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The Washington Nationals (16-17) and Toronto Blue Jays (16-18) meet Sunday at Nationals Park, with first pitch at 1:35 PM ET on SN1. The Nationals are -120 moneyline favorites for the contest, however, the Blue Jays are favored against the spread of 1.5 runs with +163 odds.
MacKenzie Gore gets the starting nod for Washington while Alek Manoah is Toronto’s starter for the contest.
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The Nationals have been the moneyline favorite just two other times so far this season, and they split the two games.
Washington has played as moneyline favorites of -120 or shorter in just one game this season, which it won.
This season, the Blue Jays have won three out of the 12 games, or 25%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Toronto has entered 11 games this season as the underdog by +100 or more and is 3-8 in those contests.
In the 33 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Nationals, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 15 times (15-17-1).
The Blue Jays and their opponents have hit the over in 14 of their 34 games with a total this season.
Nationals Stats & Insights
The Nationals are the 20th-highest scoring team in MLB play averaging four runs per game (131 total).
Washington averages 0.8 home runs per game to rank 24th in MLB action with 28 total home runs .
The Nationals are 21st in MLB with a .230 batting average.
Washington’s batters strike out 8.1 times per game, the ninth-lowest average in the majors.
The Nationals pitching staff is 24th in the majors with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
Washington has a 4.14 team ERA that ranks 21st across all MLB pitching staffs.
Blue Jays Stats & Insights
The Blue Jays have scored 120 runs (just 3.5 per game) this season, which ranks 26th in MLB.
Toronto ranks 22nd in Major League Baseball with 29 home runs.
The Blue Jays rank 23rd in MLB with a .225 team batting average.
Toronto is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking sixth with an average of 7.4 strikeouts per game.
The Blue Jays average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
Toronto pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.33 ERA this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
Nationals Key Players to Watch
Gore (2-3 with a 3.19 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 31 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Nationals, his seventh of the season.
C.J. Abrams leads Washington in home runs with seven, runs batted in with 19 and his batting average of .287 is also best on his team.
Jesse Winker has collected 27 hits this season and has an OBP of .348. He’s slugging .375 on the year.
Luis Garcia has 29 hits this season and a slash line of .309/.356/.457.
Jacob Young is batting .311 with an OBP of .354 and a slugging percentage of .378 this season.
Blue Jays Key Players to Watch
The Blue Jays will send out Manoah for his first start of the season.
Justin Turner leads the Blue Jays in runs batted in (16) and has a team-best batting average of .294.
Daulton Varsho has put his power on display as he leads his team with six home runs and 16 runs batted in.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting .231 with six doubles, three home runs and 18 walks.
George Springer is batting .205 with four doubles, three home runs and 14 walks.
Nationals and Blue Jays Injuries
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), Jacob Young: day-to-day (Back)
Blue Jays: Chad Green: 15 Day IL (Teres major), Bowden Francis: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Alek Manoah: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Yariel Rodriguez: 15 Day IL (Spine), Yimi Garcia: day-to-day (Back)
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