The Pittsburgh Pirates (40-61) host the Detroit Tigers (60-41) on Wednesday at 12:35 p.m. ET. The Pirates are moneyline underdogs (+118) against the favored Tigers (-140). Detroit has Troy Melton starting things off, while Pittsburgh will counter with Bailey Falter.

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Tigers vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-140)
• Underdog: Pirates (+118)
• Over/under: 8.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have won 67.2% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (45-22).
• Detroit has gone 32-12 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -140 or shorter (72.7% winning percentage).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Tigers’ implied win probability is 58.3%.
• Detroit has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 101 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 50 of those games (50-47-4).
• The Tigers are 51-50-0 ATS this season.

Tigers hitting info

• Gleyber Torres paces the Tigers with a .281 batting average.
• Torres’ home runs rank 145th in MLB and he ranks 80th in RBI in MLB.
• Torres takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .353 with three walks and an RBI.
• Riley Greene’s 25 home runs and 79 runs batted in both pace his team.
• Greene currently ranks eighth in home runs and fifth in RBI in the bigs.
• Spencer Torkelson is hitting .233 with 20 doubles, 21 home runs and 46 walks.
• Zach McKinstry has 14 doubles, eight triples, eight home runs and 36 walks while batting .276.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.7 K/9, the eighth-best in the majors.
• Detroit has the seventh-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.66).
• The Tigers have the fifth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.217).
• Tigers pitchers combine to allow 106 home runs (one per game), the 10th-fewest in baseball.
• Detroit struck out 12 Pirates batters while giving up nine hits in a 3-0 loss in its last game.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• This season, the Pirates have won 26 out of the 69 games, or 37.7%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Pittsburgh has a record of 16-33 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +118 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Pirates, based on the moneyline, is 45.9%.
• Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 41 of its 100 games with a total this season.
• The Pirates are 49-51-0 against the spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Oneil Cruz leads Pittsburgh with 16 home runs this season. He’s batting .211 with 39 RBI.
• Cruz ranks 47th in home runs and 115th in RBI among all batters in the majors.
• Andrew McCutchen is batting .256 to lead Pittsburgh, while adding eight homers and 31 runs batted in this season.
• McCutchen ranks 157th overall in homers and 179th in RBI this season.
• McCutchen enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .250 with a double and two walks.
• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in RBI with 48 while batting .229 with 10 home runs.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa has collected 79 hits this season and has an OBP of .318. He’s slugging .340 on the year.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates strike out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• Pittsburgh has pitched to a 3.86 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of just 1.214 as a pitching staff, which is the fourth-best in baseball this season.
• With just 96 homers allowed, the Pirates rank fourth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Pittsburgh pitchers struck out 11 Tigers batters while allowing five hits in a 3-0 win last time out.