Only eight games on Monday’s MLB schedule and obviously the best matchup is a string opener out of St. Louis since the Washington Nationals visit city in what could be a movie preview. Suggestion: it does n’t the Nationals are the NL’s top team — In the event the postseason should happen to begin on Monday along with the Cardinals would be the NL Central winner. However, the Cardinals are only two games on the Cubs in the Central so in theory we can visit a Washington vs. St. Louis Wild-Card Game. Together with the Cardinals winning in five matches, those 2 teams met in the 2012 NLDS. The Nationals, Dodgers, Yankees and Cardinals are the only teams to have records in each season since 2012.
Washington hosted St. Louis for four matches from April 29-May 2 and the Cardinals took three of them — the Nationals were a small mess that early in the summer but turned things around starting May 24. Harrison Bader had a great series, batting .357 having a homer and four RBIs. Marcell Ozuna had been 6-for-17 with three and two rebounds. Paul Goldschmidt Matt Carpenter 1-for-16 together with 11 Ks and was only. Howie Kendrick directed the Nationals in hitting .429 vs. the Cardinals. Victor Robles and adam Eaton had the sole two Washington homers in this collection. The Nats were outscored 15-8.
St. Louis has won the home part of this season series each of the previous couple of decades. It was 3-1 in 2018.
Washington starts Cy Young contender Stephen Strasburg (17-6, 3.49). He signed up a seven-year, $175 million extension with the team in May 2016 but is nurturing well and has finally stayed healthy that it is expected that the former No. 1 overall selection will opt out of the deal with this winter to test free agency. Unsure the Nationals could afford him with they are paying studs Patrick Corbin and Max Scherzer.
Strasburg leads the National League in wins and is second in strikeouts (229), third in innings (191) and sixth at WHIP (1.05). The right-hander comes from a win at Minnesota, allowing two runs over six. That single Washington win against the Cardinals before this season was with Strasburg on the mound as he allowed one run and six hits over 6.2 innings with nine strikeouts.
He has begun seven days in his career against St. Louis and is 3-2 with a 2.38 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 45.1 innings. Ozuna strikes against him nicely livelihood, moving 13-for-41 with 2 homers and seven RBIs. He’s the only Cardinal to have taken Strasburg lawn. Goldschmidt is 6-for-21 with two doubles.
It’s handsome right-hander Dakota Hudson (15-7, 3.38) for the Cardinals. The 25-year-old did possess a winning streak snapped out last time but it was his fault since Hudson permitted two runs and four hits over six innings. He tied a season high by walking and let his very first road homer.
Hudson is currently making start and his sixth career appearance against the Nationals. It is his first start against the Nationals at Busch Stadium. Hudson took the reduction on May two opposite Strasburg , allowing two runs . He got a relief win in Busch against Washington in August 2018. No Washington batter has homered off him. Ryan Zimmermann is currently 1-for-1 with a double and three RBIs.
Will the Cardinals have closer Carlos Martinez? Likely not. He wasn’t accessible on Sunday from the Brewers and actually was hospitalized on Saturday night. The Cards could have used him since they enabled four ninth-inning runs with all four forthcoming on a Ryan Braun grand slam with two outs, at the 7-6 loss. The Cardinals lost their first home show since July 26-28 vs. Houston. They are when carrying a guide into the 9th inning.
Greatest Pick: Under 8 (+105) using BetOnline

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