WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, and Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, are betting on the World Series, with a feast of either barbeque and beer or crabcakes and whiskey on the line.

“Senator Ted Cruz and I entered the Senate on the same day,” Kaine, a Washington Nationals fan, wrote on Facebook. “But we agree on little/nothing. We are mortal opponents on Nats v. Astros.”