The Milwaukee Brewers (89-67) are favorites (-139) on the moneyline when they square off against the Pittsburgh Pirates (73-83) Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. ET, live on SportsNet PT. Milwaukee’s Tobias Myers and Pittsburgh’s Bailey Falter have been named the starters for this contest.
Take a look at our betting primer for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $34.39
Brewers to win vs Pirates -139
Brewers vs. Pirates Betting Lines
- Favorite: Brewers (-139)
- Underdog: Pirates (+118)
- Over/under: 8.5
Brewers vs. Pirates Betting Insights
- The Brewers have won in 52, or 59.1%, of the 88 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Milwaukee has a record of 23-16 when favored by -139 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Brewers have a 58.2% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Pirates have won 37 of the 92 games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (40.2%).
- Pittsburgh has a 22-33 record (winning 40% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +118 or longer.
- The Pirates have a 45.9% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Brewers vs. Pirates Hitting Leaders
- William Contreras leads Milwaukee with a .285 batting average. He’s also hit 23 homers and has 92 RBI.
- Contreras is 45th in home runs and 22nd in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Willy Adames is batting .250 this season with a team-high 32 home runs and 110 RBI.
- Bryan Reynolds has racked up a team-high batting average of .276, while pacing the Pirates in home runs (22) and runs batted in (85).
- In all of the majors, Reynolds ranks 50th in homers and 32nd in RBI.
- Oneil Cruz is batting .268 with 34 doubles, three triples, 21 home runs and 48 walks.
Brewers vs. Pirates Pitching Rankings
- The Brewers strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
- Brewers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.70 this year, sixth-best in baseball.
- The Brewers have a combined WHIP of 1.243 as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- The Pirates pitching staff ranks 18th in MLB with a collective 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Pittsburgh has a 4.17 team ERA that ranks 20th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Pirates have the 23rd-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.314).