Nationals-Yankees Lines Preview

The fans at Yankee Stadium will be treated to a interleague game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees when they take their seats on Thursday. Righthander Craig Stammen will take the mound for the Nationals to start this game. Stammen is 0-2 this season with a 5.86 ERA. It'll be Joba Chamberlain toeing the rubber for the Yankees in this contest. Righthander Chamberlain is 3-1 with a 3.84 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 320-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Nationals held off a ninth-inning rally for a 3-2 upset over the Yankees on Wednesday, as +180 underdogs. The game's five runs went UNDER the posted over/under (11). Nick Johnson hit a two-run triple, and Adam Dunn went deep for the Nationals. John Lannan allowed four hits and two runs over 8 2-3 innings to earn the victory. Johnny Damon and Robinson Cano hit solo home runs for the Yankees, who were -200 favorites. Chien-Ming Wang gave up six hits and three runs over five innings to suffer the loss. Team records: Washington: 17-46 SU New York: 37-28 SU Washington most recently: When playing on Thursday are 4-6 Before playing Toronto are 5-5 After playing NY Yankees are 3-7 After a win are 2-8 New York most recently: When playing on Thursday are 7-3 Before playing Florida are 6-4 After playing Washington are 5-5 After a loss are 8-2 A few trends to consider: Washington is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games Washington is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games on the road NY Yankees are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games at home NY Yankees are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Washington Next up: Washington home to Toronto, Friday, June 19 NY Yankees at Florida, Friday, June 19