Tomlin (11-5) was shelled in Wednesday's loss to the Nationals. He lasted just four innings, allowing seven runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four.

EDGE Analysis

Tomlin hadn't allowed more than five earned runs in any of first 18 starts this season, but the right-hander has now surrendered seven earned in each of his last two outings. His troubling trend of allowing home runs continued Wednesday as he gave up his major-league leading 27th bomb of the year. Tomlin has served up a longball in 18 of his 20 starts this season, and has been tagged 17 times over his last 11 games. Tomlin's impressive 1.19 WHIP doesn't do much for fantasy owners when 20 percent of the hits allowed leave the yard (27 home runs on 137 total hits). Things won't get much easier next time out when he faces the Red Sox at home Monday.