The Washington Nationals (43-42) play the Boston Red Sox (36-46) after Luis Garcia homered twice in a 6-4 win over the Orioles. The Red Sox are favored (-188) in this matchup with the Nationals (+152), which starts at 7:10 p.m. ET on Monday. Ranger Suarez starts for Boston, and Miles Mikolas is Washington’s pick to start.

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Red Sox vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-188)
• Underdog: Nationals (+152)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 43.1% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (22-29).
• Boston has not played a game with moneyline odds of -188 or shorter.
• The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 65.3% in this matchup.
• Boston has had an over/under set by bookmakers 82 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 35 of those games (35-43-4).
• The Red Sox have collected a 36-46-0 record ATS this season (covering 43.9% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras paces the Red Sox with 17 home runs and 50 runs batted in, while racking up a team-best batting average of .281.
• In baseball, Contreras ranks 21st in homers and 24th in RBI.
• Contreras heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .278 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and five RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu has 16 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 33 walks while batting .267.
• Abreu currently ranks 89th in homers and 79th in RBI in the bigs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is hitting .280 with 18 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 15 walks.
• Caleb Durbin has 17 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 15 walks while hitting .230.
• Durbin takes a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .353 with a double, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 15th in the majors.
• Boston’s 3.70 team ERA ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox have the eighth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.242).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to allow 86 home runs (1.0 per game), the 10th-fewest in baseball.
• Boston took down the Yankees 5-4 in its last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing three hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• This season, the Nationals have won 37 out of the 74 games, or 50%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Washington has a record of 7-7 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +152 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Nationals have a 39.7% chance to win.
• Games involving Washington have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 50 of 85 chances this season.
• The Nationals are 52-33-0 against the spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• James Wood is batting .258 this season with a team-high 20 home runs.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Wood is seventh in home runs and 28th in RBI.
• C.J. Abrams leads Washington in runs batted in with 57 while batting .275 with 17 homers.
• Abrams is 21st in homers and sixth in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Garcia leads Washington with a .279 batting average while slugging 16 homers and driving in 55 runs.
• Garcia heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .600 with two doubles, five home runs, three walks and eight RBIs.
• Daylen Lile is batting .248 with an OBP of .304 and a slugging percentage of .396 this season.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals have a 7.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
• Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.69 ERA this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• The Nationals have a combined WHIP of 1.393 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
• The Nationals have given up the third-most long balls so far this season with 121 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Washington defeated the Orioles, 6-4, with five strikeouts and five hits allowed.