At Nationals Park on Wednesday, the Washington Nationals (17-20) play the Cleveland Guardians (21-15), with first pitch at 12:05 p.m. ET.
The Guardians are a favorite (-134) at the Nationals (+113). The starting pitchers are Logan Allen (1-2) for the Cleveland Guardians, and Michael Soroka (0-1) for the Washington Nationals.
Yesterday, the Guardians claimed a 9-1 victory over the Nationals, with Edward Lively (5.1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 K) registering the win for the Guardians. Daniel Schneemann finished 2 for 2 with a home run and an RBI to lead the offensive showing. Brad Lord (6.0 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 4 K) took the loss for the Nationals.
Get ready for the Guardians vs. Nationals with what you need to know ahead of Wednesday’s game, including viewing options.
Cleveland Guardians vs. Washington Nationals odds, line and spread
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 12:16 a.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Favorite: Guardians (-134, bet $134 to win $100)Underdog: Nationals (+113, bet $100 to win $113)Over/under: 9Guardians vs. Nationals: Game time and live stream infoGame day: Wednesday, May 7, 2025Game time: 12:05 p.m. ETLocation: Washington D.C.Stadium: Nationals ParkTV channel: MASN2 and CLEGLive stream: Watch LIVE with Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Guardians stats and trendsGuardians betting recordsThis season, the Guardians have been favored 14 times and won 10, or 71.4%, of those games.Cleveland has a record of 4-1 when favored by -134 or more by bookmakers this season.Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 57.3% chance to win.Cleveland and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 18 of 35 opportunities.In 35 games with a spread this season, the Guardians are 15-20-0 ATS.Logan Allen (Guardians probable starter)The Guardians will send Allen (1-2) to make his seventh start of the season. He is 1-2 with a 4.02 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings pitched.The lefty’s last time out was on Friday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when he went 5 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up six hits.The 26-year-old has an ERA of 4.02, with 6.3 strikeouts per nine innings, in six games this season. Opposing hitters have a .277 batting average against him.Allen does not have a quality start so far this season.Allen has put up four starts this season in which he pitched five or more innings.He has had two appearances this season in which he held his opponents to zero earned runs.He meets a Nationals offense that ranks 14th in the league with 162 runs while batting .239 as a unit. It has a collective .384 slugging percentage (17th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 38 home runs (15th in MLB).Guardians batting statsThe Guardians rank ninth in Major League Baseball with 42 home runs.The offense for Cleveland has a slugging percentage of .388 this season, 14th in MLB.The Guardians have a team batting average of .236 this season, which ranks 23rd among MLB teams.Cleveland has scored the 17th-most runs in the majors this season with 149 (4.1 per game).The Guardians have the 22nd-ranked on-base percentage in MLB this season (.308).Cleveland has shown patience at the plate this season with the ninth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.8) among MLB offenses.Nationals stats and trendsNationals betting recordsThe Nationals have come away with 15 wins in the 30 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.Washington has a win-loss record of 11-14 when favored by +113 or worse by sportsbooks this year.The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Nationals have a 46.9% chance of walking away with the win.Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 18 of its 36 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.The Nationals are 20-16-0 against the spread in their 36 games that had a posted line this season.Michael Soroka (Nationals probable starter)Soroka (0-1) gets the starting nod for the Nationals, his second this season.His last time out came on Monday, March 31 against the Toronto Blue Jays, when the righty went five innings, surrendering four earned runs while allowing five hits.Opposing hitters have compiled a batting average of .250 against him this season. He has a 7.20 ERA and 5.4 strikeouts per nine innings over his one game.He will face off against a Guardians offense that is batting .236 as a unit (23rd in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .388 (14th in the league) with 42 total home runs (ninth in MLB play).Nationals batting statsThe Nationals rank 15th in MLB action with 38 home runs. They average one per game.So far this season, Washington is 17th in the majors with a .384 slugging percentage.The Nationals have the 18th-ranked batting average in the league (.239).The offense for Washington is the No. 14 offense in the majors, scoring 4.4 runs per game (162 total runs).The Nationals are 21st in MLB with an on-base percentage of .309.