JJ Bleday leads the Athletics (49-65) into a contest with the Washington Nationals (44-67) following his four-hit performance in a 6-4 loss to the Diamondbacks. The Nationals are favorites (-136) in this game against the underdog Athletics (+115), which begins at 6:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Washington’s MacKenzie Gore and Sacramento’s Luis Severino pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Nationals vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Nationals (-136)
• Underdog: Athletics (+115)
• Over/under: 8

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have gone 4-11 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 26.7% of those games).
• When they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -136 or shorter, the Nationals have gone 2-6 (25%).
• The Nationals have a 57.6% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• The Nationals have played in 110 games with a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 58 times (58-49-3).
• The Nationals have collected a 55-55-0 record ATS this season (covering 50% of the time).

Nationals hitting info

• C.J. Abrams leads the Nationals with a .274 batting average.
• Among hitters in MLB, Abrams ranks 89th in homers and 135th in RBI.
• James Wood has hit 24 home runs with 71 RBI. Both pace his team.
• Wood ranks 13th in home runs and 17th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Luis Garcia is batting .261 with 22 doubles, nine home runs and 21 walks.
• Nathaniel Lowe has 16 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 39 walks while hitting .222.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals pitching staff is 26th in the majors with a collective 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Nationals’ 5.33 team ERA ranks 29th across all league pitching staffs.
• The Nationals have the second-highest WHIP in MLB (1.436).
• Nationals pitchers combine to give up 133 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (21st-fewest in MLB).
• They struck out 10 Brewers batters while giving up 16 hits in a 14-3 loss in their last game.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have won 37, or 41.6%, of the 89 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• The Athletics have a record of 23-40, a 36.5% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +115 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Athletics have a 46.5% chance to win.
• Games involving the Athletics have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 55 of 114 chances this season.
• The Athletics are 58-56-0 against the spread this season.

Athletics hitting info

• Brent Rooker leads Sacramento in home runs this season with 23 while driving in 63 runs.
• Among all batters in the big leagues, Rooker is 15th in homers and 31st in RBI.
• Tyler Soderstrom leads Sacramento in runs batted in (64) this season. He’s batting .257 while slugging .454.
• Soderstrom is 36th in home runs and 28th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Nick Kurtz is slugging .650 this season, with a team-high 23 home runs. He’s also collected 61 RBI.
• Kurtz takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .250 with four walks and two RBIs.
• Shea Langeliers has 79 hits and an OBP of .310 to go with a slugging percentage of .503 this season.
• Langeliers has safely hit in five straight games. In his last five games he is batting .429 with three doubles, two home runs and three RBIs.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have pitched to a 5.03 ERA this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• Athletics pitchers have a 1.411 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
• The Athletics have given up the most long balls so far this season with 165 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, they fell to the Diamondbacks, 6-4, with eight strikeouts and 12 hits allowed.