Pete Crow-Armstrong and James Wood go head-to-head in a battle between top-10 sluggers when the Chicago Cubs (38-23) and the Washington Nationals (29-32) meet at 6:45 p.m. ET on Thursday. Crow-Armstrong has 15 homers (ninth in MLB) for the favored Cubs (-145), and Wood is seventh in MLB play with 16 dingers this season for the underdog Nationals (+121). Drew Pomeranz takes the mound first for Chicago, and Jake Irvin is Washington’s choice to start.

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Cubs vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-145)
• Underdog: Nationals (+121)
• Over/under: 9.5

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 29 of the 42 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (69%).
• Chicago has gone 19-7 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -145 or shorter (73.1% winning percentage).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Cubs’ implied win probability is 59.2%.
• In the 61 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Chicago, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 35 times (35-23-3).
• The Cubs are 32-29-0 ATS this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker is batting .283 with 10 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs and 40 walks.
• In baseball, Tucker ranks 23rd in homers and 20th in RBI.
• Crow-Armstrong’s 15 home runs are a team-high mark.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks ninth in homers and fourth in RBI among MLB batters this season.
• Seiya Suzuki paces the Cubs with 53 runs batted in.
• Nico Hoerner has a club-high .296 batting average.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs pitching staff is 22nd in MLB with a collective eight strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.81).
• The Cubs have the 14th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.239).
• Cubs pitchers combine to allow the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (68 total, 1.1 per game).
• Chicago lost to the Nationals 2-0 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing four hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have entered the game as underdogs 52 times this season and won 27, or 51.9%, of those games.
• Washington has a record of 16-19 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +121 on the moneyline.
• The Nationals have a 45.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Washington’s games have gone over the total in 29 of its 60 chances.
• The Nationals have an ATS record of 34-26-0 in 60 games with a spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• Wood leads Washington in batting average (.283), home runs (16) and runs batted in (45) this season.
• Wood’s home run total ranks seventh in the big leagues, and he is eighth in RBI.
• C.J. Abrams is batting .267 with an OBP of .338 and a slugging percentage of .471 this season.
• Abrams is 75th among hitters in MLB in homers, and 154th in RBI.
• Luis Garcia is slashing .258/.301/.405 this season for the Nationals.
• Nathaniel Lowe is batting .223 with an OBP of .292 and a slugging percentage of .369 this season.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
• Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.99 ERA this year, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• The Nationals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.386 WHIP this season.
• The Nationals have allowed the 10th-fewest home runs this season at just 59, or one per game.
• Washington pitchers struck out eight Cubs batters while allowing five hits in a 2-0 win last time out.