Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies 4/8/19 - MLB Baseball O/U Pick & Betting Odds
Washington Nationals vs. Philadelphia Phillies
MLB: 7:05 PM ET
Apr. 08, 2019
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : Phillies -130 O/U 9.0
The Philadelphia Phillies are off a tight 2-1 win yesterday while the Washington Nationals are off a wild 12-9 win. Based on this pitching match-up, the type of game we can expect Monday is the latter.
These teams just met for a pair of games in DC last week and those games averaged 13.5 runs per game. Both the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals have trended over this season.
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Washington Nationals starter Anibal Sanchez (in an odd scheduling quirk) will be facing the Philadelphia Phillies for a fourth straight time. That type of repetition favors the hitters and Anibal Sanchez was already hit hard by the Philadelphia Phillies (9.00 ERA) in his first start this season.
The Philadelphia Phillies send Vincent Velasquez to the mound for his first start of this season. Vincent Velasquez had a horrible finish to last season with a disastrous September. There is concern about it carrying right into this season as well as Vincent Velasquez had a horrible spring training too.
Recent Betting Trends:
Washington is 128-88 in night games
Nationals O/U is 6-1 last 7 games
Washington is 143-107 against right-handed starters
Philadelphia is 12-22 when playing on Monday
Phillies O/U is 4-1 this season when playing on Monday
Philadelphia is 29-15 as a home favorite of -125 to -175
Free Betting Pick: OVER 9 in Philadelphia
With consideration to all of the above factors, runs are likely to be plentiful in this one and the best bet (value) is to take the OVER based on a projected final score of Philadelphia Phillies 6, Washington Nationals 5