Play: Over
Rating: 8*

The Washington Nationals outscored the Atlanta Braves 7-6 Friday night. We should see plenty of action over the plate again in Saturday's contest.

Max Scherzer (12-7, 2.95 ERA) takes the ball for Washington. He was tagged with four runs on seven hits and a pair of walks through four innings at Coors Field his last time out. He's allowed six runs over 13 innings in two meetings with the Braves on the season.

The Braves turn to Tyrell Jenkins (2-3, 4.89). The 24 year old rookie was tagged with seven runs on six hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings of a 9-1 loss at Washington his last start. He's struggled with his command big time lately (23BB/12K last five outings) and I think the Nats will get to him early this time around as well.

Over is 5-0 in the last five meetings, 6-1 in Braves last seven overall and 6-2 in Nationals last eight overall. While Scherzer is a beast when he's on his game, this total is too low not to take a stab at.