The Pittsburgh Pirates (64-77) will aim to keep a three-game winning streak alive when they host the Milwaukee Brewers (86-55) on Friday at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Pirates (+130) are not favored to continue the streak against the Brewers (-155). Milwaukee’s Quinn Priester gets the start against Pittsburgh’s Johan Oviedo.
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Brewers to win vs Pirates -155
Brewers vs. Pirates betting lines
- Favorite: Brewers (-155)
- Underdog: Pirates (+130)
- Over/under: 8.5
Brewers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Brewers betting info
- The Brewers have won 50 of the 78 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (64.1%).
- Milwaukee has gone 20-7 (winning 74.1% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -155 or shorter.
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Brewers a 60.8% chance to win.
- Milwaukee has played in 141 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 67 times (67-68-6).
- The Brewers are 80-61-0 against the spread this season.
Brewers hitting info
- Brice Turang is hitting .291 with 25 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 54 walks.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Turang’s home run total ranks 92nd and his RBI tally ranks 57th.
- William Contreras is batting .261 with 26 doubles, 17 home runs and 77 walks.
- Contreras ranks 92nd in homers and 62nd in RBI among hitters in MLB.
- Contreras takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .300 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
- Christian Yelich paces the Brewers with 27 home runs and 92 runs batted in.
- Jackson Chourio is hitting .279 with 31 doubles, four triples, 18 home runs and 24 walks.
Brewers pitching rankings
- The Brewers pitching staff ranks sixth in the majors with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Milwaukee’s 3.64 team ERA ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Brewers combine for the No. 8-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.240).
- Brewers pitchers combine to give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (148 total, 1.0 per game).
- Milwaukee its 2-0 loss the last time out, the team struck out 13 Phillies batters while allowing six hits.
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- This season, the Pirates have won 43 out of the 99 games, or 43.4%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Pittsburgh has entered 49 games this season as the underdog by +130 or more and is 18-31 in those contests.
- The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 43.5% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
- Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 59 of its 140 games with a total this season.
- The Pirates are 77-63-0 against the spread in their 140 chances this season.
Pirates hitting info
- Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in with 70 while batting .246, which is also best on the team.
- Reynolds ranks 116th in home runs and 57th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
- Oneil Cruz is slugging .389 this season, with a team-best 19 homers while driving in 54 runs.
- Cruz ranks 69th among hitters in the majors in homers, and 114th in RBI.
- Andrew McCutchen has 103 hits this season and a slash line of .245/.342/.388.
- Tommy Pham is batting .264 with an OBP of .339 and a slugging percentage of .387 this season.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the big leagues.
- Pittsburgh has the ninth-best ERA (3.88) in the majors this season.
- The Pirates have a combined 1.218 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
- With just 135 homers allowed, the Pirates rank third in the league at preventing long balls.
- Pittsburgh pitchers struck out 12 Dodgers batters while allowing eight hits in a 5-3 win last time out.
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