The Pittsburgh Pirates (64-81) will attempt to stop a four-game losing streak when they visit the Baltimore Orioles (67-77) on Thursday at 1:05 p.m. ET. The Pirates (+123) are not expected to end the streak against the Orioles (-147). Baltimore’s Cade Povich and Pittsburgh’s Johan Oviedo pitch first for their squads in this matchup.
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Orioles to win vs Pirates -147
Orioles vs. Pirates betting lines
- Favorite: Orioles (-147)
- Underdog: Pirates (+123)
- Over/under: 8.5
Orioles betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Orioles betting info
- The Orioles have won 30 of the 63 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (47.6%).
- When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -147 or shorter, Baltimore has gone 8-7 (53.3%).
- The Orioles have an implied moneyline win probability of 59.5% in this matchup.
- Baltimore has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 60 times this season for a 60-79-5 record against the over/under.
- The Orioles have covered 47.9% of their games this season, going 69-75-0 ATS.
Orioles hitting info
- Gunnar Henderson leads the Orioles with 61 runs batted in while putting up a team-high batting average of .272.
- In MLB, Henderson ranks 109th in homers and 97th in RBI.
- Jackson Holliday has hit 17 home runs to pace his team.
- Holliday ranks 98th in home runs among hitters in MLB action and 135th in RBI.
- Holliday brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .368 with two home runs, four walks and two RBIs.
- Ryan Mountcastle is hitting .259 with 18 doubles, five home runs and 14 walks.
- Colton Cowser has 12 doubles, 13 home runs and 19 walks while hitting .206.
Orioles pitching rankings
- The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Orioles pitching staff ranks 20th in MLB.
- Baltimore has the 25th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.63).
- The Orioles have the fourth-highest WHIP in the majors (1.374).
- The Orioles give up the fourth-most home runs in baseball (195 total, 1.4 per game).
- Baltimore struck out 10 Pirates batters while giving up five hits in a 3-2 win in its last game.
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- This season, the Pirates have been the underdog 103 times and won 43, or 41.7%, of those games.
- Pittsburgh has entered 58 games this season as the underdog by +123 or more and is 20-38 in those contests.
- The implied probability of a win by the Pirates, based on the moneyline, is 44.8%.
- So far this season, Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 60 of its 144 games with a total.
- The Pirates have an ATS record of 78-66-0 in 144 games with a spread this season.
Pirates hitting info
- Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in batting average (.246) and runs batted in (70) this season while also slugging 15 homers.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Reynolds is 125th in home runs and 63rd in RBI.
- Oneil Cruz’s 19 home runs are most among Pittsburgh batters. He’s driven in 56 runs this season while slugging .384.
- Cruz currently ranks 75th in home runs and 119th in RBI in the big leagues.
- Andrew McCutchen has collected 105 base hits, an OBP of .337 and a slugging percentage of .384 this season.
- McCutchen brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .158 with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBIs.
- Tommy Pham is batting .261 with an OBP of .335 and a slugging percentage of .391 this season.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the majors.
- Pittsburgh pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.90 ERA this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- Pirates pitchers have a 1.227 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
- The Pirates have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 138 home runs allowed.
- Last time out, Pittsburgh fell to the Orioles 3-2. Its pitchers compiled 12 strikeouts and six hits allowed.
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