Red Sox vs. Nationals odds, tips and betting trends

Sportsbook Wire

17 August 2023

At Nationals Park on Thursday, the Washington Nationals (54-67) take on the Boston Red Sox (63-57), with first pitch at 4:05 PM ET.

The Red Sox are a favorite (-185) at the Nationals (+156). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Boston Red Sox looking to Chris Sale (5-2), and Patrick Corbin (7-11) answering the bell for the Washington Nationals.

These clubs play again after the Nationals’ 6-2 victory over the Red Sox yesterday. Jose Ferrer (0.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K) registered the win for the Nationals. Stone Garrett went 2-for-4 with two home runs and two RBI to lead the team on offense. Garrett Whitlock (1.0 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 1 K) took the loss on the mound for the Red Sox.

Get ready for the Red Sox vs. Nationals with what you need to know ahead of Thursday’s game, including viewing options.

Boston Red Sox vs. Washington Nationals Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Red Sox (-185, bet $185 to win $100)
Underdog: Nationals (+156, bet $100 to win $156)
Over/under: 9.5

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Red Sox Stats and Trends

Red Sox Betting Records

The Red Sox have entered the game as favorites 59 times this season and won 32, or 54.2%, of those games.
Boston has entered 11 games this season favored by -185 or more and is 7-4 in those contests.
The Red Sox have a 64.9% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Games involving Boston has gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 58 of 119 chances this season.
The Red Sox have an ATS record of 61-58-0 in 119 games with a spread this season.

Chris Sale (Red Sox Probable Starter)

Sale makes the start for the Red Sox, his 13th of the season. He is 5-2 with a 4.52 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 63 2/3 innings pitched.
The left-hander’s last time out came on Friday against the Detroit Tigers, when he threw 4 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up only one hit.
The 34-year-old has put up a 4.52 ERA and 11 strikeouts per nine innings in 12 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .232 to opposing hitters.
Sale has five quality starts under his belt this year.
Sale will try to secure his ninth game of five or more innings pitched this season. He averages 5.3 innings per appearance.
He has allowed one or more earned runs in all of his outings.
He will face a Nationals offense that ranks 18th in the league with 527 runs while batting .259 as a squad. It has a collective .402 slugging percentage (18th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 112 home runs (29th in MLB).

Red Sox Batting Stats

The Red Sox rank 19th in Major League Baseball with 134 home runs.
Fueled by 409 extra-base hits, Boston ranks seventh in MLB with a .430 slugging percentage this season.
The Red Sox’s .261 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking third in MLB.
Boston has scored the 10th-most runs in the majors this season with 578.
The Red Sox have an on-base percentage of .327 this season, which ranks ninth in the league.
Boston has shown patience at the plate this season with the seventh-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.1) among MLB offenses.

Nationals Stats and Trends

Nationals Betting Records

The Nationals have come away with 45 wins in the 109 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
Washington has a win-loss record of 22-26 when favored by +156 or worse by sportsbooks this year.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Nationals have a 39.1% chance of walking away with the win.
Washington and its opponents have gone over in 54 of its 119 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
The Nationals are 64-55-0 against the spread in their 119 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.

Patrick Corbin (Nationals Probable Starter)

Corbin (7-11 with a 4.92 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 137 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Nationals, his 25th of the season.
In his last appearance on Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies, the lefty tossed five innings, giving up no earned runs while surrendering one hit.
The 34-year-old has put together a 4.92 ERA and 6 strikeouts per nine innings over 24 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .292 to his opponents.
Corbin has 10 quality starts under his belt this year.
Corbin will try to last five or more innings for his 24th straight start. He’s averaging 5.7 frames per outing.
He has made two appearances this season in which he did not allow an earned run.
He meets a Red Sox offense that ranks 10th in the league with 578 total runs scored while batting .261 as a unit. His opponent has a collective .430 slugging percentage (seventh in MLB action) and has hit a total of 134 home runs (19th in the league).
Among pitchers who qualify in MLB play this season, the 34-year-old ranks 56th in ERA (4.92), 59th in WHIP (1.500), and 59th in K/9 (6).

Nationals Batting Stats

The Nationals are second-worst in MLB action with 112 home runs.
So far this year, Washington ranks 18th in baseball, slugging .402.
The Nationals are fifth in MLB with a .259 batting average.
The offense for Washington is the No. 18 offense in baseball, scoring 4.4 runs per game (527 total runs).
The Nationals’ .319 on-base percentage is 15th in the majors.

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