{"id":4340,"date":"2009-05-04T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-pirates-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-04T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T11:06:00","slug":"brewers-pirates-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-pirates-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers-Pirates Odds Preview"},"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 Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle 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\">The Brewers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Yovani<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gallardo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Gallardo has a 3-1 record and a 2.86 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Pirates will counter Gallardo with ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Paul<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Maholm<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Maholm<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.09 ERA to go along with a 3-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Brewers defeated <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 4-3 as a -140 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Prince Fielder and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cameron<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> both hit a solo home run for <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dave<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bush<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched seven innings and allowed three runs in seven innings with seven strikeouts. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Pirates lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 5-0 as a +115 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Karstens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> after giving up four runs on six hits in five innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 13-12 SU<br \/>Pittsburgh: 12-12 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 8-2<br \/>After playing Arizona are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 1-9<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>Milwaukee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh<br \/>Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Pittsburgh is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Milwaukee<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, May 5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&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 Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at PNC Park. The Brewers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Yovani Gallardo in this game. Gallardo has a 3-1 record and a 2.86 ERA this season. The Pirates will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-pirates-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brewers-Pirates Odds Preview<\/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-4340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4340","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=4340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}