The Washington Nationals (36-50) are looking for Daylen Lile to prolong a 10-game hitting streak when they square off against the Boston Red Sox (43-45) on Friday at 11:05 a.m. ET at Nationals Park. The Red Sox are favored (-116) against the underdog Nationals (-102). Lucas Giolito starts for Boston while Washington will counter with Mike Soroka.

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Red Sox vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-116)
• Underdog: Nationals (-102)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have put together a 26-26 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 50% of those games).
• Boston has a 25-21 record (winning 54.3% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -116 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Red Sox’s implied win probability is 53.7%.
• Boston has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 87 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 41 of those games (41-44-2).
• The Red Sox have a 41-46-0 record ATS this season (covering 47.1% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran has 21 doubles, nine triples, six home runs and 26 walks while hitting .253.
• Duran’s home runs rank 182nd in MLB and he ranks 80th in RBI in MLB.
• Duran has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .222 with a double, a triple, a home run, four walks and an RBI.
• Wilyer Abreu’s 17 home runs, 48 RBI and .261 batting average are all team-highs.
• Among all MLB hitters, Abreu ranks 22nd in homers and 37th in RBI.
• Abreu has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .350 with a double, four home runs, a walk and 12 RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .254 with 17 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 15 walks.
• Trevor Story is batting .244 with 11 doubles, 12 home runs and 16 walks.
• Story has safely hit in five straight games. In his last five games he is batting .474 with four doubles, a home run, two walks and six RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 15th in the majors.
• Boston has the 18th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.01).
• The Red Sox have the 21st-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.331).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to give up the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (87 total, 1.0 per game).
• Boston fell to the Reds 8-4 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing 12 hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• The Nationals have won 32, or 45.7%, of the 70 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Washington has a record of 28-32 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least -102 on the moneyline.
• The Nationals have a 50.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving Washington have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 41 of 85 chances this season.
• The Nationals are 45-40-0 against the spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• James Wood leads Washington in home runs with 22 and runs batted in with 65.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Wood ranks seventh in home runs and seventh in RBI.
• Wood has safely hit in five straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .400 with nine walks and two RBIs.
• C.J. Abrams leads Washington in batting with a .287 average while slugging 12 homers and driving in 31 runs.
• Abrams ranks 58th in homers and 134th in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
• Abrams has hit safely in five straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with a double, a triple, a home run, a walk and five RBIs.
• Luis Garcia has collected 74 base hits, an OBP of .309 and a slugging percentage of .415 this season.
• Nathaniel Lowe has collected 76 hits this season and has an OBP of .298. He’s slugging .402 on the year.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals strike out 8.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
• Washington has the 28th-ranked ERA (5.09) in the majors this season.
• Nationals pitchers have a 1.394 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
• The Nationals have given up the 22nd-fewest long balls so far this season with 106 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Washington defeated the Tigers, 9-4, with six strikeouts and eight hits allowed.