The Cincinnati Reds (80-76) host the Pittsburgh Pirates (67-89) on Wednesday at Great American Ball Park, starting at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Reds are favored on the moneyline (-120), while the Pirates are -100 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +171 odds. Hunter Greene starts for Cincinnati while Pittsburgh will counter with Paul Skenes.
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Reds to win vs Pirates -120
Reds vs. Pirates betting lines
- Favorite: Reds (-120)
- Underdog: Pirates (-100)
- Over/under: 7
Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Reds betting info
- The Reds have been the moneyline favorite 69 total times this season. They’ve finished 37-32 in those games.
- Cincinnati has a 30-25 record (winning 54.5% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -120 or shorter.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Reds’ implied win probability is 54.5%.
- Cincinnati has played in 153 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 58 times (58-87-8).
- The Reds have a 79-74-0 record ATS this season (covering 51.6% of the time).
Reds hitting info
- Elly De La Cruz has a team-best 83 runs batted in.
- Among all hitters in MLB action, De La Cruz’s home run total ranks 76th and his RBI tally ranks 33rd.
- De La Cruz takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .214 with a double, a home run, four walks and an RBI.
- TJ Friedl is hitting .257 with 20 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 76 walks.
- Friedl ranks 156th in home runs and 168th in RBI this season.
- Spencer Steer has put up a team-best 21 home runs.
- Austin Hays has 16 doubles, five triples, 15 home runs and 29 walks while batting .266.
Reds pitching rankings
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Reds pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors.
- Cincinnati has a 3.92 team ERA that ranks 14th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Reds pitchers combine for the No. 9 WHIP in MLB (1.234).
- The Reds surrender the 18th-fewest home runs in baseball (187 total, 1.2 per game).
- Cincinnati struck out six Cubs batters while allowing six hits in a 1-0 win in its last game.
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- This season, the Pirates have been the underdog 108 times and won 44, or 40.7%, of those games.
- Pittsburgh is 37-58 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -100 or more on the moneyline.
- The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 50% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
- So far this season, Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 63 of its 155 games with a total.
- The Pirates have an ATS record of 83-72-0 in 155 games with a spread this season.
Pirates hitting info
- Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in with 73 while batting .244, which is also best on the team.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Reynolds’ home run total is 122nd, and his RBI total is 71st.
- Reynolds has hit safely in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .313 with a double, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
- Andrew McCutchen has 111 hits and an OBP of .336 to go with a slugging percentage of .372 this season.
- McCutchen is 156th in homers and 133rd in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
- Oneil Cruz leads Pittsburgh in home runs with 19. He’s driven in 59 runs and is slugging .379.
- Cruz has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .176 with a triple, a walk and three RBIs.
- Spencer Horwitz is batting .257 with an OBP of .338 and a slugging percentage of .402 this season.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the big leagues.
- Pittsburgh has the eighth-best ERA (3.83) in the majors this season.
- The Pirates have a combined 1.221 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
- The Pirates have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 147, or 0.9 per game.
- Pittsburgh pitchers struck out nine Athletics batters while allowing eight hits in an 11-0 win last time out.
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