Trevor Story leads the Boston Red Sox (44-45) into a matchup with the Washington Nationals (37-51) after he picked up four hits in an 11-2 win over the Nationals. The Red Sox are favored on the moneyline (-110) against the Nationals (-109) in this outing, which starts at 4:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. Boston’s Walker Buehler gets the start against Washington’s Mitchell Parker.

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Red Sox vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-110)
• Underdog: Nationals (-109)
• Over/under: 10

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have gone 27-26 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 50.9% of those games).
• Boston has a 28-27 record (winning 50.9% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -110 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Red Sox’s implied win probability is 52.4%.
• In the 88 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Boston, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 42 times (42-44-2).
• The Red Sox have put together a 42-46-0 record against the spread this season (covering 47.7% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran has 22 doubles, nine triples, six home runs and 26 walks while batting .255.
• Among all hitters in MLB play, Duran’s home run total ranks 185th and his RBI tally ranks 68th.
• Duran takes a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu’s 17 home runs and .257 batting average both lead his team.
• Abreu ranks 22nd in homers and 37th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is hitting .253 with 18 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 15 walks.
• Rafaela takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with five doubles, a walk and two RBIs.
• Story has collected 51 runs batted in to lead his team.
• Story has hit safely in six straight games. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .410 with four doubles, three home runs, two walks and 13 RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 15th in MLB.
• Boston has the 17th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.99).
• The Red Sox have the 21st-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.327).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (87 total, one per game).
• Boston knocked off the Nationals 11-2 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing six hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• This season, the Nationals have been the underdog 72 times and won 33, or 45.8%, of those games.
• Washington is 32-37 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -109 or more on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Nationals have a 52.2% chance to win.
• So far this season, Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 43 of its 87 games with a total.
• In 87 games with a spread this season, the Nationals are 46-41-0 ATS.

Nationals hitting info

• James Wood leads Washington in batting average (.292), home runs (23) and runs batted in (67) this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Wood is seventh in homers and seventh in RBI.
• C.J. Abrams has 86 hits and an OBP of .358 to go with a slugging percentage of .487 this season.
• Abrams is 62nd among hitters in the big leagues in home runs, and 137th in RBI.
• Abrams brings a seven-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 games he is batting .341 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, four walks and five RBIs.
• Luis Garcia is slashing .269/.307/.412 this season for the Nationals.
• Nathaniel Lowe has collected 77 hits this season and has an OBP of .299. He’s slugging .396 on the year.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals strike out eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
• Washington has the 28th-ranked ERA (5.18) in the majors this season.
• Nationals pitchers have a 1.405 WHIP this season, fifth-worst in the majors.
• With 108 homers allowed, the Nationals rank 22nd in the league at preventing long balls.
• Washington pitchers struck out nine Red Sox hitters while allowing 16 base hits in an 11-2 loss its last time out.