The Pittsburgh Pirates (38-56) carry a six-game losing streak into a home contest against the Minnesota Twins (45-47) on Friday at 8:10 p.m. ET. The Twins are favored (-117) to hand the underdog Pirates (-102) another loss. Minnesota’s Joe Ryan and Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Twins vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-117)
• Underdog: Pirates (-102)
• Over/under: 6.5

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have won 31 of the 59 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (52.5%).
• Minnesota has a record of 27-19 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -117 or shorter (58.7% winning percentage).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Twins have an implied win probability of 53.9%.
• Minnesota has played in 91 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 38 times (38-48-5).
• The Twins have gone 50-41-0 against the spread this season.

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton paces the Twins with 20 home runs and 53 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-best batting average of .270.
• Among all hitters in MLB action, Buxton’s home run total ranks 15th and his RBI tally ranks 31st.
• Trevor Larnach is hitting .256 with 15 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 28 walks.
• Larnach ranks 74th in home runs among hitters in MLB action and 97th in RBI.
• Ty France is batting .252 with 16 doubles, six home runs and 14 walks.
• Ryan Jeffers is hitting .248 with 16 doubles, seven home runs and 32 walks.
• Jeffers brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .500 with a double, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
• Minnesota’s 4.10 team ERA ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Twins have the 13th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.250).
• The Twins give up the ninth-fewest home runs in baseball (94 total, 1.0 per game).
• In its 4-2 win last time out, Minnesota struck out six Cubs batters while allowing four hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• This season, the Pirates have been the underdog 66 times and won 25, or 37.9%, of those games.
• This season, Pittsburgh has won 21 of its 59 games, or 35.6%, when it’s the underdog by at least -102 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 50.5% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
• Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 38 of its 93 games with a total this season.
• The Pirates have an ATS record of 46-47-0 in 93 games with a spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Oneil Cruz leads Pittsburgh in home runs this season with 16 while driving in 37 runs.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Cruz ranks 36th in homers and 110th in RBI.
• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in (46) this season. He’s batting .227 while slugging .372.
• Reynolds is 113th in home runs and 63rd in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
• Andrew McCutchen leads Pittsburgh with a .259 batting average while slugging eight homers and driving in 31 runs.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .267 with an OBP of .312 and a slugging percentage of .331 this season.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates strike out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• Pittsburgh pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.69 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of just 1.199 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
• With just 87 homers allowed, the Pirates rank fourth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Pittsburgh fell to the Royals 4-3. Its pitchers compiled seven strikeouts and 11 hits allowed.