Oneil Cruz and Elly De La Cruz face off in a battle between top-10 power hitters when the Pittsburgh Pirates (16-16) and the Cincinnati Reds (20-11) play at 6:45 p.m. ET on Friday. Cruz has nine home runs (ninth in MLB) for the favored Pirates (-129), and De La Cruz is fourth in MLB play with 10 long balls this season for the underdog Reds (+109). Mitch Keller starts for Pittsburgh while Cincinnati will counter with Brady Singer.

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Pirates vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Pirates (-129)
• Underdog: Reds (+109)
• Over/under: 8.5

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have compiled an 11-8 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 57.9% of those games).
• Pittsburgh has gone 4-7 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -129 or shorter (36.4% winning percentage).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Pirates have an implied win probability of 56.3%.
• Pittsburgh has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 32 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 18 of those games (18-14-0).
• The Pirates have collected a 17-15-0 record ATS this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Cruz paces the Pirates with nine home runs and 26 runs batted in.
• Among batters in baseball, Cruz ranks ninth in home runs and fifth in RBI.
• Ryan O’Hearn is hitting .306 with four doubles, five home runs and 15 walks.
• O’Hearn ranks 45th in home runs and 23rd in RBI among hitters in MLB.
• Brandon Lowe is hitting .252 with eight doubles, eight home runs and 13 walks.
• Lowe has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .278 with three doubles, a home run, a walk and an RBI.
• Bryan Reynolds is batting .246 with four doubles, a triple, three home runs and 25 walks.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Pirates pitching staff ranks seventh in MLB.
• Pittsburgh has a 3.82 team ERA that ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Pirates combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.270).
• Pirates pitchers combine to allow 26 home runs (0.8 per game), the third-fewest in MLB.
• Pittsburgh lost to the Cardinals 10-5 in its last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing 14 hits.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• The Reds have won 14, or 66.7%, of the 21 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Cincinnati is 8-3 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +109 or more on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Reds have a 47.8% chance to win.
• Cincinnati’s games have gone over the total in 19 of its 31 chances.
• The Reds are 20-11-0 ATS in their 31 games with a spread this season.

Reds hitting info

• Sal Stewart leads Cincinnati in runs batted in with 28 while batting .281.
• Stewart ranks ninth in home runs and first in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• De La Cruz leads Cincinnati in batting average (.282) and home runs (10) this season, while also driving in 24 runs.
• Among all MLB hitters, De La Cruz ranks fourth in homers and 12th in RBI.
• Nathaniel Lowe is slashing .288/.373/.654 this season for the Reds.
• Spencer Steer has 23 hits and an OBP of .318 to go with a slugging percentage of .454 this season.
• Steer has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .267 with a double, a home run, three walks and four RBIs.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds average just 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the big leagues.
• Cincinnati has pitched to a 4.02 ERA this season, which ranks 13th in baseball.
• The Reds rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.425 WHIP this season.
• With 32 homers allowed, the Reds rank 15th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Cincinnati defeated the Rockies, 6-4, with nine strikeouts and nine hits allowed.