The Washington Nationals (28-27) meet the Cleveland Guardians (32-24) a game after Curtis Mead homered twice in a 10-2 win over the Guardians. The Guardians are favored (-189) in this matchup with the Nationals (+156), which begins at 1:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Gavin Williams starts for Cleveland, and Miles Mikolas is Washington’s choice to start.
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Guardians to win vs Nationals -189
Guardians vs. Nationals betting lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-189)
- Underdog: Nationals (+156)
- Over/under: 8
Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Guardians betting info
- The Guardians have an 18-13 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.1% of those games).
- Cleveland has not played a game this season with moneyline odds of -189 or shorter.
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Guardians a 65.4% chance to win.
- Cleveland has played in 56 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 27 times (27-29-0).
- The Guardians have collected a 31-25-0 record ATS this season (covering 55.4% of the time).
Guardians hitting info
- Jose Ramirez has 11 doubles, eight home runs and 37 walks while batting .228.
- Among hitters in baseball, Ramirez ranks 47th in homers and 88th in RBI.
- Chase DeLauter’s 30 runs batted in pace his team.
- DeLauter ranks 57th in homers and 36th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
- Brayan Rocchio has accumulated a team-high batting average of .287.
- Angel Martinez’s nine home runs lead his team.
Guardians pitching rankings
- The 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Guardians pitching staff ranks second in the majors.
- Cleveland has a 3.63 team ERA that ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Guardians have the 13th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.258).
- Guardians pitchers combine to surrender the 24th-fewest home runs in baseball (65 total, 1.2 per game).
- Cleveland lost to the Nationals 10-2 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing 15 hits.
Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Nationals betting info
- The Nationals have won 27, or 50.9%, of the 53 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Washington has a record of 5-7, a 41.7% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +156 or more by bookmakers this season.
- The Nationals have a 39.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Games involving Washington have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 34 of 55 chances this season.
- The Nationals have an ATS record of 35-20-0 in 55 games with a spread this season.
Nationals hitting info
- C.J. Abrams leads Washington in runs batted in with 46 while batting .288, which is also best on the team.
- Among all batters in the majors, Abrams’ home run total is 17th, and his RBI total is first.
- James Wood is slugging .533 this season, with a team-best 14 homers while driving in 35 runs.
- Wood ranks ninth among batters in the big leagues in homers, and 12th in RBI.
- Daylen Lile is slashing .261/.317/.436 this season for the Nationals.
- Mead is batting .241 with an OBP of .353 and a slugging percentage of .491 this season.
- Mead takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .273 with three home runs and four RBIs.
Nationals pitching rankings
- The Nationals average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.9) in the majors this season.
- Washington has the 26th-ranked ERA (4.75) in the majors this season.
- The Nationals have a combined WHIP of 1.379 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
- The Nationals have given up the most long balls so far this season with 77 home runs allowed.
- Washington earned a 10-2 win in its most recent game, striking out seven Guardians batters while allowing seven hits.
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