Paul Skenes looks for his 10th win of the campaign when his Pittsburgh Pirates (62-77) host the Los Angeles Dodgers (78-60). The Pirates are underdogs in the matchup (+104) against the Dodgers (-124), and the game starts at 6:40 p.m. ET on Thursday. Los Angeles has Blake Snell set to start, while Pittsburgh will send out Skenes.

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Dodgers vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Dodgers (-124)
• Underdog: Pirates (+104)
• Over/under: 7

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

• The Dodgers have been the moneyline favorite 121 total times this season. They’ve finished 70-51 in those games.
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -124 or shorter, Los Angeles has a 67-47 record (winning 58.8% of its games).
• The Dodgers have a 55.4% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Los Angeles has had an over/under set by bookmakers 138 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 65 of those games (65-66-7).
• The Dodgers have covered 42% of their games this season, going 58-80-0 ATS.

Dodgers hitting info

• Shohei Ohtani has put up a team-high 46 home runs and 87 runs batted in.
• Ohtani’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks 17th in RBI in MLB.
• Ohtani heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
• Mookie Betts is batting .252 with 18 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 53 walks.
• Betts ranks 126th in home runs among batters in MLB play and 94th in RBI.
• Betts takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with a double, two walks and two RBIs.
• Freddie Freeman paces the Dodgers with a team-high batting average of .297.
• Andy Pages is batting .275 with 22 doubles, a triple, 24 home runs and 27 walks.
• Pages has safely hit in eight straight games. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .278 with a double, three home runs and seven RBIs.

Dodgers pitching rankings

• The nine strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks fourth in the majors.
• Los Angeles’ 4.12 team ERA ranks 18th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Dodgers combine for the 16th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.292).
• Dodgers pitchers combine to give up the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (159 total, 1.2 per game).
• Los Angeles its 9-7 loss the last time out, the team struck out seven Pirates batters while allowing eight hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have been underdogs in 97 games this season and won 41 (42.3%) of those contests.
• This season, Pittsburgh has won 36 of its 84 games, or 42.9%, when it’s the underdog by at least +104 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 49% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
• So far this season, Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 58 of its 138 games with a total.
• In 138 games with a spread this season, the Pirates are 75-63-0 ATS.

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in with 68 while batting .244.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Reynolds is 126th in homers and 63rd in RBI.
• Oneil Cruz is slugging .393 this season, with a team-best 19 homers while driving in 54 runs.
• Cruz currently ranks 67th in home runs and 114th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Andrew McCutchen leads Pittsburgh with a .247 batting average while slugging 12 homers and driving in 51 runs.
• Tommy Pham has collected 89 hits this season and has an OBP of .343. He’s slugging .393 on the year.
• Pham heads into this matchup on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .324 with four doubles, two home runs, five walks and 13 RBIs.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the majors this season.
• Pittsburgh has the 14th-ranked ERA (3.91) in the majors this season.
• The Pirates have a combined 1.219 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
• The Pirates have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 134 home runs allowed.
• Pittsburgh pitchers struck out six Dodgers batters while allowing 12 hits in a 9-7 win last time out.