Data Skrive:
One team will end a losing skid when the 77-75 Chicago Cubs (two-game losing streak) and the 68-84 Washington Nationals (three-game losing streak) meet Thursday at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Cubs have been set as -179 favorites by sportsbooks for the contest at Wrigley Field. Chicago’s Javier Assad gets the start, and he’ll go against Washington’s Patrick Corbin.
Take a look at our preview for this tilt, and uncover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $31.17
Cubs to win vs Nationals -179
Cubs vs. Nationals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Cubs (-179)
- Underdog: Nationals (+150)
- Over/under: 8.5
Cubs vs. Nationals Betting Insights
- The Cubs have been favorites in 73 games this season and have come away with the win 38 times (52.1%) in those contests.
- Chicago has a record of 14-1 when favored by -179 or more this year.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cubs have a 64.2% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Nationals have won 52 of the 123 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (42.3%).
- Washington is 17-22 (winning 43.6% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +150 or longer.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Nationals have an implied win probability of 40%.
Cubs vs. Nationals Hitting Leaders
- Ian Happ is batting .247 this season with a team-high 25 home runs and 85 RBI.
- Among all MLB batters, Happ ranks 83rd in batting average, 31st in on-base percentage, and 42nd in slugging.
- Nico Hoerner has 148 hits and an OBP of .335 to go with a slugging percentage of .359 this season.
- C.J. Abrams paces the Nationals with 20 home runs and 65 runs batted in.
- Abrams ranks 65th in home runs and 76th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
- Luis Garcia’s 65 runs batted in and .280 batting average both lead his team.
Cubs vs. Nationals Pitching Rankings
- The Cubs strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 3.82 ERA this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.250 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
- The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Nationals pitching staff ranks 23rd in the majors.
- Washington’s 4.35 team ERA ranks 24th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Nationals combine for the fifth-worst WHIP in baseball (1.343).