The Astros start a 3 game series today against the Washington Nationals at 7:05 PM CDT. So what do the Astros have in store for them?
The Nationals come into tonight's game with a 14-18 record and sit last in the NL East division. They have a 4-10 road record which could bode well for the Astros, but they are also coming off a 2 game win streak and have won 8 of their last 10 games.
Their best hitter is Cristian Guzman who leads the team in avg (.309) and has 3 home runs and 14 RBI's with an OPS of .794. Nick Johnson is the teams "slugger" and leads them in HR(4), RBI's(16) and OBP(.390). Johnson's avg is only.211; but he draws a lot of walks(23) which is why his OBP is as high as it is. He also strikes out a lot(21 times this season). The Nationals don't really have any one that just strikes me as someone we really need to watch.
It looks like the Astros will be facing Shawn Hill, Odalis Perez and John Lannan as the starting pitchers for the Nationals. All 3 pitchers have sub 4 ERA's, but none of them having a winning record. Perez has yet to win a game and sits at 0-3 with a 3.18 ERA. The Astros appear to have missed the Nationals best pitcher(W/L record wise) in Tim Redding... yes, that TIM REDDING!