Pete Alonso and James Wood square off in a showdown of top-10 sluggers when the New York Mets (43-24) and the Washington Nationals (30-36) meet at 7:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Alonso has 17 homers (eighth in MLB) for the favored Mets (-265), while Wood is 10th in MLB play with 16 dingers this season for the underdog Nationals (+214). New York’s David Peterson starts against Washington’s Jake Irvin.

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Mets vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-265)
• Underdog: Nationals (+214)
• Over/under: 8.5

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have won 34 of the 49 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (69.4%).
• New York has a 10-1 record (winning 90.9% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -265 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Mets have an implied win probability of 72.6%.
• New York has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 67 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 25 of those games (25-40-2).
• The Mets have covered 55.2% of their games this season, going 37-30-0 ATS.

Mets hitting info

• Alonso paces the Mets in home runs (17), runs batted in (62) and has put up a team-high batting average of .300.
• Among hitters in baseball, Alonso ranks eighth in home runs and first in RBI.
• Alonso has hit safely in seven games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is batting .357 with two doubles, six home runs, three walks and 19 RBIs.
• Juan Soto is hitting .248 with 13 doubles, 12 home runs and 55 walks.
• Soto currently ranks 30th in home runs and 65th in RBI in the bigs.
• Soto has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .444 with a double, a home run, seven walks and two RBIs.
• Francisco Lindor has 11 doubles, 14 home runs and 23 walks while hitting .282.
• Brandon Nimmo has 12 doubles, 10 home runs and 20 walks while hitting .231.
• Nimmo brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .217 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.

Mets pitching rankings

• The Mets pitching staff is fourth in the majors with a collective 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
• New York’s 2.86 team ERA ranks first across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Mets combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.237).
• The Mets allow the second-fewest home runs in baseball (48 total, 0.7 per game).
• In its 5-4 win last time out, New York struck out 11 Nationals batters while allowing eight hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have entered the game as underdogs 57 times this season and won 28, or 49.1%, of those games.
• Washington has not entered a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +214.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Nationals have a 31.8% chance to win.
• Games involving Washington have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 30 of 65 chances this season.
• The Nationals have an ATS record of 36-29-0 in 65 games with a spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• Wood leads Washington in home runs with 16, runs batted in with 45 and his batting average of .270 is also best on his team.
• Among all batters in the big leagues, Wood ranks 10th in home runs and 11th in RBI.
• C.J. Abrams is batting .269 with an OBP of .338 and a slugging percentage of .486 this season.
• Abrams currently is 67th in homers and 155th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Luis Garcia has collected 52 base hits, an OBP of .304 and a slugging percentage of .399 this season.
• Nathaniel Lowe has 58 hits and an OBP of .293 to go with a slugging percentage of .381 this season.
• Lowe takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with a double, a home run and two RBIs.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals strike out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
• Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.89 ERA this year, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• The Nationals have a combined WHIP of 1.375 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
• With just 64 homers allowed, the Nationals rank seventh in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Washington fell to the Mets 5-4. Its pitchers compiled nine strikeouts and eight hits allowed.