Royals/Nationals over 9, 2 wins 2
I lean towards the Royals as far as the side goes as the Nationals have been terrible in all facets of the game during their recent seven game losing streak, but with Dunn and Zimmerman struggling this past week, it certainly makes sense. I expect those two, as well as the .190 hitting (during the losing streak) Nationals line up to get going against Bruce Chen. Though formidable thus far, his performances have been nothing to write home about and I expect him to falter here tonight. On the other side of the coin, Livan Hernandez has been pretty good this season, but has lucked out as far as BABIP goes more so than any starter in baseball. Today, facing one of the more productive line ups in baseball (especially of late), I think he'll get hit.
We're getting 9 here because of the Nationals embarrassing struggles at the plate and because Livan Hernandez has been a decent starter thus far this season. Even though the Nationals offense will never be a tops in the league, they aren't .190 bad making both of the aforementioned notions unsustainable.
I expect an over here and like it more so than taking my chances on the Royals.