The Los Angeles Angels (40-40) host the Washington Nationals (33-48) at 9:38 p.m. ET on Friday, providing a matchup between two top-10 power hitters. Taylor Ward has 19 home runs (10th in MLB) for the favored Angels (-164), while James Wood is sixth in MLB play with 22 round-trippers this season for the underdog Nationals (+138). Los Angeles’ Jose Soriano gets the start against Washington’s Jake Irvin.

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Angels vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Angels (-164)
• Underdog: Nationals (+138)
• Over/under: 8.5

Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Angels betting info

• The Angels have won 10 of the 16 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (62.5%).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -164 or shorter, Los Angeles has a record of 1-2 (33.3%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Angels have an implied win probability of 62.1%.
• Los Angeles has played in 80 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 40 times (40-37-3).
• The Angels have covered 53.8% of their games this season, going 43-37-0 ATS.

Angels hitting info

• Nolan Schanuel has 15 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 35 walks while batting .274.
• Among all batters in baseball, Schanuel’s home run total ranks 168th and his RBI tally ranks 121st.
• Ward’s 19 home runs and 53 RBI both lead his team.
• Ward ranks 10th in home runs and 15th in RBI among hitters in MLB play.
• Zach Neto has racked up a team-high batting average of .278.
• Neto has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .412 with two doubles, two home runs and three RBIs.
• Jo Adell is batting .230 with eight doubles, 17 home runs and 17 walks.
• Adell has hit safely in eight straight games. In his last 10 games he is hitting .250 with a double, four home runs, five walks and seven RBIs.

Angels pitching rankings

• The 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Angels pitching staff ranks 23rd in the majors.
• Los Angeles has the 24th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.49).
• The Angels average baseball’s third-highest WHIP (1.440).
• Angels pitchers combine to allow the 23rd-fewest home runs in baseball (103 total, 1.3 per game).
• Los Angeles defeated the Red Sox 5-2 in its last game with 14 strikeouts while allowing three hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• This season, the Nationals have been the underdog 66 times and won 30, or 45.5%, of those games.
• Washington has a record of 14-19 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +138 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Nationals have a 42% chance to win.
• Washington and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 36 of its 80 opportunities.
• The Nationals are 42-38-0 against the spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• Wood leads Washington in home runs (22) and runs batted in (63) this season while batting .277.
• Among all batters in the big leagues, Wood’s home run total is sixth, and his RBI total is fifth.
• C.J. Abrams’ batting average of .283 leads all Washington hitters this season.
• Abrams is 61st in home runs and 164th in RBI among all batters in the major leagues.
• Luis Garcia is slashing .267/.310/.422 this season for the Nationals.
• Nathaniel Lowe is batting .226 with an OBP of .292 and a slugging percentage of .393 this season.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in the majors.
• Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.97 ERA this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
• The Nationals rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.381 WHIP this season.
• The Nationals have given up the 20th-fewest long balls so far this season with 96 home runs allowed.
• Washington pitchers struck out eight Padres hitters while allowing six base hits in a 1-0 loss its last time out.