WASHINGTON NATIONALS @ LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Baseball : United States : MLB Regular Season
Friday, August 6th 2010 - Start 10:10PM ET
(3:10AM GMT)

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WASHINGTON NATIONALS
(46-81 W/L, 19-38 Road, 6-4 Last 10, L1 Streak)

Washington's road trip continues tonight as they open a series against the LA Dodgers. John Lannan will makes his 2nd start for the Nats, having been called up from the minors.

In his last time out, Lannan gave up 2 runs and 7 hits over 5 innings against the Phillies. Lannan is now the not so proud holder of a 2-5 record and a 5.62 ERA in 15 starts. He has also not faced the Dodgers in 2 years now but several opposing batters do boast good numbers against him.

To name a few, Reed Johnson, Garret Anderson, Casey Blake and Andre Ethier. It is also worth mentioning that left-handed batters are connecting with Lannans stuff with a batting average that is dangerously close to .400.

Washington, as a team, is hitting .259 against southpaws, while scoring 4.2 runs per game against them. So I guess they're going to be giving as good as they're getting.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS
(56-53, 34-23 Home, 3-7 Last 10, L1 Streak)

Clayton Kershaw goes for the home team tonight and the man is now 10-6 with a 2.94 ERA in 22 starts this season. The left-handed hurler has a home record that reads 6-2 with a 2.88ERA.

Kershaw has faced Washington in April this year, and he surrendered 2 runs and 8 hits in 6 innings. Adam Dunn, Ryan Zimmerman, Nyjer Morgan, Wil Nieves, Alberto Gonzalez and Pudge Rodriguez all have very good numbers against him and bat between .333 and .500 which looks very promising!

The LA Dodgers have 4 lefties in their offense tonight - James Loney, Anderson, Ethier, and Scott Podsednik, who has just joined the West Coast team. The Dodgers are also averaging about 4 runs per game against lefty pitchers this season.

BETTING VERDICT

Another pitchers battle here, except they'll be battling to keep the opposing hitters off the scoreboard! Take the OVER. There'll be 'nuff runs here.

The Pick :

Over 7 runs to be scored

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take the Over 7 runs @ 2.00 (Pinnacle) - MAIN BET