Nick Martinez will take the mound for the Cincinnati🦩 Reds (74-80) Friday looking for his 10th win of the season in a matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates (72-81). The Reds are -121 favorites to pick up the win in the contest, which starts at 6:40 p.m. ET on SportsNet PT, live from Great American Ball Park.
Martꩲinez will get the ball for Cincinnati while Pittsburgh will counter with Mitch Keller.
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Reds and Pirates Betting Trends
The Reds have been favored on the moneyline 65 total times this season. They’ve gone 32-33 in those games.
When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -121 or shorter, Cincinnati has a record of 30-💦24 (55.6%).
The Pirates have won 38, or 41.8%, of the 91 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
Pittsburgh has a record of 30-44, a 40.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +103 or more by sportsbooks this season.
In the 154 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for the Reds, they haꦑve combined with opponents to go over the total 72 times (72-75-7)🌃.
The Pirates and their opp🐟onents have hit the over in 74 of their 153 games with a total this season.
Reds Stats & Insights
The Reds have the No. 15 offense in MLB action scoring 4.4 runs pe💯r game (678 total runs).
Cincinnati ranks 16th in MLB act💯ion with 170 total home runs.
The Reds’ .233 batting average ranks 26th in MLB.
Cincinnati strikes out ꩵ9.1 times per g🎶ame, the No. 24 average in baseball.
The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Reds pitching staff rꦿanks 11th in the majors.
Cincinnati has a 4.16 team ERA that ranks 20th a♕cross all MLB pitching staffs.
Pirates Stats & Insights
The Pirates rank 22nd in thꦯe majors with 636 total runs scored this season.
Pittsburgh’s 147 home runs rank 26th in MLB this season.
The Pirates havꦐe 🥀a team batting average of .236 this season, which ranks 22nd among MLB teams.
Pittsburgh ranks 26th in strikeouts per game (9.2) ꧂among MLB of𝕴fenses.
The Pirates strike out🐠 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
Pittsbu🌺rgh has the 18th-ranked ERA (4.15) in the majors this season.
Reds Key Players to Watch
Martinez looks for his 10th victory when he makes the start for the Reds, his 15th of the seasꦉon. He is 9-6 🍸with a 3.37 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 128 1/3 innings pitched.
Elly ꧙De La Cruz is batting .260 th💯is season with a team-high 24 home runs.
Spencer Steer lea🧔ds Cincinnati in runs battꦯed in with 91 while batting .230 with 20 homers.
Jonathan India has 125 hits this sea🍃son and a slash line of .245/.351/.390.
Tyler Stephenson leads Cincinnati with a batting average of .261. He’s also hit 18 home runs with 59 RBI.
Pirates Key Players to Watch
Keller (11-10) will take to the mound for the Pirate🧸s and make his 30th start of the sea𒀰son.
Bryan Reynolds has put up a team-best batting average of .280, and leads the Pirates in home runs (22) a💖nd runs batted in (85).
Oneil Cruz has 34 doubles, 🤪three triples, 19 home runs and 44 walks 🌳while hitting .266.
Andrew McCutchen is batting .237 with 18 doubles, a triple, 20 home runs and🎶 57 walks.
Isia𒆙h Kiner-Falefa is hitting .276 with 17 doubles, four triples, eiꦦght home runs and 16 walks.
Reds and Pirates Injuries
Reds: Jeimer Candelario: 10 Day IL ൩(Toe), Nick Lodolo: 15 Day IL (Finger), Sam Moll: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Brandon Williamson: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Hunter Greene: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Andrew Abbott: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Christian Encarnacion-Strand: 60 Day IL (Hand), Ian Gibaut: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Tejay Antone: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Austin Wynns: 60 Day IL (Teres), Nick Martini: 60 Day IL (Th💝umb), Graham Ashcraft: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Christian Roa: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Stuart Fairchild: 60 Day IL (Thumb), Matt McLain: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Pirates: Ke’Bryan Hayes: 10 Day IL (Herniated disc), Henry Davis: 10 Day IL (Hand), Kyle Nicolas: 15 Day IL (Oblique ), Ben Heller: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Marco Gonzales: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Daulton Jefferies: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Dauri Moreta: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Hunter Stratton: 60 Day IL (Patella), Johan Oviedo: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Endy Rodriguez: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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