It's always gonna be ugly backing a .400 team like Washington to win outright, but they are 8-9 SU and 13-4 against the runline with Josiah Gray (6-6, 3.30 ERA) as the starter this year.

Reds righty Graham Ashcroft is 3-6 with a 6.66 ERA over 15 starts and he is 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA in his last three starts. The team has won only two of his last seven starts.

The price is right to back the Nats who will be up for this one after dropping the first two games of the series.

8* PLAY ON WASHINGTON NATIONALS.