Astros vs. Nationals Odds & Betting Predictions - April 21, 2024

Astros at Nationals

5:35 pm • MASN

Houston Astros

22-20

0 - 6

Washington Nationals

18-26

pitcher		team	era	w-l
M.Parker			4.29	7-10
H.Brown			3.49	11-9

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Astros 22-20	-1.5-102	o9+100	-173
Nationals 18-26	+1.5-118	u9-120	+145

Sunday 5:35 p.m.

April 21, 2024

Nationals ParkWashington

WSH +164

4.92u

C.Javier o15.5 Outs-115

1.15u

Featured Insight
Astros hitters are slugging .441 versus relief pitchers since last season -- second best in MLB. Nationals RPs have allowed a SLG of .425 since last season -- fourth worst in MLB.

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The Nationals are just 22-26 (.458) vs the bottom 10 runs allowed teams since the 2023 season -- 5th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .573.

Yordan Alvarez has an OPS of .971 since last season -- fifth best in MLB-- 96th Percentile. Andres Machado has allowed an OPS of .850 (207 PAs) since last season -- seventh worst among qualified RPs-- third Percentile.

Opponents have a groundball rate of just 22% (5/23) against Cristian Javier in two-strike counts this season -- lowest among in AL; League Avg: 44% -- second Percentile.

Right-handed batters are hitting just .168 (95-for-565) against Cristian Javier since the 2022 season -- best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 137 total IP; League Avg: .248 -- 100th Percentile.

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MLB Public Betting

Nationals are 1-4 in their last 5 games.
Nationals are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Nationals are 10-12 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 0 of Nationals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 13 of Nationals' 22 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Nationals	21-23	11-11	10-12	2-5	19-18
Astros	22-20	13-11	9-9	15-16	7-3

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Nationals	21-22-1	13-9	8-13-1	3-4	18-18-1
Astros	18-22-2	10-14	8-8-2	16-15	1-7-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Nationals	18-26	10-12	8-14	3-4	15-22
Astros	22-20	15-9	7-11	17-14	5-5

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Apr 20th	HOU	W 5-4	+1.5 W	U 9.5	WSH +150
Apr 19th	HOU	L 3-5	+1.5 L	U 8	HOU +127
Apr 17th	@LAD	W 2-0	+1.5 W	U 10	WSH +187
Apr 17th	@LAD	L 2-6	+1.5 L	U 9.5	LAD +227
Apr 16th	@LAD	W 6-4	+1.5 W	O 8.5	WSH +332

Taylor Trammell
LF
Trammell is out with calf
Out
Cristian Javier
SP
Javier is out with elbow
Out
Luis Garcia
SP
Garcia is out with elbow
Out
Pedro Leon
RF
Leon is out with knee
Out
J.P. France
SP
France is out with shoulder
Out
Spencer Arrighetti
SP
Arrighetti is out with thumb
Out

Paul DeJong
3B
DeJong is out with nose
Out
Josiah Gray
SP
Josiah Gray (elbow) scratched Tuesday.
Out
Andres Chaparro
1B
Chaparro is out with oblique
Out
Cade Cavalli
SP
Cavalli is out with elbow
Out
DJ Herz
SP
Herz is out with elbow
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RH.Brown, P	84	4	6	3
RS.Dubin, P	29	1	1	2
RT.Scott, P	16	1	0	1
RB.Bielak, P	39	2	2	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Altuve, 2B	0-4	0	0	0
2Y.Alvarez, DH	1-4	0	0	0
3K.Tucker, RF	0-4	0	0	0
4A.Bregman, 3B	0-4	0	0	0
5J.Pena, SS	0-3	0	0	0
6C.McCormick, LF	2-3	0	0	0
7J.Singleton, 1B	0-3	0	0	0
8J.Meyers, CF	0-3	0	0	0
9V.Caratini, C	1-3	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K
LM.Parker, P	73	7	8
RD.Floro, P	12	1	0
RM.Barnes, P	13	1	1

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1C.Abrams, SS	1-4	2	0	0
2J.Winker, LF	1-5	1	0	1
3L.Thomas, RF	0-2	1	0	0
4L.Garcia, 2B	3-4	0	0	2
5J.Meneses, 1B	2-4	0	0	2
6R.Adams, C	1-3	0	0	0
7I.Vargas, 3B	0-3	0	0	0
8N.Senzel, DH	1-4	1	1	1
9J.Young, CF	2-4	1	0	0