{"id":4353,"date":"2009-05-05T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-pirates-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-05T06:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:42:00","slug":"brewers-pirates-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-pirates-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers-Pirates Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Pirates will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Jeff<\/st2:middlename> Suppan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Brewers to start this game. Suppan is 1-2 this season with a 5.88 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Pirates will be Ian<\/st2:GivenName> Snell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 3.72 ERA to go along with a 1-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rickie Weeks’ three-run homer highlighted a four-run ninth inning, as the Brewers downed the Pirates 7-4 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -150 road favorites as the game played over the 7.5-run total posted by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Braun<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs for the Brewers, while Mark<\/st2:GivenName> DiFelice<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter Yovani<\/st2:GivenName> Gallardo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andy<\/st2:GivenName> LaRoche<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Capps<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was handed the loss after allowing four runs in the top of the ninth inning for the Pirates. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 14-12 SU
Pittsburgh: 12-13 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Cincinnati are 1-9
After playing Pittsburgh are 9-1
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing St. Louis are 7-3
After playing Milwaukee are 2-8
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Milwaukee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Milwaukee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh’s last 9 games
Pittsburgh is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
Pittsburgh is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, May 6
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, May 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Pirates will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park. Righthander Jeff Suppan will take the mound for the Brewers to start this game. Suppan is 1-2 this season with a 5.88 ERA. Starting this game for the Pirates will be Ian … Continue reading Brewers-Pirates Lines 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-4353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353","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=4353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}