The Pittsburgh Pirates (36-35) and the Miami Marlins (35-36) square off on Sunday at 12:15 p.m. ET with the series tied 1-1. The Pirates are favored (-167) to win the rubber match against the Marlins (+140). Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes and Miami’s Max Meyer will start this matchup.
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Pirates to win vs Marlins -167
Pirates vs. Marlins betting lines
- Favorite: Pirates (-167)
- Underdog: Marlins (+140)
- Over/under: 7.5
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- The Pirates have gone 24-17 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.5% of those games).
- When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -167 or shorter, Pittsburgh has a 5-4 record (winning 55.6% of its games).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Pirates have an implied win probability of 62.5%.
- Pittsburgh has played in 71 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 41 times (41-28-2).
- The Pirates have covered 49.3% of their games this season, going 35-36-0 ATS.
Pirates hitting info
- Brandon Lowe has put up a team-high 17 home runs and 46 runs batted in.
- Lowe’s home runs rank 11th in MLB and he ranks 13th in RBI in MLB.
- Bryan Reynolds has 15 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 46 walks while hitting .265.
- Reynolds ranks 113th in home runs and 26th in RBI among MLB batters this season.
- Reynolds heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .286 with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs.
- Spencer Horwitz is hitting .286 with eight doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 33 walks.
- Ryan O’Hearn has six doubles, 10 home runs and 20 walks while hitting .282.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates pitching staff is fifth in the majors with a collective 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Pittsburgh has the 18th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.23).
- The Pirates average baseball’s 17th-ranked WHIP (1.302).
- The Pirates give up the second-fewest home runs in baseball (64 total, 0.9 per game).
- In its 3-2 win last time out, Pittsburgh struck out 10 Marlins batters while allowing seven hits.
Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Marlins betting info
- This season, the Marlins have won 11 out of the 36 games, or 30.6%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Miami is 3-4 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +140 or more on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Marlins, based on the moneyline, is 41.7%.
- Miami’s games have gone over the total in 40 of its 71 chances.
- The Marlins are 35-36-0 against the spread this season.
Marlins hitting info
- Liam Hicks leads Miami in home runs with 13 and runs batted in with 51.
- Hicks ranks 35th in home runs and fifth in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Hicks takes a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .364 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.
- Xavier Edwards has collected 78 hits this season and has an OBP of .383. He’s slugging .442 on the year.
- Edwards is 144th overall in homers and 157th in RBI this year.
- Otto Lopez’s batting average of .345 leads all Miami hitters this season.
- Lopez enters this game on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .386 with three doubles, a triple, a home run, a walk and six RBIs.
- Jakob Marsee has 48 hits and an OBP of .335 to go with a slugging percentage of .305 this season.
Marlins pitching rankings
- The Marlins have an 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
- Miami has pitched to a 4.10 ERA this season, which ranks 14th in baseball.
- The Marlins have a combined 1.255 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
- The Marlins have allowed the fourth-fewest home runs this season at just 66, or 0.9 per game.
- Miami pitchers struck out 11 Pirates hitters while allowing eight base hits in a 3-2 loss its last time out.
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