Reds vs Pirates Game Breakdown

Get ready for a midday showdown at PNC Park as the Cincinnati Reds, with their eyes set on climbing the standings, take on the gritty Pittsburgh Pirates in a battle of wills under the partly cloudy skies of Pittsburgh. Both teams are looking to gain ground in the National League, with the Reds just a bit ahead in the race. The stakes are high, the bats are hot, and the odds are even, making today’s 01:35 PM EST game a nail-biter you won’t want to miss. With the weather playing nice and the crowd buzzing, expect an explosive game where each team will look to plunder the other’s hopes of moving up the ranks. So, let’s see if the Pirates can sail to victory or if the Reds will paint the town red today!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: August 25, 2024 01:35PM EST

Location: PNC Park, Pittsburgh

Weather: Partly cloudy with winds from the N at 2.2 mph. Temperature is at 84.0° with 45% humidity.

Vegas Odds

	CIN ML	PIT ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	-110	-110	8.5	-1.5/1.5
Recent	-113	-107	8.5	-1.5/1.5
Difference	-3	+3	0	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

4W-6L

AWAY

143W-160L

53.1% Win Probability

LAST 10

5W-5L

HOME

140W-164L

46.9% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Runs	O/U	O/U DIFF
06/17/24	Cincinnati Reds CIN	1	Under	-3.5
06/17/24	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	4	Under	-3.5
06/18/24	Cincinnati Reds CIN	2	Under	-5.5
06/18/24	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	1	Under	-5.5
06/19/24	Cincinnati Reds CIN	0	Under	-7.5
06/19/24	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	1	Under	-7.5
06/24/24	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	5	Over	+7.5
06/24/24	Cincinnati Reds CIN	11	Over	+7.5
06/25/24	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	9	Over	+5.5
06/25/24	Cincinnati Reds CIN	5	Over	+5.5
06/26/24	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	6	Under	-1.5
06/26/24	Cincinnati Reds CIN	1	Under	-1.5
08/22/24	Cincinnati Reds CIN	0	Under	-1.5
08/22/24	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	7	Under	-1.5
08/23/24	Cincinnati Reds CIN	5	Over	+2.5
08/23/24	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	6	Over	+2.5
08/24/24	Cincinnati Reds CIN	10	Over	+3.5
08/24/24	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	2	Over	+3.5
03/30/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	5	Over	+0.5
03/30/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	4	Over	+0.5
04/01/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	2	Under	-0.5
04/01/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	6	Under	-0.5
04/02/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	1	Under	-4.5
04/02/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	3	Under	-4.5
04/20/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	3	Under	-1.5
04/20/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	4	Under	-1.5
04/21/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	2	Under	-2.5
04/21/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	4	Under	-2.5
04/22/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	1	Under	-5.5
04/22/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	2	Under	-5.5
04/23/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	0	Under	-6.5
04/23/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	2	Under	-6.5
08/11/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	9	Over	+2.5
08/11/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	2	Over	+2.5
08/13/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	6	Over	+2.5
08/13/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	5	Over	+2.5
08/13/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	2	Under	-2.5
08/13/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	4	Under	-2.5
09/22/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	7	Over	+3.5
09/22/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	5	Over	+3.5
09/23/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	13	Over	+16.5
09/23/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	12	Over	+16.5
09/24/23	Pittsburgh Pirates PIT	2	Under	-2.5
09/24/23	Cincinnati Reds CIN	4	Under	-2.5

Reds Vs Over/Under

Pirates Vs Over/Under

Nick Martinez

ERA 3.678 | IP 100.3 | 6.0W-6.0L | KO 81.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
08-21-24	@TOR	11-7W	4.3	6	6	3	Over
08-16-24	vsKC	7-1L	6.0	8	3	4	Under
08-10-24	@MIL	0-1L	7.0	1	0	7	Under
08-05-24	@MIA	10-3W	5.0	4	0	5	Over
08-02-24	vsSF	3-0L	1.0	2	1	2	Under
07-30-24	vsCHC	3-6W	4.0	4	0	3	Over
07-26-24	@TB	3-2W	2.0	1	0	2	Under
07-12-24	vsMIA	4-7W	3.0	3	0	2	Over
07-09-24	vsCOL	6-12W	1.3	1	0	3	Over
07-07-24	vsDET	5-1L	2.0	3	1	2	Under

Luis Ortiz

ERA 3.475 | IP 101.0 | 5.0W-4.0L | KO 78.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
08-19-24	@TEX	3-4L	6.0	5	4	7	Under
08-13-24	@SD	0-3L	5.0	3	2	3	Under
08-08-24	vsSD	7-6L	6.0	4	4	3	Over
08-02-24	vsARI	9-8L	5.3	6	6	2	Over
07-26-24	@ARI	3-4L	5.0	5	3	4	Under
07-20-24	vsPHI	1-4W	7.0	3	0	2	Under
07-13-24	@CWS	6-2W	5.7	4	1	5	Under
07-07-24	vsNYM	3-2L	6.0	4	0	5	Under
07-02-24	vsSTL	7-4L	2.0	3	1	4	Over
06-26-24	@CIN	6-1W	6.0	4	1	7	Under

