#903 ASA PLAY ON 8* NY Mets -1.5 on the Run Line (-145) over Washington Nationals, Monday at 7 PM ET - The Mets are on a roll coming into this one winning 6 straight games which included a 2 game sweep of the Yankees. During that 6 game stretch NY is averaging 6 RPG and they’ve outscored their opponents 36 to 17. The Nats are coming off a home series vs the Cardinals in which they lost 2 of 3 games and were outscored 17-9. Washington has the worst home record in MLB at 16-38 and their average score at home is 3.7 to 5.3. Of their 38 home losses, 28 have come by 2+ runs. Tonight they face NYM ace Scherzer who has 5 starts since returning from the DL and has allowed 5 total earned runs in those 5 starts. In his most recent start last week he didn’t allowed an ER in 7 strong innings vs the NYY who lead the league in runs scored. Mets have 2nd most road wins in MLB with 33 and their red hot line up will be facing Patrick Corbin tonight. Corbin is 4-14 on the season with an ERA of 6.49 with an opponents batting average allowed of .323. He’s been even worse as of late with an ERA of 13.50 over his last 3 starts allowing 28 baserunners in 12 innings! Corbin has faced the Mets 3 times this season and NY has won all 3 of those games by a combined score of 19-3. These 2 NL East rivals have already faced off 10 times this season with the Mets winning 8 of those games, all by 2 or more runs. They’ve outscored the Nationals 58-24 in those 10 meetings. While the Mets are pushing for an NL East title, the Nats have a number of players that could be traded in the next few days so distractions are many in Washington. The Mets roll again tonight and we’ll lay the 1.5 runs.