Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 4/5/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Pittsburgh (+155) Boston (-180)

The Boston Red Sox (2-2) will play the Pittsburgh Pirates (2-2) at Fenway Park on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has Pittsburgh at +155 and Boston is at -180. The total comes in at 9. The men taking the mound are Mitch Keller and Corey Kluber.

Pittsburgh has a slugging rate of .364 and have been rung up 40 times, while drawing a walk on 15 occasions. They have accumulated 14 RBI's as well as 28 hits on the campaign, while their average at the plate comes in at .212. The Pirates have compiled 5 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 5 baseballs out of the stadium. They have a total of 15 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .291. As a unit, the Pittsburgh Pirates are scoring 3.8 runs per game, which puts them at 21st in MLB.

Pirates pitchers have given up 9 long balls and 19 runs (13th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 19 hitters and their FIP sits at 6.10 as a unit so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.05 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.53. The Pirates have a team earned run average of 4.76 for the year (18th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 39 batters.

The Pirates have turned 70.9% of baseballs in play into outs in their 306 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 9th in pro baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates have notched a total of 102 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 29 assists and 1 error. Their fielding percentage is at .992 which has them sitting 12th in pro baseball, and they have twisted 3 double plays.

Keller (12-29 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.11 while he has faced 1,494 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has conceded 380 hits (10.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 147 walks. His earned run average is 5.04 (187 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.578. Keller has taken the hill for 334 innings and has totaled 319 strikeouts during his pro baseball career.

The Boston Red Sox have a team on-base percentage of .391 in addition to a team batting average of .311 this year. They have been rung up on 34 occasions (19th in the league) and have earned a total of 46 base knocks. Boston has a total of 8 home runs this year to go along with 31 RBIs. The Red Sox have a team slugging percentage of .554 and they tally 8.25 runs per game (1st in baseball). They have 8 doubles, while walking 16 times as well as scoring 33 runs.

The Red Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.806 in addition to having a FIP of 6.39 as a unit this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.17 (39 strikeouts against 18 free passes). They are sitting at 28th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 47. They have conceded 10 home runs and they relinquish 7.50 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball). The Boston pitching staff have conceded 30 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 7.50 (30 earned runs surrendered).

Out of their 324 innings on the field, the Red Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 61.1% (29th in MLB). The Boston Red Sox have turned 6 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (14th in baseball). The Red Sox have racked up 38 assists, 2 errors and have earned 108 putouts so far this year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Kluber has surrendered 1,423 base hits while tallying 1,687 K's in 1,590 innings pitched. He has allowed 589 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.116 and having a FIP of 3.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.81 and he has gone up against 6,450 opposing hitters thus far in his career. Kluber (113-72 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.33 ERA while conceding 8.1 hits per nine innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Boston (-180)

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