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Betting the Pittsburgh Pirates versus Cincinnati Reds series

Roansy Contreras

Roansy Contreras

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

Vaughn Dalzell breaks down how to bet the Pittsburgh Pirates versus Cincinnati Reds series.

Reds (+135) at Pirates (-155): O/U 9.0

The Reds and Pirates open their second set of the season, but this time in Pittsburgh. The Reds won the first series in Cincinnati, 2-1, but have struggled on the road this year.

The Reds are 1-5 on the road this season from getting swept by the Braves and two out of three to the Phillies. Cincy is ranked 24th in batting average (.228) and owns 60 strikeouts to 26 walks over those six road games.

Pittsburgh is one of the hottest teams in all of baseball with three straight victories and four wins in the past five games. The Buccos scored at least four runs in the past five games and averaged 8.6 runs per game in that span.

Over the last seven days, the Pirates (5-2) are hitting .300, which is first in the league and rank bottom 10 in strikeouts (50) and fourth in walks (30) in that span (7 games).

In that same period, the Reds (3-4) own the second-most strikeouts (66), the fifth-most walks (28) and 15th-ranked batting average (.238).

The Pirates are hot right now and with Luke Weaver coming off the IL and making his first start of the 2023 season for the Reds, back the Buccos on the ML at home.

I grabbed the Buccos ML at -155 odds and risked 1 unit. I lean the Pirates -1.5 (+125) as the Reds lost two out of five on the road by two or more runs.

Pick: Pirates ML (Risk 1u)

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