The New York Yankees (50-42) visit the Washington Nationals (48-46) at 6:45 p.m. ET on Friday, providing a matchup between two top-10 sluggers. Ben Rice has 26 homers (fourth in MLB) for the favored Yankees (-162), while James Wood is sixth in MLB play with 25 round-trippers this season for the underdog Nationals (+136). New York’s Ryan Weathers and Washington’s Zack Littell will start this matchup.

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Yankees vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-162)
• Underdog: Nationals (+136)
• Over/under: 9.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have won 56.2% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (45-35).
• New York has gone 19-12 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -162 or shorter (61.3% winning percentage).
• The Yankees have a 61.8% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• New York has played in 92 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 41 times (41-47-4).
• The Yankees have a 41-51-0 record ATS this season (covering 44.6% of the time).

Yankees hitting info

• Rice paces the Yankees in home runs (26), runs batted in (60) and has put up a team-high batting average of .272.
• Rice ranks fourth in home runs and 15th in RBI among all batters in MLB action.
• Rice has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .316 with two home runs, a walk and four RBIs.
• Cody Bellinger has 17 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 50 walks while batting .245.
• Among all MLB batters, Bellinger ranks 90th in home runs and 42nd in RBI.
• Trent Grisham has 13 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 39 walks while batting .230.
• Jazz Chisholm has 11 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 36 walks while batting .224.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective 8.9 K/9, the ninth-best in MLB.
• New York has the second-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.41).
• Yankees pitchers combine for the No. 5 WHIP in MLB (1.194).
• Yankees pitchers combine to allow the third-fewest home runs in baseball (90 total, 1.0 per game).
• New York struck out seven Rays batters while allowing eight hits in a 3-0 loss in its last game.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have been underdogs in 78 games this season and won 39 (50%) of those contests.
• Washington has a record of 14-14, a 50% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +136 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Nationals, based on the moneyline, is 42.4%.
• So far this season, Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 55 of its 94 games with a total.
• The Nationals are 57-37-0 ATS in their 94 games with a spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• Wood is batting .269 this season with a team-high 25 home runs.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Wood ranks sixth in home runs and 11th in RBI.
• C.J. Abrams is batting .276 with an OBP of .355 and a slugging percentage of .517 this season.
• Abrams ranks 14th in home runs and third in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Abrams takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two home runs, three walks and seven RBIs.
• Luis Garcia leads Washington in batting average (.291) and runs batted in (68) this season while also slugging 20 homers.
• Garcia has hit safely in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .400 with a double, two home runs, a walk and six RBIs.
• Daylen Lile has collected 91 hits this season and has an OBP of .303. He’s slugging .410 on the year.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals strike out 7.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
• Washington has pitched to a 4.76 ERA this season, which ranks 26th in baseball.
• The Nationals rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.394 WHIP this season.
• The Nationals have given up the fourth-most long balls so far this season with 130 home runs allowed.
• Washington pitchers struck out 10 Astros batters while allowing eight hits in an 8-2 win last time out.