Nationals Visit Blue Jays for Interleague Series Opener

Blue Jays Host Nationals Team Looking to Find Offense

The Toronto Blue Jays welcome the National League East-leading Washington Nationals to town this Friday.This follows three consecutive series against American League East teams. It could be a nice change of scenery if not for the Nats bats and pitching.

Both clubs have been inundated by injuries and have struggled with consistency of late. Both will look to get back on track during interleague play.

TV: 7:07 p.m. EST, MASN (Washington), Sportsnet (Toronto)

Oddsmakers have the Nationals as -134 moneyline favarites. The total is at 9.5.

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Toronto has struggled to find any kind of consistency over the past month and a half. While they started the season well, they’ve slumped to several games below .500. They sit 15.5 games behind the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox.

Those struggles have been largely due to an ineffective and beat-up pitching staff. Toronto ranks 23^rd in team ERA. Their starters rank last in registering quality starts (20). No team will win consistently with numbers like that.

Washington, on the other hand, has an embarrassment of riches at the pitching position. They are led by starter Max Scherzer. The defending National League Cy Young winner leads the league in strikeouts (142) and ranks fourth in ERA (2.00).

He’s the clear Ace of a Nationals’ staff that ranks third in the Majors in ERA, but the Nats may open the series without Stephen Strasburg, who is currently on the 10-day DL with shoulder inflammation. First pitch is scheduled for 7:07 PM ET.

Washington Nationals MLB Betting Trends

Team	Type	Trend	Hit%	O/U	Push.	W/L
Washington	Away	Nationals are 89-30 in their last 119 games as a favorite of -201 or greater.	74.80% (119)	|	0	43|18
Washington	Away	Nationals are 53-19 in their last 72 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.	73.60% (72)	|	0	53|19
Nationals	Away	Nationals are 45-21 in their last 66 interleague games as a favorite of -110 to -150.	68.20% (66)	|	0	22|6
Nationals	Away	Nationals are 45-18 in their last 63 road games with the total set at 7.0-8.5.	71.40% (63)	|	0	45|18
Washington	Away	Nationals are 16-44 in their last 60 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.	26.70% (60)	|	0	16|44
Washington	Away	Under is 37-15-7 in Nationals last 59 games with the total set at 9.0-10.5.	71.20% (59)	1|5	0	|
Nationals	Away	Under is 35-14-3 in Nationals last 52 games as a road underdog of +110 to +150.	71.40% (52)	14|35	3	|
Nationals	Away	Nationals are 16-36 in their last 52 interleague games as a favorite of +110 to +150.	30.80% (52)	|	0	1|4

Toronto Blue Jays MLB Betting Trends

Toronto	Home	Blue Jays are 45-19 in their last 64 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater.	70.30% (64)	|	0	45|19
Toronto	Home	Blue Jays are 43-18 in their last 61 games as a favorite of -201 or greater.	70.50% (61)	|	0	43|18
Blue Jays	Home	Over is 38-15-1 in Blue Jays last 54 games a home underdog of +151 to +200.	71.70% (54)	38|15	1	|
Blue Jays	Home	Blue Jays are 16-36 in their last 52 games as a home underdog of +110 to +150.	30.80% (52)	|	0	16|36
Toronto	Home	Blue Jays are 7-22 in their last 29 games with the total set at 11.0 or higher.	24.10% (29)	|	0	7|22
Toronto	Home	Blue Jays are 22-6 in their last 28 interleague games as a favorite of -110 to -150.	78.60% (28)	|	0	22|6
Blue Jays	Home	Under is 21-4-1 in Sanchezs last 26 starts with the total set at 7.0-8.5.	84.00% (26)	4|21	1	|
Blue Jays	Home	Blue Jays are 6-20 in their last 26 interleague games as a favorite of +151 to +200.	23.10% (26)	|	0	6|20

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