The Pittsburgh Pirates (38-57) will try to break a seven-game losing streak when they visit the Minnesota Twins (46-48) on Sunday at 2:10 p.m. ET. The Pirates (+119) are not expected to end the streak against the Twins (-139). Minnesota has Simeon Woods Richardson starting things off, while Pittsburgh will counter with Mitch Keller.
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Twins to win vs Pirates -139
Twins vs. Pirates betting lines
- Favorite: Twins (-139)
- Underdog: Pirates (+119)
- Over/under: 8.5
Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Twins betting info
- The Twins have won 53.3% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (32-28).
- Minnesota has gone 17-8 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -139 or shorter (68% winning percentage).
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Twins a 58.2% chance to win.
- Minnesota has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 93 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 38 of those games (38-50-5).
- The Twins have a 50-43-0 record ATS this season.
Twins hitting info
- Byron Buxton paces the Twins in home runs (20), runs batted in (53) and has put up a team-best batting average of .273.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Buxton’s home run total ranks 16th and his RBI tally ranks 38th.
- Trevor Larnach is batting .253 with 15 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 28 walks.
- Among all MLB batters, Larnach ranks 67th in homers and 91st in RBI.
- Ty France is hitting .252 with 16 doubles, six home runs and 14 walks.
- Ryan Jeffers has 17 doubles, seven home runs and 32 walks while batting .248.
- Jeffers brings a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .471 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
Twins pitching rankings
- The Twins pitching staff is eighth in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Minnesota has the 20th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.11).
- The Twins average MLB’s 13th-ranked WHIP (1.253).
- Twins pitchers combine to allow 96 home runs (1.0 per game), the ninth-fewest in the majors.
- In its 2-1 win last time out, Minnesota struck out nine Pirates batters while allowing eight hits.
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- This season, the Pirates have been the underdog 67 times and won 25, or 37.3%, of those games.
- Pittsburgh has entered 47 games this season as the underdog by +119 or more and is 15-32 in those contests.
- The implied probability of a win by the Pirates, based on the moneyline, is 45.7%.
- Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 38 of its 94 games with a total this season.
- The Pirates are 47-47-0 ATS in their 94 games with a spread this season.
Pirates hitting info
- Oneil Cruz leads Pittsburgh with 16 home runs this season. He’s batting .208 with 37 RBI.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Cruz’s home run total is 38th, and his RBI total is 114th.
- Cruz has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .211 with a double, a home run and two RBIs.
- Andrew McCutchen leads Pittsburgh in batting with a .259 average while slugging eight homers and driving in 31 runs.
- McCutchen currently is 149th in home runs and 156th in RBI in the big leagues.
- McCutchen has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .158 with a walk.
- Bryan Reynolds is among the top hitters for Pittsburgh with a .224 average, 10 homers and 46 RBI.
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa has collected 72 hits this season and has an OBP of .311. He’s slugging .333 on the year.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates strike out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- Pittsburgh pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.67 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
- The Pirates have a combined WHIP of just 1.196 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
- The Pirates have allowed the fourth-fewest home runs this season at just 88, or 0.9 per game.
- Last time out, Pittsburgh fell to the Twins 2-1. Its pitchers compiled 10 strikeouts and seven hits allowed.
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