{"id":4429,"date":"2009-05-18T05:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/pirates-nationals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-18T05:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T10:50:00","slug":"pirates-nationals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/pirates-nationals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Nationals Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday when they battle the Washington Nationals at Nationals<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates will give the ball to starter Ross<\/st2:GivenName> Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-3 this season with a 3.77 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Ross<\/st2:GivenName> Detwiler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Detwiler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nationals listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates defeated Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 11-4 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 15 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nate<\/st2:GivenName> McLouth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-5 with a home run and four RBI for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Zach<\/st2:GivenName> Duke<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned the win after allowing four runs on six hits in seven innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nationals lost to Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 8-6 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The 14 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (10.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cristian<\/st2:GivenName> Guzman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-5 with three runs scored for Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> and Jordan<\/st2:GivenName> Zimmerman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 16-21 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 11-25 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Washington are 6-4
After playing Colorado are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Pittsburgh are 4-6
After playing Philadelphia are 2-8
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games
Pittsburgh is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Washington’s last 8 games
Washington is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, May 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday when they battle the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. The Pirates will give the ball to starter Ross Ohlendorf in this one. Righthander Ohlendorf is 4-3 this season with a 3.77 ERA. It’ll be Ross Detwiler toeing the rubber for the … Continue reading Pirates-Nationals 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-4429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429","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=4429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}