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Christian Yelich will try to get his 100th hit of the season (he has 98) when his Milwaukee Brewers (57-47) take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (42-62) on Thursday at 12:35 PM ET. The Brewers are favored (-255) over the Pirates (+211). Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff and Pittsburgh’s Zach Thompson will take the mound first.
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Game Info, Betting Lines for Brewers vs. Pirates
- Game Day: Thursday, August 4, 2022
- Game Time: 12:35 PM ET
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Stadium: PNC Park
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Brewers | -255 | 8 |
Brewers Stats & Trends
Brewers Batting
- The Brewers rank fourth-best in MLB play with 143 total home runs.
- The Brewers have the 17th-ranked batting average in the majors (.241).
- The Brewers rank sixth in baseball with a .321 on-base percentage.
- The Brewers’ 8.8 strikeouts per game rank 22nd in baseball.
- The Brewers average 1.3 home runs per road game this season (76 total on the road).
- The Brewers are slugging .412 with 3.1 extra-base hits per game in road contests.
- On the road this season the team averages 8.3 hits per game and is batting .241.
Brewers Key Batters
- Rowdy Tellez leads Milwaukee with 83 hits, batting .239 this season with 41 extra-base hits.
- Among qualifying batters in baseball, Tellez is 114th in batting average, 90th in on-base percentage, and 29th in slugging.
- Tellez will look for his third straight game with a hit in this contest. During his last five outings he is batting .438 with two doubles, a home run, four walks and four RBI.
- Yelich has a slash line of .263/.364/.395 this season and a team-best OPS of .759.
- Yelich ranks 58th in batting average, 25th in on-base percentage and 105th in slugging in MLB.
- Yelich heads into this game looking to extend his 12-game hit streak. In his last 10 games he is hitting .366 with four doubles, a triple, nine walks and four RBI.
- Willy Adames is batting .225 with a .471 slugging percentage and 61 RBI this year.
- Adames enters this matchup with three games in a row with at least one hit. During his last five outings he is batting .348 with three doubles, a home run and seven RBI.
- Andrew McCutchen has 10 home runs, 46 RBI and a batting average of .256 this season.
Pirates Stats & Trends
Pirates Batting
- The Pirates have hit 106 homers this season, which ranks 16th in the league.
- The Pirates rank 29th in MLB with a team batting average of just .220.
- The Pirates have an OBP of just .288 this season, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Pirates rank just 28th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 9.3 whiffs per contest.
- They’ve hit 52 homers, an average of 1 per game, in 52 home contests this season.
- They have a team slugging percentage of .370 in home games this season with 133 extra-base hits.
- In 52 home games this season, they have a batting average of .222 while averaging 7.2 base hits per contest.
Pirates Key Batters
- Bryan Reynolds has racked up 82 hits with a .337 on-base percentage, leading the Pirates in both categories.
- Reynolds ranks 75th in batting average, 59th in on-base percentage and 49th in slugging percentage among all qualified hitters in the big leagues.
- Ke’Bryan Hayes is slugging .352 to pace his team.
- Including all qualifying players, Hayes ranks 96th in batting average, 90th in on-base percentage and 137th in slugging percentage.
- Michael Chavis is batting .245 with 11 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 13 walks.
- Ben Gamel has 12 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 30 walks while hitting .232.
Brewers vs. Pirates Probable Pitchers
| Woodruff | Thompson | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | GS | 17 |
| 9-3 | W-L | 3-8 |
| 3.55 | ERA | 5.09 |
| 78.2 | IP | 81.1 |
| 24 | BB | 32 |
| 101 | SO | 55 |
