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The Pittsburgh Pirates (11-8) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they host the Boston Red Sox (10-10) Friday at 6:40 PM ET on SportsNet PT. The Pirates are listed as -127 favorites to snap their losing skid, while the Red Sox are +108 underdogs. Pittsburgh’s Quinn Priester and Boston’s Brayan Bello have been named the starters for this contest.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $35.75
Pirates to win vs Red Sox -127
Pirates vs. Red Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Pirates (-127)
- Underdog: Red Sox (+108)
- Over/under: 8
Pirates vs. Red Sox Betting Insights
- The Pirates have been victorious in two of the four contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- Pittsburgh has been listed as a favorite of -127 or more on two occasions this season and split those games.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Pirates have a 55.9% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Red Sox are 3-6 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 33.3% of those games).
- Boston is 1-3 (winning only 25% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +108 or longer.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Red Sox have an implied win probability of 48.1%.
Pirates vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders
- Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in with 13 while batting .260.
- Among hitters in baseball, Reynolds is 92nd in homers and 26th in RBI.
- Connor Joe is batting .276 with an OBP of .382 and a slugging percentage of .414 this season.
- Jarren Duran paces the Red Sox with nine runs batted in while racking up a team-high batting average of .301.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Duran’s home run total puts him 149th, and his RBI total ranks 82nd.
- Triston Casas has collected nine runs batted in to pace his team.
Pirates vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Pirates strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
- Pirates pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.95 this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- The Pirates have a combined 1.169 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
- The Red Sox pitching staff ranks fifth in MLB with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Boston’s 2.70 team ERA ranks first across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the No. 3-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.141).