Padres vs Nationals Baseball Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: A winning streak will be on the line for the San Diego Padres on Tuesday when they battle the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. The Padres will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Clayton Richard in this game. Richard has a 6-4 record and a 2.74 ERA this season. Starting this game for the Nationals will be Livan Hernandez. The righthander has a 2.98 ERA to go along with a 6-4 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Nationals listed as 105-moneyline favorites versus the Padres, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Tony Gwynn drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Padres a 3-2 win over the Astros, as -152 favorites. The game's five runs went UNDER the posted over/under (7) set by sportsbooks. Aaron Cunningham cracked a two-run single to drive in the other runs for the Padres. Heath Bell pitched a scoreless ninth and improved to 4-0 in relief. Ryan Zimmermann hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs in the Nationals' 9-5 loss to the Mets last time out. Oddsmakers had the Nationals as -115 favorites in that game, while the 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (8.5) set by sportsbooks. Craig Stammen gave up eight hits and seven earned runs over 3 1-3 innings in suffering the loss. Current streak: San Diego has won 3 straight games. Team records: San Diego: 49-33 SU Washington: 36-47 SU San Diego most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 6-4 Before playing Washington are 5-5 After playing Houston are 6-4 After a win are 6-4 Washington most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 Before playing San Diego are 2-8 After playing NY Mets are 4-6 After a loss are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Diego's last 7 games when playing Washington San Diego is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road San Diego is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Washington San Diego is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games when playing on the road against Washington The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games when playing San Diego The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Washington's last 11 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games when playing at home against San Diego The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Washington's last 16 games Next up: Washington home to San Diego, Wednesday, July 7 Rest assured for those bettors who only purchase Stevie Vincent when he has Level 5 plays, you are doing yourself a gross disservice. Flat out his Level 2, 3 and 4 plays always have and always will win at a much higher rate than Game of the Month or Game of the Year plays elsewhere. He is part of OffshoreInsiders.com