Pittsburgh at Washington

The Washington National's season has not gone the way they had hoped, as they have slipped to four games below .500. With a couple of months to go, this becomes a huge game for them, and they do have a big game pitcher on the mound in Stephen Strasburg. The bright spot here for the Nats is how dominating Strasburg has been vs. the Pirates in his career. He owns a 2-0 record with an amazing 35 strikeouts in just 20 innings of work against them, and has simply over matched the Pirates' offense. Liriano has had a year that is close to what he did in his rookie season in Minnesota, but his last outing was not good, allowing 5 runs in just 4.1 innings of work. The Pirates are just 116-257 in their last 383 games on the road vs. a team with a winning home record. Play on Washington.