The San Francisco Giants (59-58) will look for Dominic Smith to continue a 13-game hitting streak when they match up against the Washington Nationals (46-70) on Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET at Oracle Park. The Giants are favored (-138) over the Nationals (+116). Justin Verlander gets the starting nod for San Francisco, and MacKenzie Gore is Washington’s pick to start.
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Giants to win vs Nationals -138
Giants vs. Nationals betting lines
- Favorite: Giants (-138)
- Underdog: Nationals (+116)
- Over/under: 8
Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Giants betting info
- The Giants have won 37 of the 71 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (52.1%).
- San Francisco has a 26-22 record (winning 54.2% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -138 or shorter.
- The Giants have an implied moneyline win probability of 58% in this matchup.
- San Francisco has played in 117 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 53 times (53-59-5).
- The Giants have a 50-67-0 record against the spread this season (covering 42.7% of the time).
Giants hitting info
- Rafael Devers has racked up a team-high 22 home runs and 80 runs batted in.
- Devers’ home runs rank 24th in MLB and he ranks ninth in RBI in MLB.
- Devers has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .267 with two home runs, seven walks and three RBIs.
- Jung Hoo Lee is hitting .258 with 27 doubles, nine triples, six home runs and 38 walks.
- Among all MLB hitters, Lee ranks 235th in homers and 111th in RBI.
- Lee takes an eight-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is hitting .308 with five doubles, a triple, a walk and three RBIs.
- Willy Adames has 18 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 54 walks while batting .231.
- Heliot Ramos is hitting .274 to lead his team.
Giants pitching rankings
- The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Giants pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
- San Francisco has a 3.64 team ERA that ranks fourth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Giants combine for the 16th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.278).
- Giants pitchers combine to give up 101 home runs (0.9 per game), the first-fewest in baseball.
- San Francisco its 4-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out seven Nationals batters while allowing 11 hits.
Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Nationals betting info
- The Nationals have won 42, or 42.4%, of the 99 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- This season, Washington has won 30 of its 74 games, or 40.5%, when it’s the underdog by at least +116 on the moneyline.
- The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 46.3% chance of a victory for the Nationals.
- Games involving Washington have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 59 of 115 chances this season.
- The Nationals are 57-58-0 ATS in their 115 games with a spread this season.
Nationals hitting info
- James Wood leads Washington in home runs (25) and runs batted in (73) this season while batting .256.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Wood ranks 13th in home runs and 16th in RBI.
- C.J. Abrams is batting .267 to lead Washington, while adding 14 homers and 43 runs batted in this season.
- Abrams is 93rd among hitters in the big leagues in homers, and 138th in RBI.
- Luis Garcia has 95 hits this season and a slash line of .263/.302/.399.
- Nathaniel Lowe has 92 hits and an OBP of .288 to go with a slugging percentage of .369 this season.
Nationals pitching rankings
- The Nationals have a 7.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- Washington has pitched to a 5.36 ERA this season, which ranks 29th in baseball.
- The Nationals have a combined WHIP of 1.447 as a pitching staff, which is second-worst in baseball this season.
- With 144 homers allowed, the Nationals rank 22nd in the league at preventing long balls.
- Last time out, Washington defeated the Giants, 4-2, with eight strikeouts and eight hits allowed.
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