Washington at Houston

Washington was overachieving earlier in the season, but now the Nationals are showing their true colors as a bad team and they have lost seven of eight following Tuesday's 6-1 loss to the Astros, who hit four solo homers and Washington managed only six hits. The Nationals are averaging only 3.13 runs their past eight games and tonight they face Framber Valdez, who is 6-5 with a 2.36 ERA and 1.06 WHIP and he has allowed a total of just four runs his past four starts in 27 innings and Houston has won five of his past six starts. The Nationals are 13-38 their past 51 road games versus left-handed starters and the Astros have won 79 of 116 home games dating to last season. Washington has lost 44 of 65 road games against teams with winning records overall and 22 of 29 interleague games against winning teams. Make it a Max Play on the Astros.