The San Francisco Giants (58-57) will look for Dominic Smith to extend an 11-game hitting streak when they match up against the Washington Nationals (45-69) on Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET at Oracle Park. The Giants are favored (-169) over the Nationals (+142). Carson Whisenhunt takes the mound first for San Francisco, and Brad Lord is Washington’s choice to start.
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Giants to win vs Nationals -169
Giants vs. Nationals betting lines
- Favorite: Giants (-169)
- Underdog: Nationals (+142)
- Over/under: 8.5
Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Giants betting info
- The Giants have won 36 of the 69 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (52.2%).
- San Francisco has gone 8-9 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -169 or shorter (47.1% winning percentage).
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Giants a 62.8% chance to win.
- San Francisco has played in 115 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 53 times (53-57-5).
- The Giants have put together a 49-66-0 record ATS this season (covering 42.6% of the time).
Giants hitting info
- Rafael Devers has racked up a team-best 20 home runs and 78 runs batted in.
- Devers ranks 31st in home runs and ninth in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
- Jung Hoo Lee is hitting .258 with 27 doubles, nine triples, six home runs and 38 walks.
- Among all MLB batters, Lee ranks 233rd in home runs and 108th in RBI.
- Lee takes a six-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is hitting .297 with five doubles, a triple, five walks and four RBIs.
- Willy Adames is batting .232 with 18 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 53 walks.
- Adames has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .182 with two home runs, two walks and four RBIs.
- Heliot Ramos is hitting .274 to pace his team.
- Ramos enters this matchup on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .317 with a double, seven walks and an RBI.
Giants pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Giants has a collective 8.7 K/9, the eighth-best in the majors.
- San Francisco has the sixth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.67).
- Pitchers for the Giants combine for the 16th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.281).
- The Giants surrender the fewest home runs in baseball (98 total, 0.9 per game).
- San Francisco knocked off the Pirates 4-2 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing eight hits.
Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Nationals betting info
- This season, the Nationals have been the underdog 97 times and won 41, or 42.3%, of those games.
- Washington has entered 38 games this season as the underdog by +142 or more and is 16-22 in those contests.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Nationals have a 41.3% chance to win.
- Washington’s games have gone over the total in 59 of its 113 chances.
- In 113 games with a spread this season, the Nationals are 56-57-0 ATS.
Nationals hitting info
- C.J. Abrams leads Washington in batting average (.270) this season while adding 14 home runs and 43 RBI.
- Among all batters in the majors, Abrams ranks 93rd in homers and 134th in RBI.
- James Wood leads Washington in home runs with 24 and runs batted in with 71.
- Wood is 15th among hitters in the big leagues in homers, and 19th in RBI.
- Luis Garcia has collected 95 base hits, an OBP of .302 and a slugging percentage of .399 this season.
- Nathaniel Lowe has collected 92 hits this season and has an OBP of .291. He’s slugging .372 on the year.
Nationals pitching rankings
- The Nationals strike out 7.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
- Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.39 ERA this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- The Nationals have a combined 1.449 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-highest in MLB.
- With 141 homers allowed, the Nationals rank 22nd in the league at preventing long balls.
- Washington suffered a 6-0 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out nine Athletics batters while allowing 12 hits.
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