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Pirates host the Padres on home winning streak

By The Associated PressYahoo Sports

San Diego Padres (4-5) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (6-3) Pittsburgh; Monday, 6:40 p. m.

EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: German Marquez (0-1, 12. 00 ERA, 3. 00 WHIP, one strikeout); Pirates: Bubba Chandler (0-0, 0.

00 ERA, 1. 39 WHIP, six strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pirates -127, Padres +107; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates, on a three-game home winning streak, host the San Diego Padres. Pittsburgh went 71-91 overall and 44-37 in home games last season.

The Pirates scored 3. 6 runs per game while giving up 4. 0 last season.

San Diego went 90-72 overall and 38-43 on the road a season ago. The Padres averaged 8. 5 hits per game last season while batting a collective .