The Boston Red Sox (37-47) and the Washington Nationals (44-43) play on Wednesday at 1:35 p.m. ET with the series tied 1-1. The Red Sox are favored (-152) to take the rubber match against the Nationals (+124). Boston’s Payton Tolle and Washington’s Andrew Alvarez will start this matchup.

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Red Sox vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-152)
• Underdog: Nationals (+124)
• Over/under: 10

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 43.4% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (23-30).
• Boston has a 5-7 record (winning 41.7% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -152 or shorter.
• The Red Sox have a 60.3% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Boston has played in 84 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 36 times (36-43-5).
• The Red Sox have collected a 37-47-0 record against the spread this season (covering 44% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras paces the Red Sox in home runs (18), runs batted in (53) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .280.
• In MLB play, Contreras ranks 20th in home runs and 18th in RBI.
• Wilyer Abreu is batting .268 with 16 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 33 walks.
• Abreu ranks 92nd in homers and 75th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Abreu has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .188 with a triple, three walks and an RBI.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has 18 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 15 walks while batting .279.
• Caleb Durbin is batting .232 with 17 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 16 walks.
• Durbin enters this matchup on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .382 with three doubles, two home runs, three walks and six RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 11th in the majors.
• Boston has the sixth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.74).
• The Red Sox have the 10th-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.247).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to allow 88 home runs (1.0 per game), the 10th-fewest in baseball.
• Boston fell to the Nationals 8-1 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing 12 hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• This season, the Nationals have won 38 out of the 76 games, or 50%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Washington has a record of 19-21 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +124 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 44.6% chance of a victory for the Nationals.
• Washington and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 51 of its 87 opportunities.
• The Nationals are 53-34-0 ATS in their 87 games with a spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• James Wood leads Washington with 21 home runs this season. He’s batting .263 with 52 RBI.
• Wood ranks seventh in homers and 23rd in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Wood heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and three RBIs.
• C.J. Abrams leads Washington in runs batted in (60) this season. He’s batting .273 while slugging .511.
• Abrams ranks 20th in homers and second in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
• Abrams has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .095 with a double, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
• Luis Garcia is batting .280 to lead Washington, while adding 16 homers and 57 runs batted in this season.
• Garcia enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .529 with three doubles, three home runs, a walk and eight RBIs.
• Daylen Lile has collected 83 hits this season and has an OBP of .306. He’s slugging .396 on the year.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals have a 7.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the big leagues.
• Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.66 ERA this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• Nationals pitchers have a 1.380 WHIP this season, 22nd in the majors.
• The Nationals have given up the third-most long balls so far this season with 123 home runs allowed.
• Washington earned an 8-1 win in its most recent game, striking out 13 Red Sox batters while allowing four hits.