Washington had an emergency start from Miguel Batista last night and Strasburg had some shoulder problems and Batista came through with 5 shut out innings. Atlanta has Tim Hudson on the mound tonight who is 10-5 with an era under 2.50 and is 1-0 in two starts with a 1.29 era against Washington this year. Look for Hudson to throw another gem and the Atlanta bats to wake up to supply plenty of run support. Play Atlanta

The Mets had a nice win last night beating Wainwright who had an era under .50 in July coming into that start and they roughed him up. It is amazing how different they are at home and on the road it is night and day. The Mets are 15 over at home and 13 under on the road. As they play the second game of this home stand they have Johan Santana on the bump who has pitched once against the Cardinals in St. Louis and that was the 20 inning marathon game where he went 7 scoreless innings. Look for more of the same from Santana, but for this game to only go 8 and half innings. Play NY Mets

The Dodgers shut out the Padres last night 2-0 to creep a game closer to them in the standings as these divisional games are two games swings. The Dodgers have 8-8 Hiroki Kuroda going who had had 5 of those 8 losses occur on the road while San Diego has 7-5 Clayton Richard who has picked up 4 of those 7 wins at home. Look for Richard to outduel Kuroda and the Padres bats to come alive for an easy Padres win. Play San Diego