Washington at Baltimore

The Washington Nationals will square off in a rivalry of teams that are less than an hour apart. It becomes a big game, because both teams are in first place in their respective divisions. Washington will go with a sizzling hot-arm in Gio Gonzalez. Gonzalez was brilliant a year ago, struggled out of the gate this season, and after coming off the DL has been lights-out good. Gonzalez has not allowed a run in 22 innings over his last three starts, and is really in the zone right now. He will be opposed by Wei-Yin Chen, who is 8-3 but has not pitched as well as the record indicates with a 4.12 ERA on the season. Chen has been giving up the long ball, allowing 13 over his last nine starts. The Nationals have been 27-12 in Gonzalez' last 39 road starts, and have a 15-6 record in their last 21 interleague games vs. a left-handed starter. Take Washington.