Sunday, April 20, 1:35 PM on FSMW, MASN

Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia

St Louis - Miller, S (1-2) vs. Washington - Strasburg, S (1-2)

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If St. Louis wants to keep up in the NL Central with the red-hot Brewers they'll need another solid outing from Shelby Miller (1-2), especially if Washington's Stephen Strasburg (1-2) can get on track. Miller has been plagued by a penchant to give up the long ball thus far in 2014, giving up 5 through just 17.1 IP. After allowing 8 runs in 11.1 innings to start the year, Miller buckled down in his last start against Milwaukee, pitching 6 innings of 3 hit ball while fanning 7.

The 23-year-old Miller has made just 2 starts in his career against Washington, dominating them twice last year to post a 2-0 record and a 0.71 ERA. Almost a year ago to the day Miller pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings against the Nationals to earn his 3rd win of 2013. The teams met again on Miller's last start of the regular season in which he scattered 4 hits and 1 run over 6 innings for another win. Not one player on the Washington roster has multiple hits against Miller in 33 combined AB's.

Strasburg has been the proverbial riddle, wrapped up in a mystery, inside an enigma so far this season. It's common knowledge he has some of the best stuff in baseball as evident by two games of four this year with 10+ strikeouts. Then there's games like his last outing in which the Marlins knocked the right-hander out in the 4th inning by scoring 6 runs to boost his season ERA to 6.00.

Surprisingly Strasburg has only made 2 career starts against the Cardinals, including one last year where he gave up just 5 hits and 3 runs over 7 innings but scored the loss nonetheless. Collectively the current St. Louis roster has hit .244 against the pitcher led by Matt Holliday (4-6, 2B) and Matt Carpenter (2-3, 2 2B).

St Louis Betting Trends

St Louis is 8-8-1 against the Over/Under

Run differential for St Louis is +0.6

Washington Betting Trends

Washington is 12-5-0 against the Over/Under

Run differential for Washington is +0.3

Injuries to Watch

St Louis

04/19/14 C Yadier Molina Rest questionable
04/17/14 P Joe Kelly Hamstring 15-day DL (4/17)
03/30/14 P Jaime Garcia Shoulder 15-day DL (3/21)
03/28/14 P Jason Motte Elbow 15-day DL (3/21)

Washington

04/19/14 CF Denard Span Concussion probable
04/13/14 3B Ryan Zimmerman Thumb 15-day DL (4/13)
04/13/14 LF Jeff Kobernus Hand 60-day DL (4/12)
04/06/14 LF Scott Hairston Oblique 15-day DL (4/6)
04/02/14 C Wilson Ramos Hand 15-day DL (4/1)
03/30/14 P Doug Fister Back 15-day DL (3/23)
03/29/14 P Ross Ohlendorf Back 60-day DL (3/26)
03/28/14 P Erik Davis Elbow 60-day DL (2/13)

Josh's Pick: Take Washington

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