The Milwaukee Brewers (25-26) meet the Pittsburgh Pirates (17-34) a game after Christian Yelich homered twice in an 8-5 win over the Pirates. The Pirates are favored (-112) in this matchup with the Brewers (-107), which begins at 4:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. Mitch Keller starts for Pittsburgh while Milwaukee will counter with Quinn Priester.

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Pirates vs. Brewers betting lines

• Favorite: Pirates (-112)
• Underdog: Brewers (-107)
• Over/under: 8.5

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have put together a 5-11 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 31.2% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -112 or shorter, Pittsburgh has a 5-10 record (winning only 33.3% of its games).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Pirates’ implied win probability is 52.8%.
• Pittsburgh has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 51 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 19 of those games (19-29-3).
• The Pirates have covered only 39.2% of their games this season, going 20-31-0 against the spread.

Pirates hitting info

• Oneil Cruz has a team-best eight homers.
• Cruz ranks 47th in home runs and 121st in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Cruz heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .118 with a double, four walks and an RBI.
• Andrew McCutchen is hitting .246 with seven doubles, three home runs and 23 walks.
• McCutchen currently ranks 180th in homers and 191st in RBI in the bigs.
• McCutchen enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .188 with four walks.
• Bryan Reynolds has collected a team-best 25 runs batted in.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa is hitting .282 with five doubles, a triple, a home run and nine walks.
• Kiner-Falefa has safely hit in five straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with two doubles and a walk.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The 7.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Pirates pitching staff ranks 28th in MLB.
• Pittsburgh has a 4.06 team ERA that ranks 18th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Pirates combine for the 16th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.260).
• Pirates pitchers combine to give up the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (42 total, 0.8 per game).
• Pittsburgh struck out five Brewers batters while allowing 10 hits in an 8-5 loss in its last game.

Brewers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Brewers betting info

• This season, the Brewers have won seven out of the 25 games, or 28%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Milwaukee has entered 23 games this season as the underdog by -107 or more and is 5-18 in those contests.
• The Brewers have a 51.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving Milwaukee have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 19 of 51 chances this season.
• The Brewers are 28-23-0 ATS in their 51 games with a spread this season.

Brewers hitting info

• William Contreras has been key for Milwaukee with four home runs, 23 RBI and a batting average of .255 this season.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Contreras ranks 149th in homers and 84th in RBI.
• Jackson Chourio has collected 53 hits this season and has an OBP of .268. He’s slugging .421 on the year.
• Chourio ranks 70th in homers and 59th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Chourio has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .227 with a double, two walks and an RBI.
• Brice Turang is slashing .280/.354/.368 this season for the Brewers.
• Sal Frelick has 46 hits and an OBP of .359 to go with a slugging percentage of .402 this season.

Brewers pitching rankings

• The Brewers strike out 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
• Milwaukee has the 21st-ranked ERA (4.14) in the majors this season.
• The Brewers have a combined WHIP of 1.334 as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• The Brewers have given up the 20th-fewest long balls so far this season with 56 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Milwaukee defeated the Pirates, 8-5, with six strikeouts and nine hits allowed.