Jake Irvin will try to pick up his 10th victory of the campaign when his Washington Nationals (65-94) host the Chicago White Sox (58-101) on Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET. The Nationals are favored in the matchup (-120) against the White Sox (+100). Washington’s Irvin and Chicago’s Sean Burke will take the mound first.

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Nationals vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Nationals (-120)
• Underdog: White Sox (+100)
• Over/under: 8.5

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have put together a 6-12 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 33.3% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter, Washington has a 3-9 record (winning just 25% of its games).
• The Nationals have an implied moneyline win probability of 54.5% in this contest.
• Washington has played in 158 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 78 times (78-71-9).
• The Nationals are 78-80-0 against the spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• C.J. Abrams has put up a team-best batting average of .259.
• Abrams’ home runs rank 103rd in MLB and he ranks 130th in RBI in MLB.
• Abrams brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .182 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs.
• James Wood has hit 30 home runs with 92 runs batted in. Both pace his team.
• Wood ranks 25th in homers and 26th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Wood enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .278 with a double, three home runs, three walks and three RBIs.
• Luis Garcia is hitting .251 with 28 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 26 walks.
• Josh Bell is batting .235 with 15 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 56 walks.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals pitching staff is 26th in MLB with a collective 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Washington has a 5.34 team ERA that ranks 29th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Nationals average MLB’s second-worst WHIP (1.447).
• Nationals pitchers combine to allow 207 total home runs at a rate of 1.3 per game (fifth-most in the majors).
• Washington knocked off the Braves 4-3 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing six hits.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• This season, the White Sox have won 57 out of the 156 games, or 36.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Chicago has a record of 55-95 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +100 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the White Sox have a 50% chance to win.
• Chicago’s games have gone over the total in 71 of its 159 chances.
• In 159 games with a spread this season, the White Sox are 92-67-0 ATS.

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas has been key for Chicago with 114 hits, an OBP of .314 plus a slugging percentage of .396.
• In all of MLB, Vargas is 138th in home runs and 135th in RBI.
• Vargas brings a six-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .265 with two doubles, a home run, four walks and five RBIs.
• Lenyn Sosa leads Chicago in home runs with 21, runs batted in with 72 and a batting average of .259.
• Sosa ranks 68th in homers and 77th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Sosa brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .167 with a home run and two RBIs.
• Chase Meidroth is slashing .257/.335/.326 this season for the White Sox.
• Colson Montgomery has 56 hits and an OBP of .305 to go with a slugging percentage of .508 this season.
• Montgomery enters this game on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .278 with two doubles, a home run, six walks and two RBIs.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox strike out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
• Chicago has the 20th-ranked ERA (4.26) in the majors this season.
• The White Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.373 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
• The White Sox have allowed the 14th-fewest home runs this season with 180, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Chicago fell to the Yankees 5-3. Its pitchers compiled eight strikeouts and eight hits allowed.