The Pittsburgh Pirates (68-76) are favorites (-143) on the moneyline when they take on the Miami Marlins (54-90) Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. ET, live on SportsNet PT. Pittsburgh’s Carmen Mlodzinski gets the start, and he’ll go against Miami’s Adam Oller.
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Betting Odds
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Pirates to win vs Marlins -143
Pirates vs. Marlins Betting Lines
- Favorite: Pirates (-143)
- Underdog: Marlins (+121)
- Over/under: 9
Pirates vs. Marlins Betting Insights
- The Pirates have been favorites in 55 games this season and have come away with the win 31 times (56.4%) in those contests.
- This season Pittsburgh has been victorious nine times in 19 chances when named as a favorite of at least -143 on the moneyline.
- The Pirates have an implied victory probability of 58.8% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Marlins are 50-77 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 39.4% of those games).
- Miami is 32-55 (winning just 36.8% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +121 or longer.
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Marlins a 45.2% chance to win.
Pirates vs. Marlins Hitting Leaders
- Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in batting average (.275), home runs (22) and runs batted in (82) this season.
- Of all hitters in Major League Baseball, Reynolds’ home run total ranks him 40th and his RBI tally ranks him 25th.
- Oneil Cruz has 132 hits and an OBP of .326 to go with a slugging percentage of .465 this season.
- Jake Burger leads the Marlins in home runs (25) and runs batted in (60).
- Burger ranks 26th in homers and 85th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Jesus Sanchez has a club-leading .251 batting average.
Pirates vs. Marlins Pitching Rankings
- The Pirates strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
- The Pirates have the 17th-ranked ERA (4.16) in the majors this season.
- The Pirates rank 23rd in MLB with a combined 1.315 WHIP this season.
- The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Marlins pitching staff ranks 21st in the majors.
- Miami has the 28th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.74).
- The Marlins have the third-highest WHIP in the majors (1.385).