Philadelphia at Washington

Washington is still striving for home field advantage in the Wild Card game and now is 46-31 at home after beating the Phillies again when Wilmer Difo hit a go-ahead single in the seventh and the Nats won 5-3 on Wednesday. Philadelphia is 36-44 on the road and has lost nine of the last 10 meetings with Washington as the Phillies appear to have packed it in for the season. They have scored a total of only 11 runs their last five games while allowing 32. The Nationals have won four in a row and they are 21-5 in Stephen Strasburg's last 26 starts versus the Phillies. Washington is 10-2 its last 12 games against left-handed starters and Philly is 22-47 the last 69 meetings at Washington. Strasburg also comes in off seven shutout innings at Miami. Take the Nationals.