Diamondbacks vs Pirates Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 23: MLB

Diamondbacks vs Pirates Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 23: MLB

Odds
Time 7:05 p.m. EST
Diamondbacks money line -133
Diamondbacks run line -1.5 (+146)
Pirates money line +114
Pirates run line +1.5 (-175)
Over / under 9.5 

 

Key stats
  Diamondbacks Pirates
Record 42-83 44-80
Road / home record 15-47 24-35
Last 10 record 7-3 3-7
Streak W1 L1
Over / under record 66-56-3 56-59-9
Runs / game 4.19 3.55
Runs allowed / game 5.55 5.07

 

Preview

The Diamondbacks will travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates in a three-game series. These teams played a three-game series in Arizona back in mid-July and the D-Backs swept the series 4-2, 11-6, and 6-4.  

The Diamondbacks have been doing well as of late as they are 7-3 in that stretch and are scoring 5.1 runs per game against pretty good teams in San Diego, Philadelphia, and Colorado at home. 

The Pirates have not had the bats going well as in their last eight games, they are scoring just 1.75 runs per game and they are 2-6 in those games.  

Pitching matchup

Diamondbacks

Humberto Mejia (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will be pitching here for the Diamondbacks. This will be the first start for him this year in the majors this season as Mejia has pitched in Double-A and Triple-A. Mejia is 5-8 with a 5.30 ERA in the minor leagues this season but he had a little bit of MLB experience as he was pitching last season as he went 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA in three starts. It will be interesting to see what their expectations are going to be with him making his first MLB start since August 2020. 

Pirates

Wil Crowe (3-7, 5.23 ERA) takes the mound for the Pirates here. He's coming off a decent outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers where he threw four innings and allowed two runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Crowe has been pitching well since the All-Star break as he is 2-2 with a 3.68 ERA in his last six starts so it will be interesting to see how he holds up in the final month of the season for him. He has not faced Arizona in his career either so the advantage leans towards the pitcher there. 

Prediction

These teams are both playing for next season as they are out of the playoff race. However, Arizona has the better chance of winning as Humberto Meija has a very limited scouting report and the D-Backs offense has been dominating offensively as of late. Pittsburgh has struggled to get runs on the board but Wil Crowe has been pitching well. Expect runs to score here and the Diamondbacks to continue their hot hitting.

PICK: D-Backs money line (-133)

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