The Pittsburgh Pirates (69-76) have a 2-0 series lead and will go for a sweep of the Miami Marlins (54-91) on Wednesday at PNC Park. The Pirates are favored (-188) against the underdog Marlins (+157) in the matchup, which starts at 12:35 p.m. ET. Bailey Falter starts for Pittsburgh while Miami will counter with Jonathan Bermudez.
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Pirates vs. Marlins betting lines
- Favorite: Pirates (-188)
- Underdog: Marlins (+157)
- Over/under: 8.5
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- The Pirates have won 57.1% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (32-24).
- Pittsburgh has gone 2-1 (winning 66.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -188 or shorter.
- The Pirates have an implied moneyline win probability of 65.3% in this contest.
- Pittsburgh has played in 145 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 71 times (71-70-4).
- The Pirates have covered 54.9% of their games this season, going 79-65-0 ATS.
Pirates hitting info
- Bryan Reynolds leads the Pirates with 22 home runs and 83 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .277.
- Reynolds ranks 40th in home runs and 23rd in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
- Reynolds takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .200 with a walk and five RBI.
- Oneil Cruz is batting .268 with 33 doubles, three triples, 19 home runs and 41 walks.
- Cruz ranks 66th in homers and 46th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
- Andrew McCutchen is batting .241 with 16 doubles, a triple, 20 home runs and 54 walks.
- McCutchen has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .294 with a double, two home runs, two walks and five RBI.
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa has 13 doubles, four triples, eight home runs and 16 walks while batting .273.
- Kiner-Falefa has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .318 with a double, a walk and two RBI.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 18th in the majors.
- Pittsburgh has a 4.16 team ERA that ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Pirates average MLB’s 23rd-ranked WHIP (1.316).
- Pirates pitchers combine to give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (152 total, 1.0 per game).
- Pittsburgh defeated the Marlins 6-4 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing nine hits.
Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Marlins betting info
- This season, the Marlins have won 50 out of the 128 games, or 39.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Miami is 15-30 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +157 or more on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Marlins have a 38.9% chance to win.
- Games involving Miami have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 79 of 145 chances this season.
- The Marlins have an ATS record of 67-77-0 in 144 games with a spread this season.
Marlins hitting info
- Jake Burger leads Miami in home runs (25) and runs batted in (61) this season while batting .241.
- In all of Major League Baseball, Burger is 26th in homers and 83rd in RBI.
- Jesus Sanchez is batting .248 to lead Miami, while adding 17 homers and 59 runs batted in this season.
- Sanchez currently ranks 92nd in homers and 90th in RBI in the major leagues.
- Otto Lopez has 88 hits this season and a slash line of .256/.297/.349.
- Lopez brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .476 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and four RBI.
- Xavier Edwards is batting .328 with an OBP of .401 and a slugging percentage of .403 this season.
Marlins pitching rankings
- The Marlins average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the majors this season.
- Miami has the 28th-ranked ERA (4.74) in the majors this season.
- Marlins pitchers have a 1.385 WHIP this season, third-worst in the majors.
- The Marlins have allowed the 19th-fewest home runs this season with 169, or 1.2 per game.
- Miami pitchers struck out six Pirates hitters while allowing eight base hits in a 6-4 loss its last time out.
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