The Washington Nationals (7-12) visit the Colorado Rockies (3-15) on Friday at 8:40 p.m. ET in a matchup between a pair of teams on losing streaks. The favored Nationals (-135) have dropped two straight games, while the underdog Rockies (+114) have lost their last six. Washington’s MacKenzie Gore and Colorado’s Chase Dollander pitch first for their squads in this matchup.
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Nationals to win vs Rockies -135
Nationals vs. Rockies betting lines
- Favorite: Nationals (-135)
- Underdog: Rockies (+114)
- Over/under: 9
Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Nationals betting info
- The Nationals have won one of the three games they were the moneyline favorite this season (33.3%).
- Washington has played as moneyline favorites of -135 or shorter in just one game this season, which it lost.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Nationals’ implied win probability is 57.4%.
- In the 19 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Washington, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 11 times (11-8-0).
- The Nationals have covered 52.6% of their games this season, going 10-9-0 ATS.
Nationals hitting info
- James Wood leads the Nationals with six home runs.
- In MLB action, Wood ranks fourth in homers and 22nd in RBI.
- Keibert Ruiz has a club-high .317 batting average.
- Ruiz currently ranks 98th in home runs and 38th in RBI in the bigs.
- Nate Lowe has accumulated a team-high 16 runs batted in.
- Lowe heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .368 with a double, two walks and two RBI.
- Alex Call is hitting .300 with two doubles, a triple and 10 walks.
Nationals pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Nationals has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 21st in MLB.
- Washington has a 5.05 team ERA that ranks 29th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Nationals combine for the second-worst WHIP in baseball (1.518).
- Nationals pitchers combine to surrender the 13th-fewest home runs in baseball (20 total, 1.1 per game).
- Washington struck out nine Pirates batters while allowing five hits in a 1-0 loss in its last game.
Rockies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rockies betting info
- This season, the Rockies have been the underdog 16 times and won two of those games.
- This season, Colorado has won one of its 14 games, or 7.1%, when it’s the underdog by at least +114 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 46.7% chance of a victory for the Rockies.
- Colorado and its opponents have hit the over in six of its 18 games with a total this season.
- The Rockies are 5-13-0 ATS in their 18 games with a spread this season.
Rockies hitting info
- Brenton Doyle leads Colorado in home runs (three) and runs batted in (12) this season while batting .315.
- In all of MLB, Doyle ranks 55th in homers and 26th in RBI.
- Hunter Goodman is slugging .444 this season, with a team-best three homers while driving in seven runs.
- Goodman is 55th in home runs and 127th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
- Goodman takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .188 with a home run, two walks and two RBI.
- Kyle Farmer leads Colorado with a .345 batting average.
- Mickey Moniak has nine hits and an OBP of .295 to go with a slugging percentage of .475 this season.
- Moniak takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .222 with a home run and an RBI.
Rockies pitching rankings
- The Rockies average just 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, worst in the big leagues.
- Colorado has pitched to a 5.29 ERA this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- Rockies pitchers have a 1.588 WHIP this season, worst in the majors.
- The Rockies have given up the third-most long balls so far this season with 26 home runs allowed.
- Colorado pitchers struck out 10 Dodgers hitters while allowing 10 base hits in an 8-7 loss its last time out.
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