Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates 5/12/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Cincinnati Reds will travel on the roads face-off against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday for a scheduled first pitch time of 6:35 PM Eastern. This game will be available on ESPN plus and MLB extra innings. The Cincinnati Reds come into this game with a record on this season of seven wins with 24 losses and will send Connor Overton to the mound with no wins or losses on the season and an earned run average of 2.53 with only seven strikeouts.

Pittsburgh Pirates come into this game with a record on the season of 13–17, and will send JT Brubaker to the mound who has a record on the season of zero wins with two losses and a dismal earned run average of 5.68 with 30 strikeouts. JT has given up 22 hits, walked 14 batters, and given up three home runs. 

Daniel Vogelbach is the team leader for Pittsburgh in home runs with five, has a batting average on the season of .258 to go along with 12 runs batted in so far. Ben Gamel is the team leader for Pittsburgh in runs batted in with 14 on the seasons ago along with two home runs and a batting average of .290. Ke'Bryan Hayes is the team leader for Pittsburgh in batting average at .320.

Brandon Drury is the team leader for the Cincinnati Reds in home runs with six, to go along with 18 RBIs on the season and a decent batting average of .267 which is good enough for the Cincinnati team lead. Brandon has an on base percentage of .354 and a slugging percentage of .558. Colin Moran is the team leader for Cincinnati from the first base position in runs batted in with 20 on the season to go along with four home runs.