The New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates meet Sunday in MLB action from PNC Park. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
Will Warren will get the start for the Yankees here and is 0-0 with a 3.60 ERA and 4 strikeouts this season. This will be Warren’s first career start against the Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates will send out Andrew Heaney for the start here and Heaney is 0-0 with a 1.80 ERA and 2 strikeouts this season. In his last five starts against the Yankees, Heaney is 0-4 with a 7.23 ERA and 30 strikeouts.
New York Yankees Recap
The New York Yankees will try to pull off the sweep after picking up a 10-4 win over the Pirates on Saturday to improve to 6-2 on the year. After this series, the Yankees will head on the road again for a series against the Detroit Tigers.
Yankees Win Three In A Row
Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with 12 hits including 6 home runs, 17 RBIs, 3 doubles and a .364 batting average along with a pair of stolen bases while Jazz Chisholm Jr. has 4 home runs, 8 RBIs and a team-high 3 stolen bases. Anthony Volpe’s also had 3 doubles with 4 home runs and 12 RBIs while Jasson Dominguez has added 3 doubles of his own. Ben Rice also has a pair of stolen bases while Chisholm Jr. has a team-high 14 strikeouts so far this season.
Why the New York Yankees will win
- The Yankees have won each of their last 11 games as road favorites.
- The Pirates have lost seven of their last eight home games against AL East opponents.
- The Yankees have covered the run line in each of their last eight games as road favorites after playing the previous day.
- The Pirates have failed to cover the run line in each of their last eight home games against AL East opponents.
New York Yankees Player Prop Facts
- Jazz Chisholm has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances against the Pirates after playing the previous day.
- Paul Goldschmidt has scored at least one run in each of his last six appearances against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Giancarlo Stanton has hit a home run in four of his last five road appearances.
- DJ LeMahieu has recorded at least one Single in each of his last six appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last nine road appearances.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 road appearances.
- Aaron Judge ranks 1st in the league in Home Runs (6) this season.
Pittsburgh Pirates Recap
The Pittsburgh Pirates will try to salvage something from this series after ending up with the loss on Saturday to drop to 2-7 on the year. After this series, the Pirates will welcome the St. Louis Cardinals to town for a division series.
Pirates Looking To Avoid Sweep
Isiah Kiner-Falefa has a team-high 9 hits and a .321 batting average along with 4 stolen bases while Oneil Cruz has a team-high 2 home runs, 4 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. Ke’Bryan Hayes has added 8 hits with a double, a triple, a home run and 4 RBIS while Bryan Reynolds has 7 hits with a double, a home run and 3 RBIs but also has a team-high 13 strikeouts as well this season. Adam Frazier has also chipped in 4 RBIs of his own this season.
Why the Pittsburgh Pirates will win
- The Pirates have won three of their last four games as underdogs against AL East opponents following a home loss.
- The Yankees have lost five of their last 10 games as road favorites against National League opponents.
- The Pirates have covered the run line in three of their last four games as underdogs against AL East opponents following a home loss.
Pittsburgh Pirates Player Prop Facts
- Bryan Reynolds has hit a home run in two of his last three home appearances against the Yankees.
- Bryan Reynolds has recorded an RBI in four of the Pirates’ last five home games against AL East opponents.
- Bryan Reynolds has scored a run in each of the Pirates’ last five home games against AL East opponents.
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa has recorded at least one Single in seven of the Pirates’ last eight games.
- Andrew Heaney has recorded five or more strikeouts in eight of his last nine appearances with his team as a home underdog.
- Tommy Pham has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine Sunday day appearances with his team as an underdog.
- Oneil Cruz ranks 1st in the league in Steals (7) this season.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Yankees’ last six day games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Each of the Pirates’ last four games as underdogs against the Yankees have gone OVER the total runs line.
New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction
I’m on the Yankees here. I can appreciate a home dog in some spots, and from a pitching perspective, this may be Pittsburgh’s best chance at a win in this series. However, the Yankees are just plain and simply the better team here and the Pirates just don’t have the pop in the bats to be able to keep up with the Yankees here as we saw in Saturday’s matchup. I look for more of the same here so give me the Yankees in this one.