The Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals meet Friday in MLB action at Nationals Park. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Texas Rangers Betting Preview

The Texas Rangers have scored 14 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 7 of their last 10 games. The Rangers have won 6 of their last 9 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Marcus Semien leads the Rangers with 102 hits and 56 RBI, while Nathaniel Lowe and Josh Jung have combined for 185 hits and 96 RBI. Cody Bradford gets the ball, and he is 0-1 with a 4.98 ERA and 24 strikeouts this season. This will be Bradford’s first career game against the Nationals.

Washington Nationals Betting Preview

The Washington Nationals have scored 10 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 8 of their last 11 games. The Nationals have split their last 8 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Lane Thomas leads the Nationals with 104 hits and 48 RBI, while Joey Meneses and Luis Garcia have combined for 172 hits and 78 RBI. Trevor Williams gets the ball, and he is 5-4 with a 4.34 ERA and 63 strikeouts this season. This will be Williams’ second career game against the Rangers.

Trends

The Rangers are 21-47 in their last 68 Friday games and 1-4 in their last 5 road games. The Nationals are 15-37 in their last 52 home games and 15-38 in their last 53 Friday games. The under is 4-1-1 in Rangers last 6 overall. The over is 3-1-1 in Nationals last 5 overall. The Rangers are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings in Washington and 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.

Randy’s Pick

The Texas Rangers are the better team obviously and should be favored to win, but the Nationals’ offense has picked up these last few days, and you can argue Trevor Williams has been the better pitcher over Cody Bradford with the larger sample size. Through 21.2 big league innings, Bradford has a 4.98 ERA, 7 walks and hasn’t made it to the fifth inning in his last 4 games. I’ll take a shot with the home dog.