The Cincinnati Reds (6-8) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (5-9) square off on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET. The Reds are favored (-188) against the underdog Pirates (+156). Cincinnati has Hunter Greene starting, and Pittsburgh will send out Carmen Mlodzinski.
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Odds to Win
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Reds to win vs Pirates -188
Reds vs. Pirates betting lines
- Favorite: Reds (-188)
- Underdog: Pirates (+156)
- Over/under: 7.5
Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Reds betting info
- The Reds have a 2-2 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 50% of those games).
- Cincinnati has never played a game this season with moneyline odds of -188 or shorter.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Reds’ implied win probability is 65.3%.
- Cincinnati has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total six times this season for a 6-7-1 record against the over/under.
- The Reds are 8-6-0 ATS this season.
Reds hitting info
- Elly De La Cruz leads the Reds with 12 runs batted in.
- De La Cruz’s home runs rank 62nd in MLB and he ranks 13th in RBI in MLB.
- TJ Friedl is hitting .250 to pace his team.
- Friedl ranks 108th in home runs among hitters in baseball and 127th in RBI.
- Friedl takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .167 with a double, two walks and two RBI.
- Jose Trevino has a double, a home run and two walks while batting .280.
- Santiago Espinal is batting .242 with a double and two walks.
- Espinal takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .300 with a double and a walk.
Reds pitching rankings
- The 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Reds pitching staff ranks 26th in the majors.
- Cincinnati has a 3.14 team ERA that ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Reds have the first-lowest WHIP in the majors (.975).
- Reds pitchers combine to surrender 13 total home runs at a clip of 0.9 per game (11th-fewest in MLB).
- In its 5-3 win last time out, Cincinnati struck out eight Pirates batters while allowing four hits.
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- This season, the Pirates have won three out of the nine games in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Pittsburgh has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +156 odds on it winning this game.
- The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 39.1% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
- Games involving Pittsburgh have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in seven of 14 chances this season.
- The Pirates are 4-10-0 against the spread this season.
Pirates hitting info
- Oneil Cruz leads Pittsburgh in home runs this season with two while driving in five runs.
- In all of MLB, Cruz ranks 62nd in home runs and 127th in RBI.
- Ke’Bryan Hayes has 11 hits and an OBP of .327 to go with a slugging percentage of .354 this season.
- Among all MLB hitters, Hayes is 108th in home runs and 127th in RBI.
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .279 to lead Pittsburgh this season.
- Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in home runs (two) and runs batted in (six) this season while batting .200.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in the majors.
- Pittsburgh has pitched to a 4.32 ERA this season, which ranks 20th in baseball.
- The Pirates rank 19th in MLB with a combined 1.340 WHIP this season.
- The Pirates have given up the second-fewest long balls so far this season with only nine home runs allowed.
- Pittsburgh pitchers struck out seven Reds hitters while allowing four base hits in a 5-3 loss its last time out.
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