Paul Skenes tries for his 10th win of the season when his Pittsburgh Pirates (53-50) host the Chicago Cubs (57-45). The Pirates are favored in the matchup (-133) against the Cubs (+109), and first pitch is at 6:40 p.m. ET on Saturday. Pittsburgh’s Skenes and Chicago’s Shota Imanaga pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Pirates vs. Cubs betting lines

• Favorite: Pirates (-133)
• Underdog: Cubs (+109)
• Over/under: 8

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates are 32-22 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 59.3% of those games).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -133 or shorter, Pittsburgh has a 17-16 record (winning 51.5% of its games).
• The Pirates have an implied moneyline win probability of 57.1% in this matchup.
• Pittsburgh has combined with opponents to go over the total 59 times this season for a 59-41-3 record against the over/under.
• The Pirates have put together a 53-50-0 record ATS this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds is batting .275 with 24 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 64 walks.
• In baseball, Reynolds ranks 74th in homers and 30th in RBI.
• Brandon Lowe’s 21 home runs and 65 RBI are both team-highs.
• Lowe ranks 18th in home runs among hitters in MLB and 14th in RBI.
• Nick Gonzales paces the Pirates with a .313 batting average.
• Gonzales brings a seven-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .333 with four doubles, two home runs, four walks and five RBIs.
• Ryan O’Hearn has 13 doubles, 16 home runs and 28 walks while hitting .274.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 9.2 K/9, the fourth-best in the majors.
• Pittsburgh has a 4.26 team ERA that ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Pirates average MLB’s 15th-ranked WHIP (1.310).
• Pirates pitchers combine to surrender the ninth-fewest home runs in baseball (107 total, one per game).
• Pittsburgh struck out six Yankees batters while allowing five hits in a 2-0 loss in its last game.

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• This season, the Cubs have been the underdog 30 times and won 17, or 56.7%, of those games.
• Chicago has a record of 7-4 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +109 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Cubs, based on the moneyline, is 47.8%.
• Games involving Chicago have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 54 of 102 chances this season.
• The Cubs have an ATS record of 45-57-0 in 102 games with a spread this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Pete Crow-Armstrong is batting .282 this season with 21 home runs, both lead Chicago hitters.
• Crow-Armstrong is 18th in home runs and 43rd in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Nico Hoerner is batting .244 with an OBP of .311 and a slugging percentage of .337 this season.
• Hoerner is 271st in home runs and 99th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Dansby Swanson leads Chicago in RBI with 58 while batting .213 with 16 home runs.
• Alex Bregman is batting .239 with an OBP of .334 and a slugging percentage of .358 this season.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs have a 7.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the big leagues.
• Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.27 ERA this year, which ranks 19th in MLB.
• Cubs pitchers have a 1.273 WHIP this season, 11th in the majors.
• With 157 homers allowed, the Cubs rank 29th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Chicago suffered a 5-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 12 Tigers batters while allowing nine hits.