The Athletics (35-36) will look to Zack Gelof, who is riding an 18-game hitting streak, when they face the Pittsburgh Pirates (36-36). The Athletics are favored (-129) in this matchup with the Pirates (+108), which starts at 9:40 p.m. ET on Monday at Sutter Health Park. Sacramento has J.T. Ginn starting, while Pittsburgh counters with Jared Jones.

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Athletics vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Athletics (-129)
• Underdog: Pirates (+108)
• Over/under: 10.5

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics are 12-12 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 50% of those games).
• In games they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -129 or shorter, the Athletics have gone 6-9 (40%).
• The Athletics have an implied moneyline win probability of 56.3% in this contest.
• The Athletics have combined with their opponents to hit the over on the total 34 times this season for a 34-35-2 record against the over/under.
• The Athletics have put together a 38-33-0 record against the spread this season (covering 53.5% of the time).

Athletics hitting info

• Nick Kurtz leads the Athletics in runs batted in (52) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .286.
• In baseball, Kurtz ranks 15th in homers and fifth in RBI.
• Kurtz takes a seven-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 outings he is batting .270 with a double, five home runs, 10 walks and nine RBIs.
• Shea Langeliers has hit 18 home runs to lead his team.
• Langeliers ranks ninth in homers and 55th in RBI among hitters in MLB.
• Langeliers takes a seven-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .250 with three doubles, four home runs, a walk and six RBIs.
• Tyler Soderstrom has 19 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 35 walks while hitting .241.
• Soderstrom has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .294 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
• Carlos Cortes is hitting .303 with nine doubles, a triple, six home runs and 21 walks.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics pitching staff is 17th in MLB with a collective 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Athletics have the 27th-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (4.86).
• The Athletics average baseball’s fourth-highest WHIP (1.440).
• Athletics pitchers combine to allow 100 total home runs at a clip of 1.4 per game (third-most in MLB).
• They fell to the Rockies 23-9 in their last game with seven strikeouts while allowing 24 hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• This season, the Pirates have been the underdog 30 times and won 12, or 40%, of those games.
• This season, the Pirates have won six of their 16 games, or 37.5%, when they’re the underdog by at least +108 on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 48.1% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
• Games involving the Pirates have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 41 of 72 chances this season.
• The Pirates are 35-37-0 against the spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds has been key for Pittsburgh with eight home runs, 42 RBI and a batting average of .270 this season.
• Among all batters in the majors, Reynolds’ home run total is 93rd, and his RBI total is 24th.
• Reynolds enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .263 with four doubles, two home runs, four walks and four RBIs.
• Brandon Lowe leads Pittsburgh in home runs (17) and runs batted in (46) this season while batting .240.
• Lowe is 12th in home runs and 14th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
• Spencer Horwitz has collected 61 base hits, an OBP of .382 and a slugging percentage of .452 this season.
• Nick Gonzales leads Pittsburgh with a .301 batting average.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the majors.
• Pirates pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.23 ERA this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.303 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
• The Pirates have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 66, or 0.9 per game.
• Last time out, they fell to the Marlins, 4-2, with 12 strikeouts and nine hits allowed.