The Washington Nationals (23-27) ride a five-game win streak into a matchup against the San Francisco Giants (29-21) on Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET. The Giants are favored (-136) to break the underdog Nationals’ (+115) streak. Kyle Harrison starts for San Francisco, and Jake Irvin is Washington’s pick to start.
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Giants to win vs Nationals -136
Giants vs. Nationals betting lines
- Favorite: Giants (-136)
- Underdog: Nationals (+115)
- Over/under: 8.5
Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Giants betting info
- The Giants have gone 19-11 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 63.3% of those games).
- San Francisco has a record of 16-6 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -136 or shorter (72.7% winning percentage).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Giants’ implied win probability is 57.6%.
- San Francisco has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 27 times this season for a 27-22-1 record against the over/under.
- The Giants have collected a 24-26-0 record ATS this season (covering 48% of the time).
Giants hitting info
- Jung Hoo Lee is batting .276 with 14 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 13 walks.
- Lee ranks 87th in homers and 24th in RBI among all batters in baseball.
- Lee heads into this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .158 with two doubles, two walks and two RBIs.
- Heliot Ramos has a club-leading .296 batting average.
- Ramos ranks 35th in home runs among hitters in baseball and 59th in RBI.
- Ramos takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is batting .405 with a double, three home runs, four walks and 11 RBIs.
- Wilmer Flores leads the Giants with 10 home runs and 42 runs batted in.
- Flores heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .176 with five walks and an RBI.
- Matt Chapman is batting .217 with seven doubles, nine home runs and 32 walks.
Giants pitching rankings
- The Giants pitching staff ranks 11th in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- San Francisco has the sixth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.39).
- The Giants average baseball’s 13th-ranked WHIP (1.235).
- The Giants allow the third-fewest home runs in baseball (39 total, 0.8 per game).
- San Francisco its 8-4 loss the last time out, the team struck out five Royals batters while allowing 16 hits.
Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Nationals betting info
- This season, the Nationals have won 21 out of the 42 games, or 50%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Washington has a record of 15-17 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +115 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 46.5% chance of a victory for the Nationals.
- So far this season, Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 23 of its 49 games with a total.
- In 49 games with a spread this season, the Nationals are 27-22-0 ATS.
Nationals hitting info
- James Wood is batting .291 this season with a team-high 12 home runs.
- In all of Major League Baseball, Wood ranks ninth in home runs and 19th in RBI.
- Wood enters this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .529 with a double, a home run, five walks and eight RBIs.
- C.J. Abrams’ batting average of .311 leads all Washington hitters this season.
- Abrams ranks 47th overall in homers and 121st in RBI this year.
- Abrams has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .273 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and three RBIs.
- Nathaniel Lowe is among the top hitters for Washington with a .222 average, eight homers and 34 RBI.
- Lowe enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .190 with a double, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.
- Keibert Ruiz is batting .283 with an OBP of .328 and a slugging percentage of .373 this season.
- Ruiz enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .273 with three doubles and six RBIs.
Nationals pitching rankings
- The Nationals have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in the big leagues.
- Washington has pitched to a 5.25 ERA this season, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- The Nationals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.441 WHIP this season.
- The Nationals have allowed the 14th-fewest home runs this season with 51, or one per game.
- Washington pitchers struck out eight Braves batters while allowing 10 hits in an 8-7 win last time out.
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