Bet the Nationals-Braves Series Aug 18-21: Nats 22-5 vs. Atlanta
You can bet the Nationals-Braves series online with the following odds available for Thursday: Washington -148, Atlanta +130, total 9. Friday’s game had the Nats as a -133 favorite, Braves at +125 and a total of 7.5.
PITCHING MATCHUP: Nationals RH Reynaldo Lopez (1-1, 5.74 ERA) vs. Braves RH Rob Whalen (1-1, 7.31)
Lopez earned his first major-league victory Friday against Atlanta in Washington, holding the Braves to one run on five hits in seven stellar innings.
Whalen makes his fourth major-league start and his second in a row against Lopez and the Nationals, hoping for better results after getting roughed up for six runs on six hits in five innings to take his first big-league defeat.
For Friday’s game: Atlanta is 1-11 in Julio Teheran’s last 12 home starts while Washington is 7-1 in Tanner Roark’s last 8 road starts.
The Nationals are 22-5 in last 27 vs Braves, including 8-1 in 2016.
Friday we will be on the Nationals at -133.
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com