Nationals-Brewers Pointers

The Washington Nationals and the Milwaukee Brewers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Miller Park. Collin Balester will be the starting pitcher for the Nationals on this day. Righthander Balester is 2-3 this season with a 4.55 ERA. The Brewers will counter Balester with CC Sabathia. Lefthander Sabathia has a 3.28 ERA to go along with a 11-8 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Brewers listed as 320-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Nationals completed a sweep of their doubleheader on Thursday with an identical 6-3 win in Game 2, as +220 underdogs. The nine runs went UNDER the posted over/under (10). Willie Harris went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs for the Nationals. Odalis Perez tossed five scoreless innings for the win, and Joel Hanrahan notched his third save. The Brewers defeated the Reds 6-3 in the rubber match as -130 favorites on Wednesday. The game's nine runs went UNDER the posted over/under (10.5). Rickie Weeks went 4-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs in leading the Brewers. Jeff Suppan evened his record to 7-7 with the win, allowing three runs over seven innings of work. Current streak: Washington has won 2 straight games. Milwaukee has won 2 straight games. Team records: Washington: 44-71 SU Milwaukee: 64-51 SU Washington most recently: When playing on Friday are 3-7 Before playing Milwaukee are 3-7 After playing Colorado are 4-6 After a win are 5-5 Milwaukee most recently: When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Washington are 5-5 After playing Cincinnati are 5-5 After a win are 7-3 A few trends to consider: Washington is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee Washington is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee Washington is 6-17 SU in its last 23 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games Milwaukee is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Washington Milwaukee is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games Next up: Milwaukee home to Washington, Saturday, August 9