Pete Alonso and James Wood face off in a showdown of top-10 sluggers when the New York Mets (44-24) and the Washington Nationals (30-37) play at 1:10 p.m. ET on Thursday. Alonso has 17 home runs (eighth in MLB) for the favored Mets (-251), and Wood is 10th in MLB play with 16 round-trippers this season for the underdog Nationals (+204). Kodai Senga starts for New York while Washington will counter with Mike Soroka.

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Mets vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-251)
• Underdog: Nationals (+204)
• Over/under: 8.5

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have put together a 35-15 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 70% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -251 or shorter, New York has an 11-1 record (winning 91.7% of its games).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Mets have an implied win probability of 71.5%.
• New York has played in 68 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 25 times (25-41-2).
• The Mets have a 38-30-0 record against the spread this season (covering 55.9% of the time).

Mets hitting info

• Alonso leads the Mets with 17 home runs and 63 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .302.
• Alonso’s home runs rank eighth in MLB and he ranks first in RBI in MLB.
• Alonso enters this game on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .375 with three doubles, six home runs, four walks and 20 RBIs.
• Juan Soto is hitting .252 with 13 doubles, 13 home runs and 55 walks.
• Soto ranks 21st in home runs and 56th in RBI among hitters in MLB play.
• Soto takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .526 with a double, two home runs, five walks and four RBIs.
• Francisco Lindor is hitting .282 with 12 doubles, 14 home runs and 23 walks.
• Lindor has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with two doubles and two RBIs.
• Brandon Nimmo is batting .236 with 12 doubles, 12 home runs and 21 walks.
• Nimmo brings a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .273 with a double, two home runs, two walks and four RBIs.

Mets pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Mets has a collective nine K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
• New York’s 2.82 team ERA leads all league pitching staffs.
• The Mets have the 14th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.229).
• Mets pitchers combine to give up the second-fewest home runs in baseball (48 total, 0.7 per game).
• In its 5-0 win last time out, New York struck out six Nationals batters while allowing six hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have entered the game as underdogs 58 times this season and won 28, or 48.3%, of those games.
• Washington has played as an underdog of +204 or more twice this season and lost both games.
• The Nationals have a 32.9% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving Washington have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 30 of 66 chances this season.
• The Nationals are 36-30-0 against the spread in their 66 chances this season.

Nationals hitting info

• Wood leads Washington in batting average (.274), home runs (16) and runs batted in (45) this season.
• In all of MLB, Wood is 10th in home runs and 13th in RBI.
• C.J. Abrams has 56 hits and an OBP of .332 to go with a slugging percentage of .476 this season.
• Abrams currently is 69th in home runs and 157th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Luis Garcia is slashing .262/.308/.408 this season for the Nationals.
• Nathaniel Lowe is batting .227 with an OBP of .290 and a slugging percentage of .376 this season.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in the majors.
• Washington has the 26th-ranked ERA (4.90) in the majors this season.
• The Nationals have a combined WHIP of 1.375 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
• The Nationals have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 67, or one per game.
• Last time out, Washington fell to the Mets 5-0. Its pitchers compiled five strikeouts and seven hits allowed.