#961 ASA PLAY ON Texas Rangers -1.5 on the Run Line (+100) over Washington Nationals, Thursday at 2:35 PM ET - Rangers off a shutout loss 1-0 yesterday.  Bounce back spot here for Texas and they have a solid pitching edge here too.  Mitchell Parker gets the start for the Nationals and he has been shaky in both his road starts including the most recent one.  That was against a weak hitting Marlins team in Miami and Parker had to navigate 8 baserunners in just 4 innings and was fortunate to allow only 1 run.  The Rangers are going with Nathan Eovaldi here and, though he has had some issues with walks this season, he has been strong overall at home and has a huge experience edge over Parker here.  Eovaldi is entering his 14th season and he has a 2.04 ERA at home and has piled up strikeouts there!  The Rangers are 10-1 this season when off a loss by a margin of 4 or less runs and that includes 8 in a row!  This spot should make 9 in a row as Washington is 1-5 this season when off a road win by a margin of 2 or less runs.  Remember last season only ONE team in the NL had fewer wins than the Nationals.  As for the Rangers, they are the defending World Series Champions (Eovaldi was 5-0 in P/O and was the winning pitcher in the World Series clincher)!  Given that, as well as all of the above and the great situational support, this is a superb spot.  Big edges in this one and a home blowout is our call.  We think we're getting some nice value in laying -1.5 runs in this one and getting a price in the even money range with the Rangers.  Great spot to grab the solid value with the 1.5 runs!  Lay it!