Baseball Betting: Diamondbacks vs. Nationals Odds & Picks: May 8th 2009

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals
Free Pick: Washington Nationals (120)
Fri May 8 2009 9:40p - Baseball Odds
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The Washington Nationals posted just their third road win of the season last night, but they have been hitting surprisingly well and we look for them to win consecutive road games for the first time this season when they visit the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks tonight.

The Nationals won 11-9 vs. the Dodgers in Los Angeles last night, and they now have a very respectable team batting average of .275 while averaging a hefty 5.00 runs per game. Comparatively, the Diamondbacks are hitting a woeful .220 as a team and averaging just 3.62 runs per contest.

Arizona has four of their last five games while failing to score more than three runs in any of them. That is bad news for their starting pitcher tonight, Yusmeiro Petit, as he needs all the run support he can get. Petit has an ugly 7.84 ERA and 1.74 WHIP, and he has yet to get credit for a Quality Start in four starts this season.

Washington starter has a 4.60 ERA and decent 1.36 WHIP, and those numbers are skewed by one bad start. He has allowed three earned runs or less in four of his five starts, and he is coming off of his best outing yet where he allowed one run and five hits while tossing a Complete Game vs. the St. Louis Cardinals.

So the bottom line here is that the Nationals have the better offensive numbers and the better starting pitcher tonight, making them a very live underdog even on the road.

MLB Free Pick: Nationals +120