{"id":1617,"date":"2008-08-16T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mets-pirates-vegas-betting-odds\/"},"modified":"2008-08-16T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T13:10:00","slug":"mets-pirates-vegas-betting-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mets-pirates-vegas-betting-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Pirates Vegas Betting Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pedro Martinez will be the starting pitcher for the Mets on this day. Righthander Martinez is 3-3 this season with a 5.37 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Zach Duke who starts for the Pirates. Lefthander Duke is 4-10 with a 5.10 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Mets scored twice in the first inning and held on for a 2-1 victory over the Pirates in Friday’s opener, as -145 favorites. The team’s played UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David Wright drove in one run and Argenis Reyes scored the other Mets run off a wild pitch. Mike Pelfrey tossed seven scoreless innings to pick up his 11th<\/sup> win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jack Wilson homered in a losing effort for the Pirates, who were +135 underdogs in that game. Jason Davis surrendered both runs and was tagged with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 4 straight games.
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 66-56 SU
Pittsburgh: 55-67 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New York most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Pittsburgh are 9-1
After playing Pittsburgh are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing NY Mets are 1-9
After playing NY Mets are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 9 of NY Mets’s last 10 games when playing Pittsburgh
NY Mets are 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
NY Mets are 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Pittsburgh’s last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Pittsburgh’s last 10 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games at home
Pittsburgh is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against NY Mets<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Mets, Sunday, August 17<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at PNC Park. Pedro Martinez will be the starting pitcher for the Mets on this day. Righthander Martinez is 3-3 this season with a 5.37 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Zach Duke who starts for the … Continue reading Mets-Pirates Vegas Betting Odds<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}