The Athletics (41-55) host the Washington Nationals (48-49) on Saturday at 10:05 p.m. ET in an outing between two teams on losing streaks. The favored Athletics (-130) have dropped nine straight, while the underdog Nationals (+107) have lost their last three. Sacramento’s J.T. Ginn and Washington’s Zack Littell will start this matchup.
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Athletics to win vs Nationals -130
Athletics vs. Nationals betting lines
- Favorite: Athletics (-130)
- Underdog: Nationals (+107)
- Over/under: 10.5
Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Athletics betting info
- The Athletics have won 16 of the 35 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (45.7%).
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -130 or shorter, the Athletics have a record of 8-13 (38.1%).
- The Athletics have an implied moneyline win probability of 56.5% in this game.
- The Athletics have played in 96 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 46 times (46-47-3).
- The Athletics have gone 44-52-0 ATS this season.
Athletics hitting info
- Shea Langeliers has hit a team-high 21 homers.
- Langeliers’ home runs rank 13th in MLB and he ranks 64th in RBI in MLB.
- Tyler Soderstrom is batting .241 with 21 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 45 walks.
- Soderstrom ranks 61st in homers and 89th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
- Carlos Cortes has 11 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 22 walks while hitting .279.
- Jacob Wilson has 10 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 11 walks while batting .281.
- Wilson has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .389 with a triple and a walk.
Athletics pitching rankings
- The Athletics pitching staff ranks 13th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Athletics have a 5.23 team ERA that ranks 29th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Athletics average baseball’s second-highest WHIP (1.476).
- The Athletics allow the most home runs in baseball (150 total, 1.6 per game).
- In their 9-1 loss last time out they struck out nine White Sox batters while allowing nine hits.
Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Nationals betting info
- This season, the Nationals have won 39 out of the 80 games, or 48.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
- The Nationals have a record of 31-31, a 50% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +107 or more by bookmakers this season.
- The implied probability of a win by the Nationals, based on the moneyline, is 48.3%.
- The Nationals and their opponents have hit the over in 55 of their 97 games with a total this season.
- In 97 games with a spread this season, the Nationals are 57-40-0 ATS.
Nationals hitting info
- James Wood is batting .279 this season with a team-high 28 home runs.
- Wood is fifth in home runs and 10th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Wood takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .500 with a double, four home runs, six walks and four RBIs.
- C.J. Abrams has collected 95 hits this season and has an OBP of .352. He’s slugging .510 on the year.
- Abrams is 20th among hitters in MLB in home runs, and fifth in RBI.
- Abrams takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is hitting .282 with a double, three home runs, three walks and eight RBIs.
- Luis Garcia leads Washington in batting average (.284) and runs batted in (68) this season while also slugging 20 homers.
- Daylen Lile has collected 91 hits this season and has an OBP of .298. He’s slugging .400 on the year.
Nationals pitching rankings
- The Nationals strike out 8.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 23rd in MLB.
- Nationals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.76 ERA this year, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- Nationals pitchers have a 1.396 WHIP this season, 24th in the majors.
- The Nationals have given up the fourth-most long balls so far this season with 137 home runs allowed.
- The Nationals struck out eight Yankees hitters while allowing eight base hits in a 5-3 loss last time out.
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