Atlanta at Washington

The Washington Nationals play in a huge park, which is great for pitchers. Today we have a pair of strong arms going for this one. Atlanta has a below average offense at #14 in runs scored, #27 in slugging, but they do have a fine starter in Alex Wood (3.40 ERA), with 2.58 ERA on the road. But the Braves are 6-13 in Wood's last 19 road starts, plus 8-19 on the road against a team with a winning home record. Atlanta is also 12-4-1 UNDER the total when Woods faces a team with a winning mark. Washington is sixth in baseball in runs scored, #9 in slugging and #11 in OBP. Washington is 6-1 against the NL East and has Stephen Strasburg going. The former phenom has been at Double-A while getting healthy and is ready to go. The Nationals are 23-11 as a favorite and 35-17 following an off day. Washington is also 4-0 UNDER the total following an off day, plus 7-1-1 UNDER in game one of a series. With the Braves 1-7 in the last eight meetings in Washington, grab the home team in a defensive duel. Take Washington and the game total UNDER.