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The Pittsburgh Pirates (56-62) hope to avoid their ninth straight defeat when they visit the San Diego Padres (67-53) Wednesday at 4:10 PM ET on SportsNet PT. The Padres are listed as -256 favorites, while the Pirates are +208 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. San Diego’s Martin Perez and Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller have been named the starters for this contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $27.81
Padres to win vs Pirates -256
Padres vs. Pirates Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-256)
- Underdog: Pirates (+208)
- Over/under: 7.5
Padres vs. Pirates Betting Insights
- The Padres have been victorious in 42, or 58.3%, of the 72 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- San Diego has been listed as a favorite of -256 or more on two occasions this season and lost both games.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 71.9% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Pirates have won 43.7% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (31-40).
- Pittsburgh has played as a moneyline underdog of +208 or longer in only one game this season, which it lost.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Pirates’ implied win probability is 32.5%.
Padres vs. Pirates Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar leads San Diego in home runs with 19 and runs batted in with 72.
- Including all batters in baseball, Profar is 37th in home runs and 20th in RBI.
- Jackson Merrill is batting .289 with an OBP of .321 and a slugging percentage of .479 this season.
- Bryan Reynolds paces the Pirates with 19 home runs and 69 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .284.
- Reynolds’ home run total ranks 37th in the big leagues, and he is 25th in RBI.
- Oneil Cruz has 25 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 32 walks while hitting .261.
Padres vs. Pirates Pitching Rankings
- The Padres have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fourth-best in baseball.
- The Padres have the 15th-ranked ERA (3.98) in the majors this season.
- Padres pitchers have a 1.229 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
- The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 21st in the majors.
- Pittsburgh’s 3.95 team ERA ranks 14th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Pirates average baseball’s 19th-ranked WHIP (1.293).