MLB Odds: Nationals-Red Sox, Yankees-Braves Sportsbook Look

Super sportsbook Bodog takes a look at two contests tonight for baseball betting picks.

The Washington Nationals have taken two of three from a pair of the Boston Red Sox's AL East rivals, and now they'll get a crack at the division leaders tonight as the Red Sox open their first three-game series in the nation's capital since 1971.

Boston (-140 favorites according to the latest MLB odds) has won 13 of 18 games in June, a hot stretch that has expanded its division lead from a half-game over the New York Yankees to four full games.

The Nationals had their season-high four-game run snapped on Sunday with a 9-4 loss to the Blue Jays, but still feel positive with the Red Sox coming to town.

John Lannan, the only non-rookie in Washington's rotation, will get the start for the Nats.

Brad Penny is 12-5 with a 2.54 ERA in 20 starts against the Nationals' franchise, whom he hasn't faced since 2007.

Meanwhile the New York Yankees are at the Atlanta Braves. Bodog has the Braves a slight 109 favorite with a total of 9.5

Two righthanders who may be headed on different career paths meet tonight as the New York Yankees visit the Atlanta Braves for the first time in nine years in the opener of a three-game series.

Chien-Ming Wang earned another start for New York despite losing 3-2 to Washington on Wednesday. He allowed three runs over five innings after failing to last past the fourth inning in four of his first five starts.

Tommy Hanson, on the other hand, has gotten better with each outing  for the Braves and allowed three hits and four walks in six innings Thursday in a 7-0 win at Cincinnati.

This will also be the first game in Atlanta for Yankees slugger Mark Teixeira since he was traded by the Braves to the Los Angeles Angels on July 29.

New York is 10-9 all-time against Atlanta in the regular season, including 4-1 at Turner Field.

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