Kyle Schwarber will try to get his 100th RBI of the season (he has 98) when the Philadelphia Phillies (69-52) square off against the Washington Nationals (49-72) on Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET. The Phillies are favored (-152) over the Nationals (+126). Philadelphia’s Taijuan Walker starts against Washington’s Cade Cavalli.
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Phillies to win vs Nationals -152
Phillies vs. Nationals betting lines
- Favorite: Phillies (-152)
- Underdog: Nationals (+126)
- Over/under: 9.5
Phillies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Phillies betting info
- The Phillies have put together a 59-38 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 60.8% of those games).
- Philadelphia has a 41-19 record (winning 68.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -152 or shorter.
- The Phillies have an implied moneyline win probability of 60.3% in this game.
- Philadelphia has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 50 times this season for a 50-65-6 record against the over/under.
- The Phillies have collected a 60-61-0 record ATS this season.
Phillies hitting info
- Schwarber has accumulated a team-high 42 home runs and 98 runs batted in.
- Schwarber’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks second in RBI in MLB.
- Schwarber takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .158 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
- Trea Turner is batting .285 to pace his team.
- Among all MLB hitters, Turner ranks 127th in home runs and 91st in RBI.
- Turner brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .300 with a double, two walks and an RBI.
- Bryce Harper is hitting .256 with 27 doubles, 18 home runs and 50 walks.
- Nick Castellanos has 23 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 23 walks while hitting .254.
Phillies pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Phillies has a collective 9.2 K/9, the second-best in MLB.
- Philadelphia has the fifth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.73).
- The Phillies have the eighth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.233).
- Phillies pitchers combine to allow 132 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (12th-fewest in baseball).
- Philadelphia struck out 10 Nationals batters while allowing six hits in a 3-2 loss in its last game.
Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Nationals betting info
- The Nationals have been underdogs in 104 games this season and won 45 (43.3%) of those contests.
- Washington has a record of 26-36 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +126 on the moneyline.
- The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 44.2% chance of a victory for the Nationals.
- Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 62 of its 120 games with a total this season.
- The Nationals are 60-60-0 ATS in their 120 games with a spread this season.
Nationals hitting info
- C.J. Abrams leads Washington with a .266 batting average. He’s also hit 16 homers and has 47 RBI.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Abrams is 75th in homers and 116th in RBI.
- James Wood leads Washington in home runs (25) and runs batted in (78) this season while batting .260.
- Wood currently is 15th in homers and 16th in RBI in the major leagues.
- Wood has safely hit in seven straight games. During his last 10 outings he is batting .286 with five doubles, a home run, a walk and seven RBIs.
- Luis Garcia has 97 hits this season and a slash line of .260/.300/.399.
- Josh Bell is batting .231 with an OBP of .329 and a slugging percentage of .394 this season.
Nationals pitching rankings
- The Nationals average just 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the majors.
- Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.34 ERA this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- The Nationals have a combined WHIP of 1.446 as a pitching staff, which is second-worst in baseball this season.
- The Nationals have given up the 22nd-fewest long balls so far this season with 149 home runs allowed.
- Last time out, Washington defeated the Phillies, 3-2, with seven strikeouts and 10 hits allowed.
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