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The Arizona Diamondbacks (58-51) roll into Saturday’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates (55-53) looking to extend a three-game winning streak. The contest starts at 6:40 PM ET on ARID with the Pirates listed as -118 favorites on the moneyline to stop the Diamondbacks’ streak. Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller and Arizona’s Jordan Montgomery have been named the starters for this contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $36.95
Pirates to win vs Diamondbacks -118
Pirates vs. Diamondbacks Betting Lines
- Favorite: Pirates (-118)
- Underdog: Diamondbacks (-102)
- Over/under: 8.5
Pirates vs. Diamondbacks Betting Insights
- The Pirates have been favorites in 42 games this season and have come away with the win 23 times (54.8%) in those contests.
- Pittsburgh has a record of 20-16 when favored by -118 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Pirates have a 54.1% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Diamondbacks have gone 25-31 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 44.6% of those games).
- Arizona has gone 21-25 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -102 or longer (45.7%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Diamondbacks have an implied win probability of 50.5%.
Pirates vs. Diamondbacks Hitting Leaders
- Bryan Reynolds is batting .285 with 18 home runs and 61 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Pittsburgh hitters this season.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Reynolds’ home run total places him 30th and his RBI tally places him 31st.
- Bryan De La Cruz is slugging .418 this season, with a team-best 18 homers while driving in 51 runs.
- Ketel Marte leads the Diamondbacks in home runs (24), runs batted in (72) and has put up a team-high batting average of .302.
- Among all batters in the majors, Marte ranks ninth in home runs and 13th in RBI.
- Corbin Carroll is hitting .215 with 16 doubles, eight triples, eight home runs and 47 walks.
Pirates vs. Diamondbacks Pitching Rankings
- The Pirates average the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- The Pirates have pitched to a 3.78 ERA this season, which ranks seventh in baseball.
- The Pirates rank 19th in MLB with a combined 1.276 WHIP this season.
- The pitching staff for the Diamondbacks has a collective 7.5 K/9, the second-worst in the majors.
- Arizona’s 4.48 team ERA ranks 25th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Diamondbacks combine for the fifth-worst WHIP in baseball (1.341).