{"id":1997,"date":"2008-09-16T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/dodgers-pirates-who-will-cover\/"},"modified":"2008-09-16T06:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T11:56:00","slug":"dodgers-pirates-who-will-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/dodgers-pirates-who-will-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Pirates Who Will Cover?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Dodgers will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Derek Lowe in this game. Lowe has a 13-11 record and a 3.48 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates will counter Lowe with Jeff Karstens. Righthander Karstens has a 4.46 ERA to go along with a 2-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 180-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
James Loney was 2-for-4 with three runs batted in, as the Dodgers drilled the Pirates 8-2 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -185 road favorites as the game played over the 9-run total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Manny Ramirez went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Dodgers, while winning pitcher Hiroki Kuroda threw seven scoreless innings for Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adam LaRoche hit a two-run bomb for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Ross Ohlendorf allowed two earned runs over three innings to take the defeat for the Pirates. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 78-72 SU
Pittsburgh: 63-87 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Pittsburgh are 5-5
After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing LA Dodgers are 4-6
After playing LA Dodgers are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Dodgers’s last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 12 of LA Dodgers’s last 13 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
LA Dodgers are 13-2 SU in their last 15 games
LA Dodgers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Pittsburgh’s last 13 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Dodgers, Wednesday, September 17<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at PNC Park. The Dodgers will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Derek Lowe in this game. Lowe has a 13-11 record and a 3.48 ERA this season. The Pirates will counter Lowe … Continue reading Dodgers-Pirates Who Will Cover?<\/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-1997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997","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=1997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}