Washington at Philadelphia

The NY Mets have done the pace setting in the early going in the NL East. They have a 4.5 game lead over the second place Phillies. The Phillies host Washington tonight and the Nats have some pitching issues. They've allowed 26 runs over the past two games, and 42 runs over their past five road starts. If they don't get that turned around they are going to be left behind. The Phillies snapped a five-game losing streak with two road wins in Chicago vs. the Cubs. They held the hard hitting Cubs to juat nine runs in the three game series. I like Philadelphia in this one.