The Washington Nationals (38-35) and the Kansas City Royals (29-44) play on Wednesday at Nationals Park, beginning at 1:05 p.m. ET. The Nationals are moneyline favorites (-121), while the Royals are -100 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +159 odds. Washington has Zack Littell starting things off, while Kansas City counters with Luinder Avila.

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Nationals vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Nationals (-121)
• Underdog: Royals (-100)
• Over/under: 10

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have won three of the seven games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (42.9%).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -121 or shorter, Washington has a 2-1 record (winning 66.7% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Nationals’ implied win probability is 54.8%.
• Washington has played in 73 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 46 times (46-23-4).
• The Nationals have a 46-27-0 record against the spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• James Wood has put up a team-best 20 home runs.
• Among hitters in MLB action, Wood ranks fourth in homers and 14th in RBI.
• Wood enters this matchup on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .395 with two doubles, four home runs, eight walks and seven RBIs.
• C.J. Abrams has 53 RBI while batting .285. Both are team-highs.
• Abrams ranks 29th in home runs among hitters in baseball and fifth in RBI.
• Daylen Lile has 16 doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 24 walks while hitting .263.
• Lile heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with a double, a triple, a walk and four RBIs.
• Luis Garcia is hitting .259 with 12 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and eight walks.
• Garcia enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .222 with a double, a home run and five RBIs.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Nationals pitching staff ranks 28th in MLB.
• Washington’s 4.64 team ERA ranks 26th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Nationals average baseball’s 21st-ranked WHIP (1.379).
• Nationals pitchers combine to surrender the second-most home runs in baseball (102 total, 1.4 per game).
• In its 7-3 win last time out, Washington struck out 10 Royals batters while allowing eight hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 14, or 35%, of the 40 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Kansas City has a record of 10-18 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least -100 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Royals, based on the moneyline, is 50%.
• Kansas City’s games have gone over the total in 33 of its 73 chances.
• In 73 games with a spread this season, the Royals are 31-42-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .284 this season with nine home runs, both tops among Kansas City hitters.
• In all of MLB, Witt ranks 76th in homers and 122nd in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia has 69 hits and an OBP of .325 to go with a slugging percentage of .380 this season.
• Among all major league hitters, Maikel Garcia ranks 235th in homers and 107th in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .286 with a double, a walk and six RBIs.
• Carter Jensen leads Kansas City in runs batted in (36) this season. He has a .221 batting average and a .387 slugging percentage.
• Jensen takes an eight-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is batting .244 with five doubles, a home run, a walk and 10 RBIs.
• Jac Caglianone has collected 61 hits this season and has an OBP of .347. He’s slugging .444 on the year.
• Caglianone has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .263 with a double, two walks and an RBI.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the majors.
• Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.50 ERA this year, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.382 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• With 92 homers allowed, the Royals rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out three Nationals hitters while allowing eight base hits in a 7-3 loss its last time out.