{"id":1640,"date":"2008-08-18T06:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mets-pirates-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-18T06:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T11:21:00","slug":"mets-pirates-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mets-pirates-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Pirates Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The New York Mets will be trying to extend a winning streak on Monday when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Righthander John Maine will take the mound for the Mets to start this game. <st1:State><st1:place>Maine<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 10-7 this season with a 3.97 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Pirates will be Paul Maholm. The lefthander has a 3.69 ERA to go along with a 8-7 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 147-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mets blanked the Pirates 4-0 as a -195 underdog on Sunday. The four runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Johan Santana pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing only three hits with seven strikeouts for the Mets, while Brian Schneider homered and had three RBI in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jeff Karstens took the loss for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> after giving up four runs in six innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 6 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 68-56 SU<br \/>Pittsburgh: 55-69 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 3-7<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 5-5<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>NY Mets are 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>NY Mets are 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 10 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 12 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>NY Mets are 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 10 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 12 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against NY Mets<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>NY Mets home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 19<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 19<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets will be trying to extend a winning streak on Monday when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Righthander John Maine will take the mound for the Mets to start this game. Maine is 10-7 this season with a 3.97 ERA. Starting this game for the Pirates will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mets-pirates-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets-Pirates Pointers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-1640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640","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=1640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}