Reds Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
08/26	vs PIT	10-2W	12	0	Over
08/25	vs PIT	5-6L	9	1	Over
08/24	vs PIT	0-7L	5	0	Under
08/23	vs TOR	11-7W	11	4	Over
08/22	vs TOR	3-10L	9	0	Over
08/21	vs TOR	6-3W	9	1	Over
08/20	@ KC	1-8L	7	0	Over
08/19	@ KC	1-13L	7	1	Over
08/18	@ KC	1-7L	4	0	Under
08/16	@ STL	9-2W	13	5	Over
08/15	@ STL	4-1W	6	2	Under
08/14	@ STL	6-1W	6	3	Under
08/13	vs MIL	4-3W	6	1	Under
08/12	vs MIL	0-1L	3	0	Under
08/11	vs MIL	3-8L	9	2	Over

Pirates Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
08/26	@ CIN	2-10L	3	1	Over
08/25	@ CIN	6-5W	8	0	Over
08/24	@ CIN	7-0W	7	1	Under
08/23	vs TEX	0-1L	8	0	Under
08/22	vs TEX	4-0W	7	0	Under
08/21	vs TEX	3-4L	7	1	Under
08/20	@ SEA	3-10L	5	1	Over
08/19	@ SEA	7-2W	9	3	Over
08/18	@ SEA	5-3W	8	1	Under
08/16	vs SD	2-8L	8	1	Over
08/15	vs SD	0-3L	9	0	Under
08/14	vs SD	1-2L	7	0	Under
08/13	vs LAD	5-6L	9	2	Over
08/12	vs LAD	1-4L	9	1	Under
08/11	vs LAD	5-9L	11	2	Over

Team’s Batting Order

Cincinnati Reds	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Jonathan India	8.0	10.6	0.249	0.391	0.409	0.800	0.322	0.028
#2 Elly De La Cruz	10.5	13.5	0.263	0.486	0.391	0.877	0.352	0.043
#3 Tyler Stephenson	7.7	10.3	0.247	0.460	0.361	0.821	0.334	0.048
#4 TJ Friedl	8.1	10.8	0.223	0.404	0.356	0.761	0.311	0.053
#5 Spencer Steer	7.6	10.1	0.239	0.435	0.374	0.809	0.327	0.041
#6 Santiago Espinal	6.5	8.3	0.260	0.388	0.322	0.709	0.294	0.031
#7 Dominic Smith	5.8	7.7	0.229	0.372	0.340	0.711	0.293	0.020
#8 Amed Rosario	6.2	7.7	0.302	0.410	0.342	0.752	0.312	0.007
#9 Noelvi Marte	5.6	7.2	0.192	0.314	0.244	0.558	0.236	0.026

Pittsburgh Pirates	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Isiah Kiner-Falefa	8.5	10.8	0.275	0.402	0.343	0.746	0.308	0.024
#2 Bryan Reynolds	9.0	11.6	0.279	0.450	0.376	0.825	0.336	0.036
#3 Oneil Cruz	9.3	12.1	0.261	0.469	0.352	0.821	0.335	0.042
#4 Joey Bart	7.0	9.4	0.274	0.489	0.395	0.884	0.357	0.058
#5 Rowdy Tellez	7.5	9.8	0.255	0.412	0.330	0.742	0.306	0.035
#6 Bryan De La Cruz	7.8	10.1	0.245	0.400	0.304	0.704	0.292	0.037
#7 Yasmani Grandal	5.7	7.5	0.208	0.358	0.272	0.630	0.263	0.035
#8 Alika Williams	5.0	6.4	0.209	0.299	0.254	0.552	0.232	0.000
#9 Michael A. Taylor	6.0	7.8	0.194	0.283	0.283	0.567	0.238	0.016

Reds Notable Injuries

Hunter Greene OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/15/24. Impact: 11.0
Andrew Abbott OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/20/24. Impact: 5.7
Jeimer Candelario OUT (1B): Avg: 0.227 SLG:0.433 Last game: 08/21/24. Impact: 2.2
Austin Wynns OUT (C): Avg: 0.412 SLG:0.647 Last game: 07/30/24. Impact: 2.0
Jake Fraley OUT (OF): Avg: 0.267 SLG:0.363 Last game: 08/22/24. Impact: 1.6

Pirates Notable Injuries

Marco Gonzales OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/09/24. Impact: 3.6
Andrew McCutchen OUT (OF): Avg: 0.236 SLG:0.405 Last game: 08/18/24. Impact: 4.0
Nick Gonzales OUT (2B): Avg: 0.258 SLG:0.381 Last game: 07/29/24. Impact: 1.7
Ke’Bryan Hayes OUT (3B): Avg: 0.228 SLG:0.283 Last game: 08/19/24. Impact: 1.3
Carmen Mlodzinski OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/31/24. Impact: 1.4
Colin Holderman OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/09/24. Impact: 0.1