Nationals at Phillies Free MLB Picks - August 21st, 2010: The Washington Nationals (52-70) and the Stephen Strasburg road show, take on the surging Philadelphia Phillies (69-52) in the second game (Saturday 7:05pm ET) of their three game series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Getting Chase Utley back should drastically improve the Phillies' 2010 MLB Betting Odds. The Phillies sit just 2.5 games behind the Braves in the NL East, and are currently leading the wild-card race. Hammerhead Sports delivers the most accurate free sports picks and free MLB picks from our MLB predictions experts. Find our winning MLB Picks selections below.

Starting for the Nationals Stephen Strasburg (5-3, 2.97 ERA), who bounced back from the worst outing of his brief career to earn a 5-3 victory over Arizona on Sunday. The right-hander allowed three runs -- one earned -- in five innings, walked none and struck out seven against the Diamondbacks after being tagged for a career-worst six runs over 4 1/3 innings Aug. 10 against Florida, in his return from inflammation in his pitching shoulder.

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The Phillies will counter with Kyle Kendrick (8-5, 4.55 ERA). Even including the loss to the Dodgers, the right-hander is 3-1 with a 3.07 ERA in his last five outings.However, Kendrick is 1-2 with a 6.93 ERA in eight career starts against the Nationals including a 17.47 ERA in two this season. He didn't make it out of the second inning of a 14-7 home win April 14, allowing six runs, six hits and three walks. Bodog Sportsbook has the Philadelphia Phillies (Even) as the Free MLB Picks selection over the Washington Nationals (Even). With great pitching to be expected by both teams, and the MLB Betting Odds run total at 8, expect the Under to be the smart play here.