Nationals-Giants Lines Preview

The Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at AT&T Park. The Nationals will give the ball to starter Daniel Cabrera in this one. Righthander Cabrera is 0-3 this season with a 4.86 ERA. It'll be Randy Johnson toeing the rubber for the Giants in this contest. Lefthander Johnson is 2-3 with a 5.68 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Giants listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Nationals lost to Arizona 10-8 as a +165 underdog on Sunday. The 18 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9). Adam Dunn homered twice and had three RBI for Washington, while Scott Olsen surrendered five runs on 10 hits in 4 1-3 innings. The Giants defeated the Dodgers 7-5 in 13 innings as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (7.5). Randy Winn was 4-6 and drove in a pair of runs in the 13th inning and Emmanuel Burriss was 4-7 with an RBI in the win. Team records: Washington: 10-19 SU San Francisco: 16-14 SU Washington most recently: When playing on Monday are 2-8 Before playing San Francisco are 3-7 After playing Arizona are 4-6 After a loss are 5-5 San Francisco most recently: When playing on Monday are 3-7 Before playing Washington are 6-4 After playing LA Dodgers are 5-5 After a win are 4-6 A few trends to consider: Washington is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Washington's last 12 games when playing San Francisco San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington San Francisco is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home San Francisco is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games Next up: San Francisco home to Washington, Tuesday, May 12