The San Francisco Giants (30-22) and the Washington Nationals (24-28) play on Sunday at 1:35 p.m. ET to break a 1-1 series tie. The Giants are favored (-161) to win the matchup against the Nationals (+136). Robbie Ray starts for San Francisco while Washington will counter with Mike Soroka.
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Giants to win vs Nationals -161
Giants vs. Nationals betting lines
- Favorite: Giants (-161)
- Underdog: Nationals (+136)
- Over/under: 8
Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Giants betting info
- The Giants have won 19 of the 31 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (61.3%).
- San Francisco has gone 5-4 (winning 55.6% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -161 or shorter.
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Giants a 61.7% chance to win.
- San Francisco has played in 52 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 27 times (27-24-1).
- The Giants have gone 25-27-0 ATS this season.
Giants hitting info
- Jung Hoo Lee is batting .281 with 14 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 14 walks.
- Among hitters in MLB action, Lee ranks 91st in homers and 24th in RBI.
- Lee heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with two doubles, three walks and two RBIs.
- Wilmer Flores’ 10 home runs and 43 RBI both lead his team.
- Flores ranks 24th in homers and fifth in RBI this year.
- Heliot Ramos paces the Giants with a team-best batting average of .287.
- Matt Chapman is hitting .214 with seven doubles, nine home runs and 33 walks.
Giants pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Giants has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- San Francisco has the fourth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.32).
- Pitchers for the Giants combine for the 12th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.224).
- The Giants give up the second-fewest home runs in baseball (40 total, 0.8 per game).
- San Francisco its 3-0 loss the last time out, the team struck out eight Nationals batters while allowing eight hits.
Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Nationals betting info
- The Nationals have won 22, or 51.2%, of the 43 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Washington has a record of 9-12 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +136 on the moneyline.
- The Nationals have a 42.4% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- So far this season, Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 23 of its 51 games with a total.
- The Nationals are 28-23-0 against the spread this season.
Nationals hitting info
- James Wood leads Washington in home runs (13) and runs batted in (35) this season while batting .284.
- Wood is 10th in home runs and 15th in RBI among all batters in the majors.
- C.J. Abrams leads Washington in batting with a .295 average while slugging eight homers and driving in 19 runs.
- Among all major league hitters, Abrams ranks 53rd in home runs and 127th in RBI.
- Luis Garcia has collected 37 base hits, an OBP of .282 and a slugging percentage of .365 this season.
- Garcia enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .263 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
- Nathaniel Lowe is batting .223 with an OBP of .294 and a slugging percentage of .386 this season.
- Lowe brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .190 with an RBI.
Nationals pitching rankings
- The Nationals have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.12 ERA this year, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- Nationals pitchers have a 1.423 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
- The Nationals have given up the 13th-fewest long balls so far this season with 51 home runs allowed.
- Last time out, Washington defeated the Giants, 3-0, with eight strikeouts and three hits allowed.
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