Oddsmakers give the New York Mets (28-15) the edge (-270 on the moneyline) to prolong their three-game win streak when they face the Pittsburgh Pirates (14-29), at +219, on Wednesday at 7:10 p.m. ET. New York has Clay Holmes starting things off, and Pittsburgh will send out Bailey Falter.

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Mets vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-270)
• Underdog: Pirates (+219)
• Over/under: 8

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets are 23-10 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 69.7% of those games).
• New York has played as moneyline favorites of -270 or shorter in just two games this season, which it won both.
• The Mets have a 73% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• New York has had an over/under set by bookmakers 43 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 16 of those games (16-25-2).
• The Mets have collected a 22-21-0 record against the spread this season.

Mets hitting info

• Pete Alonso has put up a team-best batting average of .310, and leads the Mets in home runs (nine) and runs batted in (36).
• In baseball, Alonso ranks 18th in home runs and second in RBI.
• Juan Soto is batting .255 with nine doubles, eight home runs and 33 walks.
• Soto ranks 32nd in homers and 75th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Soto takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .211 with a home run, four walks and three RBIs.
• Francisco Lindor has a team-best nine homers.
• Brandon Nimmo is batting .226 with eight doubles, eight home runs and 13 walks.
• Nimmo has safely hit in six straight games. During his last 10 outings he is batting .216 with four doubles, a home run, four walks and four RBIs.

Mets pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Mets has a collective 9.3 K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
• New York has a 2.82 team ERA that ranks first among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Mets have the 14th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.244).
• The Mets allow the fewest home runs in baseball (26 total, 0.6 per game).
• New York defeated the Pirates 2-1 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have been underdogs in 28 games this season and won nine (32.1%) of those contests.
• Pittsburgh has played as an underdog of +219 or more twice this season and lost both games.
• The Pirates have a 31.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Pittsburgh and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 17 of its 43 opportunities.
• The Pirates are 17-26-0 against the 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 32nd in home runs and 99th in RBI.
• Andrew McCutchen is batting .252 with an OBP of .348 and a slugging percentage of .387 this season.
• McCutchen is 157th among batters in the big leagues in homers, and 154th in RBI.
• Ke’Bryan Hayes is slashing .266/.315/.331 this season for the Pirates.
• Hayes has safely hit in four games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .350 with a triple, a walk and an RBI.
• Bryan Reynolds is a key run producer for Pittsburgh with a .198 average, five homers and 20 RBI.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates strike out just 7.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in MLB.
• Pittsburgh pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.09 ERA this year, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.260 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
• The Pirates have given up the sixth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 38 home runs allowed.
• Pittsburgh suffered a 2-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out eight Mets batters while allowing five hits.