{"id":15302,"date":"2011-05-06T14:32:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T19:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=15302"},"modified":"2011-05-06T14:32:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T19:32:22","slug":"battle-in-south-florida-washington-nationals-at-florida-marlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/battle-in-south-florida-washington-nationals-at-florida-marlins-15302\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle In South Florida: Washington Nationals at Florida Marlins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Nationals (14-17) AT Florida Marlins (19-11)<\/strong>
\nMay 6, 2011 at 7:10 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 FLA -160, WAS +140<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 FLA -155, WAS +140<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 7.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

SP:\u00a0 Was- J. Zimmerman; Fla- R. Nolasco<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nolasco is projected by Baseball Prospectus to have a 10-8 record with a 4.00 ERA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ricky Nolasco is the ace of the Marlins’ staff and looks to help the Marlins recover from a poor bullpen effort.\u00a0 The Marlins’ pen gave up 4 runs and 6 hits in the April 30th loss to the Reds.\u00a0 The next day, Nolasco gave up 3 runs in 7 innings as the Marlins won 9-5 again against the Reds.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s great for us to bounce back,\u201d Nolasco remarked.<\/p>\n

During the 4-3 road trip, the Marlins’ starters posted a 5.10 ERA, but the rotation has been 2.83 at home, as the Marlins have got off to their best start in 14 season with a 10-5 home mark.\u00a0 The Marlins are 38-19 against the Nationals since the 2005 season when they relocated from Montreal.<\/p>\n

The Nats are coming off being swept in three games by the Phillies and they still face five more road games after today’s before returning to the Nation’s capitol.<\/p>\n

The Nats will send Jordan Zimmerman to the mound.\u00a0 In his last appearance Zimmerman gave up only 2 runs and 6 hits over 6 innings of pitching in a 5-2 home victory over the Giants.\u00a0 He threw 107 pitches, which is the most since he had his Tommy John’s surgery last August.\u00a0 \u201cI try to get stronger as the game goes on, and I felt fine the whole game,\u201d Zimmermann said. \u201cI still felt strong at the end.\u201d\u00a0 In his three starts against the Marlins, Zimmerman is 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA.\u00a0 His PECOTA projection for the season is for a 6-6 record with a 4.27 ERA.\u00a0 If his arm holds up, he’ll pitch considerably more than the projected 86 innings pitched.\u00a0 During his initial return, he was able to throw all four of his pitches for strikes and his fastball was creeping into the mid 90s again.\u00a0 He was at one point regarded as a high prospect, but after surgery so much can change.\u00a0 He’s looked good so far in 2011, though, so Nats fans and players are keeping their fingers crossed for the hurler.<\/p>\n

The Nationals have absolutely horrid batting averages and are led by Jayson Werth’s .230 average.\u00a0 He also leads the team with a mere 4 home runs.\u00a0 Their pitching has been better, as they have two pitchers (Livan Hernandez and Jason Marquis) with ERAs under 4.\u00a0 Zimmerman is close with a 4.29.<\/p>\n

Gaby Sanchez has been good for the Marlins this season.\u00a0 He’s batting .316 with 4 home runs and 16 RBIs on the season.\u00a0 While Nolasco has been pretty good, the Marlins will anticipate stud Josh Johnson taking the mound again, as he is the Marlins top pitcher on the year with 3 wins and a 1.68 ERA.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

Washington is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games and the Nationals are 1-7 SU in their last 8 games on the road.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER In 11 of Washington’s last 14 road games and the Nats are 1-7 SU in their last 8 games against the Marlins.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 6 games on the road against the Marlins and the Nats are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games on the road in Florida.<\/p>\n

The total has gone OVER in all 5 of the Marlins’ last 5 games and the Marlins are 14-6 SU in their last 20 games.\u00a0 They are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games at home and 7-1 SU in their last 8 games against the Washington Nationals.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 4 of the Marlins’ last 6 games at home against Washington and the Marlins are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home against the Nats.<\/p>\n

Nolasco certainly should give the Marlins the edge in this one.\u00a0 They are favored due to his solid pitching and he’s a solid ace to have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Nationals (14-17) AT Florida Marlins (19-11) May 6, 2011 at 7:10 PM EST Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 FLA -160, WAS +140 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 FLA -155, WAS +140 Opening Total:\u00a0 7.5 Current Total:\u00a0 7 SP:\u00a0 Was- J. Zimmerman; Fla- R. Nolasco Ricky Nolasco is the ace of the Marlins’ staff and looks to help the Marlins recover […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":4488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[130,850],"class_list":["post-15302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-florida-marlins","tag-washington-nationals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15302"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15304,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15302\/revisions\/15304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}