Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 08/30/25

It is Week 1 of college football, and the gridiron is drawing most of the attention this weekend, but we still have baseball going. If you are looking at the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox on this fine Saturday, we have you covered. The Pirates managed to secure the win on Friday night on a Skenes day. The rest of the series is likely to go the way of the Red Sox, but that is hard to play at the price you are likely to have to pay to do so. I think the better, more valuable play on Saturday afternoon is the game total under 9.

Johan Oviedo will start for Pittsburgh. He has been back up in the Big Leagues for a couple of starts now, and he has been effective. He isn’t out there long, but he logs good innings, and probably will do so again Saturday. It will be Dustin May for the Sox, and while May has been up and down, it is not hard to log a solid start against the Pirates, especially while they are still missing their best offensive player. I expect a slow, uneventful game that probably turns out with similarly to Friday’s 4-2 game.

Pirates vs Red Sox Prediction: Under 9 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.

You can bet on our Pirates vs Red Sox pick with BetMGM, where right now new users can activate your new BetMGM account ⚡ and receive $150 in bonus bets INSTANTLY if your first $10+ wager is a winner!