The Washington Nationals (4-2) are coming off a successful six-game road trip to start the 2012 MLB season and will welcome in the Cincinnati Reds (3-3) for their home opener on Thursday afternoon inside Nationals Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 1:05 ET.
Las Vegas oddsmakers have established the Nationals as slight minus-108 home favorites, while the total has moved down a full run to 7.5.
Washington is off to its best six-game start to any season since returning to Washington, DC and comes in off a 4-0 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday.
The Nationals will be looking to snap a three-game losing streak to the Reds, but they did capture two of three meetings at home in last year's series.
Gio Gonzalez (0-0, 9.82 ERA) lasted just 3.2 innings in his Washington debut, surrendering four runs and seven hits in a no-decision effort, but the Nationals ended up w...
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