Juan Soto's San Diego Padres (21-26) and Lane Thomas' Washington Nationals (20-27) will go head to head in the series opener on Tuesday, May 23 at Nationals Park. The game will begin at 7:05 PM ET.

The Nationals are +130 moneyline underdogs for this matchup with the favored Padres (-155). The over/under is 8 runs for the matchup (with -110 odds to hit the over and -110 odds on the under).

Nationals vs. Padres Time and TV Channel

  • Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
  • Time: 7:05 PM ET
  • TV: MASN2
  • Location: Washington D.C.
  • Venue: Nationals Park
  • Probable Pitchers: Yu Darvish - SD (2-3, 3.56 ERA) vs MacKenzie Gore - WSH (3-3, 3.69 ERA)

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Nationals vs. Padres Betting Odds, Run Line and Total

See the odds, run line and over/under for this matchup posted at different sportsbooks.

Padres Moneyline Nationals Moneyline Run Line Total
DraftKings -150 +130 - 8 Bet on this game with DraftKings!
BetMGM -155 +130 - 8 Bet on this game with BetMGM!
PointsBet -159 +135 - 8 Bet on this game with PointsBet!

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Nationals vs. Padres Betting Trends and Insights

  • This season, the Padres have won 13 out of the 28 games, or 46.4%, in which they've been favored.
  • In games they have played as moneyline favorites with odds of -155 or shorter, the Padres have an 8-9 record (winning 47.1% of their games).
  • San Diego has a 60.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
  • The Padres were the moneyline favorite in seven of their last 10 games, and they finished 2-5 in those matchups.
  • In its last 10 matchups (all 10 of them had set totals), San Diego and its opponents combined to go over the run total one time.
  • The Nationals have been chosen as underdogs in 43 games this year and have walked away with the win 17 times (39.5%) in those games.
  • This year, the Nationals have won 12 of 27 games when listed as at least +130 or worse on the moneyline.
  • In seven games as underdogs over the last 10 matchups, the Nationals have a record of 2-5.
  • In the last 10 games with a total, Washington and its opponents are 6-3-1 when it comes to hitting the over.

Nationals vs. Padres Player Props

Hits O/U Total Bases O/U HR O/U RBI O/U
Joey Meneses 1.5 (+195) 1.5 (+120) 0.5 (+550) 0.5 (+170)
Luis Garcia 0.5 (-278) 1.5 (+125) 0.5 (+675) 0.5 (+220)
Keibert Ruiz 0.5 (-222) 1.5 (+140) 0.5 (+550) 0.5 (+160)
Dominic Smith 0.5 (-175) 0.5 (-175) 0.5 (+600) 0.5 (+195)
Jeimer Candelario 0.5 (-182) 0.5 (-182) 0.5 (+600) 0.5 (+190)

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Nationals Futures Odds

Odds MLB Rank NL East Rank
Win World Series +100000 27th 5th

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