WSH	2	ATL	6	132	9	U	Joe Ross (R)	Matt Wisler (R)	7	12	0	4	4	10
Sep 17, 2016	WSH	3	ATL	7	160	9.5	O	Gio Gonzalez (L)	Josh Collmenter (R)	7	13	4	2	9	9
Sep 16, 2016	WSH	7	ATL	2	210	7.5	O	Max Scherzer (R)	John Gant (R)	12	9	3	2	8	12
Sep 7, 2016	ATL	4	WSH	5	-225	8	O	Mike Foltynewicz (R)	Stephen Strasburg (R)	13	15	3	6	15	11

MLB Betting Trends

Atlanta Braves
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games
Atlanta is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 6 games on the road
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Atlanta is 6-19 SU in its last 25 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Atlanta's last 20 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 7 games when playing Washington
Atlanta is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington

Washington Nationals
Washington is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games
Washington is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Washington's last 9 games at home
Washington is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
Washington is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Washington's last 20 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Atlanta
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta

Weather in
Washington - United States

 65°F

Mostly Sunny
Humidity is 55%
Wind is W 10 mph
Visibility is 10 miles mi
Pressure is 30.06 inHg

Forecast for Washington

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Atlanta at Washington Tuesday, June 13

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