Ryan Mountcastle takes a 10-game hitting streak into the Baltimore Orioles’ (15-27) matchup with the Washington Nationals (18-27). The Orioles are the moneyline favorite (-154) for this matchup against the Nationals (+129), which starts at 4:05 p.m. ET on Saturday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Baltimore’s Kyle Gibson and Washington’s Jake Irvin will start this matchup.

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Orioles vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Orioles (-154)
• Underdog: Nationals (+129)
• Over/under: 10

Orioles betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Orioles betting info

• The Orioles are 9-16 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 36% of those games).
• Baltimore has played as moneyline favorites of -154 or shorter in just two games this season, which it lost both.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Orioles’ implied win probability is 60.6%.
• Baltimore has played in 42 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 19 times (19-20-3).
• The Orioles have covered only 33.3% of their games this season, going 14-28-0 against the spread.

Orioles hitting info

• Cedric Mullins paces the Orioles with eight home runs and 25 runs batted in.
• Mullins ranks 33rd in homers and 37th in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
• Mullins has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .263 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs.
• Ryan O’Hearn is hitting .295 with four doubles, seven home runs and 13 walks.
• O’Hearn ranks 48th in home runs and 163rd in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• O’Hearn takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .235 with three walks.
• Gunnar Henderson has accumulated a team-best batting average of .268.
• Adley Rutschman is batting .200 with four doubles, a triple, four home runs and 19 walks.

Orioles pitching rankings

• The 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Orioles pitching staff ranks 25th in the majors.
• Baltimore has the 27th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (5.34).
• Pitchers for the Orioles combine for the fifth-worst WHIP in baseball (1.484).
• The Orioles surrender the most home runs in baseball (65 total, 1.5 per game).
• Baltimore fell to the Twins 4-0 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have won 16, or 43.2%, of the 37 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Washington has entered 22 games this season as the underdog by +129 or more and is 7-15 in those contests.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 43.7% chance of a victory for the Nationals.
• Washington’s games have gone over the total in 20 of its 44 chances.
• The Nationals are 22-22-0 against the spread in their 44 chances this season.

Nationals hitting info

• James Wood is batting .267 this season with a team-high 11 home runs.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Wood is ninth in home runs and 37th in RBI.
• C.J. Abrams is batting .317 to lead Washington, while adding six homers and 16 runs batted in this season.
• Abrams ranks 67th overall in homers and 138th in RBI this season.
• Abrams enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .421 with two home runs, two walks and two RBIs.
• Nathaniel Lowe is among the top hitters for Washington with a .226 average, seven homers and 30 RBI.
• Keibert Ruiz has collected 41 hits this season and has an OBP of .331. He’s slugging .368 on the year.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the majors this season.
• Washington has pitched to a 5.38 ERA this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• The Nationals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.454 WHIP this season.
• The Nationals have given up the 13th-fewest long balls so far this season with 44 home runs allowed.
• Washington suffered a 5-2 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Braves batters while allowing nine hits.

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