The Pittsburgh Pirates (45-70) bring a four-game losing streak into a matchup versus the Boston Red Sox (57-59), at 7:05 PM ET on Tuesday.
The Red Sox are favored away from home (-130) versus the Pirates (+110). The Boston Red Sox will hand the ball to Nick Pivetta (8-9, 4.51 ERA), who is looking for win No. 9 on the season, and the Pirates will turn to Mitch Keller (4-8, 4.25 ERA). The matchup has an over/under of 9 total runs.
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Red Sox vs. Pirates Last 10 Games Betting Performance
Red Sox
- Boston has a 2-3 record across the five games it was a moneyline favorite in its last 10 matchups.
- In their last 10 outings, the Red Sox and their opponents combined to go over the run total five times (all 10 of the games had set totals).
- Boston is 4-6-0 against the spread over its past 10 games.
Pirates
- Pittsburgh has played as the underdog in 10 of its past 10 games and won two of those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, the Pirates and their opponents are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games with a total.
- Pittsburgh has four wins against the spread in its last 10 chances.
Red Sox vs. Pirates Starting Pitcher Betting Trends
Projected starter: Nick Pivetta
- The Red Sox have a 12-11-0 ATS record in Pivetta’s 23 starts with a set spread.
- The Red Sox are 6-4 in Pivetta’s 10 starts this season with Boston as the moneyline favorite.
- Pivetta’s team has an 11-12 record in his starts this season.
- Pivetta has had 23 starts that oddsmakers set a total for this season, and 14 of those games finished over the total.
Projected starter: Mitch Keller
- Keller’s team is 10-10-0 against the spread this season in his starts.
- His team is 5-11 this season when he starts and they are the moneyline underdog.
- Keller’s team has won six of his 20 starts.
- Out of Keller’s 20 starts with a total this season, eight have hit the over.
Red Sox Batting Leaders
- Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 25 home runs and 62 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .305.
- In MLB play, Devers ranks 13th in home runs and 28th in RBI.
- Xander Bogaerts is batting .303 with 31 doubles, nine home runs and 42 walks.
- Bogaerts ranks 152nd in home runs among hitters in baseball and 73rd in RBI.
- Alex Verdugo is batting .275 with 29 doubles, seven home runs and 27 walks.
- Tommy Pham has 16 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 44 walks while hitting .242.
- Pham has safely hit in seven games in a row. In his last 10 games he is batting .267 with four doubles, three home runs, two walks and nine RBI.
Pirates Batting Leaders
- Bryan Reynolds is batting .259 with 17 home runs and 40 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Pittsburgh hitters this season.
- Reynolds’ home run total ranks 40th in the big leagues, and he is 132nd in RBI.
- Reynolds brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and five RBI.
- Ke’Bryan Hayes has collected 98 hits this season and has an OBP of .323. He’s slugging .358 on the year.
- Hayes is 213th among hitters in the big leagues in home runs, and 169th in RBI.
- Hayes enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .333 with a home run, a walk and two RBI.
- Ben Gamel has 61 hits this season and a slash line of .236/.329/.372.
- Michael Chavis is batting .245 with an OBP of .278 and a slugging percentage of .416 this season.
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