{"id":4324,"date":"2009-05-02T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/reds-pirates-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T13:26:00","slug":"reds-pirates-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/reds-pirates-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds-Pirates Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Pirates will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the Cincinnati Reds at PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Micah Owings will be the starting pitcher for the Reds on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Owings<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-2 this season with a 3.78 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Pirates will be Ross<\/st2:GivenName> Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 3.24 ERA to go along with a 2-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 105-moneyline favorites versus the Reds, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Bronson Arroyo tossed a four-hit shutout through eight innings on Friday, as the Reds defeated the Pirates 4-0. The Reds won the game as +115 underdogs, while the four runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> Phillips<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a solo home run and drove in two runs for the Reds. Arroyo improved to 4-1 with the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Zach<\/st2:GivenName> Duke<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered one run off six hits over seven innings in the loss. Oddsmakers had the Pirates as -135 favorites in that contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 12-10 SU
Pittsburgh: 11-11 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cincinnati most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 1-9
Before playing Pittsburgh are 4-6
After playing Pittsburgh are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Cincinnati are 6-4
After playing Cincinnati are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, May 3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Pirates will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park. Micah Owings will be the starting pitcher for the Reds on this day. Righthander Owings is 1-2 this season with a 3.78 ERA. Starting this game for the Pirates will be Ross … Continue reading Reds-Pirates Odds Preview<\/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-4324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324","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=4324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}