#954 ASA PLAY ON New York Mets -135 over Washington Nationals, Thursday at 1:10 PM ET - The Mets have won 4 of 5 games and have also, after going up 2-0 in this series, taken 7 of 9 games with Washington this season.  The Nationals have now lost 4 straight games and also have lost 12 of 16 overall.  The Nats are 20-33 this season against teams that currently have a winning record on the season.  The National MacKenzie Gore did have a recent good start against the Mets but his other 3 recent starts all saw him get hard.  This included giving up 5 earned runs in each of the last two rough ones.  As for Mets starter David Peterson, he has a 2.77 ERA in his two starts versus the Nationals this season.  Also, though he has not worked too deep into games generally speaking, Peterson has been solid in terms of allowing 2 earned runs or less in 6 of his 7 starts this season.  Also, the Mets have the #3 slugging percentage in the NL this season while the Nationals have the #14 slugging percentage out of the 15 NL teams.  This is a value spot to back the hot Mets over the slumping Nationals.  The home team is the bet here.  Lay it!