Rangers vs. Pirates odds, tips and betting trends

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22 May 2023

At PNC Park on Monday, the Texas Rangers (29-17) open a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates (24-22), at 6:35 PM ET.

The Pirates play as a home underdog (+117) versus the Rangers (-138). The Texas Rangers will give the start to Dane Dunning (4-0, 1.69 ERA), who is looking for win No. 5 on the season, and the Pirates will turn to Luis Ortiz (0-2, 5.63 ERA).

The Rangers beat the Rockies by a 13-3 score in their last game yesterday. Corey Seager went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBI to lead them offensively while Andrew Heaney got the win after throwing six innings without giving up an earned run on six hits, while striking out five.

The Pirates fell to the Diamondbacks 8-3 yesterday. Tucupita Marcano went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI in the defeat, while Dauri Moreta took the loss on the mound, throwing 1/3 of an inning without giving up an earned run on one hit, while striking out one.

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Texas Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Rangers (-138, bet $138 to win $100)
Underdog: Pirates (+117, bet $100 to win $117)
Over/under: 9

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Rangers Stats and Trends

Rangers Betting Records

The Rangers have been favorites in 27 games this season and won 18 (66.7%) of those contests.
Texas is 15-5 this season when entering a game favored by -138 or more on the moneyline.
The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 58% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
Texas and its opponents have hit the over in 28 of its 46 games with a total this season.
The Rangers are 30-16-0 ATS in their 46 games with a spread this season.

Dane Dunning (Rangers Probable Starter)

The Rangers will send Dunning (4-0) out to make his fourth start of the season. He is 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings pitched.
The righty’s most recent time out came on Wednesday against the Atlanta Braves, when he tossed six innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up six hits.
The 28-year-old has an ERA of 1.69, with 5.5 strikeouts per nine innings, in 11 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .195 batting average against him.
Dunning is looking to build upon a second-game quality start streak in this outing.
Dunning is aiming for his fourth straight outing lasting five or more innings. He averages 3.4 innings per appearance on the mound.
He will face a Pirates offense that is hitting .243 as a unit (18th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .397 (16th in MLB) with 42 total home runs (24th in MLB).

Rangers Batting Stats

The Rangers’ 63 home runs rank seventh in Major League Baseball.
Hitters for Texas have a combined .455 slugging percentage this season, which ranks third in MLB.
The Rangers rank first in the majors with a .272 team batting average.
No team has scored more than the 297 runs Texas has this season.
The Rangers have an on-base percentage of .342 this season, which ranks second in the league.
Texas ranks 19th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of nine whiffs per contest.

Pirates Stats and Trends

Pirates Betting Records

The Pirates have been victorious in 15, or 45.5%, of the 33 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
Pittsburgh has a mark of 12-11 in contests where oddsmakers favor it by +117 or worse on the moneyline.
Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Pirates have a 46.1% chance of pulling out a win.
Pittsburgh’s games have gone over the total in 21 of its 46 opportunities.
The Pirates have an against the spread record of 24-22-0 in 46 games with a line this season.

Luis Ortiz (Pirates Probable Starter)

Ortiz (0-2) gets the start for the Pirates, his third of the season.
His most recent appearance came on Tuesday against the Detroit Tigers, when the righty tossed three innings, surrendering three earned runs while giving up seven hits.
In two appearances this season, he has compiled a 5.63 ERA and averages 4.5 strikeouts per nine innings while opposing batters are hitting .359 against him.
Ortiz enters the game with one outing of five or more innings pitched this year.
He meets a Rangers offense that ranks first in the league with 297 total runs scored while batting .272 as a unit. His opponent has a collective .455 slugging percentage (third in MLB action) and has hit a total of 63 home runs (seventh in the league).

Pirates Batting Stats

The Pirates rank 24th in MLB action with 42 home runs. They average 0.9 per game.
So far this season, Pittsburgh is 16th in the majors, slugging .397.
The Pirates rank 18th in the majors with a .243 batting average.
The offense for Pittsburgh is the No. 16 offense in MLB, scoring 4.4 runs per game (203 total runs).
The Pirates’ .323 on-base percentage is 14th in MLB.

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