The Pittsburgh Pirates (66-89) host the Athletics (73-82) on Sunday at PNC Park, starting at 1:35 p.m. ET. The Pirates are favored on the moneyline (-112), while the Athletics are -107 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +154 odds. Mike Burrows starts for Pittsburgh while Sacramento will counter with Mitch Spence.

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Pirates vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Pirates (-112)
• Underdog: Athletics (-107)
• Over/under: 8.5

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have won 47.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (21-23).
• The Pirates have gone 21-20 in games they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -112 or shorter (51.2%).
• The Pirates have an implied moneyline win probability of 52.8% in this contest.
• The Pirates have combined with their opponents to hit the over on the total 62 times this season for a 62-87-5 record against the over/under.
• The Pirates have an 82-72-0 record against the spread this season (covering 53.2% of the time).

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds leads the Pirates in runs batted in (73) and has accumulated a team-high batting average of .243.
• In MLB action, Reynolds ranks 121st in home runs and 69th in RBI.
• Reynolds has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .222 with a double, a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
• Andrew McCutchen is hitting .240 with 22 doubles, 13 home runs and 65 walks.
• Among all MLB hitters, McCutchen ranks 156th in home runs and 133rd in RBI.
• Oneil Cruz has a team-high 19 home runs.
• Spencer Horwitz has 23 doubles, nine home runs and 39 walks while hitting .259.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Pirates pitching staff ranks 21st in MLB.
• The Pirates’ 3.85 team ERA ranks eighth across all league pitching staffs.
• Pirates pitchers combine for the No. 5 WHIP in baseball (1.223).
• Pirates pitchers combine to allow the third-fewest home runs in baseball (147 total, 0.9 per game).
• They struck out 13 Athletics batters while giving up one hit in a 2-0 win in their last game.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have entered the game as underdogs 116 times this season and won 55, or 47.4%, of those games.
• The Athletics have a record of 50-59, a 45.9% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by -107 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Athletics, based on the moneyline, is 51.7%.
• The Athletics and their opponents have hit the over in 73 of their 155 games with a total this season.
• The Athletics are 82-73-0 against the spread in their 155 chances this season.

Athletics hitting info

• Brent Rooker has been key for Sacramento with 30 home runs, 87 RBI and a batting average of .264 this season.
• Rooker ranks 19th in homers and 30th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Tyler Soderstrom is a key run producer for Sacramento with a .276 average, 24 homers and 90 RBI.
• Soderstrom currently is 49th in homers and 24th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Nick Kurtz leads Sacramento in home runs with 33. He’s driven in 81 runs and is slugging .615.
• Jacob Wilson leads Sacramento with a .318 batting average. He’s also hit 13 homers and has 59 RBI.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in the big leagues.
• The Athletics have pitched to a 4.68 ERA this season, which ranks 26th in baseball.
• The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.360 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• The Athletics have given up the second-most long balls so far this season with 215 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, they fell to the Pirates, 2-0, with six strikeouts and five hits allowed.