Colorado Rockies (20-23) vs. Washington Nationals (15-30)
May 26, 2022 7:05 pm EDT
The Line: Washington Nationals -125 / Colorado Rockies +115; Over/Under: -8.5
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The Colorado Rockies and the Washington Nationals meet in MLB action from Nationals Park on Thursday night.
The Colorado Rockies will look to find some consistency after alternating wins and losses in each of their last seven games after a 10-5 loss to Pittsburgh in their last game. Connor Joe has 45 hits and a .281 batting average with 6 doubles, 4 home runs and 2 triples. C.J. Cron has 53 hits with 10 doubles, a triple, a team-high 12 home runs and 33 RBIs while Ryan McMahon has 9 doubles and Charlie Blackmon has 32 hits with 6 home runs and 17 RBIs of his own up to this point in the season for the Rockies. Randal Grichuk also has 5 home runs and 25 RBIs as well this season. Jose Iglesias also has 9 doubles of his own and a .309 batting average on the year. German Marquez will start here and is 1-4 with a 6.14 ERA and 39 strikeouts this season.
The Washington Nationals will look to also find consistency after alternating wins and losses in four straight after a 1-0 win over the Dodgers last time out. Cesar Hernandez has 51 hits with 10 doubles while Josh Bell also has 47 hits, 7 doubles and 23 RBIs with a .296 batting average. Maikel Franco also has 44 hits and 11 doubles of his own while Juan Soto has 8 doubles with a team-high 8 home runs. Keibert Ruiz also has 10 doubles as well this season. Patrick Corbin will start this one and is 0-7 with a 6.60 ERA and 39 strikeouts this season.
Colorado is 0-7 in their last 7 series-opening games and 4-15 in their last 19 games as an underdog while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a left-handed starter. Washington is 15-38 in their last 53 games overall and 10-25 in their last 35 games against the NL West while the over is 8-1 in their last 9 games against the NL West.
I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m not going to be the one to make that case as both starters have been horrendous so far this season. I think the runs are going to be flying at us early and often in this one, so give me the over in a game that should be over this total by the middle innings.
