Two of MLB’s top sluggers go head-to-head when the Chicago Cubs (37-22) and the Washington Nationals (28-31) meet at 6:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Nationals Park. Pete Crow-Armstrong has 15 home runs (ninth in the majors) for the favored Cubs (-145), and James Wood ranks fifth in MLB play with 16 dingers this season for the Nationals (+122). Cade Horton starts for Chicago while Washington will counter with Trevor Williams.

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Cubs vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-145)
• Underdog: Nationals (+122)
• Over/under: 9

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have a 28-12 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 70% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -145 or shorter, Chicago has a record of 19-7 (73.1%).
• The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 59.2% in this game.
• In the 59 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Chicago, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 34 times (34-22-3).
• The Cubs are 31-28-0 ATS this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker has 10 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs and 40 walks while batting .284.
• Tucker ranks 20th in home runs and 17th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Tucker has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .357 with a double and four walks.
• Crow-Armstrong has hit 15 home runs to lead his team.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks ninth in home runs among hitters in baseball and third in RBI.
• Seiya Suzuki has put up a team-high 52 runs batted in.
• Nico Hoerner is hitting .301 to pace his team.
• Hoerner enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .389 with a double, two walks and two RBIs.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 21st in MLB.
• Chicago’s 3.84 team ERA ranks 14th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cubs average MLB’s 16th-ranked WHIP (1.253).
• The Cubs allow the 21st-fewest home runs in baseball (67 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 7-3 win last time out, Chicago struck out six Reds batters while allowing four hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have entered the game as underdogs 50 times this season and won 26, or 52%, of those games.
• Washington is 16-19 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +122 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 45% chance of a victory for the Nationals.
• Washington’s games have gone over the total in 28 of its 58 chances.
• The Nationals are 33-25-0 against the spread in their 58 chances this season.

Nationals hitting info

• Wood is batting .286 with 16 home runs and 44 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Washington hitters this season.
• Wood’s home run total ranks fifth in the majors, and he is eighth in RBI.
• C.J. Abrams has 50 hits and an OBP of .346 to go with a slugging percentage of .486 this season.
• Abrams ranks 66th overall in home runs and 164th in RBI this season.
• Abrams has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .158 with a double and two walks.
• Luis Garcia is slashing .247/.293/.398 this season for the Nationals.
• Nathaniel Lowe is batting .230 with an OBP of .300 and a slugging percentage of .381 this season.
• Lowe enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .286 with a double, three walks and six RBIs.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals strike out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
• Washington has the 26th-ranked ERA (5.03) in the majors this season.
• The Nationals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.394 WHIP this season.
• With 58 homers allowed, the Nationals rank 11th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Washington pitchers struck out five Diamondbacks hitters while allowing three base hits in a 3-1 loss its last time out.