The Washington Nationals (61-87) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (65-84) square off on Sunday at Nationals Park, beginning at 11:35 a.m. ET. The Nationals are favored on the moneyline (-117), while the Pirates are -102 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +159 odds. Washington’s Cade Cavalli gets the start against Pittsburgh’s Mike Burrows.

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Nationals vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Nationals (-117)
• Underdog: Pirates (-102)
• Over/under: 8.5

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have been favored on the moneyline 18 total times this season. They’ve finished 6-12 in those games.
• Washington has a 3-9 record (winning only 25% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -117 or shorter.
• The Nationals have an implied moneyline win probability of 53.9% in this matchup.
• Washington has played in 147 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 74 times (74-65-8).
• The Nationals have covered 49.7% of their games this season, going 73-74-0 ATS.

Nationals hitting info

• C.J. Abrams leads the Nationals with a .264 batting average.
• Abrams ranks 100th in home runs and 138th in RBI among all hitters in MLB action.
• James Wood’s 27 home runs and 88 RBI both pace his team.
• Wood ranks 30th in home runs and 21st in RBI this year.
• Luis Garcia has 27 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 26 walks while batting .258.
• Josh Bell is batting .232 with 13 doubles, a triple, 20 home runs and 54 walks.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Nationals pitching staff ranks 27th in MLB.
• Washington’s 5.30 team ERA ranks 29th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Nationals combine for the third-worst WHIP in MLB (1.432).
• The Nationals surrender the 25th-fewest home runs in baseball (192 total, 1.3 per game).
• Washington fell to the Pirates 5-1 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have been underdogs in 104 games this season and won 43 (41.3%) of those contests.
• Pittsburgh has entered 93 games this season as the underdog by -102 or more and is 37-56 in those contests.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 50.5% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
• Games involving Pittsburgh have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 61 of 148 chances this season.
• The Pirates are 80-68-0 ATS in their 148 games with a spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in with 71 while batting .244, which is also best on the team.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Reynolds ranks 127th in home runs and 67th in RBI.
• Andrew McCutchen has collected 107 hits this season and has an OBP of .335. He’s slugging .378 on the year.
• McCutchen ranks 150th among hitters in MLB in home runs, and 127th in RBI.
• Oneil Cruz is slugging .379 this season, with a team-high 19 home runs. He’s also collected 56 RBI.
• Tommy Pham has collected 92 hits this season and has an OBP of .337. He’s slugging .382 on the year.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
• Pittsburgh has the 10th-best ERA (3.87) in the majors this season.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of just 1.223 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• The Pirates have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 140, or 0.9 per game.
• Last time out, Pittsburgh defeated the Nationals, 5-1, with 10 strikeouts and three hits allowed.