The Pittsburgh Pirates (5-11) host the Washington Nationals (6-9) on Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. ET in a contest between a pair of teams on losing streaks. The favored Pirates (-125) have fallen in three games in a row, while the underdog Nationals (+106) are losers of their last two. Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller starts against Washington’s Jake Irvin.

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Pirates vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Pirates (-125)
• Underdog: Nationals (+106)
• Over/under: 8

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have won two of the five games they were the moneyline favorite this season (40%).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter, Pittsburgh has a record of 1-3 (25%).
• The Pirates have an implied moneyline win probability of 55.6% in this contest.
• Pittsburgh has had an over/under set by bookmakers 16 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in seven of those games (7-8-1).
• The Pirates have put together a 4-12-0 record against the spread this season (covering only 25% of the time).

Pirates hitting info

• Oneil Cruz has a team-high two homers.
• Cruz’s home runs rank 74th in MLB and he ranks 145th in RBI in MLB.
• Ke’Bryan Hayes is hitting .212 with a double, a triple, a home run and seven walks.
• Hayes ranks 122nd in home runs among hitters in MLB and 145th in RBI.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa paces the Pirates with a .260 batting average.
• Bryan Reynolds has shown his power as he paces his team with two home runs and six RBI.
• Reynolds enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .263 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and an RBI.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Pirates pitching staff ranks 16th in the majors.
• Pittsburgh’s 4.40 team ERA ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Pirates have the 17th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.303).
• Pirates pitchers combine to give up 10 home runs (0.6 per game), the second-fewest in MLB.
• Pittsburgh lost to the Reds 4-0 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing six hits.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• This season, the Nationals have been the underdog 12 times and won five, or 41.7%, of those games.
• Washington has a record of 5-7, a 41.7% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +106 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• The Nationals have a 48.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 10 of its 15 games with a total this season.
• The Nationals are 8-7-0 against the spread in their 15 chances this season.

Nationals hitting info

• James Wood leads Washington in home runs this season with five while driving in 11 runs.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Wood is seventh in homers and 22nd in RBI.
• Keibert Ruiz leads Washington in batting with a .373 average while slugging two homers and driving in 10 runs.
• Ruiz is 74th among batters in the majors in home runs, and 32nd in RBI.
• Ruiz brings a seven-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is batting .351 with a double, four walks and seven RBI.
• Alex Call is slashing .367/.500/.500 this season for the Nationals.
• Nate Lowe leads Washington in runs batted in (15) this season. He’s batting .250 while slugging .500.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
• Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.15 ERA this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
• The Nationals have a combined 1.573 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
• The Nationals have given up the 17th-fewest long balls so far this season with 17 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Washington fell to the Marlins 11-4. Its pitchers compiled nine strikeouts and 14 hits allowed.