The Royals are coming into this game with an 84-74 record this season and they are pushing to secure their Wild Card spot for the playoffs, currently tied with the Tigers and only with a 2 game lead over the next team out. They have been playing well in this series as they have won their last 2 games, and their pitching has been great recently. They have not allowed a run in their last 2 games and they have also allowed 2 runs or less in their last 3 straight as well as 4 of their last 5 games. They are going up against a Nationals team that is 69-89 this season and really has nothing left to play for as they have already been eliminated from playoff contention. They have been awful recently as well, losing their last 3 straight as well as 8 of their last 9 games. Their offense has also been awful as they have not scored a run in their last 3 straight games and they have scored 1 run or less in 7 of their last 9 games as well. That is not going to change much here either. Michael Wacha is starting for the Royals and he is 13-8 with a 3.28 ERA this season. He has been pitching very well recently as he has only allowed 5 earned runs total in his last 4 starts, allowing 2 earned runs or less in each, and he has also been very consistent as he has allowed 2 earned runs or less in 9 of his last 10 starts. Patrick Corbin is starting for the Nationals in this game and he is 6-13 with a 5.58 ERA this season. He has been awful all season and in his recent starts, allowing 5 earned runs in his last start and at least 5 earned runs in 2 of his last 3. He has been better at home in his last 3 starts, but that has not been the case for most of the season and the Nationals are not scoring many runs recently either. The Nationals will struggle once again to score runs here as Wacha has been pitching very well, and the Royals bullpen has also been very good as they need to win these games. The Royals will win this game by 2 or more runs, take the Royals -1.5 here.