What do people think about Washington and Gonzalez tomorrow?

[romeopov]

The Nationals are the favorite tomorrow with Gio Gonzalez on the mound. He's 7-3 with a 2.89 ERA but the Nationals are on a 6 game losing streak and the Pirates are on a 4 game winning streak.

It seems like the Nationals are a good bet with Gonzalez at home but the team has been playing pretty bad. They're -132 right now.

Any thoughts?

[pintsonice]

I'm liking the pirates tomorrow although Burnett has been shaky on the road, the pirates are just too hot right now and the nationals are the complete opposite right now. They're playing like dog shitt. I like to ride hot teams and fade cold ones so ill be taking the better team at plus money

[koch & balls]

plus nats are only 17-19 in day games vs. pitt 23-16 in day games value is on pitt for the sweep.

[bankroll27]

nats are the play and u know it!

[SlickRick1382]

Harper and Desmond back in in the lineup tomorrow. Hopefully that helps them.

[PickoMoff]

Over Gio's last 10 starts he's gone 4-1 with a 2.23 ERA and 9/10 being QS. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8179

Over A.J's last 10 starts he's gone 1-5 with a 3.46 ERA and 6/10 being QS. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6314

WSH's offense is struggling but it only takes one game to breakout. 6 game losing streak or not, I'm taking the Nats here.

BOL to everyone!

[Down_Goes Bookie]

Burnett surrendered 10 H in 5.2 IP in his last outing (at the Reds) and though he was effective in his three starts before that, look who he faced -- the Cubs twice, and the Mets. Over the last few years he's wilting by August.

On the flip side Burnett has over the past few years been better in day games. Gio better in night games.

Still I like the Nats to get to Burnett enough for Gio to twirl his way to a win. Pirates don't fare well against lefties with a .241 average, in the bottom third of MLB and Gio has pretty much owned them in the past. Need some bats from the Nats though... this could be a tight one. BOL.

[aufordboy]

I'm going big on WAS and ATL this morning...BOL Today

[joco]

knowing the pirates won the first 3 games of the series and how bad the nats have been...and the line is still -135...that says nats are the play

[riffraff24]

knowing the pirates won the first 3 games of the series and how bad the nats have been...and the line is still -135...that says nats are the play

-120 and dropping

[riffraff24]

Pirates	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1. Starling Marte (R) LF	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.333	0.333	1.333	1.667
2. Jordy Mercer (R) 2B	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) CF	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.250	0.333	0.250	0.583
4. Russell Martin (R) C	7	3	1	0	0	1	3	1	0.429	0.636	0.571	1.208
5. Pedro Alvarez (L) 3B	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
6. Gaby Sanchez (R) 1B	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.200	0.333	0.200	0.533
7. Josh Harrison (R) RF	3	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.667	0.667	1.667	2.333
8. Clint Barmes (R) SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
9. A.J. Burnett (R) P	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	29	9	1	0	2	5	5	5	0.313	0.384	0.670	1.054
Nationals	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1. Bryce Harper (L) LF	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.286	0.286	0.429	0.714
2. Anthony Rendon (R) SS	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
3. Ryan Zimmerman (R) 3B	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
4. Adam LaRoche (L) 1B	20	7	2	0	1	5	3	8	0.350	0.435	0.600	1.035
5. Jayson Werth (R) RF	9	2	0	0	2	3	2	3	0.222	0.364	0.889	1.253
6. Denard Span (L) CF	24	7	1	0	0	0	1	9	0.292	0.320	0.333	0.653
7. Steve Lombardozzi (S) 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
8. Kurt Suzuki (R) C	23	7	1	0	0	2	3	4	0.304	0.385	0.348	0.732
9. Gio Gonzalez (R) P	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	93	25	5	0	3	10	9	30	0.208	0.256	0.371	0.627

[aufordboy]

Good start....hope they can hold on to this lead

[romeopov]

WooHoo Washington! Had me sweating there for a minute!

[PickoMoff]