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LAD -1.5 -108

The Dodgers face Jake Irvin tonight for the 2nd time in a week, where Jake did pitch well with 6 scoreless innings. The advantage goes to the pitcher when a lineup has never faced him before but as the hitters get more at bats against him, they tend to improve each time out, especially with such a short turn around. While the Dodgers have underperformed so far based on their preseason expectations, they are still a dangerous lineup that puts up runs (4th most RBIs in the MLB). On the other side of the ball, the Nationals struggle at the plate while hitting a team average of .237 and the 4th fewest team RBIs within the MLB. I expect the Dodgers to put up a lot of runs tonight while keeping the big numbers off the board from the Nationals.