The Atlanta Braves (70-59) roll into Sunday’s matchup with the Washington Nationals (58-72) looking to extend a three-game winning streak. The contest starts at 12:05 p.m. ET on Roku with the Braves listed as -193 favorites on the moneyline.
Atlanta’s Reynaldo Lopez gets the start, and he’ll go against Washington’s DJ Herz.
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The Braves have a 59-46 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 56.2% of those games).
When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -193 or shorter, Atlanta has a record of 26-11 (70.3%).
The Nationals have entered the game as underdogs 107 times this season and won 46, or 43%, of those games.
This season, Washington has won 10 of its 24 games, or 41.7%, when it’s the underdog by at least +163 on the moneyline.
The Braves have played in 129 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 47 times (47-77-5).
The Nationals and their opponents have hit the over in 64 of their 130 games with a total this season.
Braves Stats & Insights
The Braves rank 17th in runs scored with 552, 4.3 per game.
Atlanta is fourth in baseball with 169 home runs. They average 1.3 per game.
The Braves rank 17th in the majors with a .242 batting average.
Atlanta strikes out 9.1 times per game to rank 23rd in baseball.
The Braves pitching staff ranks first in MLB with a collective 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
Atlanta has the second-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.65).
Nationals Stats & Insights
The Nationals rank 19th in the majors with 549 total runs scored this season.
Washington’s 107 home runs rank 29th in MLB this season.
The Nationals’ .245 batting average ranks 14th in the league this season.
Washington is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking fifth with an average of 7.4 strikeouts per game.
The Nationals average the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the majors this season.
Washington has the 23rd-ranked ERA (4.31) in the majors this season.
Braves Key Players to Watch
Lopez makes the start for the Braves, his 21st of the season. He is 7-4 with a 2.05 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 109 2/3 innings pitched.
Marcell Ozuna leads Atlanta in batting average (.307), home runs (37) and runs batted in (94) this season.
Matt Olson is batting .225 with an OBP of .309 and a slugging percentage of .415 this season.
Jorge Soler has collected 94 base hits, an OBP of .336 and a slugging percentage of .431 this season.
Orlando Arcia has collected 98 hits this season and has an OBP of .272. He’s slugging .360 on the year.
Nationals Key Players to Watch
Herz (2-6) will take to the mound for the Nationals and make his 14th start of the season.
C.J. Abrams has a team-high 18 home runs.
Luis Garcia has a club-leading 63 runs batted in and .293 batting average.
Keibert Ruiz has 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 12 walks while batting .228.
Jacob Young is hitting .251 with 19 doubles, a triple, two home runs and 24 walks.
Braves and Nationals Injuries
Braves: Austin Riley: 10 Day IL (Hand), Ozzie Albies: 10 Day IL (Wrist), Spencer Strider: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Jordan Minter: 60 Day IL (Hip), Angel Perdomo: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Huascar Ynoa: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Ronald Acuña Jr.: 60 Day IL (Knee), Raymond Kerr: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Nationals: Trevor Williams: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Derek Law: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Mason Thompson: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cade Cavalli: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Josiah Gray: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Call: day-to-day (Leg)
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