Lucas Giolito will attempt to pick up his 10th victory of the season when the Boston Red Sox (75-62) host the Pittsburgh Pirates (61-76) on Sunday at 1:35 p.m. ET. The Red Sox are favored in the matchup (-179) against the Pirates (+149). Giolito starts for Boston while Pittsburgh will counter with Mitch Keller.

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Red Sox vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-179)
• Underdog: Pirates (+149)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have compiled a 49-34 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 59% of those games).
• Boston has gone 12-5 (winning 70.6% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -179 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Red Sox have an implied win probability of 64.2%.
• Boston has played in 136 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 66 times (66-66-4).
• The Red Sox have collected a 70-66-0 record against the spread this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran paces the Red Sox with a .258 batting average.
• Among hitters in MLB, Duran ranks 140th in homers and 42nd in RBI.
• Duran brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
• Trevor Story’s 22 home runs, 84 runs batted in and .258 batting average are all team-highs.
• Among all MLB batters, Story ranks 44th in homers and 16th in RBI.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .250 with 29 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 22 walks.
• Alex Bregman has 24 doubles, 16 home runs and 39 walks while batting .287.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox pitching staff ranks 20th in MLB with a collective 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Boston’s 3.70 team ERA ranks fifth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox have the 16th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.289).
• The Red Sox allow the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (138 total, 1.0 per game).
• Boston its 10-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out nine Pirates batters while allowing 12 hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have been underdogs in 95 games this season and won 40 (42.1%) of those contests.
• Pittsburgh has a record of 8-22, a 26.7% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +149 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 40.2% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
• Pittsburgh and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 57 of its 136 opportunities.
• The Pirates have an ATS record of 74-62-0 in 136 games with a spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in with 68 while batting .245.
• Reynolds’ home run total ranks 123rd in the majors, and he is 55th in RBI.
• Oneil Cruz’s 19 home runs are most among Pittsburgh batters. He’s driven in 53 runs this season while slugging .395.
• Cruz ranks 66th overall in home runs and 113th in RBI this season.
• Cruz heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .125 with a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
• Andrew McCutchen is slashing .247/.338/.386 this season for the Pirates.
• McCutchen brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .400 with two doubles, three walks and three RBIs.
• Tommy Pham has 86 hits and an OBP of .342 to go with a slugging percentage of .391 this season.
• Pham enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .222 with a double, a home run, four walks and seven RBIs.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates strike out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
• Pittsburgh has pitched to a 3.91 ERA this season, which ranks 13th in baseball.
• The Pirates have a combined 1.216 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
• The Pirates have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 131, or 1.0 per game.
• Pittsburgh earned a 10-3 win in its most recent game, striking out eight Red Sox batters while allowing eight hits.