The Milwaukee Brewers (64-44) match up against the Washington Nationals (44-64) after William Contreras hit a pair of home runs in a 10-3 loss to the Cubs. The Brewers are favored (-181) in this matchup with the Nationals (+151), which starts at 4:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff and Washington’s Jake Irvin will take the mound first.

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Brewers vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Brewers (-181)
• Underdog: Nationals (+151)
• Over/under: 8

Brewers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Brewers betting info

• The Brewers have been the moneyline favorite 53 total times this season. They’ve gone 34-19 in those games.
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -181 or shorter, Milwaukee has an 8-2 record (winning 80% of its games).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Brewers’ implied win probability is 64.4%.
• In the 108 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Milwaukee, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 47 times (47-57-4).
• The Brewers have a 61-47-0 record against the spread this season (covering 56.5% of the time).

Brewers hitting info

• Christian Yelich has a team-best 20 home runs and 69 runs batted in.
• Yelich’s home runs rank 24th in MLB and he ranks 17th in RBI in MLB.
• Sal Frelick’s .292 batting average paces his team.
• Frelick currently ranks 178th in homers and 133rd in RBI in the majors.
• Contreras is hitting .253 with 19 doubles, eight home runs and 58 walks.
• Contreras has hit safely in three straight games. In his last five games he is batting .400 with a double, two home runs, a walk and three RBIs.
• Brice Turang has 18 doubles, six home runs and 42 walks while hitting .271.

Brewers pitching rankings

• The Brewers pitching staff ranks seventh in MLB with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Milwaukee has the fifth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.63).
• Pitchers for the Brewers combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.243).
• Brewers pitchers combine to allow the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (115 total, 1.1 per game).
• Milwaukee fell to the Cubs 10-3 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing 11 hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have been underdogs in 92 games this season and won 40 (43.5%) of those contests.
• Washington has a record of 12-19 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +151 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Nationals have a 39.8% chance to win.
• Games involving Washington have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 55 of 107 chances this season.
• The Nationals are 55-52-0 against the spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• James Wood is batting .263 this season with a team-high 24 home runs and 71 RBI.
• Wood’s home run total ranks 12th in the majors, and he is 14th in RBI.
• C.J. Abrams is batting .275 to lead Washington, while adding 14 homers and 41 runs batted in this season.
• Abrams ranks 86th among hitters in the majors in homers, and 133rd in RBI.
• Luis Garcia has collected 89 base hits, an OBP of .300 and a slugging percentage of .405 this season.
• Nathaniel Lowe has 92 hits and an OBP of .294 to go with a slugging percentage of .386 this season.
• Lowe heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .263 with a double, two walks and an RBI.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals have a 7.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
• Washington has the 29th-ranked ERA (5.15) in the majors this season.
• The Nationals have a combined WHIP of 1.403 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
• With 126 homers allowed, the Nationals rank 19th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Washington suffered a 9-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Astros batters while allowing 10 hits.