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The Oakland Athletics (13-17) will look to Tyler Nevin, with homers in two straight games, to pull off an upset win over the Pittsburgh Pirates (14-16) Wednesday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Pirates are -119 moneyline favorites for the game, which starts at 3:37 PM ET live on SportsNet PT. Pittsburgh’s Quinn Priester gets the start, and he’ll go against Oakland’s Ross Stripling.
Take a look at our betting preview for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $36.81
Pirates to win vs Athletics -119
Pirates vs. Athletics Betting Lines
- Favorite: Pirates (-119)
- Underdog: Athletics (-101)
- Over/under: 8
Pirates vs. Athletics Betting Insights
- The Pirates have been chosen as favorites in nine games this year and have walked away with the win three times (33.3%) in those games.
- This year Pittsburgh has won three of eight games when listed as at least -119 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Pirates have a 54.3% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Athletics have been the underdog on the moneyline 28 total times this season. They’ve gone 11-17 in those games.
- Oakland is 11-17 (winning only 39.3% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of -101 or longer.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Athletics’ implied win probability is 50.2%.
Pirates vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders
- Bryan Reynolds is batting .248 this season with a team-high four home runs and 17 RBI.
- Among hitters in MLB, Reynolds is 59th in home runs and 37th in RBI.
- Connor Joe leads Pittsburgh in batting with a .282 average while slugging two homers and driving in 13 runs.
- Shea Langeliers has racked up a team-best six home runs and 13 runs batted in.
- Langeliers ranks 20th in homers and 88th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
- Nevin is batting .301 with two doubles, three home runs and five walks.
Pirates vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The Pirates have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in the majors.
- Pirates pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.76 this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- Pirates pitchers have a 1.223 WHIP this season, 11th in the majors.
- The Athletics pitching staff ranks 24th in the majors with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Oakland has a 4.03 team ERA that ranks 18th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the 19th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.289).