Though winless this season, Roy Oswalt has been pitching well enough to take him and the Houston Astros at this price on the road in Washington.
I'll lay this short price with Houston Astros ace Roy Oswalt against the Washington Nationals' Scott Olsen.
The southpaw Olsen has a 6.08 ERA this season. He's never fulfilled his early promise he showed with Florida. The Nationals are a sloppy fielding team and have one of the worst bullpens in baseball. Right now their co-closers are journeymen Julian Taverez and Kip Wells.
The Astros have the righthanded bats to take advantage of the erratic Olsen and get into the Nationals' sad sack bullpen. Washington is 5-11 in its last 16 as a home 'dog.
Houston has won 14 of the past 19 games Oswalt has started. Oswalt is 3-1 with a 2.59 ERA in 10 career games versus the Nationals, including 1-0 with a 0.55 ERA in four games at Washington D.C.
Free Pick: Astros -120