Reds vs. Pirates Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 20, 2024

Nick Martinez will take the mound for the Cincinnati Reds (74-80) Friday looking for his 10th win of the season in a matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates (72-81). The Reds are -124 favorites to pick up the win in the contest, which starts at 6:40 p.m. ET on SportsNet PT, live from Great American Ball Park. Martinez will get the ball for Cincinnati while Pittsburgh will counter with Mitch Keller.

Here is our betting primer for this matchup, and uncover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Reds vs. Pirates Betting Lines

• Favorite: Reds (-124)
• Underdog: Pirates (+105)
• Over/under: 9

Reds vs. Pirates Betting Insights

• The Reds have won in 33, or 52.4%, of the 63 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season Cincinnati has come away with a win 26 times in 49 chances when named as a favorite of at least -124 on the moneyline.
• The Reds have an implied victory probability of 55.4% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Pirates have won 40.4% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (36-53).
• Pittsburgh is 29-40 (winning 42% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +105 or longer.
• The Pirates have an implied moneyline win probability of 48.8% in this game.

Reds vs. Pirates Hitting Leaders

• Elly De La Cruz is batting .260 this season with a team-high 24 home runs.
• Among all MLB hitters, De La Cruz is 57th in batting average, 32nd in on-base percentage, and 28th in slugging.
• Spencer Steer leads Cincinnati in runs batted in (91) this season. He’s batting .230 while slugging .414.
• Bryan Reynolds paces the Pirates with 22 home runs and 85 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-best batting average of .280.
• Reynolds ranks 47th in home runs and 30th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Oneil Cruz is hitting .266 with 34 doubles, three triples, 19 home runs and 44 walks.

Reds vs. Pirates Pitching Rankings

• The Reds average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
• The Reds have pitched to a 4.16 ERA this season, which ranks 20th in baseball.
• The Reds have a combined WHIP of 1.256 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 17th in MLB.
• Pittsburgh has the 18th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.15).
• Pitchers for the Pirates combine for the 23rd-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.315).