This is a 10* ASSASSIN on the Washington Nationals.

We think the line value is too good to turn down here as we look for the home side to lead wire-to-wire in a convincing victory on Saturday night. The visitors hand the ball to Taylor Jungmann (7-4, 2.23 ERA) who went 6 1/3's scoreless innings, while striking out nine in a win over the Phillies on Sunday. Jungmann has been trading good starts with bad and there's no question that the rookie is going to be in tough in the nation's capital and throwing opposite Joe Ross (3-5, 3.86 ERA) who is coming off a loss vs. the Giants on Sunday, giving up four runs off six hits over four innings of work. Ross though has been money when throwing in front of the home town crowd this year having posted a highly respectable 2.55 ERA thus far. We'll give Ross the slight nod in this matchup, home field advantage can not be overlooked obviously between these two youngsters, but ultimately we feel that WASHINGTON's powerful lineup will just be too much for Jungmann and with those two crucial facts working in our favor, this indeed becomes a price that we have no issues at all in laying.

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