Florida -148 over WASHINGTON: The Marlins are 10-2 in their last 12 after allowing 2 runs or less in their previous game and 19-5 in Johnsons last 24 starts vs. National League East, while the Nationals are 10-41 in their last 51 games following a loss and 2-17 in their last 19 games off a loss in which they left more than 10 team left on base. Last year Josh Johnson spent the first half of the year on the DL, but since he has come back boy has he been tough. Last year Josh had 14 starts in the second half and went 7-1 with a solid 3.61 ERA and that solid finish has carried over to this year as he has started 2-0 with an impressive 0.57 ERA in his first 2 starts. Josh is also a sparkling 4-0 with a 2.48 ERA in 6 starts vs the Nats. on the other side, Scott Olsen is off 2 tough years in which he went 18-26 with a 4.82 ERA and his slide continues as he has gone 0-2 with a very high 14.67 ERA in his 2 starts this year. Scott has faced the fish just once in his career (this year) abd he allowed 8 ER on 8 hits (2 of them HR's) and 3 walks in just 3 innings of work. Scott must now face the 6th ranked scoring offense (5.6 rpg) and 8th ranked hitting ofense (.280) in the league, so you can expect his bad pitching to continue here. The Nats are clearly the worst team in the league as they have no offense or pitching and they will have problems scoring today vs Josh, while the solid Marlins offense will have it's way vs a struggling Scott Olsen. Go Fish!!!
POWER ANGLE For This Play--- Since October 7th 2007, the LEAGUE is 23-5 as a road favorite after scoring 3 runs or less and winning as a favorite.
Jeff Scott 4-18-09
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