Oddsmakers don’t expect the Miami Marlins (35-35), at +120 on the moneyline, to add to their six-game winning streak when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (35-35), at -142, on Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET. Pittsburgh’s Bubba Chandler and Miami’s Lake Bachar will take the mound first.
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Pirates to win vs Marlins -142
Pirates vs. Marlins betting lines
- Favorite: Pirates (-142)
- Underdog: Marlins (+120)
- Over/under: 9
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- The Pirates have gone 23-17 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 57.5% of those games).
- When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -142 or shorter, Pittsburgh has gone 8-10 (44.4%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Pirates’ implied win probability is 58.7%.
- In the 70 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Pittsburgh, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 41 times (41-27-2).
- The Pirates have gone 34-36-0 ATS this season.
Pirates hitting info
- Brandon Lowe has a team-best 17 home runs and 46 runs batted in.
- In MLB play, Lowe ranks ninth in home runs and 11th in RBI.
- Lowe enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .250 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
- Bryan Reynolds is hitting .265 with 14 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 46 walks.
- Reynolds ranks 108th in home runs and 29th in RBI among hitters in MLB.
- Reynolds takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with a double, a home run, a walk and an RBI.
- Spencer Horwitz is batting .286 with eight doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 33 walks.
- Nick Gonzales’ .301 batting average paces his team.
- Gonzales takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .150 with a walk.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates pitching staff ranks fourth in MLB with a collective 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Pittsburgh’s 4.26 team ERA ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Pirates have the 19th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.306).
- Pirates pitchers combine to surrender the third-fewest home runs in baseball (64 total, 0.9 per game).
- Pittsburgh its 8-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out seven Marlins batters while allowing 11 hits.
Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Marlins betting info
- The Marlins have won 11, or 31.4%, of the 35 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Miami is 5-10 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +120 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 45.5% chance of a victory for the Marlins.
- Miami and its opponents have hit the over in 40 of its 70 games with a total this season.
- The Marlins are 35-35-0 ATS in their 70 games with a spread this season.
Marlins hitting info
- Liam Hicks is batting .274 this season with a team-high 13 home runs and 50 RBI.
- Hicks’ home run total ranks 33rd in MLB, and he is fourth in RBI.
- Hicks enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .350 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
- Xavier Edwards has 78 hits and an OBP of .385 to go with a slugging percentage of .447 this season.
- Among all major league hitters, Edwards ranks 141st in home runs and 152nd in RBI.
- Edwards enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .267 with three walks and four RBIs.
- Otto Lopez is batting .342 to lead Miami, while adding five homers and 31 runs batted in this season.
- Lopez enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is hitting .400 with four doubles, a triple, a home run, a walk and six RBIs.
- Jakob Marsee has collected 47 hits this season and has an OBP of .335. He’s slugging .300 on the year.
Marlins pitching rankings
- The Marlins strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
- Miami has the 16th-ranked ERA (4.11) in the majors this season.
- Marlins pitchers have a 1.251 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
- The Marlins have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 66 home runs allowed.
- Miami earned an 8-3 win in its most recent game, striking out nine Pirates batters while allowing six hits.
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