Sport:MLB - Baseball / Shawn Torrey
Game

hiladelphia Phillies @ Nationals on Apr 25 2005 7:05PM
Prediction: over
Reason:
Let?s take the over tonight when the Phillies and Nationals open a set at RFK Stadium. The over is a combined 21-13-4 for these two clubs this season, and a combined 4-1 when these two pitchers take the hill. Tonight it will be Cory Lidle toeing the rubber for Philly, and Zach Day doing the same for the Nats.
Day rebounded from two shaky starts to shutdown the Braves in his last outing, however given offensive struggles of Atlanta at that time, we will not put too much stock into the performance. He will face a much tougher Phillies lineup here, and he?s allowed 15 ER in 27+ IP in starts against the Phils since ?03.
Lidle has not gone past the sixth inning yet this season, and teams are averaging 5.7-runs per outing against the team in his three starts. Following him up is a Phil?s bullpen that owns a 4.50 ERA to date. The Phillies staff was just roughed up for 21 runs in a three-game set against the normally low-scoring Braves.
Philadelphia?s offense combined to score just three total runs in the three weekend losses. Look for them to break out today against Day, and then a Nats bullpen that owns a lofty 7.20 ERA in their last three games.
The over is 2-1 already this season between these two clubs, and we feel today these guys hang another big number tonight. Play the Over