The New York Mets and the Washington Nationals will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Nationals Park.

Righthander Livan Hernandez will take the mound for the Mets to start this game. Hernandez is 5-5 this season with a 5.10 ERA.

Starting this game for the Nationals will be J.D. Martin. The righthander will be making his season debut.

Oddsmakers currently have the Nationals listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Mets lost to Atlanta 7-1 as a +215 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (8).

Jeff Francoeur drove in the Mets’ lone run and Tim Redding allowed five runs on four hits in three innings.

The Nationals lost to the Cubs 11-3 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 14 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9.5).

Adam Dunn hit a solo home run for Washington and Garrett Mock allowed seven runs (four were earned) on eight hits in 3 1-3 innings.

Current streak:
Washington has lost 5 straight games.

Team records:
New York: 43-48 SU
Washington: 26-65 SU

New York most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Washington are 6-4
After playing Atlanta are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

Washington most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing NY Mets are 2-8
After playing Chi Cubs are 3-7
After a loss are 2-8

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets’s last 7 games when playing Washington
NY Mets are 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Washington
NY Mets are 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington’s last 7 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington’s last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington’s last 6 games when playing at home against NY Mets

Next up:
Washington home to NY Mets, Tuesday, July 21