Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 5/13/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Friday, May 13, 2022

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (-120) Pittsburgh (+100)

PNC Park is where the Pittsburgh Pirates (13-17) will try to beat the Cincinnati Reds (7-24) on Friday. The odds on this game have the Reds at -120 while the Pirates are at +100. The total is 7. The starting pitchers will be Tyler Mahle and Mitch Keller.

As a squad, the Cincinnati Reds are earning 4.1 runs per outing, which is 14th in MLB. They have tallied 128 runs and hold an OBP of .292. The Reds have tallied 53 two-baggers as a team and have hit 25 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 124 runs batted in in addition to 217 hits so far this season, while their team batting average is sitting at .217. Cincinnati has a slugging percentage of .349 and have been called out on strikes 291 times, while being walked on 93 occasions.

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The Reds have an ERA of 6.61 on the year (30th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 274 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 143 hitters and their FIP comes in at 5.23 as a team for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.92 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.64. Reds pitchers have surrendered 47 long balls and 200 runs (30th in MLB).

Reds relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 39 times as well as having 16 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 6 holds on the year (30th in baseball). The Reds bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 60.0% and has come into the game in 11 save situations. They have tallied 3 saves over the course of the season and have blown 2 out of their 5 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 67 runners for the season and 46.3% of those players crossed home plate. The Reds have dispatched 126 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Reds have transformed 65.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 2,376 innings on the field, ranking them 29th in pro baseball. The Cincinnati Reds have accumulated 792 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 219 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which is 8th in pro baseball, and they have twisted 21 double plays.

Mahle has thrown 520 innings and has earned 555 K's in his pro baseball career. Mahle (27-35 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 4.33 while he has faced 2,254 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.47 (258 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.352. He has surrendered 503 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has 200 walks.

The Pirates have a SLG% of .371 and they are scoring 3.77 runs per game (23rd in MLB). They have hit 43 two-baggers, while taking a walk 99 times and putting up 113 runs. Pittsburgh has compiled 25 home runs so far this year as well as 104 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 268 instances (14th in the league) and are sitting with 236 base hits. The Pittsburgh Pirates have earned an on-base percentage of .307 in addition to a team batting average of .238 over the course of the season.

The Pittsburgh pitching staff have given up 162 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.81 (140 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 28 dingers and they relinquish 5.56 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The Pirates have a WHIP of 1.374 in addition to having a FIP of 4.19 as a unit so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.04 (241 strikeouts vs 118 free passes). They are currently ranked 19th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 242.

Sitting with 29 save situations, the Pirates have accrued 14 holds in addition to 4 blown saves. Pittsburgh has called on relievers to take the mound in 12 save opportunities and they have walked away with 8 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 32 times in high leverage situations in addition to 30 occasions with runners on. Pittsburgh relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 39.5% out of 43 inherited runners. They are ranked 21st in MLB with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 102 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 20 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .975 (30th in pro baseball). The Pirates have 246 assists, 27 errors and have 786 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 2,358 innings on the diamond, the Pirates have a efficiency on defense of 69.1% (23rd in baseball).

Keller (7-21 career win-loss record) has a 6.04 ERA and has allowed 11.1 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.12 and he has gone up against 911 hitters so far in his career. He has conceded 133 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.704 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. In his career, Keller has allowed 245 hits while he has earned 197 strikeouts in 198 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (+100)

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