The New York Yankees (55-44) are looking for Ben Rice to extend an 11-game hitting streak when they match up against the Pittsburgh Pirates (52-48) on Monday at 7:05 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are favored (-121) over the Pirates (-101). Ryan Weathers starts for New York, and Braxton Ashcraft is Pittsburgh’s choice to start.
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Yankees to win vs Pirates -121
Yankees vs. Pirates betting lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-121)
- Underdog: Pirates (-101)
- Over/under: 8
Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Yankees betting info
- The Yankees have been favored on the moneyline 82 total times this season. They’ve finished 47-35 in those games.
- New York has gone 44-29 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -121 or shorter (60.3% winning percentage).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Yankees’ implied win probability is 54.8%.
- In the 99 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for New York, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 43 times (43-52-4).
- The Yankees have covered 47.5% of their games this season, going 47-52-0 ATS.
Yankees hitting info
- Rice has accumulated a team-best batting average of .281, and leads the Yankees in home runs (29) and runs batted in (68).
- Rice’s home runs rank fourth in MLB and he ranks sixth in RBI in MLB.
- Rice heads into this game on an 11-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .395 with two doubles, a triple, five home runs, four walks and 12 RBIs.
- Cody Bellinger has 19 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 52 walks while hitting .255.
- Among all MLB batters, Bellinger ranks 105th in homers and 46th in RBI.
- Trent Grisham has 14 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 43 walks while hitting .230.
- Jazz Chisholm has 13 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 37 walks while hitting .224.
- Chisholm takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .263 with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs.
Yankees pitching rankings
- The Yankees pitching staff ranks ninth in MLB with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- New York’s 3.39 team ERA leads all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Yankees have the fifth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.192).
- Yankees pitchers combine to surrender the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (99 total, one per game).
- In its 2-1 win last time out, New York struck out eight Dodgers batters while allowing four hits.
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- The Pirates have won 20, or 43.5%, of the 46 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Pittsburgh has a record of 14-19, a 42.4% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -101 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- The Pirates have a 50.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Pittsburgh’s games have gone over the total in 58 of its 100 chances.
- In 100 games with a spread this season, the Pirates are 52-48-0 ATS.
Pirates hitting info
- Bryan Reynolds is batting .282 with 14 home runs and 59 RBI for Pittsburgh this season.
- Among all batters in the big leagues, Reynolds’ home run total is 65th, and his RBI total is 23rd.
- Brandon Lowe leads Pittsburgh in home runs with 21 and runs batted in with 65.
- Lowe ranks 15th in home runs and 12th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Ryan O’Hearn is slashing .278/.344/.472 this season for the Pirates.
- Nick Gonzales leads Pittsburgh with a .311 batting average. He’s also hit five homers and has 44 RBI.
- Gonzales heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .318 with four doubles, a home run and three RBIs.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-best in MLB.
- Pittsburgh has pitched to a 4.27 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
- The Pirates rank 17th in MLB with a combined 1.315 WHIP this season.
- With just 104 homers allowed, the Pirates rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
- Pittsburgh earned a 7-1 win in its most recent game, striking out 11 Guardians batters while allowing seven hits.
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