The Detroit Tigers (47-27) meet the Pittsburgh Pirates (29-45) a game after Javier Baez homered twice in a 7-3 win over the Pirates. The Pirates are favored (-142) in this matchup with the Tigers (+120), which begins at 1:10 p.m. ET on Thursday. Pittsburgh’s Andrew Heaney starts against Detroit’s Tarik Skubal.

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Pirates vs. Tigers betting lines

• Favorite: Pirates (-142)
• Underdog: Tigers (+120)
• Over/under: 7.5

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have put together a 9-13 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 40.9% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -142 or shorter, Pittsburgh has a 3-4 record (winning 42.9% of its games).
• The Pirates have a 58.7% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Pittsburgh has had an over/under set by bookmakers 74 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 28 of those games (28-43-3).
• The Pirates have a 35-39-0 record against the spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Oneil Cruz has put up a team-high 13 home runs.
• Cruz’s home runs rank 28th in MLB and he ranks 103rd in RBI in MLB.
• Cruz brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .158 with two walks and an RBI.
• Andrew McCutchen is batting .262 to pace his team.
• Among all MLB hitters, McCutchen ranks 128th in home runs and 131st in RBI.
• McCutchen heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with a double, two home runs and four RBIs.
• Bryan Reynolds has a team-high 39 runs batted in.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .284 with 10 doubles, a triple, a home run and 11 walks.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 7.5 K/9, the fourth-worst in the majors.
• Pittsburgh has a 3.75 team ERA that ranks 11th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Pirates have the sixth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.192).
• The Pirates allow the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball (63 total, 0.9 per game).
• Pittsburgh fell to the Tigers 7-3 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• This season, the Tigers have been the underdog 26 times and won 14, or 53.8%, of those games.
• Detroit has a record of 5-6, a 45.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +120 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Tigers have a 45.5% chance to win.
• Detroit and its opponents have hit the over in 35 of its 74 games with a total this season.
• The Tigers have an ATS record of 41-33-0 in 74 games with a spread this season.

Tigers hitting info

• Spencer Torkelson is batting .234 this season with a team-high 16 home runs.
• Torkelson’s home run total ranks 13th in MLB, and he is 18th in RBI.
• Gleyber Torres has collected 60 hits this season and has an OBP of .375. He’s slugging .414 on the year.
• Torres currently ranks 128th in homers and 74th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Riley Greene leads Detroit in batting average (.278) and runs batted in (51) this season while also slugging 15 homers.
• Greene brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with two doubles, two home runs, three walks and seven RBIs.
• Kerry Carpenter has collected 61 hits this season and has an OBP of .291. He’s slugging .477 on the year.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The Tigers average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
• Detroit has the fourth-best ERA (3.34) in the majors this season.
• Tigers pitchers have a 1.180 WHIP this season, fourth-best in the majors.
• With 74 homers allowed, the Tigers rank 11th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Detroit defeated the Pirates, 7-3, with six strikeouts and five hits allowed.