Jeremy Bonderman is 7-0, but he has been far from unhittable lately, and with the Tiger bats expected to feast on Washington, Over is the play. The first two games of this series have seen a total of 33 runs scored, and I’m expecting another lofty mark to be reached to night with Jeremy Bonderman squaring off against Mike Bacsik. Bacsik was lit up his last outing for the Washington Nationals and suffered his fourth loss in a row, surrendering nine hits while only lasting a measly 4.1 innings, his shortest stint of the season. In fact, he enters tonight’s contest 0-3 in his last three starts, and he has allowed 24 hits in only 13.2 innings of work. He has three more walks (9) than strikeouts (6) during that stretch as well, and his bloated WHIP of 2.41 will not do him any favors against this potent Detroit Tigers offense. Bonderman was also pounded for five runs and nine hits in six innings in his last outing, but the hot Tiger bats bailed him out yet again and allowed him to keep his perfect 7-0 mark intact. That being said, Bonderman his been walking on thin ice of late. He has allowed 21 hits in 18.2 innings of work over his last three outings, with five of those hits being of the home run variety. Washington has been a pesky team this year, and they’ll no doubt want to salvage one game in this series. Look for them to get three to five runs off of Bonderman and the Tiger pen, and for the Tigers to feast upon the Nationals pitching staff once again.

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