Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 8/7/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (-122) Pittsburgh (+102)

The Cincinnati Reds (60-54) are en route to PNC Park on Thursday where they will go up against the Pittsburgh Pirates (49-65). The line on this matchup has the Reds at -122 and the Pirates open at +102. The total is 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Brady Singer and Paul Skenes.

Cincinnati has a slugging percentage of .392 and have been called out on strikes 977 times, while taking a walk on 381 occasions. They have recorded 489 RBI's as well as 943 base knocks so far this year, and their batting average comes in at .247. The Reds have earned 178 doubles as a unit and have hit 117 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 520 runs while holding a team OBP of .320. As a team, the Cincinnati Reds are knocking in 4.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball.

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The Reds hold a team earned run average of 3.85 on the year (12th in MLB), and they have struck out 950 batters. Reds pitchers have relinquished 126 long balls and also 473 runs in total (14th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 357 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.05 as a squad this season. Cincinnati has allowed 886 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 431 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.66 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.23.

Reds bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on 96 times in addition to having 105 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 72 holds this season (9th in MLB). The Reds relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 66.7% and have come into the game in 116 save situations. They have 28 saves on the season and have missed out on 14 of their 42 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 152 runners so far this season and 34.2% of those players ended up scoring. The Reds have dispatched 389 relievers to the hill for the season.

The Chicago White Sox have earned 3,026 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 857 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .985 which puts them in 20th in MLB, and have a total of 68 double plays. The Reds have turned 71.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,078 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 5th in MLB.

Singer has taken the ball for 800 innings and has accumulated 756 punch outs during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.30 (382 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.325. He has surrendered 802 base knocks (9.0 hits per nine innings) with 258 free passes. Singer (45-52 record in his career) has a FIP of 4.23 and he has faced 3,427 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues.

Pittsburgh has recorded 81 home runs so far this season to go along with 393 RBIs. They have recorded 158 two-baggers, while walking 360 times and scoring 405 runs. The Pittsburgh Pirates have accumulated an OBP of .303 as well as a team batting average of .232 so far this season. The Pirates hold a team slugging percentage of .347 and they have an average of 3.55 runs per outing (30th in baseball). They have been rung up on 994 occasions (7th in the league) and have 880 base hits.

The Pirates have a WHIP of 1.218 with a FIP of 3.93 as a unit on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio sits at 7.80 (875 strikeouts against 332 free passes). They come in at 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 896. They have surrendered 111 homers and they allow 4.13 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Pittsburgh pitching staff have allowed 462 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 3.88 (435 earned runs yielded).

Pittsburgh has had relief pitchers enter the game in 42 save chances and they have converted 24 saves. They rank 25th in baseball with a save rate of 57.1%, and they have sent 349 relief pitchers to the hill this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 111 times in high leverage situations in addition to 101 occasions with runners on. Pittsburgh relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 34.0% out of their 156 inherited base runners. Sitting with 96 save situations, the Pirates have accumulated 52 holds and also 18 blown saves.

Out of their 9,072 innings on the diamond, the Pirates have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.3% (3rd in professional baseball). The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 84 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (10th in the majors). The Pirates have racked up 954 assists, 52 errors and are sitting with 3,024 putouts during this campaign.

During his pro baseball career, Skenes has surrendered 187 base knocks while he has earned 324 punch outs in 271 frames. He has given up 60 ER's while holding a WHIP of 0.934 and being the owner of a FIP of 2.0. His K/BB ratio is 4.91 and he has faced 1,051 opposing hitters in his MLB career. Skenes (17-11 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 1.99 ERA and has conceded 6.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (+102) and under 8 runs

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