The Washington Nationals will travel to the heart of Texas to battle the Texas Rangers in a three-game series. The Nats split their last two games against Baltimore and the Rangers took both games in a mini-series against the Phillies. The Nats will go with Paolo Espino on the mound against the Rangers Dane Dunning. This will be Espino's third start of the season as he has been mainly used in relief. He has pitched 35.1 innings this season and has posted a 2.42 ERA. Dunning is just 1-5 this season and has posted a 4.38 ERA in 14 starts. The Nats have lost nine of their last eleven. The Nats have the worst pitching in baseball and have given up almost 6 runs a game. The Nats have scored three runs or less in six of their last eight contests. The Rangers are on a nice little run and the Nats are running in place.

Play on Texas. This is a 6* play.