#955/956 ASA PLAY ON 8* Over 9 Runs – St Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals, Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET - Expected starters are Jordan Montgomery for the Cardinals and MacKenzie Gore for the Nationals. We like the over here regardless of the starting pitchers as some overall metrics are pointing to the over here plus both the bullpens certainly should help the cause as well. Taking a look at ERA, the Nationals bullpen is ranked 27th so far this season and the Cardinals bullpen is ranked 19th for ERA and 21st for WHIP. Gore is 1-3 with a 4.20 ERA in his home starts this season and opponents are hitting .291 against him in his outings in DC. In his only prior MLB season, last year, he also had an ERA more than 2 runs higher at home than on the road. Montgomery has allowed 25 hits in 18.2 innings in his last 4 road starts. Yesterday the Nationals had 11 hits (the Cardinals did too) and it was the only game on the board in which both clubs reached the double digit mark in hits. That one finished 8-6 and totaled 14 runs and a similar result tonight would not surprise us in the least. Washington hosting a Cardinals team that has won 4 of last 5 road games including 3 in a row. St Louis has scored an average of 7 runs in the 3 victories. The Nationals have scored at least 4 runs in 6 of last 9 games and we look for another wild one tonight in which each club exceeds the 4-run mark here and this one sets up nicely for another slugfest. Over is the call here Tuesday evening.