The Houston Astros crush left-handed starters and they proved that again last night by getting to Corbin early and going on to a 8-1 victory. The Series now is the best of 3 and Washington cannot go down 3-2 heading to Houston or they are in a lot of trouble. Tonight they will turn to Game 1 winner, Max Scherzer. Scherzer has been lights out in the post-season, going 3-0 and yielding just 3 runs in 19 innings of work. The Nats got to Gerrit Cole in Game 1, tagging him 5 runs, 8 hits, and 2 homers over 7 innings,and he will be on the hill for the Stros tonight. Lance Barksdale is behind the dish and the home team is 4-1 in his last 5 when he is pulling the strings. If Washington could get to Cole in Houston, why not at Nationals Park?
TONIGHT’S PICK: WASHINGTON NATIONALS