Marcell Ozuna is on the brink of his 99th RBI of the season for the Atlanta Braves (78-65) as they get set to take on the Washington Nationals (64-79) on Tuesday. The Braves enter the matchup as -161 favorites on the moneyline, and action gets underway from Nationals Park at 6:45 p.m. ET, live on BSSO. Atlanta’s Reynaldo Lopez gets the start, and he’ll go against Washington’s MacKenzie Gore.
Be sure to check out our preview for this tilt, and uncover all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $32.42
Braves to win vs Nationals -161
Braves vs. Nationals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Braves (-161)
- Underdog: Nationals (+135)
- Over/under: 8
Braves vs. Nationals Betting Insights
- The Braves have won in 64, or 56.1%, of the 114 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season Atlanta has been victorious 39 times in 64 chances when named as a favorite of at least -161 on the moneyline.
- The Braves have an implied victory probability of 61.7% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- The Nationals have compiled a 51-67 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 43.2% of those games).
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +135 or longer, Washington has a record of 23-40 (36.5%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Nationals’ implied win probability is 42.6%.
Braves vs. Nationals Hitting Leaders
- Ozuna leads Atlanta in batting average (.306), home runs (37) and runs batted in (98) this season.
- Ozuna ranks fifth in baseball in homers, and seventh in RBI.
- Matt Olson has 123 hits and an OBP of .312 to go with a slugging percentage of .435 this season.
- C.J. Abrams leads the Nationals with 19 home runs and 64 runs batted in.
- In all of the majors, Abrams ranks 65th in homers and 66th in RBI.
- Luis Garcia is hitting .285 to pace his team.
Braves vs. Nationals Pitching Rankings
- The Braves average 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, most in the league.
- The Braves have the second-best ERA (3.53) in the majors this season.
- The Braves have a combined 1.216 WHIP as a pitching staff, sixth-lowest in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Nationals has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- Washington’s 4.36 team ERA ranks 24th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Nationals have the fifth-highest WHIP in the majors (1.349).