The Cincinnati Reds (24-24) face the Pittsburgh Pirates (15-32) a game after Will Benson hit a pair of home runs in a 3-1 win over the Guardians. The Reds are favored (-124) in this matchup with the Pirates (+104), which starts at 6:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cincinnati’s Nick Martinez starts against Pittsburgh’s Bailey Falter.

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Reds vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Reds (-124)
• Underdog: Pirates (+104)
• Over/under: 8

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• The Reds have gone 12-11 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 52.2% of those games).
• Cincinnati has an 8-6 record (winning 57.1% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -124 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Reds a 55.4% chance to win.
• In the 48 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Cincinnati, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 18 times (18-29-1).
• The Reds have covered 54.2% of their games this season, going 26-22-0 against the spread.

Reds hitting info

• Elly De La Cruz paces the Reds in home runs (eight) and runs batted in (31).
• De La Cruz ranks 40th in homers and 18th in RBI among all batters in MLB play.
• TJ Friedl is hitting .265 with seven doubles, a triple, three home runs and 23 walks.
• Friedl ranks 174th in home runs among hitters in MLB and 135th in RBI.
• Gavin Lux has racked up a team-best batting average of .291.
• Austin Hays is hitting .313 with five doubles, six home runs and seven walks.
• Hays has safely hit in five straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.

Reds pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Reds has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 14th in the majors.
• Cincinnati has the 10th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.59).
• The Reds have the fifth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.171).
• Reds pitchers combine to surrender 55 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (20th-fewest in the majors).
• In its 3-1 win last time out, Cincinnati struck out eight Guardians batters while allowing nine hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• This season, the Pirates have won 10 out of the 31 games, or 32.3%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Pittsburgh has a record of 8-19 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +104 on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Pirates have a 49% chance to win.
• Games involving Pittsburgh have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 18 of 47 chances this season.
• The Pirates are 18-29-0 against the spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Oneil Cruz is batting .223 this season with a team-high eight home runs.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Cruz is 40th in homers and 117th in RBI.
• Andrew McCutchen is batting .248 with an OBP of .348 and a slugging percentage of .368 this season.
• McCutchen ranks 174th in home runs and 176th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in (22) this season. He has a .203 batting average and a .330 slugging percentage.
• Reynolds enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .150 with a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa has 34 hits and an OBP of .328 to go with a slugging percentage of .344 this season.
• Kiner-Falefa enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .222 with a walk.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates have a 7.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• Pittsburgh has the 17th-ranked ERA (4.09) in the majors this season.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.273 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
• With just 39 homers allowed, the Pirates rank fourth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Pittsburgh suffered a 1-0 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out nine Phillies batters while allowing three hits.