The Phillies hammered the Nationals last night, beating up on Washington's bullpen. The Phillies are leading the league in OPS over the last two weeks, and face a right-hander who has an ERA of 7.44 in his last seven starts. Short starts and lots of earned runs is the line on Williams these days. He'll square off with the Phillies ace Wheeler, who has been very sound lately. He beat the Nats in a 6 inning 3 run start just 10 days ago. Wheeler has been more effective on the road this season.
We are heading into the stretch and every game matters for the Phillies at this point. The Nats have impressed lately but they are out-classed in starters and out-gunned on offense on Sunday. Add in decent relief pitching, a rarity for the Phillies in the last few seasons, and you have a recipe for a run line victory. Take the Phillies at -1 1/2.