The Pittsburgh Pirates (70-90) square off against the Atlanta Braves (75-85) after Spencer Horwitz homered twice in a 9-3 win over the Braves. The Braves are favored (-168) in this matchup with the Pirates (+140), which begins at 7:15 p.m. ET on Saturday. Atlanta’s Spencer Strider gets the start against Pittsburgh’s Bubba Chandler.

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Braves vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Braves (-168)
• Underdog: Pirates (+140)
• Over/under: 8

Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Braves betting info

• The Braves have won 51.5% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (53-50).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -168 or shorter, Atlanta has a record of 23-17 (57.5%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Braves’ implied win probability is 62.7%.
• Atlanta has played in 159 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 72 times (72-78-9).
• The Braves have a 72-87-0 record against the spread this season (covering 45.3% of the time).

Braves hitting info

• Matt Olson paces the Braves in home runs (29), runs batted in (94) and has racked up a team-best batting average of .272.
• Olson ranks 33rd in homers and 21st in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Michael Harris II is hitting .248 with 26 doubles, six triples, 20 home runs and 16 walks.
• Harris ranks 80th in home runs and 33rd in RBI this season.
• Harris heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .476 with three doubles, three home runs and seven RBIs.
• Drake Baldwin is batting .275 with 17 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 38 walks.
• Baldwin has safely hit in nine games in a row. In his last 10 games he is hitting .333 with four doubles, a triple, three home runs, four walks and 12 RBIs.
• Marcell Ozuna is hitting .233 with 19 doubles, 21 home runs and 94 walks.
• Ozuna brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .294 with a home run, four walks and two RBIs.

Braves pitching rankings

• The Braves pitching staff is fifth in the majors with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Atlanta has a 4.39 team ERA that ranks 22nd across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Braves average MLB’s 20th-ranked WHIP (1.309).
• The Braves allow the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (196 total, 1.2 per game).
• Atlanta struck out seven Pirates batters while giving up 14 hits in a 9-3 loss in its last game.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• This season, the Pirates have won 47 out of the 112 games, or 42%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• This season, Pittsburgh has won 16 of its 43 games, or 37.2%, when it’s the underdog by at least +140 on the moneyline.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 41.7% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
• Games involving Pittsburgh have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 64 of 159 chances this season.
• The Pirates have an ATS record of 87-72-0 in 159 games with a spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds is batting .244 with 73 RBI, both of which lead Pittsburgh hitters this season.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Reynolds is 123rd in home runs and 74th in RBI.
• Reynolds heads into this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .278 with a double and two walks.
• Andrew McCutchen has collected 113 hits this season and has an OBP of .333. He’s slugging .366 on the year.
• McCutchen currently is 158th in homers and 136th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Horwitz has collected 97 base hits, an OBP of .351 and a slugging percentage of .435 this season.
• Horwitz takes a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .500 with three doubles, two home runs, four walks and eight RBIs.
• Oneil Cruz leads Pittsburgh in home runs with 20 while driving in 61 runs and slugging .381.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates average the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the majors this season.
• Pittsburgh has the seventh-best ERA (3.79) in the majors this season.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of just 1.222 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• With just 152 homers allowed, the Pirates rank third in the league at preventing long balls.
• Pittsburgh earned a 9-3 win in its most recent game, striking out nine Braves batters while allowing eight hits.