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The Miami Marlins (6-22) hope to avoid their sixth straight defeat when they host the Washington Nationals (12-14) Sunday at 1:40 PM ET on BSFL. The Marlins are listed as -138 favorites to snap their losing skid, while the Nationals are +116 underdogs.
Miami’s Ryan Weathers and Washington’s Patrick Corbin have been named the starters for this contest.
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Marlins and Nationals Betting Trends
The Marlins have yet to win when playing as the moneyline favorite this season, going 0-9.
Miami has played four times as moneyline favorites with odds of -138 or shorter, and lost each game.
The Nationals have been underdogs in 24 games this season and won 11 (45.8%) of those contests.
Washington has a record of 10-11 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +116 on the moneyline.
The Marlins have played in 28 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 14 times (14-14-0).
So far this season, the Nationals and their opponents have hit the over in 10 of their 26 games with a total.
Marlins Stats & Insights
The Marlins have the No. 28 offense in MLB action scoring 3.3 runs per game (93 total runs).
Miami has hit 21 home runs this season, the fourth-lowest total in MLB play.
The Marlins have the 24th-ranked batting average in the league (.220).
Miami’s 7.8 strikeouts per game rank 11th in baseball.
The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Marlins pitching staff ranks 10th in MLB.
Miami has the 26th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.75).
Nationals Stats & Insights
The Nationals are among the lowest scoring teams in the league, ranking 26th with just 98 total runs (3.8 per game) this season.
Washington ranks 22nd in Major League Baseball with 24 home runs.
The Nationals rank 21st in MLB with a .233 team batting average.
Washington is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking ninth with an average of 8.3 strikeouts per game.
The Nationals average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the majors this season.
Washington has the 21st-ranked ERA (4.22) in the majors this season.
Marlins Key Players to Watch
Weathers (2-2 with a 3.16 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 25 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Marlins, his sixth of the season.
Luis Arraez leads Miami with a .301 batting average.
Bryan De La Cruz’s five home runs are most among Miami batters. He’s driven in 14 runs this season while slugging .426.
Josh Bell is slashing .183/.274/.298 this season for the Marlins.
Jazz Chisholm is batting .232 with an OBP of .321 and a slugging percentage of .343 this season.
Nationals Key Players to Watch
The Nationals’ Corbin (0-3) will make his sixth start of the season.
C.J. Abrams leads the Nationals with six home runs and 13 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .301.
Jesse Winker has racked up 13 runs batted in to lead his team.
Luis Garcia has seven doubles, a home run and five walks while batting .293.
Jacob Young is hitting .309 with three doubles and a walk.
Marlins and Nationals Injuries
Marlins: Jake Burger: 10 Day IL (Oblique), Avisaíl García: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Xavier Edwards: 10 Day IL (Foot), Jesús Luzardo: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Andrew Jacob Puk: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Braxton Garrett: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), JT Chargois: 15 Day IL (Neck), Sandy Alcantara: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Josh Simpson: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Eury Pérez: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Nationals: Joey Gallo: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Lane Thomas: 10 Day IL (Knee), Victor Robles: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Robert Garcia: 15 Day IL (Influenza), Josiah Gray: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Mason Thompson: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cade Cavalli: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jose Ferrer: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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