Joey Bart leads the Pittsburgh Pirates (13-27) into a contest with the Atlanta Braves (19-20) following his four-hit performance in a 3-2 loss to the Braves. The Braves are favorites (-200) in this game against the underdog Pirates (+166), which begins at 1:35 p.m. ET on Sunday. Atlanta has Chris Sale set to start, and Pittsburgh will counter with Carmen Mlodzinski.
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Braves to win vs Pirates -200
Braves vs. Pirates betting lines
- Favorite: Braves (-200)
- Underdog: Pirates (+166)
- Over/under: 8.5
Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Braves betting info
- The Braves have compiled a 16-13 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 55.2% of those games).
- In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -200 or shorter, Atlanta has gone 6-2 (75%).
- The Braves have an implied moneyline win probability of 66.7% in this game.
- Atlanta has played in 39 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 16 times (16-20-3).
- The Braves are 18-21-0 ATS this season.
Braves hitting info
- Matt Olson is batting .221 with five doubles, seven home runs and 28 walks.
- Among all batters in MLB action, Olson’s home run total ranks 39th and his RBI tally ranks 52nd.
- Marcell Ozuna is batting .268 with five doubles, five home runs and 33 walks.
- Ozuna ranks 75th in home runs among hitters in MLB and 159th in RBI.
- Ozzie Albies is hitting .218 with four doubles, five home runs and 13 walks.
- Austin Riley has shown his power as he paces his team with eight home runs and 25 RBI, with a team-high .284 batting average.
Braves pitching rankings
- The 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Braves pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
- Atlanta has the 16th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.91).
- The Braves average MLB’s 11th-ranked WHIP (1.240).
- Braves pitchers combine to allow 47 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (22nd-fewest in MLB).
- In its 3-2 win last time out, Atlanta struck out 10 Pirates batters while allowing nine hits.
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- The Pirates have won eight, or 32%, of the 25 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Pittsburgh is 1-2 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +166 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 37.6% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
- Pittsburgh and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 17 of its 40 opportunities.
- The Pirates are 14-26-0 ATS in their 40 games with a spread this season.
Pirates hitting info
- Oneil Cruz is batting .238 this season with a team-high eight home runs.
- In all of Major League Baseball, Cruz is 27th in homers and 83rd in RBI.
- Andrew McCutchen is batting .250 to lead Pittsburgh, while adding three homers and 13 runs batted in this season.
- McCutchen ranks 148th overall in homers and 159th in RBI this season.
- Bryan Reynolds is among the top hitters for Pittsburgh with a .215 average, five homers and 19 RBI.
- Ke’Bryan Hayes has collected 35 hits this season and has an OBP of .298. He’s slugging .305 on the year.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates have a 7.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in baseball.
- Pittsburgh pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.17 ERA this year, which ranks 19th in MLB.
- The Pirates rank 15th in MLB with a combined 1.265 WHIP this season.
- The Pirates have allowed the 11th-fewest home runs this season with 37, or 0.9 per game.
- Last time out, Pittsburgh fell to the Braves 3-2. Its pitchers compiled six strikeouts and five hits allowed.
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