Giants at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 4

Its Monday, August 4 and the Giants (56-56) are in Pittsburgh to begin a series against the Pirates (48-64).

Justin Verlander is slated to take the mound for San Francisco against Johan Oviedo for Pittsburgh.

The Giants picked up a much-needed series win over the weekend in New York against the Mets. Rafael Devers went 3-4 with a home run and drove in four runs to lead San Francisco to a 12-4 win Sunday. It was just their third win in their last ten games.

The Pirates won yesterday as well. Spencer Horwitz homered twice and drove in six runs as the Bucs won 9-5 over the Rockies. Colorado took two of three over the weekend to slow down a Pittsburgh team that had won eight of its previous nine games.

The Pirates and Giants met just a handful of days ago at the end of July in San Francisco with the Bucs sweeping the three-game series.

Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details & how to watch Giants at Pirates

  • Date: Monday, August 4, 2025
  • Time: 6:40PM EST
  • Site: PNC Park
  • City: Pittsburgh, PA
  • Network/Streaming: NBCSBA, SNP

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Odds for the Giants at the Pirates

The latest odds as of Monday:

  • Moneyline: Giants (-132), Pirates (+112)
  • Spread: Giants -1.5
  • Total: 8.0 runs

Probable starting pitchers for Giants at Pirates

  • Pitching matchup for August 4, 2025: Justin Verlander vs. Johan Oviedo
    • Giants: Justin Verlander (1-8, 4.53 ERA)
      Last outing: July 29 vs. Pittsburgh – 1.80 ERA, 1 Earned Runs Allowed, 6 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 7 Strikeouts
    • Pirates: Johan Oviedo (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
      Last outing: Has not pitched in the majors since September 0f 2023

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Giants at Pirates

  • The Pirates have won 4 of their last 5 home games against National League teams
  • 6 of the Pirates’ last 7 home games stayed under the Total
  • The Pirates have covered the Run Line in 6 straight home games
  • Justin Verlander struck out 7 in his last start which happened to be against the Pirates
  • Justin Verlander has allowed one run over his last 2 starts (10 innings)

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Expert picks & predictions for tonight’s game between the Giants and the Pirates

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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.

Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Monday’s game between the Giants and the Pirates:

  • Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline.
  • Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Pittsburgh Pirates at +1.5.
  • Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.

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