Two of the league’s most productive power hitters square off when the New York Yankees (51-42) and the Washington Nationals (48-46) play at 4:05 p.m. ET on Saturday at Nationals Park. Ben Rice has 28 home runs (third in the majors) for the favored Yankees (-200), and James Wood ranks sixth in MLB play with 25 round-trippers this season for the Nationals (+162). New York has Cam Schlittler starting, while Washington will send out Miles Mikolas.

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Yankees vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-200)
• Underdog: Nationals (+162)
• Over/under: 9

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have compiled a 45-35 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 56.2% of those games).
• New York has a 6-5 record (winning 54.5% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -200 or shorter.
• The Yankees have a 66.7% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• In the 93 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for New York, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 42 times (42-47-4).
• The Yankees have gone 42-51-0 ATS this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Rice leads the Yankees in home runs (28), runs batted in (65) and has put up a team-high batting average of .275.
• Rice’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks seventh in RBI in MLB.
• Rice heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .400 with four home runs, a walk and nine RBIs.
• Cody Bellinger has 17 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 50 walks while hitting .247.
• Among all MLB batters, Bellinger ranks 90th in home runs and 40th in RBI.
• Trent Grisham is batting .234 with 14 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 39 walks.
• Jazz Chisholm is batting .221 with 11 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 37 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The Yankees pitching staff is ninth in MLB with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• New York has a 3.41 team ERA that ranks second among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Yankees pitchers combine for the No. 5 WHIP in the majors (1.196).
• The Yankees give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (91 total, 1.0 per game).
• New York struck out nine Rays batters while allowing 10 hits in a 12-4 win in its last game.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have been underdogs in 78 games this season and won 39 (50%) of those contests.
• Washington has a record of 5-5, a 50% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +162 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Nationals have a 38.2% chance to win.
• Washington’s games have gone over the total in 55 of its 94 chances.
• The Nationals are 57-37-0 against the spread in their 94 chances this season.

Nationals hitting info

• Wood is batting .269 this season with a team-high 25 home runs.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Wood’s home run total is sixth, and his RBI total is 12th.
• C.J. Abrams has 92 hits and an OBP of .355 to go with a slugging percentage of .517 this season.
• Abrams ranks 16th in homers and fourth in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Abrams has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with two home runs, three walks and seven RBIs.
• Luis Garcia leads Washington in batting average (.291) and runs batted in (68) this season while also slugging 20 homers.
• Garcia has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .400 with a double, two home runs, a walk and six RBIs.
• Daylen Lile is batting .252 with an OBP of .303 and a slugging percentage of .410 this season.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals strike out 7.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
• Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.76 ERA this year, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• The Nationals rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.394 WHIP this season.
• With 130 homers allowed, the Nationals rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Washington defeated the Astros, 8-2, with 10 strikeouts and eight hits allowed.