The Washington Nationals (54-52) square off against the Toronto Blue Jays (48-58) after James Wood homered twice in a 10-7 win over the Diamondbacks. The Nationals are favored (-131) in this matchup with the Blue Jays (+106), which begins at 6:45 p.m. ET on Monday. Andrew Alvarez gets the starting nod for Washington, and Max Scherzer is Toronto’s pick to start.

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Nationals vs. Blue Jays betting lines

• Favorite: Nationals (-131)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+106)
• Over/under: 10

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have gone 13-10 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 56.5% of those games).
• Washington has gone 9-3 (winning 75% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -131 or shorter.
• The Nationals have an implied moneyline win probability of 56.7% in this contest.
• Washington has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 59 times this season for a 59-41-6 record against the over/under.
• The Nationals have gone 64-42-0 against the spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• Wood has launched a team-best 30 homers.
• Among hitters in baseball, Wood ranks fourth in home runs and fifth in RBI.
• Wood enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .273 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and six RBIs.
• C.J. Abrams has a club-leading 82 RBI and .297 batting average.
• Abrams ranks seventh in homers and first in RBI this season.
• Abrams has safely hit in seven straight games. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .465 with four doubles, seven home runs, two walks and 15 RBIs.
• Luis Garcia is batting .278 with 17 doubles, four triples, 21 home runs and 16 walks.
• Daylen Lile is hitting .244 with 22 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs and 26 walks.
• Lile brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .188 with a double, a triple, a walk and two RBIs.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Nationals pitching staff ranks 25th in the majors.
• Washington has the 27th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.78).
• Pitchers for the Nationals combine for the fifth-worst WHIP in baseball (1.401).
• The Nationals give up the fifth-most home runs in baseball (146 total, 1.4 per game).
• Washington defeated the Diamondbacks 10-7 in its last game with two strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• This season, the Blue Jays have won 18 out of the 47 games, or 38.3%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Toronto has a record of 9-18 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +106 on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 48.5% chance of a victory for the Blue Jays.
• Toronto’s games have gone over the total in 53 of its 106 chances.
• In 106 games with a spread this season, the Blue Jays are 49-57-0 ATS.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Ernie Clement leads Toronto with a batting average of .297. He’s also hit eight home runs with 33 RBI.
• Clement’s home run total ranks 165th in the big leagues, and he is 176th in RBI.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .264 with an OBP of .345 and a slugging percentage of .355 this season.
• Guerrero ranks 224th among hitters in MLB in home runs, and 100th in RBI.
• Kazuma Okamoto leads Toronto in home runs (23) and runs batted in (65) this season while batting .224.
• George Springer has 68 hits and an OBP of .314 to go with a slugging percentage of .397 this season.
• Springer enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with a double, a home run, two walks and five RBIs.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-best in MLB.
• Toronto pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.16 ERA this year, which ranks 14th in MLB.
• The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of 1.309 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
• With 115 homers allowed, the Blue Jays rank 13th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Toronto fell to the Red Sox 6-1. Its pitchers compiled seven strikeouts and 10 hits allowed.