First pitch: Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
Line: Washington -110, Arizona +100, Total: 7.5

The slumping Diamondbacks look to end their six-game losing streak when they visit Washington for the second of a four-game series Tuesday night. Arizona won seven straight from Aug. 9-16, averaging 6.1 runs per game. But since then, the Diamondbacks have a total of seven runs in the six straight defeats.

On the mound for Arizona is Ian Kennedy (15-4, 3.22 ERA), who is looking to become the first NL pitcher to 16 wins. Jordan Zimmermann (8-10, 3.11 ERA) will go for the Nationals, in what will most likely be his second-to-last start due to a 160-inning limit. Zimmermann has thrown 11.2 scoreless innings in his past two home starts. However, Arizona has been very good when Kennedy’s been on the mound with a money line of +125 to -125 over the past two seasons (21-12, +9.2 Units). The D-backs have also been a great bet versus right-handed starters (51-40, +14.4 Units) and at night (52-41, +12.8 Units). With its ace on the mound, expect ARIZONA to finally pull out a win and end the slide.

This three-star FoxSheets trends also sides with the Diamondbacks.

Play On - Road teams when the money line is +125 to -125 (ARIZONA) - cold hitting team - batting .200 or worse over their last 3 games against opponent starting a pitcher who gave up no earned runs last outing. (44-17 over the last 5 seasons.) (72.1%, +28.8 units. Rating = 3*).

Kennedy’s last outing was limited to only three innings due to a long rain delay, but he still was marked with a loss after allowing three runs and five hits in a 4-1 defeat in Philadelphia on Thursday. In his one start versus Washington this season (June 5), Kennedy held the Nats to one run in seven innings.

Zimmermann has allowed two runs or fewer in six of his past eight home starts, going 4-2 with a 2.94 ERA over this span. The righty pitched a gem in his only career start against Diamondbacks on June 2, in which he threw seven innings, allowing one run on six hits in a 6-1 victory. Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman (.311 BA, 9 HR, 34 RBI) has reached based safely in 28 straight games, batting .407 with 20 runs over that span. Zimmerman has hammered the D-backs recently, batting .436 with seven homers in 14 games against them since 2009.