Pittsburgh Pirates

55-55

Cincinnati Reds

51-57

6:10 PM ET Great American Ball Park SportsNet Pittsburgh Divisional

Back Paul Skenes and the Pirates on the road at -126 against a reeling Reds offense.

Skenes brings elite run suppression while Cincinnati owns the league's worst batting average against a shaky Greene.

SideBET AWAY ML at PIT -126.

TotalBET OVER 8.0, banking on PIT bats against Greene's 7.06 ERA.

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Confidence

Skenes carries a 3.65 ERA and 1.06 WHIP over 120.2 innings.
Reds rank 30/30 in AVG (.229) and 27/30 in runs.
Greene owns a 7.06 ERA versus PIT's 4th-ranked offense.

Best Bet Pittsburgh moneyline at -126 with Skenes facing the league's weakest-hitting lineup.

Total8.0

PIT Win56%

CIN Win48%

Implied PIT4.1

Implied CIN3.9

Vegas / Market

Total

8.0

Run line

CIN 1.5

PIT ML

-126 56%

CIN ML

+108 48%

PIT4.1

CIN3.9

The de-vigged implied totals sit at PIT 4.1 and CIN 3.9, a near-coinflip that undersells the pitching mismatch. PIT -126 looks fair given Skenes' edge, and the Reds' 3.9 implied total feels generous against that arm. There is no glaring value on the number, so the side is the cleaner play than chasing a stretched price.

Pitching Matchup

PIT

Paul Skenes

9-9 · 120.2 IP

ERA

3.65

WHIP

1.06

K/9

11.2

BB/9

2.1

CIN

Hunter Greene

2-2 · 21.2 IP

ERA

7.06

WHIP

1.34

K/9

12.3

BB/9

3.0

Skenes is the clear edge with a 1.06 WHIP, 11.16 K/9 and tidy 2.10 BB/9 across a full 120.2-inning workload. Greene misses bats at a 12.31 K/9 clip but has been hit hard in a tiny 21.2-inning sample carrying a 1.34 WHIP. The gap in command and reliability strongly favors the Pittsburgh arm.

Offense Comparison

PITrank of 30CIN

5.1 4 Runs / G 27 4.1

0.259 2 AVG 30 0.229

1.25 9 HR / G 6 1.29

9.45 2 K / G 1 9.50

Pittsburgh's lineup leans contact-heavy, ranking 2/30 in AVG and fronted by Mangum, Lowe and Reynolds, a group well-suited to punish Greene's inconsistency. Cincinnati brings power (6/30 in HR/game) via De La Cruz and Suarez but strikes out the most in baseball, a dangerous profile against Skenes' swing-and-miss stuff. The Pirates are the more trustworthy stack tonight.

Weather & Park

3 mph R to L cross · neutral

Conditions

Sunny

Temp

73°

Humidity

71%

humid, lighter air, slight carry

Sunny and 72F with a light 3 mph crosswind graded as neutral, so the outdoor conditions at Great American should not meaningfully tilt run scoring either way.

DFS Angles

Stack Pittsburgh against Greene's 7.06 ERA; Lowe, Reynolds and Valdez offer the best mix of contact and pop in a favorable spot.

Target Skenes as the premium anchor given his 11.16 K/9 against a strikeout-prone Reds lineup, and fade Greene despite his upside price. Suarez at $6600 (1.42x) is the top value bat if you punt.

PIT top bats

Brandon Lowe 12.4 proj · $9,400 · 1.3x
Bryan Reynolds 12.0 proj · $9,000 · 1.3x
Esmerlyn Valdez 11.2 proj · $8,400 · 1.3x
Ryan O'Hearn 10.6 proj · $8,000 · 1.3x
Jake Mangum 9.3 proj · $6,800 · 1.4x

CIN top bats

Elly De La Cruz 11.3 proj · $9,800 · 1.2x
Sal Stewart 10.2 proj · $8,800 · 1.2x
JJ Bleday 10.1 proj · $7,600 · 1.3x
Eugenio Suarez 9.4 proj · $6,600 · 1.4x
Nathaniel Lowe 8.6 proj · $6,400 · 1.3x

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Prop leans

Paul Skenes - over strikeouts lean - 11.16 K/9 versus a Reds team leading MLB in strikeouts.
Jake Mangum - over hits lean - projects 1.77 hits atop a contact-heavy order.
Brandon Lowe - HR lean - team-high 0.29 projected homers against a hittable Greene.
Elly De La Cruz - under hits lean - faces Skenes' 7.49 H/9 and 1.06 WHIP.

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