Free Sports Game Preview and Prediction: Washington Nationals vs. Texas Rangers
Thursday, May 02, 2024 2:35 PM
Play: Total: 8.5/-120 Under
The Nationals are in Texas playing the third and final game of their three-game series against the Rangers on Thursday afternoon. The Nationals will send Mitchell Parker to the bump with his 2-0 SU record and his ERA of 1.60 on the season. Parker has fourteen strikeouts to this point of the season. The Rangers will counter with Nathan Eovaldi who has posted a record of 1-2 SU on the season with an ERA of 3.00. Eovaldi has thirty-six strikeouts this year. We have two solid starters facing a pair of average offenses in a ballpark that is pitcher friendly. Our TPR Index projects a run total of 4.09 runs. The Teams MM Ratings have the Nationals with a projected run total of -2.02 below their season average. The Rangers have a projected run total of -1.92 below their season to date average. The SIM Matrix has the UNDER with a 58.3 percent advantage against the oddsmakers total in today’s contest. Play UNDER with MLB home favorites whose starter went four or more innings and allowed fewer than five runs with a WHIP of at least 0.40 in his last start, 75-105 UNDER (+$2,190). With strong support from the mound and at the plate for the low side of the total we will play this one to come up well short of the oddsmakers total today