Junior Caminero is just one homer away from hitting 40 this season, and will try to reach that milestone when his Tampa Bay Rays (64-69) visit the Washington Nationals (53-80) at Nationals Park on Saturday, starting at 4:05 p.m. ET. The Rays are favored (-152) in the outing against the Nationals (+127). Ryan Pepiot starts for Tampa Bay while Washington will counter with Jake Irvin.

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Rays vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-152)
• Underdog: Nationals (+127)
• Over/under: 9

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have a 37-27 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 57.8% of those games).
• Tampa Bay has gone 7-12 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -152 or shorter (36.8% winning percentage).
• The Rays have a 60.3% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Tampa Bay has played in 133 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 56 times (56-69-8).
• The Rays have collected a 59-74-0 record ATS this season.

Rays hitting info

• Caminero has put up a team-high 39 home runs and 94 runs batted in.
• Among hitters in MLB, Caminero ranks sixth in homers and seventh in RBI.
• Yandy Diaz has a club-leading .286 batting average.
• Diaz currently ranks 43rd in homers and 35th in RBI in the bigs.
• Diaz brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .474 with three doubles, two home runs, a walk and three RBIs.
• Brandon Lowe is hitting .264 with 13 doubles, 26 home runs and 33 walks.
• Chandler Simpson is hitting .297 with 11 doubles, three triples and 18 walks.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff is eighth in the majors with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay has the 16th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.97).
• Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 4-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.212).
• Rays pitchers combine to give up 177 total home runs at a clip of 1.3 per game (25th-fewest in the majors).
• Tampa Bay lost to the Guardians 4-3 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have been underdogs in 116 games this season and won 49 (42.2%) of those contests.
• This season, Washington has won 28 of its 71 games, or 39.4%, when it’s the underdog by at least +127 on the moneyline.
• The Nationals have a 44.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 66 of its 132 games with a total this season.
• The Nationals are 65-67-0 against the spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• C.J. Abrams leads Washington in batting average (.267) this season while adding 17 home runs and 53 RBI.
• Abrams ranks 84th in home runs and 109th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Abrams takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .300 with a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
• James Wood leads Washington in home runs with 26 and runs batted in with 83.
• Wood ranks 22nd among batters in the majors in home runs, and 17th in RBI.
• Wood brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .318 with three doubles and a walk.
• Luis Garcia has 107 hits this season and a slash line of .262/.299/.408.
• Josh Bell has collected 89 hits this season and has an OBP of .323. He’s slugging .388 on the year.
• Bell has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .231 with .

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals average just 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the majors.
• Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.39 ERA this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
• The Nationals have a combined WHIP of 1.451 as a pitching staff, which is second-worst in baseball this season.
• The Nationals have given up the 24th-fewest long balls so far this season with 174 home runs allowed.
• Washington pitchers struck out 12 Yankees hitters while allowing 13 base hits in an 11-2 loss its last time out.