The Tampa Bay Rays (4-1) will look to keep a three-game winning streak alive when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates (1-5) on Wednesday at 1:10 p.m. ET. The Rays (+104) are not expected to prolong the streak against the Pirates (-124). Pittsburgh has Paul Skenes starting, while Tampa Bay will send out Ryan Pepiot.

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Pirates vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Pirates (-124)
• Underdog: Rays (+104)
• Over/under: 7

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates are 1-2 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 33.3% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -124 or shorter, Pittsburgh has a 1-2 record (winning only 33.3% of its games).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Pirates have an implied win probability of 55.4%.
• Pittsburgh has had an over/under set by bookmakers six times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in two of those games (2-4-0).
• The Pirates have not covered a run line this season, going 0-6-0 against the spread.

Pirates hitting info

• Oneil Cruz paces the Pirates with one home runs.
• Among all hitters in baseball, Cruz’s home run total ranks 45th and his RBI tally ranks 101st.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa has a club-high .333 batting average.
• Kiner-Falefa ranks 132nd in homers and 166th in RBI this year.
• Andrew McCutchen has put up a team-high one home runs.
• Ke’Bryan Hayes has while hitting .200.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Pirates pitching staff ranks 20th in MLB.
• Pittsburgh has the 19th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.49).
• The Pirates average MLB’s fifth-highest WHIP (1.536).
• The Pirates allow the third-fewest home runs in baseball (three total, 0.5 per game).
• Pittsburgh struck out four Rays batters while allowing 10 hits in a 7-0 loss in its last game.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays were underdogs 89 times last season and won 41, or 46.1%, of those games.
• Last season, Tampa Bay won 22 of its 58 games, or 37.9%, when it was the underdog by at least +104 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Rays, based on the moneyline, is 49%.
• Tampa Bay and its opponents hit the over in 68 of its 162 games with a total last season.
• In 161 games with a spread last season, the Rays were 91-70-0 ATS.

Rays hitting info

• Last season, Yandy Diaz drove in 65 runs while batting .281.
• Brandon Lowe finished with a .473 SLG and 21 homers while driving in 58 runs.
• Christopher Morel slugged 21 homers last season while driving in 60 runs.
• Jose Caballero hit .227 with an OBP of .283 and a slugging percentage of .347.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays averaged the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.8) in the big leagues last season.
• Tampa Bay pitched to a 3.78 ERA last season, which ranked ninth in baseball.
• The Rays had a combined WHIP of just 1.203 as a pitching staff, which was the fifth-best in baseball last season.
• With 196 homers allowed, the Rays ranked 22nd in the league at preventing long balls.