Nationals vs. Mets MLB Tuesday Play
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At 7:10pm ET our complimentary selection is on the Washington Nationals over the New York Mets. The thing that Nationals lefthanded starter Odalis Perez may be most known for when all is said and done with his career is that he was the hurler who threw out the first pitch at Washington's new park. With a lifetime 66-72 record and 4.48 ERA, Perez certainly won't be remembered for any major accomplishments on the mound, at least to this point.

Recently, however, Perez has pitched much better than his current ERA would indicate. In fact, if not for a bad outing in his second start of the year against the Cards on April 4, Perez has only given up a total of five earned runs in his four other starts covering 20 2/3 innings. Perez gets the added bonus of facing perhaps the weakest Mets starter in righthander Mike Pelfrey, whom the Nats beat up pretty good in his last start against them back on September 24, 2007. In fact, Washington did very well last season against the Mets at Shea Stadium, taking six of the nine games played there between these two teams, including the last three of the season.

Mets All Star shortstop Jose Reyes has a tender hamstring and may not play in this game. Even if he does, he almost certainly will be less than 100 percent.

Take the underdog Nationals.

As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

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